For centuries, the Arab and Middle East region has been a melting pot of civilizations, which have produced many tangible artifacts with historical, spiritual and aesthetic values, not to mention the pride and respect of their owners and custodians. For several years, the trafficking and smuggling of heritage items… Read More
The IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centres in Kazakhstan and Russia hosted an online event to exchange experience and share updates on their activities. Read More
Mr. Norbert Tangmo, director of the IFLA Regional PAC Centre in Cameroon represented IFLA at this sub-regional meeting. He highlighted the IFLA PAC Programme, and spoke to the activities that his centre intends to carry out for preservation and conservation in French-speaking Africa. Read More
Presentations from the IFLA RBSC midterm conference in Oslo are now available Read More
How a united library field can tackle the challenges of the future: Ideas for actions On 4 June – 14 June 2018, by email and online, 18 members from the Rare Books and Special Collections Standing Committee participated in a conversation about how a united library field can tackle the… Read More
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Our Annual Report records our achievements and progress in relation to our Action Plan for the working year of 2017-2017. Read our Action Plan for the past year to see what we set out to achieve. If you have questions about our work, suggestions about what you… Read More
16.00 – 18.00 In 2017, an IFLA workshop on developing metadata standards for palm leaf manuscripts highlighted the importance of taking a more holistic approach to these rare, and often fragile works. Too often, the tools and guidance available to the library community is ill suited to manuscripts,… Read More
JORNADA “O TRÁFICO ILÍCITO DO PATRIMÔNIO BIBLIOGRÁFICO NA AMÉRICA LATINA E CARIBE” ORGANIZA: FUNDACIÓN BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DEL BRASIL & IFLA RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SECTION… Read More
La Jornada surge con algunos objetivos específicos: conocer, analizar y discutir el tema de tráfico ilícito entre las bibliotecas de América Latina y el Caribe, teniendo presente la necesidad de posibles acciones integradas y conjuntas. Read More