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UNESCO and IFLA: Celebrating 75 Years of Partnership

On 20-22 May 1947, IFLA’s first council meeting following the end of the Second World War was held in Oslo, Norway. It was here that IFLA signed an agreement to cooperate with the newly formed United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Read More

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  • 19 May 2022

IFLA SCITECH Webinar: Health Information Literacy: Content Creation during the COVID Infodemic

This webinar's panelists from five different Asian countries will discuss challenges, strategies and training adopted and imparted for creating accurate and authoritative content about COVID-19. We will share the training imparted to create awareness and will address the global challenges of creating multilingual content in forms that are easily accessible and understandable. Read More

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  • 12 January 2022

UNESCO Agrees Open Science Recommendation – Implications for Libraries

During its General Conference, held on 9-24 November, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) agreed a new Recommendation on Open Science. IFLA has welcomed this work, and encourages librarians, libraries and associations to draw on this in their own practice and advocacy. Read More

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  • 28 November 2021

UNESCO General Conference

The 41st General Conference of UNESCO (the United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural Organization) takes place from 9-24 November 2021 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Read More

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  • 11 November 2021