Special Interest Groups
- Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group
Scope... The consideration of the role of humanity in climate change and the notion of sustainable development are core concerns of society, and consequently of libraries....
Group - Vemivan - 11 May 2009
- Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group
Scope... Women play a crucial role in realising basic human rights for all and in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's). Meeting the information needs of women is a major contribution of ...
Group - Louis - 30 March 2009
- New Professionals Special Interest Group
Scope... The “New Professionals” are representing a new generation of LIS students and recently qualified professionals.... Nowadays, especially New Professionals are facing various challeng...
Group - Dierk.eichel - 30 March 2009
- LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group
Scope... Activities of the Special Interest Group will include: ... Curriculum development for LIS School in the Developing Countries Exchange of expertise and experience Design policy and procedu...
Group - Louis - 30 March 2009
- Library History Special Interest Group
Scope... This Special Interest Group is the continuation (as of 2009) of the former Library History Section. It aims to be the means within IFLA by which professionals specializing in all fields of li...
Group - Louis - 30 March 2009
- Libraries and Web 2.0 Special Interest Group
Scope... We want to maintain a forum for the implications of Web 2.0 for libraries, where the question of Library 2.0 and the ongoing development is watched and discussed in the next few years. It wo...
Group - Patrick.Danowski - 30 March 2009
- National Organizations and International Relations Special Interest Group
Scope... This Special Interest Group wants to be a forum for those who work in the realm of international relations to develop tools and networks and to advocate for their work both within their own o...
Group - Rchoudhary - 26 March 2009
- Indigenous Matters Special Interest Group
Scope... This Special Interest Group will consider the broad range of issues relating to indigenous peoples, indigenous knowledge and libraries and information services. These include awareness of ind...
Group - Louis - 26 March 2009
- E-Metrics Special Interest Group
Scope... E-metrics encompasses the strategies and processes for the gathering, processing and reporting of statistics and performance measures to describe the use, users and uses of electronic and net...
Group - Louis - 26 March 2009
- E-Learning Special Interest Group
Scope... E-learning is a significant feature of education and training for librarianship and information science. Intranets are being used to support 'regular' students on and off campus, while the W...
Group - GillianHallam - 26 March 2009