As part of the preparation of the 2024 Trend Report, we are calling on IFLA members, volunteers and the wider library field to share their views on which trends will matter most in the years to come, as well as how you see them working together. Deadline: 28 August 2024. Read More
IFLA President Vicki McDonald will deliver the keynote address titled "Leave no-one behind". Read More
The 11th International Summit of the Book is taking place simultaneously online and in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina. IFLA will be represented, talking about the importance for libraries to feel a sense of agency in their own future, and that of their soceities. Read More
IFLA President Barbara Lison will deliver a keynote address at the conference on the theme of "Libraries, a global community". Read More
IFLA President Barbara Lison will deliver a keynote address at the conference on the theme of "Librarians – essential elements of Futuristic information system" Read More
In May 2022, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)’s Standing Committee on Copyright Relations will meet for the 42nd time – and for the first time in person in the two years since the pandemic began. Read More
IFLA is happy to share the 2021 Update of its Trend Report, based on the ideas submitted by emerging library leaders ahead of our World Library and Information Congress. We invite you to look through, and think how these trends will interact and impact upon our institutions, our profession and our communities. Read More
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, OCLC has connected with leaders and staff at cultural heritage institutions from around the world to understand how the crisis has impacted them, their institutions, and communities, how they have responded, and how the experiences are shaping their future plans. Join us for an update on their latest findings! Read More
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, OCLC has connected with leaders and staff at cultural heritage institutions from around the world to understand how the crisis has impacted them, their institutions, and communities, how they have responded, and how the experiences are shaping their future plans. Join us for an update on their latest findings! Read More
The Leaders’ Conversations series is a global digital platform for library and archives leaders to share insights and developments of the field. We are back this year with the theme Visualising Our Future: Masterplans of Libraries and Archives, which is particularly poignant to the library and archives world as we face multiple challenges these two years. This webinar focuses on academic libraries. Read More