Applications for the IFLA/SYSTEMATIC Public Library of the year Award 2023 open on 21 February. Enter your new, exciting library as candidate for award! Read More
Applications for this year´s public library of the Year Award will open on 21 February. Read More
Would you like to get involved with the Library Buildings and Equipment Section (LBES)? Here’s how: Explore our projects page – contact the project organiser or Section ChairProvide a translation for one of our resources – contact our Information Coordinator Learn how to become a Standing Committee Member… Read More
Está ampliamente aceptado que el edificio de la biblioteca es un elemento de crucial importancia para el éxito del funcionamiento de una biblioteca pública. El Premio IFLA / Systematic a la Biblioteca Pública del Año pretende rendir homenaje a los edificios bellos y singulares de las bibliotecas… Read More
Join us online for the second of three free 50 minute "webinets" from the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section to inspire and stimulate ideas about new approaches to library design in challenging times. Read More
Now available in open access! This book focuses on difficulties and opportunities in revitalization of old, derelict or abandoned buildings into a library and investigates the transformation of buildings which originally had a different purpose. Read More
​ This book focuses on difficulties and opportunities in revitalization of old, derelict or abandoned buildings into a library and investigates the transformation of buildings which originally had a different purpose. The publication shows worldwide best practice examples from different types of libraries in historic environments,… Read More
On the afternoon of 4 August 2020, the city of Beirut experienced a disaster of devastating proportions. It was with a heavy heart that we watched footage of the explosion and began receiving news of the aftermath over the hours and days that followed. Read More
Find out how IFLA’s Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group (ENSULIB) has engaged with the IFLA Strategy. Read More
Three great sessions this year from the National Libraries Section, the Special Interest Group on National Organisations and International Relations (SIG-NOIR), and the Special Interest Group on National Information and Library Policy (SIG-NILP). Read More