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
The World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2016 represents the world's largest annual gathering of the ICT for development community, and is co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD. On Monday 2 May, Stuart Hamilton will be a panellist in… Read More
The 32nd meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on exceptions and limitations internationally, preparing statements for IFLA and partners. A special event on 11 May will focus on Libraries and Digital Content. Read More
[PDF] Introduction The rapid advancement of technology has resulted in increasing privacy implications for library and information services, their users, and society. Commercial Internet services, including those used to deliver library and information services, collect extensive data on users and their behaviour. They… 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 31st meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives, limitations and exceptions for educational and research institutions and for persons with other disabilities, as well as a discussion on the… Read More
The main policy and decision making bodies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are the General Assembly and the Coordination Committee. Twenty Assemblies, and other bodies of the member states of WIPO and of the Unions administered by WIPO, traditionally meet in ordinary or extraordinary session… Read More
At its 14 August 2015 meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, the IFLA Governing Board endorsed an IFLA Statement on Privacy in the Library Environment. Read More