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The Destruction of a Public Library is a Blow Felt by All

Message from Thomas W. Galante, CEO, Queens Library:  Let's show the world that libraries have a heart and can unite to help the Egyptian people rebuild their public...

News - 9 March 2011 (created)

Tagged: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Egypt

IFLA’s involvement in Haiti reconstruction efforts during 2010

A man retrieving documents from the rubble in Haiti Dear Colleagues As a result of last year’s devastating earthquake in Haiti, more than 220,000 Haitians were...

News - 18 January 2011 (created)

Tagged: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

Good news from the National Library of Haiti

français | Español Two shipping containers loaded with shelves, mobile cabinets, textbooks and books on general culture have just arrived in Haiti. Despite the...

News - 20 December 2010 (created)

Tagged: Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

Swiss libraries with BSF send 2 containers of equipment to Haitian libraries

A number of Swiss libraries, along with assistance from Libraries without borders (BSF), have sent two shipping containers loaded with books and shelving for Haïtian libraries At 8:30...

News - 26 October 2010 (created)

Tagged: Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

Preservation workshops organised in Haiti

A workshop participant busy with small repairs and gap filling 21-22 July 2010 Organised by IFLA, the International Council on Archives (ICA), International Committee of...

News - 30 August 2010 (created)

Tagged: Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

Blue Shield rescue center to be established in Haiti

L to R: IFLA President Ellen Tise, Mme Marie Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue–Haitian Minister Of Culture and Communication, & Francoise B. Thybulle–Director of the National...

News - 25 June 2010 (created)

Tagged: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

International Blue Shield's Mission to Haiti - Online Report

The Blue Shield International sent two experts to Port-au-Prince from 11th to 16th of April. Danielle Mincio (IFLA) and Christophe Jacobs (ICA and ANCBS) went there in order to work with our...

News - 4 June 2010 (created)

Tagged: Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

Official recognition of a new Blue Shield Committee in Haiti

The International Committee on the Blue Shield is very pleased to share with you the official recognition of a new Blue Shield Committee in Haiti. Our colleagues deployed huge efforts to...

News - 28 May 2010 (created)

Tagged: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

Blue Shield actions for safeguarding heritage in Haiti

Paris, 22 March 2010 PRESS RELEASE The international Blue Shield network has worked hard in the last weeks on defining an action plan for helping our Haitian colleagues. You...

News - 26 March 2010 (created)

Tagged: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

Solidarity with Chilean Librarians

    Ms. Paola Roncatti President of the Colegio de Bibliotecarios de Chile, A. G.       On behalf of the IFLA Latin...

News - 3 March 2010 (created)

Tagged: Chile, Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Preservation, Latin America and the Caribbean