Access to information

Policing the Internet is not a Job for a Corporation

Hanna Nikkanen — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:27:37 +0100

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Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)

EMMILE: European Meeting on Media and Information Literacy Education in Libraries

Albert Boekhorst — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:41:29 +0100

Information Literacy Section

Call for Papers—Subject Access now: Inspiring, surprising, empowering

Sandra Roe — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:27:42 +0100

For the Classification & Indexing Section Open Session we invite presentations showing new and innovative ways of providing subject access to users from all types of libraries – approaches or applications that are inspiring, surprising, empowering.

For example:

Classification and Indexing Section

Taller de la IFLA sobre transparencia y buen gobierno: Argentina

IFLA — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:38:23 +0100

Por Magdalena Biota

English

Government Libraries Section

IFLA workshop on transparency and good governance: Argentina

Magdalena Biota — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:34 +0100

Español

Government Libraries Section

Call for papers: Copyright Law and Legal Deposit for Audiovisual Materials

IFLA — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:34:47 +0100

IFLA WLIC 11-16 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland

Copyright laws have been established in many countries in the print age and have not been updated to meet the new needs of the digital era. There is a serious need of special laws and legal terms for this variety of media to increase and preserve accessibility, not only on the national level but also on an international one.

Audiovisual and Multimedia Section

UNESCO endorses the IFLA Manifesto for Digital Libraries

IFLA — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:55:07 +0100

[العربية]

Digital Libraries

An attempt to understand what the proposed Internet filtering system in Turkey means

Erkan Saka — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:12:57 +0100

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Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)

Intellectual Freedom across the Globe

Louis Takács — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:00:43 +0200

Registration is now open for “Intellectual Freedom across the Globe,” a series of three webinars on international issues related to free speech, censorship and access to information in libraries and beyond. The webinars will be held during November 2011 and feature speakers from several countries. The series is co-sponsored by ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and

Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)

Registration now open for November “Intellectual Freedom across the Globe” webinar series

IFLA — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:22:23 +0200

CHICAGO - Registration is now open for “Intellectual Freedom across the Globe,” a series of three webinars on international issues related to free speech, censorship and access to information in libraries and beyond. The webinars will be held during November 2011 and feature speakers from several countries. The series is co-sponsored by ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and FA

Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)