HERMES Project Meeting
IFLA is participating in a key project meeting as part of the EU-funded HERMES project on strengthening digital resource sharing during COVID-19 and beyond. Read More
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- 03 May 2022
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COVID-19, Copyright, and Libraries report: executive summary released
In the week of World Intellectual Property Day 2022, IFLA has released the Executive Summary of its research report "How well did copyright laws serve libraries during COVID-19?". Read More
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- 29 April 2022
Call for Papers (video or multimedia work) IFLA WLIC 2020 Dublin – The Audiovisual and Multimedia Section joint with Metropolitan Libraries Section
Theme: Inspire, Enable, Engage and Connect: Video and Multimedia Productions by and for Libraries and Library Users Read More
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- 03 February 2020
- By: Mikael Johansson
Roundtable Discussion on the 38th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
Representatives of the education and library communities and the South Centre will brief WIPO delegates on the coming work of the 38th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). There will also be roundtable discussions. The brief will focus on the two major copyright… Read More
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- 25 March 2019
Newsletter on Digital Opportunities and Challenges: Call for papers
IFLA’s Standing Committee on Libraries for Children and Young Adults is seeking articles for our next newsletter about youth services librarianship and best practices from around the world linked to our theme, which is: Digital Opportunities and Challenges for Library Services to Children and Youth. Read More
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- 20 March 2019
- By: Benjamin Scheffler
Call for papers WLIC 2019 – The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and the Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)
Theme "It's good to preserve, it's even better to share: Sound and visual cultural heritage in local communities" Read More
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- 07 January 2019
- By: Mikael Johansson
Scholarly Communication in Asia & Africa
Open Access might be a growing part of Scholarly Communication, but it is accompanied by challenges old and new, no matter where you are in the world Read More
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- 04 September 2018
- By: anonymous
Session 140, To Have and not to Hold: The End of Ownership – CLM and FAIFE Advisory Committees
9:30 – 11:30 Simulatenous translation The shift from buying physical library media to licensing digital content has profound impacts on the way libraries acquire and give access to content. From e-books that can disappear at the whim (or the mistake) of the owners of a server… Read More
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- 09 August 2018
Session 217, What’s Up with eLending? – eLending Working Party with Public Libraries
08:30 – 10:30 Livestreamed Simultaneous Interpretation In the 5 years since the last major session at WLIC, we have seen talk of the death of the physical books replaced by talk of the death of the eBook (both unsubstantiated), evolution in licensing practices and… Read More
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- 09 August 2018
Call for papers WLIC 2018 – Audiovisual and Multimedia Section joint session with Information Technology Section
Theme "Video Games: Winning strategies for libraries" Read More
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- 01 December 2017
- By: Mikael Johansson