IFLA Standards Newsletter, volume 2, issue 1 (June 2024) is published
26 June 2024Read the latest issue of the IFLA Standards Newsletter, volume 2, issue 1 (June 2024) for the latest on IFLA standards developments.
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The IFLA Accessibility Metadata Network
17 May 2024A congratulatory welcome to IFLA’s first Network, the IFLA Accessibility Metadata Network, formed by volunteers from across IFLA: The Advisory Committee on Standards, the Cataloguing, Subject Analysis and Access, Bibliography, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities and Audiovisual and Multimedia Sections.
LIDATEC is now METATEC
17 May 2024With a new remit and a new focus on building out the IFLA Namespaces to even greater capacity, LIDATEC has been renamed the Metadata Technical Standards Review Group or METATEC.
Translated IFLA Standards - their impact
17 May 2024Following the recent publication of a series of key IFLA standards by the IFLA Chinese Language Centre, we're happy to share a conversation between the coordinator of the Centre and Victoria Owen, Chair of the IFLA Advisory Committee on Standards, to understand more about the impact of the translation of IFLA materials.
The stuff the Internet is made from: conceptual models
22 April 2024How can information on the internet be categorized, related and interpreted? We’ve all had experiences searching and getting results that are not what we were thinking, such as searching for feline jaguars and getting motor vehicles or a sports team. If only we could get across what kind of thing we’re looking for, this noise could be reduced. Read more about how the IFLA LRM (Library Reference Model) and the jointly-developed LRMoo (Library Reference Model Object Identifier) make for successful searching.
Equity, Inclusion and Metadata
20 March 2024This month, the IFLA Newsletter focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion. It seems a good moment to explain why six IFLA committees are sponsoring a proposal to create an IFLA network dedicated to the topic of accessibility metadata.
Advisory Committee on Standards: Standards Procedure Manual 2023
15 February 2024The updated version of the IFLA Standards Procedure Manual is now published and available in the IFLA repository and from the IFLA web page, Creating and Revising Standards.
WLIC 2023 Braindate, IFLA Networks, and Accessibility Metadata
16 October 2023What do the three have in common? At WLIC in Rotterdam, during an impromptu meeting facilitated by Braindate, a group of WLIC attendees came together to discuss their shared interest in accessibility metadata. Accessibility metadata is information recorded about the accessibility features and hazards that are important for users with disabilities or special needs. This metadata allows a user to know how accessible a resource is before they borrow, download, or buy a resource.
CoS at WLIC 2023: Sessions about IFLA Standards
15 July 2023The Advisory Committee on Standards (CoS) welcomes you to its sessions during the World Library and Information Congress in Rotterdam, 20-25 August 2023.
Subscribe now to the new IFLA Standards Newsletter
30 March 2023Read and subscribe to the new IFLA Standards Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 1 released in March 2023!
Until March 31, Invitation for World-wide Review of LRMoo, the object-oriented formulation of the IFLA Library Reference Model
25 February 2023The LRMoo Working Group of the Bibliographic Conceptual Models Review Group is pleased to invite your responses in the world-wide review of LRMoo.
CoS at WLIC 2022: Sessions about standards
25 July 2022Common Practices Published in IFLA Repository
22 July 2022Release of the 2021 Update to the 2011 Consolidated Edition of the ISBD
25 May 2022The IFLA ISBD Review Group is pleased to announce the release of the 2021 Update to the 2011 Consolidated Edition of the ISBD.
IFLA Namespaces launched
7 July 2020This site allows for linked data access to various IFLA Standards.
Committee on Standards Call for Papers for IFLA WLIC 2020, Dublin, Ireland
29 January 2020Theme: IFLA Standards and Professional Practices in Conversation
Just released: two new IFLA Standards
29 August 2019Just endorsed by the Professional Committee: Guidelines on Public Internet Access in Libraries and Guidelines for Setting Up a Digital Unification Project
Transforming libraries? The impact of IFLA Standards
31 May 2018Transformation is one of the big themes at the IFLA 2018 World Library and Information Congress. Come along to the Committee on Standards open session to hear more about the impact of recently published IFLA Standards and the issues that challenge our thinking about standards development.
Meetings of the Committee on Standards in Poland
1 August 2017The IFLA Committee on Standards will meet during the WLIC in Poland.