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How libraries for children and young adults are supporting development by providing access to information - Section's brief on a larger statement

International copyright reform for libraries and archives held back by EU

Once again, the European Union (EU) has blocked progress by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR)

IFLA Sets out Library Position on UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Preservation of and Access to Documentary Heritage

IFLA Metadata Newsletter published

IFLA Conference Report 2014 - Spanish

IFLA emphasizes the role of access to information in intervention at the UN

IFLA emphasizes the role of access to information in intervention at the UN intergovernmental negotiations on the UN post-2015 development agenda

Licensing not the answer: IFLA seeks minimum exceptions at WIPO SCCR

Next week, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) will once again meet to discuss exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives.

New issue of online Newsletter is published

Online articles or "Newsletter" editor's note

The Chair speaks

IFLA at EuroDIG 2015

On 4-5 June, IFLA participated in EuroDIG 2015: Shaping the Internet Together through three panels that discussed equal access to the Internet, the role of libraries in facilitating access, and the opportunities of the EU copyright reform process.

IFLA welcomes the Zero Draft to adopt the post-2015 Development Agenda in response to the United Nations

Over the past year IFLA has been working with the international library community—as well as civil society and member states—to develop its position and help ensure that crucial elements such as access to information are included in the UN post-2015 Development Agenda.

Now available: IFLA WLIC 2015 Convening Notice & proxy forms for IFLA General Assembly in Cape Town

The IFLA General Assembly meetings will take place on 19 & 20 August 2015.

Now available: June 2015 issue of IFLA Journal

View the complete issue online

IFLA/Brill Open Access Award 2015 goes to DOAB

IFLA and Brill are pleased to announce that the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), from the Netherlands, has been selected as this year’s winner of the IFLA/Brill Open Access Award.

World Through Picture Books Exhibition in Australia

The Gosford City Library team was thrilled to launch the IFLA “World Through Picture Books” exhibition at Erina Library on March 5th 2015. The author and illustrator Bruce Whatley entertained a large audience of children’s literature professionals including a large contingent of librarians, and teacher librarians, as well as interested community members.

What has happened with the UN post-2015 Development Agenda and how is access to information progressing?

With the negotiations over the UN post-2015 development agenda reaching their final phases in New York, it is an appropriate moment to share an overview of what is happening at the United Nations.