We had a chat with Wend Wendland, Director of the WIPO Traditional Knowledge Division, to find out more both about the division and the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore’s work plan. Read More
Registration for the ILDS2019 Conference is now open. The conference will be held in Prague on 9th – 11th October 2019. Don't miss this great event. We invite you once more to contribute to the program and submit a summary of your proposal no later than 31 March 2019. Read More
21 November 2008: Today in Paris, the International Federation of Library Institutions and Associations (IFLA) and the Bibliothèque nationale de France co-hosted the 1st meeting of international associations for the cultural heritage sector to advance the convergence agenda from within the Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites community… Read More
Click here for the complete 2017-2018 IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG Annual Report. Read More
IFLA DDRS Standing Committee would like to challenge the interlending and document supply community to consider strategies for contending with an increasingly complex global information environment. See: Conference web page: 16th ILDS (Interlending and Document Supply) Conference With the Conference, entitled Beyond the Paywall:… Read More
At the 37th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), many representatives of United Nations Member States took the fllor to underline the public interest role that libraries play. In this… Read More
The Standing Committee on Libraries for Children and Young Adults has 5 places to fill in the term 2019-2023. You find all information about the procedure here /node/81922 If you know of any eligible employee in your library, talk to her/him about joining the Standing Committee… Read More
Dear Colleagues, it was nice to see so many of you at World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Colleagues from all over the world came together to learn, be inspired, get connected to develop great library services for children and young adults. If… Read More