Free IFLA/ALA Webinar "Library Services to Immigrants and Refugees"
28 February 2016IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section (CPDWL) and the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) have partnered with the American Library Association (ALA) to present a one-hour webinar about library services to immigrants and refugees including models and best practices from different regions of the world.
World-wide review of the FRBR-Library Reference Model, a consolidation of the FRBR, FRAD and FRSAD conceptual models
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IFLA issues Statement on Right to be Forgotten
25 February 2016The “Right to be Forgotten” refers to an individual’s ability to request that a search engine (or other data provider) remove links to information about himself or herself from search results.
IFLA Statement on the Right to be Forgotten
25 February 2016IFLA co-signs Brussels Declaration on Trade and the Internet for international trading systems reform
22 February 2016On 22 February 2016 IFLA co-signed the Brussels Declaration on Trade and the Internet in support of sustainable, transparent, accountable and democratic international trading systems.
Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) released a special issue on "Philosophy and Teachings of S R Ranganathan"
20 February 2016Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) released a special issue on "Philosophy and Teachings of S R Ranganathan".
Out Now: March 2016 issue of IFLA Journal
19 February 2016View the complete issue online
13th IFLA BibLibre International Library Marketing Award Winners Announced
18 February 2016The IFLA Section on Management and Marketing in collaboration with our award sponsor Biblibre, announces the 13th IFLA BibLibre International Marketing award winners! This award honors organizations which implement creative, results-oriented marketing projects or campaigns.
Reference Interview - Jin HongYa, Subject Librarian, Deputy Director of Reader’s Service Center, Shanghai Library, China
16 February 2016Read the latest in our series of "Reference Interviews" with RISS Standing Committee Members!
Call for Papers, Government and Parliamentary Libraries as innovators: supporting communities of practice
9 February 2016The Government Libraries and Library and Research Services for Parliaments Sections invite proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour programme in the next IFLA General Conference to be held on August 2016 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
A Note from the Web Editor, IFLA Library History SIG
9 February 2016A 2016 Introduction from the new Convenor of the IFLA Library History SIG
8 February 2016Welcome to the Library History community far and wide.