UNESCO releases Vancouver Declaration on Digitization and Preservation
17 January 2013UNESCO organized an international conference The Memory of the World in the Digital age: Digitization and Preservation, in September 2012 in Vancouver, Canada.
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RELINDIAL SIG Religious Libraries in Dialogue: Call for Papers: Tools Developed for a Better Sharing of Religious Information
16 January 2013Theme: Tools Developed for a Better Sharing of Religious Information
Call for Papers: Religious Libraries in Dialog RELINDIAL: Tools Developed for a Better Sharing of Religious Information
16 January 2013Theme: Tools Developed for a Better Sharing of Religious Information
Call For Papers: Rare Book and Manuscript and Asia & Oceania Sections Joint Session at WLIC 2013, Singapore
16 January 2013Theme: Rare and special collections in the Asian or Oceanian context
Social Science Libraries Section Call for Papers: Libraries and Social Movements: A Force for Change
16 January 2013Theme: Libraries and Social Movements: A Force for Change
Out now: December 2012 issue of IFLA Journal
14 January 2013View the complete issue online
Revised IFLA LIS Education Guidelines are now available
11 January 2013Reminder: IFLA / FAIFE & CLM Call for nominations
4 January 2013Invitations to nominate individuals to place on the IFLA/FAIFE and CLM Committees for the 2013-2017 term of office were sent to Association and Institutional Members of IFLA in December 2012
Call for nominations: IFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM)
4 January 2013term of office August 2013 – August 2017
Call for Papers - World Library and Information Congress 2013
27 December 2012For the Classification & Indexing Section's Open Session we invite presentations showing new, unique, or innovative ways of providing subject access to users from all types of libraries – approaches or applications that go beyond the traditional or the ordinary, being exemplars of “infinite possibilities”.
Libraries for Children and Young Adults : Call for Papers Singapore 2013
20 December 2012The session theme : Future Libraries – Future Librarians – Future Skills : Directions for the education and training of children and youth librarians - the challenge of identifying competences and encouraging professional development in the digital age.
IFLA Hosts Expert Meeting on e-Lending in Libraries
19 December 2012IFLA hosted an expert meeting on the subject of e-Lending in libraries.
New IFLA Publication: Ambassadors of the book : competences and training for heritage librarians
18 December 2012Just off the press as Nr 160 in the IFLA Publications Series…
IFLA/CILIP Aspire Award winner at WLIC 2012
17 December 2012A report from Yulia Kashpruk, 2012 CILIP/IFLA Aspire Award winner
Call for papers now open for IFLA Satellite Conference "Creating the future: preserving, digitizing and accessing all forms of children's and young adults’ cultural heritage"
14 December 2012It will be held in Bangkok (Thailand) on August 14 et 15, 2013
IFLA Management and Marketing Section Call for Papers - Singapore 2013
13 December 2012Theme: Marketing on a Shoestring: A Lightning Round of Ideas
Call for applications: World Book Capital 2015
12 December 2012Each year, UNESCO and the international organizations representing the three major sectors of the book industry—the International Publishers Association (IPA), International Booksellers Federation (IBF) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)—select the World Book Capital for a one-year period, effective 23 April each year.
IFLA Welcomes the European Parliament’s Digital Freedom Strategy
11 December 2012On Tuesday 11th December the European Parliament endorsed the first ever Digital Freedom Strategy in the European Union’s foreign policy.
IFLA welcomes European Commission’s Decision to review the EU rules on copyright
10 December 2012EU commissioners met in Brussels on December 5th to discuss possible changes to EU copyright law. IFLA is pleased to note that they agreed to revisit the existing European Union copyright rules and that Commissioners Barnier, Kroes and Vassiliou will now undertake a comprehensive period of stakeholder dialogue during 2013 in order to make a final assessment of any changes needed to European legislation in 2014. IFLA looks forward to engaging in the process.
IFLA Co-signs Statement Expressing Concern about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)
10 December 2012As the latest rounds of the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement continue in Auckland, New Zealand, IFLA has joined with the Internet Society (ISOC) and other organisations to express concern regarding the transparency and inclusiveness of the negotiating process.