Declaration for the Right to Libraries
8 October 2013The Declaration for the Right to Libraries is about to go viral, but we need your help! Over the past few months, we have been developing a social media campaign to help launch the Declaration into the public awareness. We want to generate conversation about YOUR right to libraries and garner signatures in support of all types of libraries, all over the United States and beyond.
Brief summary of ITS activities at IFLA2013
7 October 2013A lot of exciting events are in the works!
Remediating the Avant-Garde: Magazines and Digital Archives
29 September 2013Conference on Remediating the Avant-Garde: Magazines and Digital Archives, October 25–26, 2013, Princeton University.
II Jornadas sobre Bibliotecas de Museos: estrategias e innovación
25 September 2013Second Conference on Museum Libraries in Spain: Strategies & Innovation
Report by Inger Edebro Sikström on the 2013 Satellite Conference
24 September 2013Every two years the Library Buildings organises a conference in conjunction with the annual IFLA WLIC Congress...
IFLA Journal Editorial Committee call for nominations
23 September 2013IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer-reviewed scholarship on Library and Information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries. The Journal publishes research, case studies and essays that reflect the broad spectrum of the profession worldwide.
Call for papers for conference ”Reading on spaces of childhood in Russia and in the world”. November 14-15, 2013, Moscow, Russia
10 September 2013Now available: UPDATES 2012 for UNIMARC Bibliographic / UNIMARC Authorities, 3rd edition
26 August 2013ENSULIB Business Meeting 2013 - Future Libraries Going Green
19 August 2013IFLA ENSULIB SIG will hold it's Business Meeting on Tuesday 20, from 11:30 to 13:00. in Room 308. Please note: unlike Monday's Green Libraries Day's activities, this one is ON-site at Suntec.
Launch of the IFLA Trend Report TODAY!
18 August 2013Library and information professionals have descended on Singapore for the 79th World Library & Information Congress, the opening session is behind us and the launch of the IFLA Trend Report is only a day away away!
“Are you ready for cyber-politics?”
17 August 2013The size of the digital universe is predicted to double every two years, with its content increasingly shaped by different social, political, and commercial agendas. The IFLA Trend Report, being launched on Monday 19 August in Singapore during the World Library & Information Congress, considers how hyper-connected societies will shape our global information environment.
Information mining and privacy in IFLA Trend Report
16 August 2013The IFLA Trend Report, being launched on Monday morning 19 August in Singapore during the World Library & Information Congress, (Session 93: Plenary session), looks closely at changes to the boundaries of privacy and data protection in the evolving information environment.
“Education goes global and mobile...but loses tactile and local?”
15 August 2013The rise of Open Access and availability of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) are just two initiatives having a profound impact on education.
One week until launch of IFLA Trend Report in Singapore
14 August 2013Heading to the World Library & Information Congress in Singapore next week? Don’t miss the launch of the IFLA Trend Report on Monday morning 19 August (Session 93: Plenary session), with IFLA President Ingrid Parent and IFLA Secretary-General Jennefer Nicholson. In December 2011 the IFLA Governing Board set up a Steering Committee to commission a major Trend Report modelling the evolving digital information environment.