Loida García-Febo receives 2010 Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award

Loida García-Febo, assistant coordinator of the New Americans Program & Special Services at the Queens Library (N.Y.), is the 2010 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award. This award is given biennially to an individual for making positive changes in the profession of librarianship and consists of a 24K gold-framed citation and $1,000 contributed by the Elizabeth Futas Memorial Fund of the American Library Association.

Continued… | 20 March 2010 | New Professionals | New professionals, Professional development, New Professionals

UNIMARC 2010 - Lyon, France

Following the meetings in Lisbon (2006) and Florence (2008), the UNIMARC Core Activity...

Continued… | 20 March 2010 | UCA | UNIMARC, Conferences, France

IFLA Presidential Newsletter No. 2 February 2010

Dear Colleagues, The library symposium/presidential meeting 2010, which took place 18 and 19 February in Stellenbosch...

Continued… | 19 March 2010 | General IFLA news

New website IFLA Chinese Language Centre

It gives me a great pleasure to announce the launch of the IFLA Chinese Language Center (IFLA-CLC) website...

Continued… | 19 March 2010 | Chinese | China, Language Centre for Chinese

Winners Announced for the 8th IFLA International Marketing Award

The IFLA Section on Management and Marketing in collaboration with Emerald is pleased to announce the winners...

Continued… | 15 March 2010 | Management and Marketing | Awards, Emerald, Management and Marketing

New mission statement of the New Professionals Special Interest Group

The NPSIG has a new mission statement.

Continued… | 10 March 2010 | New Professionals | mission statement, Networking, New Professionals, recruitment, New Professionals

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 | 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 | FAIFE | Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, HIV/Aids, Internet access

Call for Nominations: IFLA 2010 Honours and Awards

Deadline: 12 April 2010. The IFLA Governing Board bestows Honours and Awards...

Continued… | 8 March 2010 | General IFLA news | Awards, Nominations

Report about IT brainstorming meeting at IFLA Headquarters

illustrated summary of IT brainstorming meeting at IFLA Headquarters in early February

Continued… | 6 March 2010 | New Professionals | Access to information, brainstorming, Communication, Conferences, ifla headquarters, Internet access, it meeting, Membership, Netherlands, Networking, New professionals, New Professionals, online services, Outreach, Professional development, Services, Success stories, Web 2.0, New Professionals