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BSLA: Swedish Library Association and Kenya Library Association in close cooperation

In August 2012, during the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Helsinki, the Swedish Library Association and Kenya Library Association signed a five year cooperation agreement.

Continued… | 8 March 2013 | ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), Associations, Kenya, Sweden, Building Strong Library Associations

Moldova holds first workshop in new BSLA project

In partnership with Novateca, the Global Libraries programme in Moldova, and IREX, IFLA has launched a new Building Strong Library Associations programme country project in Moldova. The project started in November 2012, and will continue until November 2013.

Continued… | 24 January 2013 | ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), Associations, Moldova, Building Strong Library Associations

Project report: Regional cooperation in South East Europe: Challenge and opportunity, Croatian Library Association

The project, "Regional cooperation: challenge and opportunity" aimed to continue the implementation of new policies and activities and to foster the collaboration and networking of library professionals in the region of South East Europe, especially in library leadership, fundraising, and advocacy. The project also trained 12 trainers in leadership and advocacy, who will be able to operate as library advocates on both national and regional level.

Continued… | 4 January 2013 | ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), Associations, Croatia, Building Strong Library Associations

Project Report: Leadership Development for Executive Board Members and Aspiring Leaders of Vietnamese Library Association, Vietnam

The Vietnamese Library Association (VLA) is Vietnam’s first and official national professional organization established since 2006 to promote the mutual professional interests of library and information professionals and other library workers in Vietnam. The VLA currently has about 6,000 members who are working in 1,500 libraries of different types all over the country.

Continued… | 4 January 2013 | ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), Associations, Vietnam, Building Strong Library Associations

Project Report: Information Literacy for Public Librarians, Peru

Twelve people from the interior of the country participated in the workshop. Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (ICPNA) hosted the project with support from IFLA’s Action for Development through Libraries Programme (ALP). The main purpose of this workshop was for participants to develop skills to be competent in information literacy, and to be trainers in the communities where they work to replicate the materials.

Continued… | 10 December 2012 | ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), Information literacy, Peru

Project Report: Workshop on Health Information Literacy, Bangladesh

East West University took the initiative to conduct a project to grow leaders in the field of Health Information Literacy with support from the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) under its Action for Development through Libraries (ALP) program in 2011-2012. The project was in three phases.

Continued… | 5 December 2012 | ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), Access to information, HIV/Aids, Bangladesh, public access to health information

BSLA: Workshop in Spain reaches 12 associations from across the country

FESABID, the umbrella organisation for library associations in Spain, organised a Building Strong Library Associations workshop in October 2012 for 12 associations from across Spain. The workshop was delivered by Felipe Martinez (Mexico), Governing Board member and BSLA core trainer for the country project in Peru.

Continued… | 26 November 2012 | ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), Associations, Spain, Building Strong Library Associations

ALP Project report: Support to the promotion of information access and library professionals in Madagascar

Library professionals (librarians, documentalists, archivists, documentation specialists, museologists) are information profesionals, which includes the journalists informing the public about the news, the communicators publishing events, and the librarians sharing knowledge and lore. The project consisted of a two-day workshop on "Support to the promotion of information access and library professionals in Madagascar". The workshop was facilitated by former IFLA President, Kay Raseroka (Botswana).

Continued… | 16 November 2012 | ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), Associations, Madagascar, Transparency, Good Governance

Project report: Regional cooperation: challenge and opportunity (Croatian Library Association, Zagreb 2012)

The purpose of the project was professional development of librarians, especially in the field of leadership skills and the ability to advocate libraries and library associations in the region of South Eastern Europe, as well as collaboration in development of joint projects on continuing professional development for librarians. The project Regional cooperation: challenge and opportunity aimed both at continuing the implementation of policies, activities and changes, was begun by Croatian Library Association (CLA) to ensure the sustainability and effectiveness of the association, as well as to foster collaboration and networking of library professionals in the region for leadership and advocacy.

Continued… | 31 October 2012 | ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), Associations, Croatia

IFLA Journal: Editor's Choice collection "Leading in the International Arena"

To coincide with the IFLA International Leaders Programme which commenced its first activities at the most recent IFLA Conference in Helsinki, IFLA and Sage are pleased to announce that an Editor's Choice of articles from IFLA Journal is now available.

Continued… | 30 October 2012 | ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), leaders, IFLA International Leaders Programme

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