[Webinar] Building a National Bibliography: Models from Around the World – Registration Open!
28 March 2024“Building a National Bibliography: Foundations and Cases” - Call for Presentations Proposals
2 February 20242023 Satellite Meeting - Bibliography Section, Cataloguing Section and Subject Analysis and Access Section
30 April 2023We kindly invite you to the IFLA Satellite Meeting organised by the IFLA Bibliography, Subject Analysis and Access, and Cataloguing Sections and Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België (KBR). The conference will take place in Brussels at KBR, the Royal Library of Belgium, on 18-19 August 2023.
Bibliography Section Call for Papers: "National Bibliographies Today"
7 April 2023The IFLA Bibliography Section is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at its Open Session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2023 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Partners in Metadata
20 February 2023In alignment with our February newsletter theme, partnerships, we explore the relationship between IFLA’s metadata Sections - Bibliography (BIB), Cataloguing (CAT), and Subject Analysis and Access (SAA) - how these IFLA sections are related and work together, and how their work intersects with the work of IFLA’s Review Groups: Bibliographic Conceptual Models (BCM), ISBD, LIDATEC, and UNIMARC. We also highlight their individual Section projects, which contribute globally to the area of the bibliographic universe.
Updates to the National Bibliographic Register
22 October 2022The IFLA Bibliography Section's National Bibliographic Register profiles have recently been updated.
Common Practices Published in IFLA Repository
22 July 2022National Bibliographic Register complete graphics and comparative tables available
31 August 2021The National Bibliographic Register provides profiles describing 48 national bibliographies.
Metadata Webinar materials available: New Horizons: emerging metadata standards and practices in the 21st century
17 June 2021Recording and slides from the May 27, 2021 webinar are available.
National Bibliographic Register graphics and comparative tables available
3 June 2021Consult these graphics and tables to get a comparative view of the data submitted in the NBR profiles
Reports on the III International Bibliographic Congress: Bibliographic information in digital culture available
19 May 2021The Bibliography Blog now has three reports on the Congress.
Bibliography Section 2021 mid-year meeting minutes posted
26 March 2021The minutes of the mid-year meetings held February 26 & March 12, 2021 are now posted
Bibliography Section minutes of meetings posted
24 February 2021Minutes are now posted from the annual Standing Committee meetings in August 2020, and the Standing Committee meeting of January 29, 2021
Updates to the National Bibliographic Register
1 November 2020Profiles updated for Czech Republic, Finland, and Lithuania
Bibliography Section documents posted
20 January 2020Action Plan 2019/2020, Annual Report 2018/2019, Minutes from August 2019 are now posted
WLIC 2020 Open Session Call for Papers [Update: WLIC 2020 CANCELLED]
20 January 2020Theme: Smarter Bibliographies: Connecting and engaging national bibliographies with new platforms