The UNESCO PERSIST Project, an initiative of UNESCO, ICA, IFLA and other partners, that tries to enhance the sustainability of digital heritage, is pleased to announce the launch the UNESCO/PERSIST Guidelines for the selection of digital heritage for long-term preservation. Read More
IFLA attended the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2015, held in Geneva from 25–29 May. Read More
19 August 2015, 09:30-12:45, Ballroom East Read More
An event co-hosted by MEP Julia Reda, Greens/EFA, Pirate Party and MEP Josef Weidenholzer, S&D Europe is proud of its rich cultural heritage. Institutions like museums, libraries and archives play critical and rightly well-respected roles in society. The digital revolution has brought new challenges to these institutions. Too… Read More
At the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Lyon this summer, the UNESCO session was spent on the problem of selection in digital heritage. It is one of the challenging subjects within the PERSIST project, an initiative of UNESCO, ICA, IFLA and other partners, that tries… Read More
In April 2012, the IFLA Newspaper Section, IFLA PAC Stretegic Programme, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France held the 2012 IFLA International Newspaper Conference in Paris, France. The Conference took place at the Bibliothèque nationale de France during a major exhibition titled “La Presse à la Une”, dedicated to the… Read More
The Government Information and Official Publications Section invites proposals for papers to be presented at the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Lyon, France , August 16-22, 2014. This session will focus on the interaction of libraries, governments and cultural heritage. National and International… Read More
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
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
UNESCO organized an international conference The Memory of the World in the Digital age: Digitization and Preservation, in September 2012 in Vancouver, Canada. Read More