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- Time to tickle your funny bone with a Scottish joke
- 76th IFLA General Conference and Council, 2010,
Brisbane, Australia — For those who haven't seen it yet: the logo has been added
- New Mailing list:
IFLA-LAC: Lista de correo abierta para discutir los temas de la Región de América Latina y El Caribe,
para miembros de la Sección y para público en general.
(This Mailing List is an open list for librarians and others
interested in discussing the issues of the Region of Latin America
and the Caribbean.)
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- Publisko
biblioteku pakalpojumi, IFLA/UNESCO vadlinijas attistibai
Latvian translation of "The Public Library Service: IFLA/UNESCO
Guidelines for Development"
- Continuing Professional Development and
Workplace Learning Section – Quality Guidelines Project
- Proposal for a
thorough revision of the IFLA Statutes
- Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters
(CLM) - Country Reports
2007
- Libraries and the World Summit on the
Information Society Action Lines: Guideline for
international, regional and local advocacy for libraries in
relation with implentation of the WSIS by Action Line 2005-2015
- World Library and Information Congress: 74th
IFLA General Conference and Council – IFLA Express
No. 1, 2008
- IFLA Publications Series, No. 130: International Genealogy and Local History :
Papers presented by the Genealogy and Local History Section
- Libraries for the Blind Section:
Call for Nominations for 2008
Dr. Dayton M. Forman Memorial Award

Press release of
Ulverscroft Foundation 2008 Awards
- Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters
(CLM):
– Annual Report
2007
– Report to
Council 2007
– Limitations and
Exceptions for Libraries (Standing Committee on Copyright and
Related Rights (SCCR): 16th Session Geneva, 10-13 March 2008)
- Libraries for Children and Young Adults
Section: "Guidelines for Library Services to Babies and
Toddlers"
Dutch translation
- Serials and Other Continuing Resources
Section's Annual
Report 2007
- Continuing Professional Development and
Workplace Learning Section – Quality Guidelines Project
- Genealogy and Local History Section's
Leaflet

- Letter of the President
(LOP) No. 1 (January) 2008.
- The IFLA Multicultural Library Manifesto : The
Multicultural Library - a gateway to a cultural diverse society in
dialogue

- IFLA
Journal, 2008, No. 1.
- Library Services to Multicultural Populations
Section – Satellite Meeting, Vancouver, Canada: Multicultural to
Intercultural: Libraries Connecting Communities
- Libraries for the Blind Section: Minutes August 2007,
Durban, South Africa
- Cultural Mediation in Library and Information
Science (LIS) Teaching and Learning / Ismail Abdullahi
- Metropolitan Libraries Section's Conference in
Prague, Czech Republic, 1-6 June 2008
Stewart
Brewer Scholarship Grant
- IFLA Digital Reference Guidelines: Greek
translation
- IFLA Professional Report 105 : "Directrices para servicios
bibliotecarios destinados a personas con demencia" (transl. of
"Guidelines for Library Services to Persons with Dementia")
- Officers Corner : Conference Forms
74th IFLA General Conference and Council
- Annual reports added:
- Genealogy and Local History Section's Newsletter 11
(January 2008)
- Cataloguing Section: "Functional Requirements
for Bibliographic Records" - revised "Errata in 1998
text"
- Library Services to Multicultural Populations
Section: Work Schedule
2007-2008 and Minutes August
2007, Durban, South Africa
- Audiovisual and Multimedia Section : revised "Related
Organizations"
- Libraries for Children and Young Adults
Section: "Guidelines for Library Services to Babies and
Toddlers"
Final version of Italian
translation
- The IFLA
Multicultural Library Manifesto : The Multicultural Library - a
gateway to a cultural diverse society in dialogue
- Strategic Plan 2008-2009 of the Acquisition and
Collection Development Section
- Call for Papers
World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Québec,
Canada:
Theme: "Emerging technologies in
libraries - continuing professional development & workplace
learning implications and applications"
- Statistics and Evaluation Section's Newsletter
December 2007.
- Call for Papers /
Call for Papers for Satellite Meetings
World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Québec,
Canada:
- Theme: "Session 1: Digital objects on
physical carriers, Session 2: Preservation infrastructures"

- Theme: "Role of Evidence-based Research in
Medical Libraries"

- Theme: "Multicultural to Intercultural:
Libraries Connecting Communities"

- Annual reports added:
-
Chinese translation of "Functional requirements for
bibliographic records: final report"
- Classification and Indexing Section's Annual Report
2006-2007
- International
Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control (ICBC) Journal - Vol. 37. No
1. January/March 2008; Contents
- Government Libraries Section, Standing
Committee – Minutes
of the second meeting in 2007, Durban, South Africa
- French translation of:
Libraries for a Global Networked World: Toward New Educational and
Design Strategies / Robert M. Mason and Tabitha Hart
- APLA Report,
attachment to the annual
meeting report for the Durban conference
- Social Science Libraries Section's Newsletter 2007
No.2.
- Libraries for Children and
Young Adults Section – Guidelines for Library services for
Young Adults
and Guidelines for Library Services to Babies and Toddlers
- Full-text online version of IFLA
Publication 126 Continuing
Professional Development: Pathways to Leadership in the Library and
Information World (PDF)
- Revised Strategic Plan 2008-2009 of
the Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning
Section
- The IFLA Section on Management and Marketing in
collaboration with EMERALD has the pleasure to announce the IFLA International Marketing
Award for 2008.
- Announcement - 2008: Year of
Languages
- Minutes of the
meetings in Durban, August 2007 of the Acquisition and Collection
Development Section
- Professionelle
Weiterbildung: Prinzipien und Best Practices
- Call for Papers
World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Québec,
Canada:
Theme: "Public and Private
Partnerships"
PDF version of the IFLA
Directory 2007-2009
- World Library and Information Congress: 74th
IFLA General Conference and Council – Frequently
asked questions and answers

- Libraries for the Blind Section's annual
reports 2003-2004, 2005, 2006-2007
- Revised
Spanish translation of the index page and several other pages for
the World Library and Information Congress (Québec)
- Anouncement – New Secretary General of IFLA:
Jennefer Nicholson
- Final programme World
Book Capital 2008: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Genealogy and Local History Section's Annual Report
2006-2007
- Asia and Oceania Section's Annual Report
2006-2007
- Bibliography Section's Strategic Plan 2008-2009 and
Annual Report
2007
- ALP – New information block
"Conference Reports and Guidelines":
Report
of the SIDA/IFLA/ALP/WALA workshop – held at Valencia
Hotels in Abuja, Nigeria, from 14-17 March 2007
Feedback
report of the Strategic Planning workshop on seeking mechanisms
towards reading skills enhancement among young children in
sub-Saharan Africa – Windhoek, Namibia, 15 October
2007
Innovative
Multicultural Library Services for all, with Special Reference to
Literacy, Learning and Linguistic Diversity – IFLA
Pre-Conference Evaluation Report to ALP/SIDA/MULTP, Pretoria,
South Africa, 15-17 August 2007
Declaration
de Dakar – Ecoles africaines francophones en sciences
de l'information documentaire, réunis à Dakar du 12 au 14 août
2007
Tactile
picture books for blind and visually impaired children
- French
translation of the Literacy and Reading Section's
bookmark
- Full-text online version of ISBD:
International Standard Bibliographic Description - Consolidated
Edition (PDF)
- New Announcements
page (2008) and new press release IFLA
and UNESCO Information Literacy Logo Contest (5 Feb 2008)
- Spanish
translation of the index page and several other pages for the
World Library and Information Congress (Québec)
- Sponsors
page for the World Library and Information Congress
(Québec)
- Best practice
"Every Baby A Book" by Penang Public Library Corporation
(Libraries for Children and Young Adults IFLA Section)
- Rare Books and
Manuscripts Section's Leaflet revised (also the
translations)
- Preservation
and Conservation Section Newsletter, January 2008
- Thai
translation for the voucher brochure
- Libraries Serving
Disadvantaged Persons Section Newsletter, December 2007
- Minutes of the
meetings in Durban, August 2007 of the Art Libraries
Section
- Science and Technology
Libraries Section: Strategic Plan 2008-2009
- Knowledge
Management Section Newsletter, January 2008
- Information Literacy
Section Newsletter, January 2008
- Academic and
Research Libraries Section Newsletter, December 2007
- IFLA and UNESCO launch
Information Literacy Logo Contest
- Library Theory and
Research Section - Strategic Plan 2007-2008 + Minutes for
Standing Committee 2007, Durban, Sout Africa
- Updated
online IFLA Membership Directory, and new printed version
- Core Activity on
Preservation and Conservation (PAC) - Mid-term Conference:
"Salvage in case of disaster in library and
archives". University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 26-28
March 2008
- Information Technology Section:
Strategic Plan 2008-2009
- Cataloguing
Section: Annual Report 2007
- Minutes of the meetings in
Durban, August 2007 of Division IV.: Bibliographic
Control
- Satellite Meetings related to
the World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008,
Québec, Canada
- 23rd IPA IFLA
Meeting Agrees Work Plan for 2008
- Acquisition and
Collection Development Section Newsletter, February 2008
- Libraries for
Children and Young Adults Section Newsletter, December
2007
- Discussion Groups:
Updates of some to 2008-2009, plus addition of a new group: Libraries and Web 2.0.
- Libraries for the Blind Section: Newsletter 2,
2007 in PDF
and plain text
formats.
- Professional Committee: New Minutes of
Meetings, from August 2006 to December 2007.
- World Library and Information Congress: 73rd
IFLA General Conference and Council, Durban, South Africa -
Session 103 "African Newspapers: Access and Technology"
Translations of Papers:
- Call for Papers
World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Québec,
Canada:
French translation of:
Theme: "Library Services without
Cultural Borders: Navigating through Demographic Realities and Best
Practices in Multicultural Library Services"
- World Library and Information Congress: 10-14
August 2008, Québec, Canada:
Frequently asked questions and
answers.

- Newsletter
November 2007 and Minutes of the meetings
in Durban, August 2007 of the Information Technology
Section.
- Interviews with
Professor Paul Sturges and Barbara
Jones (IFLA/FAIFE) about FAIFE, libraries and the struggle
against corruption
- Education and
Training Section Newsletter, January 2008
- Science and Technology
Libraries Section Newsletter, January 2008
- Government
Libraries Section Newsletter, December 2007
- Call for Papers
World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Québec,
Canada:
French translation of:
Theme: "LIS
support staff education: library technicians & library
assistants"
- New Mailing list:
PAC-LIST:
IFLA Preservation and Conservation core activity mailing
list.
The Preservation and Conservation core activity of IFLA is a
network of twelve centres all over the world with a focal point
based at the National Library of France in Paris. PAC has one major
goal: to ensure that library and archive materials in all formats
will be preserved in accessible form for as long as possible. The
IFLA-PAC mailing list will contribute to raise awareness among
library professionals of the urgent need to preserve our endangered
documentary heritage, by providing large-scale news and information
on preservation.
- World Library and Information Congress: 10-14
August 2008, Québec, Canada:
Sightseeing
Tours
Cultural
Activities
Library
Visits
Travel & Local
Information
- 2008:
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Library
Management
- Asia and Oceania
Section Newsletter, December 2007
- International
Preservation News (IPN), No. 43, December 2007 | Supplement
- Library Theory and
Research Section Newsletter, December 2007
- Knowledge
Management Section Leaflet
- Knowledge Management
Section, Minutes of the meeting, Durban, South Africa, August
2007
- Call for Papers for Satellite meeting
World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General
Conference and Council, 10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada:
Social Science Libraries Section
Theme: "Disappearing
disciplinary borders in the social science library - global studies
or sea change?"
Library Services to Multicultural Populations
Section
Theme: Multicultural to
Intercultural: Libraries Connecting Communities
IFLA Section on Statistics and Evaluation
Theme: Library statistics for
the 21st century world 
- Call for Papers
World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Québec,
Canada:
Theme: Renovating and renewing
libraries: the wow factor
Theme: Indigenous Knowledge: language,
culture and information technology
Theme: Session 1: Digital objects on
physical carriers, Session 2: Preservation infrastructures
Theme: Putting the learner into
e-learning
Theme: All aboard at the School
Library: Giving children the tools they need to navigate the
future!
Theme: The Challenges of Communication
in a Parliamentary Environment
Theme: "Globalization: Challenges and
Opportunities for African Libraries"
Theme: "Ensuring quality in national
libraries: performance measures and quality evaluation supporting
cultural heritage and research"
Theme: "Knowledge Management:
Towards Understanding in the Multi-Cultural World"
Theme: "Advancing Cultural and Social
Diversity through Global Partnerships: The Art Library's Role in a
World without Borders"
Theme: "LIS support staff education:
library technicians & library assistants"
Theme: "Setting sails for new
horizons: what tools do we need and do we want?"
Theme: "Classification and indexing
without language borders" 
Theme: "Library Services without
Cultural Borders: Navigating through Demographic Realities and Best
Practices in Multicultural Library Services" 
Russian and Spanish translation of:
Theme: "Return
on Investment: Learners' Outcomes in Information Literacy. Do they
really learn?"
- Classification
and Indexing Section Newsletter, December 2007
- Art Libraries Section
Newsletter, December 2007
- Notícias - Sección de
América Latina y el Caribe (IFLA/LAC) N. 51 Diciembre 2007
Newsletter - Latin
American and The Caribbean Section (IFLA/LAC) No. 51 December
2007
- Government
Information and Official Publications Section Newsletter, December
2007
- School Libraries and
Resource Centers Section Newsletter, December 2007
- Cataloguing Section
Newsletter: "SCATNews" December 2007
- Health and
Biosciences Libraries Section Newsletter, December 2007
- Management and Marketing
Section Newsletter, January 2008
- IFLA
Journal - Volume 33, No. 04, 2007
- Management of
Library Associations Section Newsletter, November 2007
- Library Services to
Multicultural Populations Section Newsletter, November 2007
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