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Notice of IFLA 2013 General Assembly and Call for Agenda Items
27 March 2013IFLA Members may propose items for inclusion in the agenda...
Presidential and Governing Board Elections 2013-2015
25 March 2013International Workshop-Training “Marketing Your Library: A Customer-Centered Approach” in Moscow
21 March 2013Just before the M&M midterm meeting, Russian State Library invited a “guru of library marketing”, co-author of IFLA Public Libraries Guidelines, Professor , Florida State University (USA) Dr. Christie Koontz to conduct a workshop.
Apply for the 2013 CILIP/IFLA Aspire Award
20 March 2013Digital Heritage Conference 2013
18 March 2013Awards to the Estonian Library for the Blind for creating a webbased system for downloading and streaming of audio materials
12 March 2013The Estonian Library for the Blind has received two awards for creating a web-based system Veebiraamatukogu (Web Library) which enables to download and stream audio materials.
IFLA Hosts Trend Report Meeting at UNAM, Mexico City
7 March 2013On the 4th and 5th March 2013 IFLA, in association with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) hosted a high-level meeting in Mexico City to help prepare the IFLA Trend Report. Ten experts from eight countries were invited to discuss the trends that will affect society over the next ten years, with a particular emphasis on the effects they will have on the information environment in which libraries operate.
International Meeting of Experts on the Safeguarding of Mali’s Cultural Heritage, UNESCO Headquarters, 18 February 2013
28 February 2013Closing of the WSIS+10 Review Meeting
28 February 2013The WSIS+10 Review concluded on Wednesday, 27 February with a lively multi-stakeholder debate across a large number of panel sessions. All sessions were asked to produce recommendations to feed into the final UNESCO statement “Information and Knowledge for All an Expanded Vision and a Renewed Commitment”.
Day Two at WSIS+10 Review Meeting and the IFLA panels
27 February 2013The 2nd day of the WSIS+10 review meeting at UNESCO HQ in Paris was held on the 26th of February. The very extensive programme included sessions on topics ranging from freedom of expression, mobile learning, to e-business and cultural diversity. The variety of panels gave the opportunity to learn more about best practices in these areas and the work done since 2003.
IFLA attends special session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)
27 February 2013A special session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place from 18-22 February 2013 in Geneva to reach consensus on the draft text of an international treaty on copyright limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons and persons with print disabilities.
Start of WSIS+10 Review Meeting at UNESCO HQ in Paris, France
25 February 2013IFLA launches multilingual website
25 February 2013Call for Papers - UNIMARC Session at IFLA 2013
22 February 2013The IFLA UNIMARC Core Activitiy invites papers to be presented at 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Singapore, August 2013.
WSIS +10 Review meeting
21 February 2013IFLA will be hosting two panel sessions during the WSIS +10 meeting.