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Out now: June 2013 issue of IFLA Journal

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2013 CILIP/IFLA Aspire Award winner selected

Lynn Jibril has been selected to receive the 2013 CILIP/IFLA Aspire award for a new professional

Call for Applications: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2014 Access to Learning Award

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting applications to its 2014 Access to Learning Award (ATLA)...

Joint Library Statement Urges WIPO Member States to Agree an Effective Treaty for Print Disabled People

Results of election of Governing Board 2013

IFLA has pleasure in announcing the result of the postal ballot for the election of the Governing Board 2013...

Results of the election of President-elect 2013

IFLA has pleasure in announcing the result of the postal ballot for the election of President-elect 2013

2013 IFLA/Brill Open Access award winner selected

IFLA and Brill are pleased to announce that Open Book Publishers, Cambridge (United Kingdom) is the winner of the IFLA/Brill Open Access Award for initiatives in the area of open access monograph publishing.

IFLA hosts workshop at World Summit on the Information Society

At the 2013 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), IFLA hosted a workshop on 'Public Access to the Internet and the role of Libraries as an agent of development'.

IFLA at the World Summit on the Information Society, 13-17 May 2013, Geneva

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum is meeting this week in Geneva at the international Telecommunications Union (ITU).

IFLA builds its new repository with EPrints Services

IFLA has signed a contract with ECS Partners Limited for the building and hosting of its new repository using EPrints Services. The repository will be publicly launched during 2013 with contents including all 2013 World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) papers, existing IFLA standards, and a selection of advocacy documents.

IFLA 2013 International Marketing Award winners !

The IFLA Section on Management and Marketing in collaboration with Emerald is pleased to announce the winners and top 10 of the 11th IFLA International Marketing Award for 2013 !

New IFLA Publication: Open Access and Digital Libraries / Acceso Abierto y Bibliotecas Digitales

Just off the press as Nr 158 in the IFLA Publications Series…fully bilingual English/Español title!

New FAIFE Spotlight "Interview with Saad Eskander, Director of Iraq National Library and Archives (INLA)"

Take a look at it and feel free to post us your comments on the FAIFE Facebook page!

IFLA attends Informal Session and Special Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, 18-20 April 2013

IFLA attends the 2nd special session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) on an international treaty on limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons/persons with print disabilities. Geneva, 18-20 April 2013.

ENSULIB Call for Papers/Abstracts deadline for WLIC 2013 extended!

Let our professinal community know about what you're doing, your plans, research, issues, etc.!

Reminder: Call for submissions for the Brill/IFLA Open Access award

Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2013. Brill and IFLA are pleased to announce the new Brill/IFLA Open Access award, which consists of a cash prize (€ 1000), travel, accommodation, and registration for the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) 2013...

Out now: March 2013 issue of IFLA Journal

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Polish translation of ACD Electronic resource guide now available!

As announced, IFLA's Acquisition & Collection Development Section is pursuing its translation effort of its E-Resource guide which, in its English version, has now gained much attention in the professional arena worldwide.

Call for Papers/Abstracts of the Environmental Sustainability and Libraries SIG for WLIC 2013

Share your experience, projects or research!