Programme for one-day conference on large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections, 12 April 2018 (Oslo) Read More
Libraries and the Bulgarian EU Presidency share the same goals – a stronger, more cohesive Europe, built on creativity, innovation and inclusion. Every day, libraries across the continent are working to give their users access to the information they need to learn and develop, the skills they need to get the best out of the Internet, and a connection to a rich cultural heritage. IFLA's open letter sets out how we can take this potential further still. Read More
Digital technologies have massively reduced the costs of producing and sharing information, and have allowed for an explosion of creativity. But to ensure we have a record of this for future generations, we need to act today. IFLA is therefore celebrating the first International Digital Preservation Day as an opportunity to mark the work already done, and highlight the challenges before us. Read More
Libraries in the sky: large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections IFLA RBSCS mid-term conference, National Library of Norway (Oslo) April 12th 2018 In many countries, libraries have worked together to enhance the visibility of their national heritage through a national… Read More
On this page we will highlight preservation and conservation resources. You can send us (cultural.heritage@ifla.org) relevant resources. IFLA’s preservation survey results (2016) To view the resources around preservation and conservation standards, guidelines and best practices (of digital and analogue materials) collected via a survey in 2016,… Read More
IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre which will focus on digital preservation and digital sustainability. The new PAC Centre is based at the National Library of Poland. The Governing Board of IFLA endorsed the… Read More
IFLA and la Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación in Argentina will hold a meeting to discuss copyright reform on October 28 and 29 in Buenos Aires. Motores para el Cambio: Primer Encuentro Iberoamericano Sobre Derecho de Autor y Tratado de Marrakech brings together representatives of national libraries… Read More
The overall aim of Oslo Public Library MakerSpace is to bring new forms of knowledge production into the library, through creating space that is available for anyone who wants to come to the library to learn, create, tinker, fix, and share. Background of the MakerSpace… Read More
Cost R 900.00 per person (incl VAT) R 85.00 per person to attend the Freedom Park excursion on Day 2 (optional) Read More
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