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Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals - an Australian example

A Better Balance is Possible – Looking to the Future at WIPO

Starting tomorrow, the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation will meet together in Geneva. For IFLA, highlights will include discussions on future work on limitations on copyright for libraries, Ms Sylvie Forbin's first major event as Deputy Director General, Copyright and Creative Industries, and a celebration of the entry into force of the Treaty of Marrakesh. The latter shows that WIPO discussions can lead to results that offer wider access to knowledge, with dividends for growth, equality, human rights and well-being.

A Good Day for Access to Knowledge: the Treaty of Marrakesh Enters into Force

Three years and three months after it was signed, the Treaty of Marrakesh enters into force today. It is a time to celebrate a major advance in the struggle to give people with visual impairments equal access to knowledge. IFLA looks back at the work that brought us where we are today, and forwards to the challenges still ahead.

Invitation to submit proposals for chapters: new book highlighting the work of health librarians

In 2017, the IFLA Health and Biosciences Libraries Section and De Gruyter Saur will publish a book titled: Action to impact: librarians working at the heart of health communities.

Universal Access to Information, Today and Every Day

Libraries have always been about preserving and giving access to information. At all levels, they readily work with other actors in order to achieve this. The first International Day for the Universal Access to Information is the occasion for a joint statement between IFLA and the International Publishers Association (IPA). This sets out areas where we can progress, together, towards this key objective.

Call for Applications to the IFLA Journal Editorial Committee

Deadline: 31 Octoberr 2016. IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer-reviewed scholarship on Library and Information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries.

Treaty of Marrakesh: (Mainly) Good Omens from Europe?

Last week, the European Commission published proposals for legislation which would implement the Treaty of Marrakesh. The benefits of EU ratification could be high, potentially more than doubling the number of countries involved, and making a wealth of European language works available to some of the most vulnerable people around the world. IFLA and EBLIDA, in a joint statement, welcomed these proposals, but cautioned that more work will be needed to ensure that no new barriers to access to knowledge are created.

Trade and Access to Knowledge: Discussing Trends and Scenarios at the WTO Public Forum

Exceptions and limitations have been a key part of the international copyright system since its inception, protecting and promoting the goals of education and innovation. Increasingly, they are shaped by the text of trade deals. What impact will this have for access to knowledge, and the institutions that promote this? IFLA is organising a panel discussion at the WTO Public Forum on 28 September to find out.

Subject Analysis and Access - the new name of our Section

We have changed the name of our section from Classification & Indexing to Subject Analysis and Access

Engaging the world’s libraries with Wikipedia - what are the opportunities?

Do library patrons get the best information for the topic they are looking for? Do they have the skills needed to use Wikipedia as part of a research process that helps with learning and advancement of human society?

Presentations from our 2016 Satellite now available!

12 presentations from our recent Satellite Conference "Collaborative Strategies for Successful Library Design and Innovative Use" held at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago now available online

Please join us for the last session of the 2016 webinar series “New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations.”

Call for applications: World Book Capital 2019

UNESCO, IFLA and IPA have opened the call for nominations for the World Book Capital 2019

European Copyright Proposals: Libraries and Cultural Heritage Institutions Respond

After years of promise, today saw the launch of proposals for copyright reform in Europe. Despite much talk of the need for modernisation of the rules to reflect the new possibilities and expectations created by digital technologies, what has been published will make only limited progress towards this goal.

UNESCO announces Athens as World Book Capital 2018

Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, has named Athens as World Book Capital for 2018 on the recommendation of the programme’s Advisory Committee.

IFLA Signs Joint Letter on EU Copyright Reform

With proposals on European Union copyright reform imminent, IFLA continues to push for ambitious reforms that boost learning, innovation and creativity. It has recently co-signed a letter to seven EU Commissioners, underlining our goals in the process.

IFLA Joint Preconference between IFLA ITSC and IFLA Women, Information, and Libraries SIG Preliminary Report

The Women in Open Technology & Culture Satellite Meeting was held on August 11th, 2016 in Evanston, IL at the Northwestern University Main Library.

WILSIG Activities from September 2015 to August 2016