The IFLA side-event at the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for Europe brought together speakers from very different areas of the field, but a shared message: access to information is essential in responding to crises, and can be best achieved by systemic approaches to supporting libraries. Read More
IFLA is organising a side-event at the European Regional Forum on Sustainable Development, focused on how information and evidence - and meaningful access to it - makes a difference for development, from the intergovernmental to the individual levels. 10:00-11:30am Geneva time, 28 March. Read More
In the spirit of partnership, this month IFLA features the IFLA Health and Biosciences (HBS) Section and their partner the IFLA Evidence for Global Disaster and Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group in the Units + Strategy recognition series, for their collaborative efforts not only with each other, but with several external medical and health-related information organisations. Read about what they’ve been doing and what they’ve got planned for 2022-2023. Read More
In this webinar you will learn more about infodemic as a concept and how we went from fake news to infodemic in the last five years; about training initiatives at the World Health Organization (WHO) and the ASEAN-USAID PROSPECT in Jakarta, Indonesia. You will also hear the clarion call on the role of the librarian in advocacy and the skills needed to fight infodemic and infobesity. Read More
The Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL) Section, in support of the Global Media and Information Literacy Week (October 24–31) cordially invites you to a webinar on: Fighting back the Infodemic: CPD opportunities and initiatives for LIS professionals What is infodemic? How is the library profession responding to the… Read More
JOIN the E4GDH SIG at WLIC in Dublin on Thursday 28 July 2002, 11:00 - 12:30 at Wicklow Hall 2 for 'Librarians as evidence intermediaries during times of crisis' (Session 142) Read More
The Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH) special interest group is delighted that IFLA is now a signatory for the Cochrane Call to Action, to improve evidence-informed decision-making in preparation for future health crises. Read More
Asia Pacific Panel May 5, 2022 Presentation 1: Developing the Victorian Public Libraries for Health and Wellbeing Framework. Libraries have always been a resource for their communities, but the contemporary library can also support health and wellbeing by provision of physical spaces, digital access, information, and library programmes. Jenny… Read More
This webinar's panelists from five different Asian countries will discuss challenges, strategies and training adopted and imparted for creating accurate and authoritative content about COVID-19. We will share the training imparted to create awareness and will address the global challenges of creating multilingual content in forms that are easily accessible and understandable. Read More
The Pandemic has clearly focused minds on health, and how essential it is that we do not take it for granted. The right to health – and with it, the right to health information – have rapidly moved up the political agenda. Find out about the plans of our Health and Biosciences Section (HBS) and Evidence for Global and Disaster Health Special Interest Group (E4GDH), and in particular about the 2022 International Congress of Medical Librarianship. Read More