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Now available: March 2014 issue of IFLA Journal

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Tension and unrest in Ukraine: statement by the Ukrainian Library Association

The National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine was in the center of the anti-government clashes in Kiev in January/February 2014.

Blue Shield Statement on Ukraine

Following the civil conflict that has been shaking the Ukraine, the Blue Shield wishes to express its deep concern regarding the safeguarding and protection of the country’s invaluable cultural and historical heritage, as well as the institutions that house them and the people that care for them.

REMINDER: Call for bids to host the 14th IFLA Interlending and Document Supply Conference (ILDS) 2015

inviting bids from IFLA Members to host the 14th IFLA Interlending and Document Supply (ILDS) Conference to be held in September or October 2015

Governance, Access to Information on the Agenda at Open Working Group 8

IFLA's involvement in the recent Open Working Group on Sustainable Development and United Nations Developmemt Programme.

New FAIFE videos explore the emerging Internet surveillance environment

Increased Internet censorship and surveillance has been an emerging trend over the last decade. Since 2013’s leaks regarding online spying by various security agencies, the global dimensions and potential of ubiquitous surveillance have become evident to the global public.

Lex Snowden – a Finnish Citizen Initiative to support whistleblowers’ protection

The leaks of Edward Snowden have raised a range of different responses and reactions against ubiquitous surveillance and led to calls to strengthen users’ rights and protection on the Internet.

IMMI – Icelandic grassroots innovation to legislation

Increased Internet censorship and surveillance has been an emerging trend over the last decade...

LGBTQ open session call for papers in Lyon

The IFLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users SIG (LGBTQ) are seeking proposals...

International Symposium on Library Services for Children and Young Adults “Reading Towards a Broader World!” June 19-20, 2014, South Korea [Call for Papers]

The National Library for Children and Young Adults (NLCY) invites speakers to present a paper for the 8th International Symposium on Library Services for Children and Young Adults. The symposium will take place between June 19 and 20, 2014 in South Korea. The NLCY annually holds the International Symposium to improve library services for children and young adults and promote reading habits among them. The theme this year is “Reading Towards a Broader World!”

December 2013 newsletter now available

Join us! Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Midterm Meeting: 1-2 April 2014

At the Library of Congress in Washington DC and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Call for Papers: SCIENCE+ART=CREATIVITYN : Libraries and the New Collaborative Thinking

Call for papers WLIC 2014 Lyon, off-site session

Off-site session theme is "Transmedia as a cultural approach for children and young adults" and it will be held at the Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon Part-Dieu (Public Library of Lyon Part-Dieu).

IFLA Committee on Standards: WLIC 2014 Call for papers

EU favours licensing over copyright reform for libraries in latest international negotiations

The 26th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) closed just before midnight on Friday 20th December, following five days of discussion of copyright protections for broadcasting, exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives, and for education.

Call for Papers - World Library and Information Congress 2014

The Classification and Indexing Section, Cataloguing Section, Bibliography Section, and the UNIMARC Core Activity have issued a call for papers for the World Library and Information Congress 2014.

Out now: December 2013 issue of IFLA Journal

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TaC/IFLA Open Forum calls on governments to consider guidelines on better inclusion of vulnerable groups in the Information Society