Now available: IFLA Annual Report 2014
23 December 2015Read all about what IFLA achieved in 2014!
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IFLA appoints Mr Gerald Leitner as new IFLA Secretary General
22 December 2015The IFLA Governing Board appointed unanimously Mr Gerald Leitner, currently Secretary General of the Austrian Library Association, to the post of IFLA Secretary General, effective from 1 June 2016.
REMINDER: Call for bids to host the 15th IFLA Interlending and Document Supply Conference (ILDS) 2017
21 December 2015inviting bids from IFLA Members to host the 15th IFLA Interlending and Document Supply (ILDS) Conference to be held in September or October 2017
CPDWL Call for Papers: deadline January 15, 2016
18 December 2015Theme: "Transforming Libraries: What does this mean for continuing professional development and workplace learning?"
P & C Satellite Meeting at WLIC 2016
17 December 2015The Preservation and Conservation Section together with the Preservation and Conservation Strategic Programme will hold a two-day Satellite meeting at the Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA focusing on high density storage for library materials.
ENSULIB Call for Paper 2016 is published!
17 December 2015Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group (ENSULIB) is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Columbus, Ohio, USA from 13-19 August 2016.
IFLA welcomes the Outcome Document of the WSIS+10 Review
17 December 2015The Outcome Document reaffirms the commitment to the vision of the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society.
CALL FOR PAPERS: "Quality management and preservation in the age of mass processing"
16 December 2015This joint session at the 2016 IFLA World Congress is presented by the Preservation and Conservation Section, Rare Books and Special Collections Section, and Audiovisual and Multimedia Section
Call for Papers - STL session in Columbus 2016!
15 December 2015STL Theme: The Role of Libraries and Librarians in Scientific and Technological Data Management & Archiving
Cross-border collaboration emphasized at WIPO SCCR 31
15 December 2015The Relindial Cartonera project
15 December 2015The Relindial Cartonera project is entering its operational phase
Guest Post: "Library as a TEDx Platform"
13 December 2015This is a guest post by Petar Lukačić and Maja Krulić Gačan from Public library “Fran Galović”, Koprivnica, Croatia.
Call for Demos: Using social media at work: How to share knowledge, improve collaboration and create a mutual savoir-faire?
12 December 2015Call for Demos for the KM Open Session 2016
EBLIDA and IFLA comment on the European Commission’s Communication on modernising EU copyright rules
10 December 2015Modernisation of EU Copyright rules: yes, but…
Reference Interview - Edwin Qobose, Acting Director, Library Services, University of Botswana
9 December 2015Here is the fourth in our series of "Reference Interviews" with RISS Standing Committee Members!
CALL FOR PAPERS: “A common international standard for rare materials cataloguing? Why? And how?”
5 December 201522nd February 2016, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (Lisbon)
Rare Books and Special Collections section Midterm Meeting | Lisbon | 22-24 February 2016
5 December 2015One-day conference on developing a common international standard for rare materials cataloging; Section business meetings; Official library visits.