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Storage! The final frontier. Seminar programme now available!

Speakers from the US, UK and Germany will address the options, best practice and how to collaborate

More than Green: Sustainability of practice - Public Libraries & the 2030 United Nations Agenda - Call for Papers

The Public Libraries Section in partnership with Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group (ENSULIB) invites you to submit a program proposal for its joint open session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Wroclaw, Poland from 19-25 August 2017.

Call for Papers WLIC 2017 – Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group joint with Public Libraries Section

Call for Papers: Satellite Meeting for Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group

The IFLA Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group (WIL) invites colleagues to submit proposals for its satellite session to be held at the University Library in Bratislava, Slovakia, 16-17 August 2017.

WLIC 2017 Call for Papers: Rare Books and Special Collections Section and Indigenous Matters Section

The IFLA Indigenous Matters Section and the IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section invite proposals for papers for a special all-day session with the Theme “Out of the Stacks: Special Collections In Society” Deadline 28 February 2017. two sessions at the WLIC in Wrocław: a 2-hour open session “Out of the Stacks: Special Collections In Society” and

WLIC 2017 Call for Papers: How to Find It? International Legal Institutions Informing the Public

Satellite conference - Call for papers

Satellite conference: Date: 16-17 August 2017 Location: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin / State Library Berlin, Berlin (Germany)

WLIC 2017 Call for Papers: Rare Books and Special Collections Section and Indigenous Matters Section

The IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section invites proposals for papers for two sessions at the WLIC in Wrocław: a 2-hour open session “Out of the Stacks: Special Collections In Society” and a special all-day session co-sponsored with the Indigenous Matters Section “Collections and Books [A]cross Borders.” Deadline 28 February 2017.

IFLA LGBTQ Users SIG CFP 2017: Intersectionality

For IFLA WLIC 2017 (19-25 Aug 2017) we’ve chosen intersectionality as the theme of our program. The LGBTQ Users SIG seeks submissions from scholars and practitioners that address the ways in which libraries can provide access to information relating to LGBTQ+ lives as they intersect with the lived experiences of other identities.

IFLA MetLib 2017 - optional tour to Brossard

Call for papers: Cataloguing Section open session @ IFLA WLIC 2017

IFLA Cataloguing Section invite you to submit a proposal for the open session “Sharing is caring” (83rd WLIC - Wrocław, Poland, 19-25 August 2017). Deadline 28 February 2017.

High honour bestowed upon IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner

On 17 January 2017, IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner was awarded the Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art) from the President of Austria.

Call for Papers: 15th Interlending and Document Supply Conference, October 2017

The IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section Standing Committee invites papers for the 15th Interlending & Document Supply Conference, to be held 4-6 October 2017 in Paris hosted by The Centre technique du livre de l’enseignement supérieur (CTLes) which is an operator for the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.

Presenting the IFLA Wikipedia Opportunities Papers

Over the past year, Librarians and Wikipedians have been working together to showcase the many successful collaborations between libraries and Wikipedia. Starting with the first Wikipedia #1lib1ref campaign, we developed Opportunities papers which highlight the many ways libraries and Wikipedia are already engaging to verify information and make it accessible.

IFLA Knowledge Management Cafe in Wroclaw, Poland, August 2017

Call for Papers: New Directions in Knowledge Management IFLA KM Satellite Conference 18 August 2017

Call for Papers:How does knowledge management inform change agency? IFLA Knowledge Management Open Session Wroclaw, Poland 2017

Call for papers Library Theory & Research Section in collaboration with the New Professionals Special Interest Group

Don’t Go Back on the Deal – IFLA, EIFL and EBLIDA call on EU Member States to Deliver on Marrakesh Treaty Ratification

On Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th January, representatives of European governments will discuss draft legislation to implement the Marrakesh Treaty in the European Union (EU). IFLA, alongside EBLIDA and EIFL, calls on Member States to reject amendments that would undermine its potential to help people with print disabilities.