​IFLA has released its guidelines for setting up a digital unification project. These provide a checklist, and recommendations, for libraries in the planning, delivery, and finalisation of projects to provide digital access to collections across distance and borders. Libraries and archives throughout the world… Read More
Digitization and online tools provide opportunities for school librarians to actively include their users in creating new library collections. One such example is Digital Collection of Students' Picturebooks, a unique library collection created mostly by students – the largest group of school library users. Every year… Read More
As part of its work, IFLA’s Digital Unification Working Group has collected a range of case studies. Links to these can be found here: Codex Siniaticus Glagolitic Script Europeana Regia James Joyce Manuscripts Korean Rare Books … Read More
On 17 May 2019, after several years of discussion, the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market was published in the official journal of the European Union. It enters into force on 20 June 2019, which marks the beginning of a two-year period for member states to change their laws in order to meet the objectives of the directive. Read More
IFLA’s existing statement on Public Lending Right (PLR), updated in 2016, sets out IFLA’s policy position on Public Lending Right. These best practices are without prejudice to the existing IFLA Statement and are an annex to it. As highlighted in the Statement, IFLA does not favor… Read More
The Public Access Policy Toolkit looks at the different policy areas where libraries may need to advocate to ensure that all our institutions can provide internet access to their users. With much progress still needed to ensure that all libraries are connected to the internet, IFLA has… Read More
Theme "It's good to preserve, it's even better to share: Sound and visual cultural heritage in local communities" Read More
The 2018 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage will take place on October 27 with the theme “Your Story is Moving”. Read More
Open Access might be a growing part of Scholarly Communication, but it is accompanied by challenges old and new, no matter where you are in the world Read More
Libraries, alongside other cultural heritage institutions, are increasingly investing in web presence in order to broaden access to their collections. Digital libraries have emerged as platforms hosting (or at least giving access to) collections for all, copyright and connectivity permitting. Such initiatives have been recognised by IFLA in… Read More