Call for papers Lyon 2014, Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section with Africa Section
11 December 2013Libraries in Africa meeting the needs of children and young adults
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Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Collaboration on the Vancouver Declaration
11 December 2013On the 5th and 6th of December a follow up meeting to the UBC/UNESCO Vancouver Declaration on Preservation and Digitisation took place in The Hague. The Vancouver Declaration pinpoints key issues affecting the preservation and long-term accessibility of digital documentary heritage.
UNESCO encourages Member States to implement IFLA policies on Information Literacy and Print Disabled People
9 December 2013The IFLA Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Recommendations and the Libraries Serving People with Print Disabilities (LPD) Manifesto were passed at the 37th UNESCO General Conference held in Paris.
Call for Papers for IFLA Satellite Meeting in Paris, France [August 23, 2014]
9 December 201315 to 20 year olds reading across the world: Why? Where? How?
EIFL Call for proposals
6 December 2013Reports from ARL's 2013 essay winners
5 December 2013Thank you to our three essay winners who attended the IFLA Congress in Singapore: Saseka Harris, Aditya Nugraha, and Joseph Semugabi. Their reports are now available from our blog page: http://blogs.ifla.org/arl/. Hopefully these reports will provide inspiration for essay candidates in 2014!
IFLA welcomes US Court decision on legality of Google Books digitization; cautions against growing digital information divide for libraries elsewhere
25 November 2013As an organization committed to the principle of freedom of access to information, and the belief that equitable access to information is vital to the educational and cultural well-being of communities, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) welcomes the decision of the US District Court with regards to the legality of the Google Books project.
Call for Papers: Art Libraries Meet the Challenges of E-publishing, Satellite Conference in Paris, 12-14 August, 2014
22 November 2013CALL FOR PAPERS "History of Librarianship" Satellite Conference, DEADLINE: 30 November 2013
15 November 2013Satellite congress in Lyon, 25-26 August 2014
Typhoon Haiyan
14 November 2013On behalf of President Sinikka Sipilä, the IFLA Governing Board, and IFLA colleagues around the world we express our deep sorrow for the disaster that has struck the people of the Philippines. We hope that our colleagues in the Philippines, and their families, are safe.
IFLA Management and Marketing Section Call for Papers Pre-Conference: Paris, France
6 November 2013Call for Papers International Federation of Library Agencies Management & Marketing Section Libraries Section Pre-Conference: Paris, France Pompidou Center: August 15th, 2014
IGF Bali 2013 - video and transcripts of IFLA sessions
1 November 2013Here you can find the videos and transcripts of all sessions IFLA was involved in during the 2013 Internet Governance Forum.
2013 IFLA WLIC papers available from IFLA Library
1 November 2013Papers from the Joint Session of Academic and Research Libraries SC and Knowledge Management SC are now available from the IFLA Library
IFLA Signs on to Major International Document regarding Human Rights and Surveillance
30 October 2013IFLA has become a signatory to the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance.
Looking back on IFLA’s participation in the 8th Internet Governance Forum, Bali
29 October 2013Last week IFLA was represented at the 8th Internet Governance Forum in Bali, Indonesia, where the libraries’ perspective on intellectual property, free trade, access to information for disadvantaged peoples, net neutrality, human rights and development was contributed to a number of panels.
Apply for VRA Travel Awards
25 October 2013Apply for Travel Awards for attendance at the 2014 Visual Resources Association conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin March 12-15.