Now Available: Learning materials for workshops on Public Access to Health Information Through Libraries

FAIFE is pleased to announce the launch of learning materials for workshops...

Continued… | 9 March 2010 | FAIFE (Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression), Access to information, Education and training, Health information, Workshops

FAIFE Makes Available Translations of Major Training Materials and Policy Documents

During 2009, IFLA language centres around the world have been busy around the world...

Continued… | 9 March 2010 | Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, HIV/Aids, Internet access

IFLA / FAIFE Internet Manifesto project in the Philippines

On November 10 and 11 FAIFE Committee Member Lily Echiverri and former Committee member Barbara Ford...

Continued… | 14 December 2009 | FAIFE (Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression), Philippines

Barbara Jones named new Director of Office of ALA Intellectual Freedom & executive director of the Freedom to Read Foundation

Former FAIFE Committee member and FAIFE Expert...

Continued… | 8 December 2009 | FAIFE (Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA/FAIFE at the Minerva Conference

On November 11th IFLA Senior Policy Advisor Stuart Hamilton took part in the Minerva Conference in Jerusalem, Israel...

Continued… | 23 November 2009 | FAIFE (Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression), Access to information, Digital preservation, Israel, Newspapers, Palestinian Territories

IFLA Internet Workshop in Cusco, Peru – Assessing the Impact

On October 22nd and 23rd, IFLA's FAIFE Committee held an impact assessment workshop in Cusco, Peru...

Continued… | 13 November 2009 | FAIFE (Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression), Freedom of information, Internet access, Peru

Train the Trainers Workshop on HIV/AIDS and the role of the librarian in Ibadan, Nigeria

On Friday, July 31, 15 librarians representing each region of Nigeria attended the FAIFE "Train the Trainers" session for HIV/AIDS and the Role of the Librarian...

Continued… | 19 August 2009 | FAIFE (Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression), Africa, Education, HIV/Aids, Nigeria

Loida Garcia-Febo Elected Chair of ALA IFRT

FAIFE Committee Member Loida Garcia-Febo, has just been elected Vice Chair/ Chair Elect of the American Library Associations Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT). Below are details regarding the IFRT and Loida's update on IFLA/FAIFE's activities in the recent 'IFRT Report'.

Continued… | 5 August 2009 | FAIFE (Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression), Access to information, Advocacy, Associations, Censorship, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, United States

FAIFE helps increase access to information in Haïti

In May 2009, the FOKAL / Open Society Institute Haïti organised a seven days training session in Port-au-Prince...

Continued… | 31 July 2009 | FAIFE (Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression), Access to information, Agricultural Libraries, Haiti

IFLA Internet Manifesto Train the Trainers Workshop in St. Petersburg, Russia

On 12-14 May 2009 the National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg ran stage one of...

Continued… | 1 July 2009 | FAIFE (Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression), Access to knowledge, Russian Federation