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IFLA 2016 National Committee Fellowship Grant Announced

We are so happy to provide an opportunity for new librarians from outside North America (U.S. and Canada) to attend the IFLA 2016 Congress in Columbus, Ohio. I would like to encourage you to apply soon!

Guest Post: "The right to privacy in the digital age"

This is a guest post by NPSIG volunteer Michelle Gibeault, an academic librarian at the University of Arkansas (USA).

News from the Area of Interest Libraries, Research Services and Archives of ECPRD

The annual seminar of ECPRD (European Centre of Parliamentary Research and Documentation) Area of Interest Libraries, Research Services and Archives was held on 24-25 September in Budapest, hosted by the Hungarian National Assembly. The meeting was attended by 67 participants from 32 countries representing 38 parliaments (chambers) and ECPRD.

Updated last session for 2015 of the webinar series “New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations.”

European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL 2015)

Pre-Conference Presentations and Highlights of 2015 Workshop Now Available

Presentations from the 2015 IFLAPARL Pre-Conference and notes on the Workshop on the Guidelines for Parliamentary Research Services have been posted on the website of the Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments.

Reference Interview - Melissa L. Miller, University of Southern California, Hoose Library of Philosophy

Here is the second in our series of "Reference Interviews" with RISS Standing Committee Members!

Responding - Public Libraries and Refugees

As we have watched the refugee crisis unfold in Europe we have been flooded with examples of how public libraries have responded in practical and heartfelt ways.

Save the Date! Last session of the 2015 webinar series “New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations” to be held on October 26th!

Public Libraries 'Guest Blogger' series

The first of the Public Libraries Section's 'Guest Blogger' posts appears on the PLS blog today, this time by Public Libraries Standing Committee member, Torbjörn Nilsson who writes about the "reading Holiday' initiative in Sweden.

#next4billion – IFLA’s roundup of the United Nations Summit for the 2030 Agenda

The United Nations (UN) hosted the Summit for the adoption of the 2030 Agenda at the end of September in New York. IFLA has been actively involved in the process of creating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the last years and has advocated for access to information, culture, access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and universal literacy, all of which can be found in the 2030 Agenda, throughout this time.

Call for Papers: IFLA Journal special issue on Research Data Services

Peer review submission deadline: 16 May 2016

Now available: October 2015 issue of IFLA Journal

View the complete issue online

Now available: BSLA Learning Materials for Workshops (School Libraries focus)

Attendance grant winners' reports from 2015 Congress

Read about the experience of attending the IFLA Congress from our attendance grant winners

Preparing a new edition of Guidelines for Children's Library Services

The IFLA Children and Young Adults Section is revising the Guidelines for Children's Library Services. The new Guidelines will promote and encourage the development of effective library services for children by giving guidance to the international library community about children's needs and rights on information, literacy and reading.