Conferences

2021

World Library and Information Congress: 2021 IFLA General Conference  and Assembly. Let’s Work Together for the Future. Virtual Conference

Theme: Libraries Include – Navigating the Government Information and Official Publications Landscape: Authority, Reproducibility and Accessibility. Session Recording available via the IFLA WLIC 2021 website.

Carol Riccalton, Head of Unit, Library and Preservation Services, Publications Office of the European Union; and Maria Westermann, Publications Office of the European Union.  “Navigating through the wealth of European Union information: the power of identifiers.”

Ifeyani Jonas Ezema, University Librarian – Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu Nigeria, Unversity of Nigeria, Nsukka.  “Freedom of Information Law and Access to Electronic Government Information in Nigeria: A Content Analysis of Government Websites in Nigeria.”

Si Li, Department of Information Management, Peking University, Beijing, China; and Yi Chen, School of Information Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan China. “Explaining the Low Willingness of Government Data Providers: Using a Grounded Theory Approach.”

WLIC postponed

2019

World Library and Information Congress: 85th IFLA General Conference  and Assembly
August 24 – 30, Athens, Greece
Theme: Session 185 International Financial Institutions, Governments, and Austerity: Banks, Bailouts and Information on the Global Debt Crisis – Government Information and Official Publications.

2018

World Library and Information Congress: 84^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 24-30, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Theme: Global E-Government: Trust, Transparency, and Transformation

(Government Information and Official Publications)

2017

World Library and Information Congress: 83^rd IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 15-25, Wroclaw, Poland
Theme: International Legal Institutions and the Dissemination of Official/Public Information

(Government Information and Official Publications)

2016

World Library and Information Congress: 82^nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 9-19, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Theme: Government Information Publishing Programs: Past, Present, and Future

(Government Information and Official Publications, Government Libraries, Law Libraries)

2015

World Library and Information Congress: 81^st IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 17-23, Cape Town, South Africa
Theme: Preservation and Access Challenges (PACS) for Government and Parliamentary Information—A Knowledge Cafe

(Government Information and Official Publications, Preservation and Conservation Library and Research Services for Parliaments and Information Technology)

2014

World Library and Information Congress: 16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France.

Theme: Libraries, Governments, and Cultural Heritage

(Government Information and Official Publications, Government Libraries, Law Libraries, and Library and Research Services for Parliaments)

2013

World Library and Information Congress: Singapore, 17-23 August 2013.

Theme: Information for Development Action: Governments, Civil Society and Libraries.

(Government Information and Official Publications and Government Libraries)

2012

World Library and Information Congress: 11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland

Theme: The Surprising World of Government Libraries: trends and prospect of new user services

(Government Libraries, GIOPS, Law Libraries with Library and Research Services for Parliaments)

2011

World Library and Information Congress: 13-18 August 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Themes:

• e-Government: the role of librarians
  (GIOPS with Government Libraries Section)

• Promoting global access to law: developing and open access index for official, authenticated legal information
  (Law Libraries Section with Government Libraries & GIOPS)

2010

World Library and Information Congress: 10-15 August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden –
Theme: Creating an international legal information policy agenda: issues and challenges

2009

World Library and Information Congress: 23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy –
Theme: Government publications as cultural heritage: preserving the past, keeping up with the present, embracing the future

2008

World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada –
Theme: Globalisation of government information: creating digital archives for increased access

2007

World Library and Information Congress: 19-23 August 2007, Durban, South Africa –
Theme: Government and science: progress, development and partnerships for libraries of the future