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IFLA Presidential and Governing Board Elections 2015-2017

Ballot papers, including supporting information, have been dispatched to all voting Members of IFLA on 18 March 2015.

United Nations to focus on the role of technology in sustainable development at next SDG negotiations in New York

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 signs Letter on Financing for Development in the Post-2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals

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.

IFLA Standing Committee Elections 2015-2019

General information for IFLA Members and Affiliates

Two weeks remaining: Call for submissions for the 2015 IFLA/Brill Open Access award

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...

New Use of the Public Library

A summary from the seminar ‘New uses of the public library’, held in Barcelona on 26 February 2015 is now available.

ARL satellite meeting program and registration details now available

ARL's satellite meeting to be held on August 13 and 14 prior to the IFLA Congress in Cape Town

2015 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award goes to PRAESA

The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section is very proud to have nominated PRAESA for this award.

Now available: 2nd Edition of The World Through Picture Books catalogue

Culture Summit 2015 – Culture and Sustainable Cities

This week the first United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Culture Summit took place in Biblao, Spain.

New Guidelines for Library Services to Persons with Dyslexia now published

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.

Registration now open: IFLA President's Meeting 2015

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

Notice of IFLA 2015 General Assembly and Call for Agenda Items

IFLA Members may propose items for inclusion in the agenda...

Preservation and Conservation workshop in Kenya

Global Library and Archives Community welcomes new United Nations report

On Wednesday 11 March 2015, the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights will present a thematic report to the 28th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva regarding copyright policy in the context of cultural rights.

Now available: March 2015 issue of IFLA Journal

View the complete issue online