​​IFLA Journal

IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer reviewed articles on library and information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries.

The Journal publishes research, case studies and essays that reflect the broad spectrum of the profession internationally.

Volume 42, No.2 (June 2016)

Contents:

Editorial

Libraries: A Call to Build the Action Agenda 83
Donna Scheeder and Steve Witt

Articles

American libraries in 2016: Creating their future by connecting, collaborating and building community 85
Kathy Rosa and Tom Storey

Librarians and crises in the ‘old’ and ‘new’ South Africa 102
Archie Leonard Dick

Information centers and socioeconomic development in MENA: Finding a quantitative relationship 109
Patricia A. Wand

‘A world with universal literacy’: The role of libraries and access to information in the UN 2030 Agenda 118
Fiona Bradley

Student attitudes towards library usage and sources at a Turkish university 126
Leanna Fry

Innovating access to ETH-Library’s Thomas Mann Archive: A project report 134
Michael Gasser

The twain shall meet: 10 years of evolution and innovation at Library and Archives Canada 140
Guy Berthiaume and Sandra Nicholls

Abstracts 146

 

IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer reviewed articles on library and information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries. The Journal publishes research, case studies and essays that reflect the broad spectrum of the profession internationally.

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