Download the new Guidelines infographics poster
Check out the new graphic "short version" of the Guidelines for Library Services to Children aged 0-18. Read More
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- 20 May 2022
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The IFLA ENSULIB Webinar Series Project
ENSULIB holds free webinars irregularly on the topics related to the green and sustainable libraries and library projects, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and other relevant emerging trends. The following are the webinars held by ENSULIB recently. You may also visit our IFLA ENSULIB… Read More
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- 04 March 2022
Call for the IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the year 2022 is now open!
The IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year award celebrates new and exciting public libraries from all over the world. The award is presented to a new library anywhere in the world, that best combines open, functional architecture with creative IT solutions and considers both digital developments and local culture. Read More
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- 14 February 2022
IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Award: Meeting with the Stars!
Please join the IFLA Public Libraries Section as we celebrate the 2020/21 shortlisted libraries for the IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Award and to hear from previous winners of the award. Read More
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- 02 November 2021
Library Design Matters! Designing for New Services in an Uncertain Future
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
- Events
- 29 September 2021
Looking back at the IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Award 2021
What a great public library of the year award it was this year! And what a great winner Deichman, Public Library in Oslo is. Read More
- News
- 22 September 2021
Managing and Marketing Inclusion in Libraries
IFLA sections on Management & Marketing and Library Services for People with Special Needs are hosting an exciting and inspiring joint virtual conference with a specific focus on managing and marketing for library users with special needs. Read More
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- 13 September 2021
New Libraries in Old Buildings — Creative Reuse
​ 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
- Publications
- 29 June 2021
- By: Petra Hauke, Karen Latimer and Robert Niess (Eds)
Library Design for the 21st Century—Collaborative Strategies to Ensure Success
Library design in the 21st century has one common theme: collaboration is at the heart of innovation. Designing modern libraries is a complex process involving many stakeholders and participants. Libraries of all types work with an almost limitless range of constituent groups for input, buy-in and successful implementation. Securing… Read More
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- 07 January 2019
- By: Diane Koen and Traci Engel Lesneski (Eds)
High quality design on a low budget: New library buildings
Since 2008 the world’s economy has seen dramatic changes that have rippled throughout the library world. While the demand for library services has increased, the money available to build, refurbish and operate them has decreased. Many countries report a decrease in funding of libraries. On the other hand, public… Read More
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- 29 March 2016
- By: Dorothea Sommer, Janine Schmidt and Stefan Clevström (Eds)