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Arab Parliamentary Libraries Network established

Innocent Rugambwa — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:02:08 +0100

The first regional meeting of Arab parliamentary libraries was convened at the Arab Institute for Parliamentary Training and Legislative Studies in Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 19-20, with the technical support of USAID-funded and State University of New York/Center for International Development-implemented legislative strengthening program in Lebanon.

Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section

ISBD namespaces published

ISBD Review Group and ISBD/XML Study Group — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:35:10 +0100

Namespaces for the consolidated edition of the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) have been published in Resource Description Framework (RDF), the basis of the Semantic Web. The namespaces can be accessed at http://iflastandards.info/ns/isbd/.

Cataloguing Section

Reminder—WLIC 2012 Call for Poster Sessions

IFLA — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:39:39 +0100

An alternative approach for the presentation of projects/new work will be available for conference participants. An area on the conference premises has been designated for the presentation of information regarding projects or activities of interest to librarians.

Dates and instructions for Helsinki

Joanne Yeomans — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:08 +0100

The Conference Related Information section of the Officers Corner has been updated to reflect the latest email from HQ sent on January 12th regarding Helsinki programme deadlines. Please read the email for full details and the latest instructions.

Please note some deadlines concerning Helsinki and the deadline for satellite meeting proposals for Singapore have changed slightly.

Officers Corner

Call for papers: Empowering Africa’s burgeoning population with access to demographic and development information

IFLA — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:50:22 +0100

The IFLA Special Interest Group Access to Information Network - Africa (ATINA/RAIA) invite proposals for presentations at its Open Session in Helsinki, Finland.

Theme: Empowering Africa's burgeoning population with access to demographic and development information - the world population explosion and access to the information needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in Africa
Access to Information Network - Africa (ATINA) Special Interest Group

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Newsletter n°1-January 2012

Raphaelle Bats — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:21:11 +0100

The LTR section begins a new bulletin, the ideal way to see everything you missed our latest news.

Newsletter January 2012

Library Theory and Research Section

Indigenous Knowledges: IFLA Presidential Programme Spring Meeting 2012, Vancouver Canada

IFLA — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:19:14 +0100

photo courtesy of Martin Dee, University of British Columbia—Vancouver

Mark your calendars!

Announcing the 2012 IFLA Presidential Programme

Call for proposals: Promoting global access to law

Elizabeth Naumczyk — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:17 +0100

Theme: Promoting global access to law: developing an open access index for official authenticated legal information. Part 2: Europe
Law Libraries Section

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CALL FOR PAPERS - Extended Deadline 15th February

Albert Boekhorst — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:38:44 +0100

The Call for papers for IFLA Information Literacy Section and E-learning Special Interest Group Joint Open Session is extended. The new deadline is 15th February

Information Literacy Section

2013 Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Fellowship deadline approaching!

IFLA — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:28:24 +0100

The application deadline for the 2013 Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program is 17 February 2012.

This program–jointly sponsored by the American Theological Library Association, IFLA and OCLC–provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies.

The Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program