South Africa

Joint IFLA IT Section / LIASA HELIG webinar

This webinar leads up to the “New Horizons in Artificial Intelligence in Libraries”, IFLA WLIC 2022 Satellite Meeting on Artificial Intelligence.

Simplicity, flexibility, equity – IFLA submits comments on South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill

IFLA has responded to a call for comments on the South African Copyright Amendment Bill, highlighting the need to reject proposals that will have a chilling effect on the work of libraries, and deepen divisions in terms of access to education, knowledge and culture.

Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2021 – Feature Conference

This year's Global Media and Information Literacy Week will focus on the topic of Media and Information Literacy for the public good. Find out how IFLA is participating in the feature conference, as well as how to get involved yourself!

Delivering the Promise: IFLA Secretary General Urges Support for Copyright Reforms that Benefit South African Libraries, Users

IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner has written a letter to key South African ministers and parliamentarians, urging them to take the final steps necessary to approve a copyright reform that will be good for libraries and good for their users. People with print disabilities will benefit particularly from the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty that the reforms enable.

2018 IFLA Global Vision Regional Workshop: Africa

IFLA Regional Office for Africa hosts the UNISA Annual Public Lecture Series

Public Libraries Satellite Presentations now On-Line

If you missed the Public Libraries Satellite in Cape Town don't despair, the presentations are now available on-line.

CPD – Your thoughts

At the World Library and Information Congress in Cape Town IFLA's Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and Public Libraries Sections joined together to deliver the program Learning Across Boundaries: a workshop (Session 092). As part of the session each of our four presenters provided a number of questions that were discussed by participants in a world café.

August IFLA Governing Board meetings

South African National Bibliography