News from IFLA
Presentations from Mid Year Meeting and conference available
Reports from the recent School Libraries and Resource Centers Section Mid Year meeting in Oslo are availableIFLA attends Informal Session and Special Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, 18-20 April 2013
IFLA attends the 2nd special session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) on an international treaty on limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons/persons with print disabilities. Geneva, 18-20 April 2013.Czech and Catalan Translations of IFLA Public Library Services Guidelines now available
On behalf of IFLA, the Public Libraries Section chair Suzanne Payette warmly congratulates and thanks Vít Richter of the National Library of the Czech Republic who coordinated the Czech translation and Àngels Migueles Sarri who co-ordinated the Catalan work.Out Now: a New FAIFE Spotlight "Are digital laws making or breaking digital libraries?"
Take a look at it and feel free to post us your comments at the FAIFE Facebook page!2013 Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellows visit IFLA Headquarters
On the 23rd of April, IFLA Headquarters welcomed the 2013 Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development FellowsENSULIB Call for Papers/Abstracts deadline for WLIC 2013 extended!
Let our professinal community know about what you're doing, your plans, research, issues, etc.!From Wunderkammer to e-Resource: Promoting Art Information Across Borders in the 21st Century, Berlin, June 13-14 2013
The intention of this colloquium is for participants to not only gain new insight and creative guidance for working collaboratively, but to participate in conversations that will serve as catalysts for collaborative projects between American and German art and museum libraries.meet the President-elect: new librarians global connection webinar
We continue to work hard to provide opportunities for membership participation via new worldwide online programming. April 16, 2013
Reminder: Call for submissions for the Brill/IFLA Open Access award
Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2013. Brill and IFLA are pleased to announce the new Brill/IFLA Open Access award, which consists of a cash prize (€ 1000), travel, accommodation, and registration for the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) 2013...