The IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at the National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS), Trinidad and Tobago, is featuring the IFLA Risk Register as part of their Preservation Webinar Series. Read More
This webinar will discuss the structures of supply chains for illicit trafficking of cultural goods and key stakeholders who are involved at each stage. The organisers will define what an illicit antiquity is and explore the source, transit and market countries. To explain the key features of… Read More
Memory, traditions, and creative expressions allow people to share their ideas and values with others. Here are some key areas relating to culture and heritage where IFLA plans to have an impact in 2021. Read More
November 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. This Convention provides an international framework for the prevention of theft and looting,… 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
The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights invited stakeholders, including IFLA, to provide input for a report on the threat of climate change to culture, heritage and cultural rights. Read More
Climate change forces all of us to face the reality that we will see major shifts in our economic models, our physical landscapes, our energy systems, and resource management more generally. Libraries, archives, and other members of the cultural heritage space are facing and are predicted to face tremendous impacts on our collections, collecting, facilities, services, funding, users, communities, and professional lives. Read More
Theme "It's good to preserve, it's even better to share: Sound and visual cultural heritage in local communities" Read More
Click here for the complete 2017-2018 IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG Annual Report. Read More
At its meeting of 19th August 2011, the IFLA Governing Board set up an Advisory Group to draft Principles of Engagement to be used by IFLA and its members in library-related activities of disaster risk reduction and in times of conflict, crisis or natural disaster; with reference to IFLA’s engagement… Read More