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- IFLA closing statement at WIPO Diplomatic Conference
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[WORD] [PDF] Thank you Mr Chair, On behalf of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, but also on behalf of millions of print-disabled and...
Informational Page - 27 June 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Week two at the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Marrakesh
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The WIPO Diplomatic Conference to conclude a Treaty to facilitate access to published works by visually impaired persons and persons with print disabilities has now entered its...
News - 25 June 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Morocco, Services to the visually impaired, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Advocacy for School Libraries
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Jointly organized by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) School Libraries and Resource Centers Section and the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL), and...
News - 5 June 2013 (created)
Tagged: Advocacy, Advocacy, Malaysia, School Libraries and Resource Centres
- Joint IFLA IASL Workshop on School Libraries
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There is a great need to advocate for school libraries. In the real world, the resources available are finite. Every day, people are pleading their cases before policy makers and resource...
Event - 5 June 2013 (created)
Tagged: Advocacy, Advocacy, Malaysia, Satellite Meeting, school libraries, School Libraries and Resource Centres
- IFLA and other access to information campaigners welcome UN development report
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IFLA welcomes the report by the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, published on the 30th of May 2013. The report calls for a ‘data and information...
News - 31 May 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, ICT4D, Information policy, International cooperation, Press Release, ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme)
- meet the President-elect: new librarians global connection webinar
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“New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations.” For the second consecutive year, IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning...
News - 15 April 2013 (created)
Tagged: Advocacy, Communication, new librarians global connection, New professionals, webinar, New Professionals
- 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
- 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
- Reflections from the Leipzig Bookfair
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Gerald Leitner, member of the IFLA Governing Board and the ELending Working Group, spoke at the Leipzig Bookfair about the challenges faced by libraries with regards to EBooks. He...
News - 21 March 2013 (created)
- 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