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In early February an exciting working meeting took place at IFLA Headquarters in The Hague. The intention of the meeting was to think about the future look and feel of IFLA’s online...

News - 6 March 2010 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, brainstorming, Communication, Information Technology, Membership, Networking, online services, Outreach, Professional development, Web 2.0, New Professionals

The Jodi Awards for accessible cultural websites and digital media are annually granted by the Jodi Mattes Trust in Great Britain. The Jodi Mattes Trust was established to promote equal access to,...

News - 14 December 2009 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

français Background In 2002, Google began digitizing approximately seven million books at its own expense through partnerships with libraries, publishers, and authors. The database Google...

News - 4 December 2009 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Google Book Settlement, Intellectual property, Mass digitisation, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On November 11th IFLA Senior Policy Advisor Stuart Hamilton took part in the Minerva Conference in Jerusalem, Israel, alongside librarians from the Givat Haviva Peace Library, the Al-Aqsa...

News - 23 November 2009 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Digital preservation, Israel, Newspapers, Palestinian Territories, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA's  Senior Policy Advisor will be attending the 4th Internet Governance Forum taking place November 15-18 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The theme of this year's Forum is 'Internet Governance...

News - 13 November 2009 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Capacity building, Egypt, Internet access, Internet governance, Policy

On Monday 7th September IFLA participated in a hearing in Brussels on the Google Book Settlement organised by the European Commission. IFLA, along with EBLIDA and LIBER, and other library...

News - 10 September 2009 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Announcement, Copyright, Digitisation, Google Book Settlement, Intellectual property, Statement, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

LIBRARY AND RESEARCH SERVICES FOR PARLIAMENTS STANDING COMMITTEE I AGENDA SATURDAY 22 AUGUST 2009 AT 14.30 – 17.20 TO BE HELD AT THE MAIN IFLA CONFERENCE VENUE IN MILAN  1. ...

Informational Page - 12 August 2009 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

  FAIFE Committee Member Loida Garcia-Febo, has just been elected Vice Chair/ Chair Elect of the American Library Associations Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT). Below are details...

News - 5 August 2009 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Advocacy, Associations, Censorship, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, United States, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

View of the group, with trainers Philippe Colomb and Marc Jean-Baptiste In May 2009, the FOKAL / Open Society Institute Haïti organised a seven days training session in Port-au-Prince...

News - 31 July 2009 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Haiti, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

"WITH THE RIGHT TO READ" Oslo IFLA pre-conference on reading August 7th - 9th  2010    IFLA satellite conference on Reading for all - a question of equal access,...

Informational Page - 21 July 2009 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Digital divide, Disadvantaged people, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Reading, Services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired, Library Services to People with Special Needs