This event in QNL's series “Readings From the Qatar National Library Manuscript Collection” is dedicated to the first Islamic manuscript and the most important of the manuscripts of Islamic faith: the Holy Qur’an. Read More
The IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at the National Library of Poland is hosting the first of 10 webinars focussing on all aspects of digitisation. Read More
During its General Conference, held on 9-24 November, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) agreed a new Recommendation on Open Science. IFLA has welcomed this work, and encourages librarians, libraries and associations to draw on this in their own practice and advocacy. Read More
The Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow, Russia, host of one of IFLA's Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centres, is hosting the V Interdisciplinary Scientific and Practical Conference: "Rare Books in Terms of Preservation". Read More
Following a period of review, UNESCO has once again announced they are accepting nominations for materials of world and historical significance to be added to the MoW International Register. Read More
The goals of this 2-day Conference were to bring library and documentary heritage professionals from across Cameroon and other Francophone Central African countries together to learn more about documentary heritage conservation and preservation, specifically in conflict and post-conflict zones. Read More
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: MORE THAN BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY CREATIVE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO INNOVATIVE PACKAGING FOR PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS The presentation on an unusual topic – packaging. Short material is touching the archival context of packaging digital documents and physical items, especially for particular precious or delicate special… Read More
Please join the IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries (ENSULIB) and Preservation & Conservation (P&C) Sections for a joint webinar on 6 May 2021. Our speakers will present papers on a wide range of sustainability and library issues, such as environmentally sustainable libraries and library services, sustainable… Read More
Since the beginning of 21st century IT development have brought new forms of eBooks and complex objects for renewed and enhanced user / reader experience. These innovative cultural objects imply new challenges for preservation and conservation: how can we archive device dependent multimedia, interactive systems, or information flows?… Read More
Since the beginning of 21st century IT development have brought new forms of eBooks and complex objects for renewed and enhanced user / reader experience. These innovative cultural objects imply new challenges for preservation and conservation: how can we archive device dependent multimedia, interactive systems, or information flows?… Read More