Open Educational Resources: Where ICT meets education and scholarship
IFLA WLIC 2021 online session sponsored by the IT Section is about OER and library IT, don't miss it! Read More
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- 16 August 2021
- By: anonymous
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Join us at #WLIC2021: How Open Access Affects Serials Assessment
The Serials & Other Continuing Resources Committee (SOCRS) is pleased to invite the IFLA community to our programme during IFLA WLIC 2021: How Open Access Affects Serials Assessment Read More
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- 28 July 2021
- By: Andrea Wirth
Libraries for Human Rights: insights from Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Library Association and IFLA have prepared a joint submission for the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review of the country. Drawing on the experiences of the library field, the submission flags important trends and ways in which libraries work to support the fundamental rights to education, work, and access to science in Zimbabwe, and sets out recommendations on how more could be done. Read More
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- 20 July 2021
- By: anonymous
Timely, sustainable, and more necessary than ever: Webinar on libraries, open access and infodemics
The pandemic has underlined the importance of access to information for all, but at the same time, the risks of misinformation. Libraries have a huge potential to contribute, as highlighted in a webinar organised by participants in the IFLA-Goethe Institut Emerging International Voices Programme. Read More
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- 31 May 2021
- By: anonymous
Open access, infodemics and libraries: exploring the global equity of science
Returning for a second year, IFLA and Goethe-Institut present the second #EmergingInternationalVoices webinar, this time organised by the young librarians who participated in our successful series from last year! This year we will be discussing: Open Access, Infodemics and Libraries, exploring the global equity of science. Read More
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- 14 May 2021
Realizing the Potential of Open for Equitable, Resilient Recovery
Open access and open science more broadly have great potential to accelerate the research necessary to deliver on the SDGs, as well as to place high quality information into the hands of citizens, helping them take better decisions. Yet openness alone does not guarantee equity in access to… Read More
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- 23 April 2021
WLIC 2021 Virtual Conference Open Programme by the Acquisition and Collection Development Section
Supported by the international scholarly community and global coalitions of stakeholders, the push toward Open Access has gained momentum in the past few years as the relationships among authors, publishers, funders, research institutions, libraries, and other members of the scholarly community have evolved. This has resulted in a progressive shift to… Read More
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- 16 February 2021
Rights Retention: Exploring how the Plan S Strategy could apply globally: Recording Available!
In January 2021, IFLA’s Section on Academic and Research Libraries, together with IFLA Headquarters, organised a series of three webinars with experts from cOAlition S. These focused on learning more about the Rights Retention Strategy, a key part of wider efforts to promote open access, in this… Read More
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- 25 January 2021
IFLA Submits Comments on draft UNESCO Open Science Recommendation
Faced with global challenges, the need to promote cooperation and collaboration amongst those looking for solutions is vital. Open science promotes just this. With UNESCO preparing a draft Recommendation on the subject, IFLA has submitted comments. Read More
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- 22 January 2021
- By: anonymous
IFLA Comments on UNESCO draft Recommendation on Open Science
IFLA has submitted its response to a call for comments on UNESCO’s draft Recommendation on Open Science. The Recommendation is due to be agreed later this year. Our comments focus on strengthening the message of the text, giving greater clarity on the roles that librarians can play,… Read More
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- 22 January 2021