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New IFLA ARL Blog post: "ARL Continues to Support Attendance at IFLA Events"

For more than a decade, the Academic & Research Libraries section, supported by SAGE and ExLibris, has been able to provide attendance grants for the WLIC. We’ve enjoyed managing this program and building relationships with our awardees over the years. Though there will be no WLIC in 2024, ARL wants to continue to enable young professionals to attend IFLA events, and SAGE continues to support that work, so we are sponsoring attendance at two different programs this year.

Next IFLA ARL "Hot Topics" Session on August 13, 2024!

The one-hour online program will feature three global speakers on the topic of "Current & Future Literacies: Libraries Leading Literacy Development "

IFLA ARL presentations at Istanbul Mid-term meeting now available!

Two presentations made by IFLA Academic & Research Libraries (ARL) Section at IFLA Division D Mid-term meeting, held in Istanbul, Türkiye, 5-7 June 2024 are now available from the IFLA repository.

2024 IFLA Dynamic Unit and Impact Awards 

A dynamic Professional Unit has the greatest impact on IFLA’s global work – engaging members, developing strong leadership and identity, delivering high-quality services with measurable impact, and communicating activities within IFLA and beyond. The Professional Council launched the Dynamic Unit and Impact Awards to recognise the Professional Units who have excelled in putting Dynamic Unit goals into practice. Three IFLA Professional Units were awarded this year.

IFLA ARL awarded "DUIA" at IFLA General Assembly

We are pleased to share that IFLA Academic & Research Libraries (ARL) Section has been honored with the 2024 "Dynamic Unit Impact Award for Member Engagement & Leadership Development"

New IFLA ARL Blog post: "Division D Joint Mid-Term in Istanbul, Türkiye"

program theme: Libraries Bridging Boundaries: Challenges & Strategies for Global Openness

New IFLA ARL Blog post: "Persistent Identifiers in Australia"

This blog post was contributed by Matthias Liffers, Product Manager for the Persistent Identifier Services at the Australian Research Data Common.

IFLA Division D Mid-term Meeting, 5-7 June 2024

IFLA's Acquisition and Collection Development (ACD), Academic and Research Libraries (ARL), Science and Technology Libraries (SciTech) sections and Library Publishing (LIBPUB) SIG are planning an IFLA Mid-term meeting in Istanbul.

IFLA ARL Section "Information Futures Summit" Attendance Grant Winners

The IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Section (ARL) is pleased to announce the winners of its travel grant program for the 2024 IFLA Information Futures Summit in Brisbane, Australia.

IFLA ARL update on the library worker

The post-COVID period has been transformational for academic and research libraries, and has challenged librarians to take on leadership roles and embrace change in support of students and researchers. Libraries have seen significant growth in digital scholarship, and increased global attention on open science, open publication, and open data. In response, libraries have built new services and platforms to support new and emerging user needs, and in many cases have served as advocates for changing business models and approaches to scholarly communications.

New IFLA ARL Blog post: "Serving the Needs of Mixed Race Students, Faculty and Staff"

Here is the latest IFLA Academic & Research Libraries (ARL) Section blog post, titled "Academic and Research Libraries Serving the Needs of Mixed Race Students, Faculty and Staff"

IFLA ARL Blog post: "Library Publishing Through the IFLA Global Lens (the WSU case)"

Here is a new IFLA Academic & Research Libraries (ARL) Section blog post, sponsored by the Library Publishing Special interest Group of IFLA, and kindly contributed by Talea Anderson, a Scholarly Communication Librarian at the Washington State University, USA.

Now available: IFLA ARL Newsletter issue #10

Headlines for this issue include the registration link to IFLA Division D Mid-Term meeting in Istanbul, Turkey for this June; updates on the next (and this time, virtual) always awaited yearly IFLA ARL Hot Topics session – and much more!

IFLA ARL Blog post: "Library Publishing Through the IFLA Global Lens (new issue)"

IFLA ARL "Hot Topics" '24 session: call for abstracts

New IFLA ARL Blog post: "Combatting Digital Amnesia: The Crucial Role of Librarians"

Call for papers for Istanbul "Libraries Bridging Boundaries" meeting now open!

New IFLA ARL Blog post: "Library Publishing Through the IFLA Global Lens (follow-on)"

Now available: IFLA ARL Newsletter issue # 9

New IFLA ARL Blog post: "Library Publishing Through the IFLA Global Lens"