The IFLA School Libraries and Information Literacy Sections are jointly sponsoring two webinars exploring perspectives on the role of information literacy education in fostering a smooth transition throughout a learner’s formal education journey from pre-Kindergarten to 20 and beyond. They will take place via Zoom on 27-28 October 2021. Read More
IFLA warmly welcomes the news that there are now 100 organisations and institutions engaged in the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC), working together to ensure access to information for persons with print disabilities. The Consortium provides a practical platform for sharing books in accessible formats… Read More
The United Kingdom will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK, from 31 October – 12 November 2021. IFLA has been working behind the scenes to help make space on the agenda for the voice of libraries to be included. Beyond this, libraries… Read More
The IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural Library Manifesto Toolkit was developed by IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section (MCULTP) for the purpose of giving practical approaches on how libraries can apply the concepts contained in the Manifesto. Thanks to the efforts made by our French colleagues, gathered in the International section… Read More
Last August, I attended my first-ever IFLA WLIC virtual professional conference. As one of the speakers in the session “Why authentic relationships matter with indigenous communities”, I was giddy at the prospect of attending the conference and interacting with fellow speakers, especially under the Indigenous librarianship section. Even though I’m… Read More
FACILITATING RESEARCH OUTPUT IN UGANDA: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES GENERAL BACKGROUND Libraries as innovative and esteemed information producers all over the world have a tremendous impact in the academic and public spheres. In science and technology researchers rely on the librarian’s expertise in organizing, disseminating and archiving their output as a… Read More
The Russian State Library, the Russian National Library, and the Russian Library Association invite you to take part in the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Library Science in the 21st Century: Content, Organization, Digitalisation, and Scientometrics”. The purpose of the conference is to identify emerging issues and pinpoint factors that promote LIS studies,… Read More
We are soliciting articles and proposals for our planned IFLA TILT (Trends and Issues in Library Technologies for 2022 and 2023) on all areas of library technologies from completed library IT projects to R&D to upcoming trends and future visioning related to library technologies. For articles, there is room for briefs… Read More
IFLA Library Reference Model (LRM) is a high-level conceptual reference model developed within an entity-relationship modelling framework. It is the consolidation of the separately developed IFLA conceptual models: FRBR, FRAD, FRSAD. IFLA LRM was developed to resolve inconsistencies between the three separate models. Every user task, entity, attribute and relationship… Read More
“Of all things, I liked books best”, Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) The 10th International Summit of the Book, organsied both online and in Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Summit is an initiative of the US Library of Congress, and discusses the development of books into electronic formats and its impact on reading;… Read More