As part of the IFLA Regional Division Committee for Asia and Oceania’s (IFLA RDC-AO) Action Plan on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), the Indian Library Association (ILA) and IFLA RDC-AO (South Asia Working Group) organised a webinar on The South Asian Libraries and UN SDGs. Read More
Read about the initiative the Library of Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang (UIN Malang Library) took to organise an international webinar in collaboration with the Association of Islamic Higher Education Libraries – Asosiasi Perpustakaan Perguruan Tinggi Islam Indonesia (APPTIS). Read More
In the context of the 9th African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development, IFLA's Sub-Saharan African Regional Division Committee is proud to organise a side event working with the library community in Niger, the cost country of this year's forum. Read More
We are glad to inform that the definition from the IFLA ENSULIB Section "What is a Green Library?" is now available in 25 languages: Read More
Libraries already do a lot for development on their own. But they can do even more as part of partnerships with a wide variety of actors, making unique contributions. This article focuses on examples taken from the IFLA Library Map of the World. Read More
IFLA has made a submission to a call by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression for evidence around the link between this freedom and sustainable development. This highlights the importance of freedom of access to information, and the role of libraries in making this meaningful and universal. Read More
IFLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) in collaboration with the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG), the Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB), and the IFLA Regional Divisions is proud to present “Sustainable Development Goals and Library Associations: North American Regional Division.” This first event is part of a webinar series featuring different regions of the world. Join us on March 6 at March 6 12:00-1:30 pm ET / 9:00-10:30 am PT / 6:00-7:30 pm CET. Read More
The Culture 2030 Goal campaign, of which IFLA is a member, has urged UNESCO Member States to make good on their commitment to promote an explicit culture goal in future development frameworks, as made in the declaration from MONDIACULT 2022. The campaign's zero-draft for a culture goal provides an excellent starting point. Read More
Finding solutions to the climate crisis is not only the task of scientists, engineers, and politicians. This global challenge requires input from all people – from all sectors – to address. Read More
The 3rd UN Open Science Conference will bring together policy makers, representatives of intergovernmental organizations, researchers, scholars, librarians, publishers and civil society. Read More