Location: Liffey Hall 2 Organizer: Statistics and Evaluation Section Time: Thursday, July 28, 14:45 – 16:00 The session is designed to explore a variety of programs and services to support and enhance research in libraries, emphasizing those that have demonstrated “value” or responsiveness to the specific needs of their community… Read More
Location: Liffey B Organizer: Metropolitan Libraries Section, Statistics and Evaluation Section Time: Wednesday, July 27, 10:00 – 11:00 (IST) The purpose of the program is to suggest the extent of outcome measurement in larger libraries, methodologies used, types of programs or services assessed, short-term outcomes and broader or longer-term… Read More
The IFLA Academic & Research Libraries Section is delighted to share the news that our grant assessment team led by Astrid Verheusen have decided to offer the WLIC Congress attendance grant generously sponsored by Sage and Ex Libris to attend WLIC Congress in Dublin in July to the… Read More
Libraries the world over make their communities strong, but they could do so much more with support from their elected leaders. United States Representative Andy Levin from Michigan has turned his support for libraries in his district into a national priority. The Congressman worked with library advocates to successfully… Read More
IFLA was proud to attend WIPO SCCR/42, May 9 – 13, an eventful week that saw discussions of the impact of COVID-19 on libraries and a commitment to further study cross-border challenges and develop toolkits on copyright limitations and exceptions before SCCR/43 in 2023. The 42nd meeting of the… Read More
Action 1.1 Awareness-raising around the SDGs Preparing a template to request information about the actions of LAC libraries regarding the SDGs. Subsequently, the information shall be requested from members of the committee and associations in the LAC region. Different examples of the region will be collected and channeled to IFLA… Read More
Stockholm+50 is a key international environmental meeting coming up on 2-3 June with the theme: “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity”. Read More
The European Cultural Foundation has just launched an open call for the Europe Challenge 2022, after finishing the pilot edition with a small group of libraries, who went through a year-long programme and helped to co-design the scheme, along with the partners Demsoc, Public Libraries 2030 and OBA (Amsterdam Public libraries). We interviewed the Europe Challenge team, Nicola Mullenger and Olga Alexeeva. If you're interested to know more about how you can join and be part of a Europe-wide citizen-led change, working with your communities, read on: Deadline to apply 27 May 2022. Read More
The IFLA Acquisition and Collection Development (ACD) Section invites colleagues to attend an hour-long open session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC), Dublin, Ireland. Read More
Business meeting of the SE Section Read More