In a fast changing information environment where new media and ICTs are spreading innovation in developing and developed countries alike, spurring new business models and unleashing new opportunities, libraries have to anticipate and adapt the change to preserve their central role in providing public access to information and knowledge. Read More
What is WSIS? What is the WSIS Forum? What is the WSIS Review Process? What is WSIS? The World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) is a two phase UN Conference that defined the issues, policies and frameworks to tackle the Information and… Read More
IFLA’s involvement in the information society spans across different levels, from major international development frameworks to project implementation, capacity building and foresight study. IFLA has set out its formal position on Internet Governance and our approach to the information society in its revised Statement on Internet Governance… Read More
The WSIS+10 Review concluded on Wednesday, 27 February with a lively multi-stakeholder debate across a large number of panel sessions. All sessions were asked to produce recommendations to feed into the final UNESCO statement “Information and Knowledge for All an Expanded Vision and a Renewed Commitment”. Read More
IFLA will be hosting two panel sessions during the WSIS +10 meeting. Read More
As 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. Read More
Dear colleagues, Since my last newsletter in May, we’ve been active in regions around the world, representing libraries in many different forums, on the development agenda, and at major regional conferences. Read More
We are very happy to introduce to you new, and newly promoted, staff at IFLA Headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands Read More