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- Czech and Catalan Translations of IFLA Public Library Services Guidelines now available
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On behalf of IFLA, the Public Libraries Section chair Suzanne Payette warmly congratulates and thanks Vít Richter of the National Library of the Czech Republic who coordinated the Czech...
News - 25 April 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Associations, Best practice, Cooperation, Public Libraries
- Out Now: a New FAIFE Spotlight "Are digital laws making or breaking digital libraries?"
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A new FAIFE Spotlight has just been released. It is titled "Are digital laws making or breaking digital libraries?" and it has been written by Benjamin White. Take a look at...
News - 24 April 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- From Presentation To Publication
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Seven papers that were presented at our LSN Satellite Program on "Libraries and The Homeless" presented in Tallinn, Estonia in August 2012 will be published in a special issue by Emerald...
News - 15 April 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Disadvantaged people, Information literacy, Information professionals, Library as place, Poverty, Library Services to People with Special Needs
- Internet Governance Forum 2012 - videos from IFLA workshops now available
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Last November the IFLA team attended the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Baku. During our time there we were run four workshops. These workshops were very successfully received and the...
News - 8 April 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Azerbaijan, IGF, Internet access
- E-Lending review in English public libraries
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The department of Culture, Media and Sport in the UK today published the Sieghart review on E-lending in English public libraries. This government commissioned review states that E-...
News - 27 March 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, United Kingdom
- Libraries power development - Results from the Guardian live chat
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Stuart Hamilton participated in the Guardian live chat on the role information plays in development. The live chat lasted for 2 hours and recieved a lot of questions and feedback in form...
News - 25 March 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, Guardian
- Folding shelves - The Economist publishes article on Elending
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In late March, The Economist published an article on the Elending and Public Libraries. Stuart Hamilton, Director of Policy and Advocacy, as well as members of the IFLA Network, such as...
News - 25 March 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Future of libraries, The Economist
- Report on the Special Event of the UNESCO Information for All Programme (IFAP)
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A report on the Special Event of the UNESCO Information for All Programme (IFAP) which took place at the UNESCO's headquarters in Paris on February 27, 2013, within the framework of the First...
News - 23 March 2013 (created)
- Libraries Power Development - IFLA and Libraries in The Guardian
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Photo: Dan Chung IFLA would like to draw your attention to an article we have just posted on the Guardian ‘Global Development Professionals’ blog. The...
News - 13 March 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Guardian, Libraries and Development
- Just launched: New webpages on IFLA and the Information Society
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Dear Colleagues IFLA is pleased to launch a new set of resources relating to the role libraries play in the information society and the way they can contribute to Internet governance. The new...
News - 1 March 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Advocacy, Announcement, Information society, Internet access