The competition for IFLA Green Library Award was tight, and the quality of the submissions seems to get better year after year. It is also a joy to note that libraries are taking seriously environmental work and wish to promote the UN SDGs. The Award committee received 28… Read More
Following the UN’s Transforming Education Summit in September 2022, the UNESCO Section for Education for Sustainable Development has launched a global, multistakeholder partnership to coordinate efforts to get every learner climate ready. Read More
IFLA is a founding member of the Culture2030Goal campaign, which brings together global cultural networks in order to make the case for a prominent, central role of culture in global development frameworks. It believes that, by placing culture on the same level as other policy areas, it will be far easier to ensure that cultural factors and actors – such as libraries – are engaged in development policy, from planning to implementation. Read More
IFLA is a founding member of the Culture2030Goal campaign, which brings together global cultural networks in order to make the case for a prominent, central role of culture in global development frameworks. It believes that, by placing culture on the same level as other policy areas, it will be far easier to ensure that cultural factors and actors – such as libraries – are engaged in development policy, from planning to implementation. Read More
FLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) in collaboration with the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG), the Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB), and the IFLA Regional Divisions is proud to present "Sustainable Development Goals and Library Associations: Europe Regional Division." This event is part of a webinar series featuring different regions of the world. Join us on July 11, time: TBD. Read More
On 19 August, IFLA’s Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) and Public Libraries Section (PLS) , in collaboration with Bibliotheek Midden-Brabant, LocHal (Tilburg), are organising a Satellite Meeting before the 2023 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The focus will be… Read More
Libraries had a strong presence at the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, through engagement in sessions, direct contact with delegates, and a side-event focused on how libraries empower people to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Read More
As part of the UN Science, Technology and Innovation Forum, IFLA was proud to host a side-event focused on how libraries help make open science work in ways that maximise its contribution to development. At the heart of this is the need to apply principles of sustainable development - leaving no-one behind, taking a holistic appraoch - to open science itself. Read More
IFLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) in collaboration with the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG), the Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB), and the IFLA Regional Divisions is proud to present "Sustainable Development Goals and Library Associations: Asia/Oceania Regional Division." This event is part of a webinar series featuring different regions of the world. Join us on June 7, time: 5 PM Auckland, New Zealand; 2 PM Tokyo, Japan; 1 PM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 12 PM Hanoi, Vietnam; 7 AM Warsaw, Poland. Read More
IFLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) in collaboration with the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG), the Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB), and the IFLA Regional Divisions is proud to present "Sustainable Development Goals and Library Associations: MENA Regional Division." This event is part of a webinar series featuring different regions of the world, Join us on May 8 at 7 PM Cairo, Egypt; 12 PM New York, USA; 6 PM Warsaw, Poland; May 9 12am Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Read More