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Call for applications for the world book capital nomination 2012

The Selection Committee for the World Book Capital is calling for nominations for the World Book Capital 2012...

Continued… | 16 September 2009 | General IFLA news | ,

Enhancing the culture of reading and books in the digital age

This one-day conference will take place on October 13th, the day before the opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair. It seeks to show the ways in which libraries, writers and publishers can foster a culture of reading in the age of digital information and communication technologies.

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The Prince Claus Fund provides relief for Chinese library destroyed by earthquake

Support of 120.000 Euro to build storage room for important collection Beichuan library

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IFLA Presidential Newsletter No. 7 August 2009

Continued… | 14 September 2009 | General IFLA news

IFLA Statement to the European Commission hearing on the Google Book Settlement

On Monday 7th September IFLA participated in a hearing in Brussels on the Google Book Settlement organised by the European Commission...

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The 11-18 years old and the libraries in France a survey

In the internet age, is there still room for public libraries in the teenagers’ world? How attractive are they to young people, whom one can easily imagine as poor readers, convinced followers of search engines and familiar with legal or illegal downloading of music and fi lms?

Continued… | 4 September 2009 | Libraries for Children and Young Adults | , ,