News from Cultural Heritage

Call for papers: The Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation

UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme, in cooperation with the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies and with the Library of the University of British Columbia, and in partnership with IFLA, ICA, ICOM, WIPO, Google, Microsoft and others, is sponsoring a three-day conference concerning the preservation of documentary heritage.

Continued… | 13 January 2012 | Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Preservation, Canada

Blue Shield 2nd Statement on Egypt

As the altercations in Egypt endure, and following the recent damages suffered by the Institut d’Egypte in Cairo, the Blue Shield expresses its great concern regarding the safeguarding of the country’s invaluable cultural heritage amidst the ongoing turmoil, and wishes to recall the importance of the Arab Republic of Egypt as repository of the world’s collective memory.

Continued… | 22 December 2011 | Cultural heritage, Digital preservation

Blue Shield 2nd Statement on Libya

As the situation in Libya endures, the organisation and its members continue to deplore the suffering and loss of life...

Continued… | 2 July 2011 | Cultural heritage, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Blue Shield Statement on Syria

The Blue Shield expresses its deep concern regarding the safeguarding of the country’s invaluable cultural and historical heritage.

Continued… | 18 May 2011

Resources from the library community affected by the March 11th Earthquake in Japan

Updates from the National Diet Library, Japan Library Association & ICOMOS...

Continued… | 29 April 2011 | Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Japan

Message from Matsuoka Kaname, Secretary General of the Japanese Library Association

To IFLA members from Japan Library Association

Continued… | 6 April 2011 | Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Japan

IFLA and the Prince Claus Fund sign contract to help preserve Haitian cultural heritage

Creating a solid foundation for Haiti's cultural reconstruction...

Continued… | 29 March 2011 | Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti

Message from Dr. Makoto Nagao, Librarian of the National Diet Library in Tokyo, Japan

We are still learning the whole picture of the devastation wrought in Tohoku...

Continued… | 16 March 2011

Blue Shield Statement on Libya

Following the recent events in Libya, the Blue Shield expresses its great concern about the safeguarding of the country's invaluable cultural heritage amid the existing turmoil. The Blue Shield deplores the suffering and loss of life this conflict has imposed on the Libyan population...

Continued… | 14 March 2011 | Cultural heritage, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya