News from Cultural Heritage
Tbilisi to be World Book Capital 2021
UNESCO has announced that Tbilisi, capital of Georgia, will be World Book Capital 2021. IFLA is looking forward to working with the authorities and libraries there to show the power of our institutions in promoting books and reading.Partnering for Education, Science and Culture at the UNESCO General Conference
The IFLA delegation represented the library and information profession at the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference.
IFLA Joins the Discussion on Preserving and Providing Access to Digital Heritage
Representatives from IFLA were invited to participate in the 2nd Inter-regional Conference for the Memory of the World, held in the Republic of Korea from 5-8 November 2019.
Key Issues for Libraries at the UNESCO General Conference 2019
A delegation from IFLA will attend the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference, held 12-27 November 2019 in Paris, France. Here is an overview of key issues being discussed.Keeping Cultural Heritage at the Heart of Europe
IFLA joined cultural heritage practitioners, policymakers and stakeholders from civil society in Paris on 30 October to discuss the role of cultural heritage at the heart of the revival of the European project.Recognising and Promoting Indigenous Languages in New Brunswick, Canada
Our latest profile of a library offering dedicated services around indigenous languages and the communities that speak them comes from Patricia Knockwood, Indigenous Services Librarian at New Brunswick Public Library Service, Canada.Culture Essential for SDG Success: IFLA Contributes to New Report
In the negotiations that led to the agreement of the 2030 Agenda in September 2015, a group of global organisations including IFLA drove the #culture2015goal campaign. A new report looks at the progress on incorporating culture into the SDGs since then, and relaunches the campaign as #culture2030goal.UN Climate Summit: the Heritage Dimension
IFLA attended the session at the United Nations Climate Summit focused on heritage issues. With a strong focus both on the risks that climate heritage poses to all types of culture, but also the contribution that heritage can, in turn, make to our response, it was an opportunity to highlight the difference that libraries can make.Reflecting Diversity and Building Understanding in Chocó, Colombia
As part of our series of examples of how libraries protect, preserve and promote indigenous languages in the context of the International Year of Indigenous Languages, this contribution from Alejandra Velez, University of Chocó, talks about her library’s work in this area.Library turns publisher in order to promote indigenous language reading
In a further contribution to our collection of examples of how libraries protect, preserve and promote indigenous lanaguges and the communities that speak them, the below example comes from Trøndelag county library in Norway. We are grategul to Morten Olsen Haugen for the below contribution.- 1 von 16
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