Call for nominations: IFLA Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)
28 April 2015term of office August 2015 – August 2017
term of office August 2015 – August 2017
Deadline: 1 June 2015. IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer-reviewed scholarship on Library and Information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries.
Comments are due by June 1, 2015.
DEADLINE: 15 June 2015
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Ballot papers, including supporting information, have been dispatched to all voting Members of IFLA on 18 March 2015.
From 21-24 April 2015 the United Nations will host a joint session of negotiations on technology facilitation mechanisms, science, and other technological innovation issues, as part of the inter-governmental negotiations on the new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
IFLA is pleased to announce that it has co-signed a letter on the importance of transparency, accountability and participation in the Financing for Development (FfD) process in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
General information for IFLA Members and Affiliates
Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2015. IFLA and Brill are pleased to announce the new IFLA/Brill Open Access award, which consists of a cash prize (€ 1000), travel, accommodation, and registration for the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) 2015...
A summary from the seminar ‘New uses of the public library’, held in Barcelona on 26 February 2015 is now available.
ARL's satellite meeting to be held on August 13 and 14 prior to the IFLA Congress in Cape Town
The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section is very proud to have nominated PRAESA for this award.
This week the first United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Culture Summit took place in Biblao, Spain.
The guidelines are a revision and expansion of the previous guidelines published by IFLA in 2001. We expect them to be a valuable tool for library staff who are responsible for serving persons with reading and learning difficulties.
Dedicated website and final programme now available; There will be five mains sessions with the following themes: *IFLA Trend Report and Lyon Declaration *Transforming Technologies: Opportunities and Threats *Legal regulations and the Impact on Information Technologies *Transformation in Public Libraries *Knowledge Economy in all Aspects