IFLA Newsletter, March 2023: The Regional Issue 🗺️
20 March 2023Welcome to the March IFLA Newsletter, focused on regional issues.
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IFLA Newsletter, February 2023: Partnerships 🤝
21 February 2023Read on to find out more about how different parts of our field are working both with each other, and with external players, for example to promote open access publishing, better metadata, and development as a whole.
A call for radical hope: IFLA Trend Report Update 2022
25 January 2023We are happy to publish the latest update of the IFLA Trend Report! Co-authored by the emerging leaders who attended our World Library and Information Congress last year, it's full of ideas for how we - as a field and as a federation - can make ourselves ready not just to face, but to make the best of the future.
IFLA Newsletter, January 2023: Innovation 💡
23 January 2023This edition of the IFLA newsletter is focused on our upcoming elections and shares insights from our Professional and Regional Council Chairs, and updates on how the process is being run.
IFLA Newsletter, December 2022: IFLA Elections 🗳️
15 December 2022This edition of the IFLA newsletter is focused on our upcoming elections and shares insights from our Professional and Regional Council Chairs, and updates on how the process is being run.
IFLA Newsletter, November 2022: Documentary Heritage 📜
28 November 2022As we move towards the end of the year, we’ve not been slowing down at all. This edition, with its special focus on Documentary Heritage, provides just a glimpse of all the great work going on in our Federation to support the future of our field.
IFLA News Media Section + IFLA Strategy: Information, preservation, education
23 November 2022Coming after Media and Information Literacy week in late October and the Memory of the World celebration in early November, we highlight the News Media Section as part of this month’s Units + Strategy coverage. News Media has a lot on offer for 2022-2023, so read on to find out more about what this IFLA Professional Section has planned.
IFLA Newsletter, October 2022: Editorial
20 October 2022Urban October – celebrated throughout the month by UN HABITAT – is an opportunity to highlight contributions, and so urban development is also the theme of this newsletter. In addition to more about libraries and sustainable urban development – including from the Library Map of the World – read on too for more about how libraries are contributing to two other international days marked in October – Evidence Based Healthcare Day, and World Statistics Day.
IFLA Units+Strategy: Evidence for Global and Disaster Health Special Interest Group - Leading as a Valued Partner
20 October 2022Sponsored by the IFLA Health and Biosciences Section, the IFLA Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group works to promote and strengthen the roles that librarians play in times of disaster and in response to global health challenges. In the spirit of partnership, this month IFLA features the IFLA Health and Biosciences (HBS) Section and their partner the IFLA Evidence for Global Disaster and Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group in the Units + Strategy recognition series, for their collaborative efforts not only with each other, but with several external medical and health-related information organisations. Read about what they’ve been doing and what they’ve got planned for 2022-2023.
IFLA Units+Strategy: Health and Biosciences Section Engages and Energises the Healthcare Library Sector
20 October 2022In the spirit of partnership, this month IFLA features the IFLA Health and Biosciences (HBS) Section and their partner the IFLA Evidence for Global Disaster and Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group in the Units + Strategy recognition series, for their collaborative efforts not only with each other, but with several external medical and health-related information organisations. Read about what they’ve been doing and what they’ve got planned for 2022-2023.
Applications welcome for the position of external member of IFLA’s Finance and Risk Committee
26 September 2022IFLA is seeking an external member of its Finance and Risk Committee, to work alongside IFLA’s Treasurer and other Governing Board members. Deadline: 17 October 2022
The Power of Public Libraries: IFLA Public Libraries Section + the IFLA Strategy
22 September 2022This month, IFLA features the IFLA’s Public Libraries section in the Units + Strategy recognition series, for their success in aligning their work to the 2019-2024 IFLA Strategic plan with accomplishments such as The IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 2022, the IFLA/Systemic Public 2022 Library of the Year Award (PLOTY), amongst other strong initiatives. See how the Unit is supporting Key Initiatives 1.1, 2.2 and 2.3.
IFLA Newsletter, September 2022: Editorial
22 September 2022The importance of access to information as a right for all is of course at the heart of IFLA’s values. It is both a valuable goal in its own right, and an essential precondition for the achievement of so many other rights – to education, health, culture, science and more.
Announcement from the IFLA Governing Board
17 August 2022The below announcement has been made by the IFLA Governing Board about current arrangements at IFLA HQ.
IFLA Newsletter July 2022: Inspire, Engage, Enable, Connect ☘️
14 July 2022We have an exciting programme that will allow delegates to reflect upon and celebrate our accomplishments, renew friendships, extend their networks, and jointly explore current and future directions.
IFLA Newsletter June 2022: WLIC edition
29 June 2022The Irish National Committee is delighted to invite you all to the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) taking place from 26 to 29 July 2022 in Dublin, Ireland.
IFLA Newsletter May 2022: Editorial
27 May 2022Welcome to the May IFLA Newsletter. With just two months to go until the World Library and Information Congress, we've got more exciting updates about what awaits you in Dublin, including links to the full programme, and a key reminder to apply for emerging leaders’ grants. There's also news about this year's IFLACamp, and on the recipients of the ARL grants.
IFLA Information Technology Section + IFLA Strategy: cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, future?
11 May 2022With an eye to disseminating information technology programmes and initiatives in a useful and practical way, IFLA’s Information Technology Section is actively engaging with relevant topics to support the sharing of best practices across IFLA’s membership and the global library field. These initiatives are closely aligned to the IFLA Key Initiative 2.3 “Develop standards, guidelines, and other materials that foster best professional practice”.
IFLA Newsletter April 2022: Editorial
22 April 2022This month's newsletter comes with a message from IFLA President Barbara Lison.
In conversation with: Atlanta Meyer, Chair, Literacy and Reading Section
22 April 2022As part of our April newsletter, and in line with the focus on World Book Day, we talked to Atlanta Meyer, Chair of IFLA's Literacy and Reading Section, about her perspectives on the importance of books and reading today, and what her Section has planned: