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FAIFE Makes Available Translations of Major Training Materials and Policy Documents

During 2009, IFLA language centres around the world have been busy with a major translation project. Using funds provided by the Swedish International Co-operation and Development Agency (Sida), IFLA...

News - Anonymous - 9 March 2010

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. The objective of the workshop was to look at the effects of a series of workshops on the IFLA Inter...

News - Anonymous - 13 November 2009

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 regard...

News - Mark Perkins - 5 August 2009

Kai Ekholm named Chair of FAIFE

 ... IFLA's Governing Board has named Kai Ekholm, Director and Chief Librarian of the National Library of Finland, as the Chair of FAIFE for the term 2009-2011.... The objective of the IFLA's FAIF...

News - Anonymous - 8 May 2009

About FAIFE

FAIFE is an initiative within IFLA to defend and promote the basic human rights defined in Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The FAIFE Committee and Office furth...

Page - Louis - 24 January 2009

The World Report 2001 Media release

The first IFLA/FAIFE World Report on libraries and intellectual freedom was launched on Thursday 23 August at the IFLA Annual Conference in Boston. ... The President of IFLA, Mrs Christine Deschamps, s...

Page - Mark - 4 December 2008

The World Report 2001

"Libraries & Intellectual Freedom"... The IFLA/FAIFE World Report on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom, published in 2001, was the first attempt to systematically collect information on...

Page - Mark - 4 December 2008

The World Report 2003 - Deutsche Präsentation des IFLA/FAIFE Weltberichts 2003

Der "IFLA/FAIFE Weltbericht 2003. Geistige Freiheit in der Informationsgesellschaft, Bibliotheken und das Internet" wird heute morgen im Rahmen der IFLA-Eröffnungspressekonferenz pr...

Page - Mark - 4 December 2008

The Summary Report 2002 Media release

The IFLA/FAIFE Summary Report 2002: Libraries, Conflicts and the Internet discusses Internet accessible information and censorship; present an overview of the global situation relating to libraries a...

Page - Mark - 4 December 2008

The Summary Report 2002

"Libraries, Conflicts & the Internet"... The second volume in the series, The IFLA/FAIFE Summary Report was launched in Glasgow 2002. The main topics of debate were an overview of global...

Page - Mark - 4 December 2008