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Access to Public Legal Information at Risk without Government Action: New IFLA Statement

Access to public legal information is essential if citizens are to understand, engage in, and influence how the decisions that affect them are made. With governments increasingly moving to digital-only provision of laws, regulations and standards, making sure that these are free, trustworthy, and preserved for the future is vital. A new IFLA Statement makes recommendations to this end. Read More

News
14 December 2016
By: anonymous

Promoting library services in the digital era among the children and young adults

Technology has become the key focus of our lives today. Indeed so many aspects of our behaviour are governed by the need to stay connected to the world through technology. Children and young adults no longer want to visit the library for a few hours of quiet reading. Instead,… Read More

Page
10 June 2016

From the Small Print to the Headlines: IFLA Engages for International Copyright Reform at WIPO

IFLA will be represented at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) next week. Talk of copyright is normally consigned to the small-print. But in 2016, it seems to be just as regularly in the headlines. Read More

News
06 May 2016
By: user

Guidelines for Planning the Digitization of Rare Book and Manuscript Collections

Digitization guidelines have proliferated in many forms over the last fifteen years, and all of them reflect a set of best practices that continues to evolve. These guidelines attempt to complement this body of knowledge by addressing the specific needs related to planning digitization projects for rare and… Read More

Publications
03 September 2014
By: IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections

Programme: Universal Bibliographic Control in the Digital Age

The Classification and Indexing Section is co-sponsoring a programme on Universal Bibliographic Control in the Digital Age: Golden Opportunity or Paradise Lost? at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Lyon. Read More

Events
22 July 2014

International Conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives & Museums (ICLAM) Nov. 27-29 2014, New Delhi

The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in collaboration with the Government Information and Official Publications section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) will organize the second international conference of the series titled International Conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums (ICLAM) from 27th to 29th November, 2014 at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi. As in the past, ICLAM will again offer the library professionals an opportunity to exchange ideas with professionals from archives, museums and various other domains. Read More

News
30 April 2014
By: Susan Paterson

Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Collaboration on the Vancouver Declaration

On the 5th and 6th of December a follow up meeting to the UBC/UNESCO Vancouver Declaration on Preservation and Digitisation took place in The Hague. The Vancouver Declaration pinpoints key issues affecting the preservation and long-term accessibility of digital documentary heritage. Read More

News
11 December 2013
By: anonymous

ICDL 2013: International Conference on Digital Libraries

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is organizing International Conference on Digital libraries (ICDL 2013) from 27-29 November 2013 in New Delhi, India. The conference will also aim at further strengthen the academic collaboration and strategic alliance in development of DL in the world. The conference… Read More

Events
13 November 2013

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