The Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section has been successful in bidding for funds for a project to evaluate the benefits of attending IFLA conferences. The suggestion for this project came at last year’s conference in Helsinki and should be very beneficial to us in making the case for attendance to our colleagues.
The Report, prepared by the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, intends to help legislatures to harness the potential benefits of ICT for their work and establish key goals and priorities for exploiting this valuable resource.
A Review of the Section activities, meetings, social events, and a gist of what transpired at the recently concluded IFLA Helsinki, August 8-17, 2012: by John Pullinger, Chair of the Section
The first regional meeting of Arab parliamentary libraries was convened at the Arab Institute for Parliamentary Training and Legislative Studies in Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 19-20...