Content tagged Interview
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(These results include any available translations of the original English documents.)
- Promise, progress... and persistent problems: catching up on the situation for eLending in the United States
The past year has underlined how essential it is for libraries to be able to offer access to content digitally. With major expansion in demand from users, there have been both welcome moves from...
News - 6 April 2021
Tags: Access to information, e-Lending, eBooks, elending, United States of America, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Raising SDG Awareness... through Competitions! An Interview with Dr Yakov L Shrayberg, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology
Libraries can have an important role in building understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We interviewed Dr Yakov L Shrayberg, President of the Russian National Public Library...
News - 30 March 2021
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Russian Federation, SDGs, Interview
- Sustaining libraries in a digital world: Interview with Jennie Rose Halperin, Library Futures
Library Futures is a new organisation in the United States focused on the questions facing libraries and their ability to fulfil their missions into the future. We interviewed Library Futures...
News - 2 March 2021
Tags: Access to information, Digital resources, eLending, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Lessons learned for library advocacy from the 2008 crisis: Interview with Glòria Pérez-Salmerón
While difficult financial times almost certainly lie ahead for many countries, it is not inevitable that libraries must suffer. Instead, we have an opportunity to underline the potential of our...
News - 16 February 2021
Tags: Advocacy, COVID-19, library advocacy, Interview
- Engaging with Politicians in Library Advocacy - Why and How
For many libraries, the world of politics can seem a long way away. However, if our institutions and profession are to get the support - both legal and financial - that we need, engaging with...
News - 28 January 2021
Tags: Advocacy, Denmark, library advocacy, Interview
- Information Sustainability: Interview with Genilson Geraldo, Brazil
Throughout its advocacy around the Sustainable Development Goals, IFLA underlines the importance of information - and libraries as the institutions that provide meaningful access to it - in...
News - 20 January 2021
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, SDGs, sustainable development goals, Interview
- From Global Goals to Local Practice: Interview with Evi Tramantza, OCLC Global Council Program Committee
In a survey out now, OCLC is exploring how libraries are working with the SDGs. IFLA interviewed Evi Tramantza, Chair of the OCLC Global Council Program Committee, to find out more. With...
News - 5 January 2021
Tags: Development, sustainable development goals, UN 2030 Agenda, Interview
- Active Inclusion: the Experiences of ALA"s Serving Refugees, Immigrants, and Displaced Persons Sub-Committee
Libraries have traditionally seen themselves as places open to all members of the community, creating opportunities for everyone. However, being welcoming is as much a question of what you do...
News - 15 December 2020
Tags: Asylum Seekers, Immigrants, inclusion, Refugees, Interview, Library Services to People with Special Needs
- An Electronic Content Crisis: Interview with the Library Association of Ireland
The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the importance for libraries to be able to provide services to users through digital channels. As such, it has thrown a new light on many of the questions that...
News - 26 November 2020
Tags: Associations, Copyright, COVID-19, Digital resources, Ireland, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Libraries Engaged in Advocacy for Access to Health in Chile
An important part of the right to health is the right to health information and knowledge. COVID-19 has only underlined this connection. We interviewed María Angélica Fuentes Mart...
News - 24 November 2020
Tags: Access to information, Chile, COVID-19, health, Interview
- Libraries on the World Stage: An Interview with the Winners of the WSIS Prize
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has been bringing together governments, UN agencies, civil soceity and experts for nearly 20 years. It...
News - 25 September 2020
Tags: Capacity building, Digital libraries, E-learning, Interview
- Participation, Partnerships, Progress - Libraries Engaged in the SDGs in Costa Rica
Working with the Sustainable Development Goals opens up new possibilities for libraries and library associations to demonstrate the contributions they can make to societies. They can also help...
News - 26 August 2020
Tags: Access to information, Costa Rica, Development, SDGs, Interview
- New Partnerships, Stronger Voice: Libraries Engage in Brazil's 2030 Agenda Work Group
[Português] The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have provided a great framework both for libraries to think about their own services, and to engage with governments and...
News - 19 August 2020
Tags: Access to information, Brazil, Development, SDGs, Interview
- A New Model for Digital Inclusion: An Interview with Helsingborg City Libraries
The long-standing mission of libraries to promote equitable access to information often leads them to get involved in digital inclusion efforts. We talked to Catharina Isberg, Library Director,...
News - 7 May 2020
Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, inclusion, Sweden, Interview, Public Libraries
- Catching Up - Latest Developments on eLending Advocacy in the United States
A lot has happened in the last six months around library eLending! Following a first interview last October about ongoing efforts to improve eLending conditions for libraries in the United States...
News - 22 April 2020
Tags: Access to information, eLending, eLending for Libraries, United States of America, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Promoting Cross-Border Connections between Libraries and the IFLA Strategy: An Interview on the UK Working Internationally Initiative
IFLA’s Strategy 2019-2024 is driving efforts to create an inspired, engaged, enabled and connected library field. Success will depend on libraries and library associations being ready to...
News - 8 January 2020
Tags: Associations, IFLA Strategy, International cooperation, Members, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Interview, Management of Library Associations
- Former IFLA Secretary General Peter Lor shares insights from his new book
During the 85th IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2019 in Athens, Greece, several recent and forthcoming IFLA publications were presented by their authors and editors...
News - 17 October 2019
Tags: Comparative Librarianship, Education, Library and Information Science, Library and information science education, Interview
- E-Lending, Embargoes and Equitable Access: Interview with Sari Feldman
The rules around library eLending are on the agenda again in the United States, following the decision by one publisher to impose limits on libraries' ability to give access to new books...
News - 16 October 2019
Tags: Access to information, eLending, eLending for Libraries, United States of America, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- An Alternative Route: Cooperation Leads to Better Conditions for Australian Libraries
A lot of advocacy work focuses on trying to change laws in order to improve the situation for libraries. However, there can be alterantives to legal reform as a recent example from Australia shows...
News - 14 October 2019
Tags: Australia, Copyright, Literacy and reading, publishers, storytimes, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Making a Reality of Access to Legal Research to Deliver the SDGs: Interview with Latia Ward
Limited access to research not only prevents people in many countries from contributing to the latest thinking and innovations, but also means that they cannot apply this knowledge in...
News - 19 September 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Law Libraries, Interview, LDP (Library Development Programme)
- Simplify, Unify, Diversify: an Interview with Jessica Want, New York Public Library
Alongside growing concern in the United States and Canada about the conditions imposed on libraries looking to lend eBooks, there are also efforts to reduce dependency on third party distributors...
News - 16 July 2019
Tags: Access to information, Ebooks, elending, eLending for Libraries, United States of America, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Availability, License Terms and Pricing of eBooks: an Interview with Rebecca Giblin
ELending is becoming increasingly important and is already well-established in many countries. While jurisdictions approach the lending of eBooks and other digital material in many different ways...
News - 12 April 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Advocacy, Australia, Canada, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Intellectual property, Licensing, New Zealand, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Protecting Privacy in the Modern Academic Library: An Interview with Mimi Calter
A group of unviersity libraries in the United States have signed up to a new Statement on Patron Privacy and Database Access. With library resources often now accessed through third-party servers...
News - 9 April 2019
Tags: Access to information, Privacy in libraries, Interview
- A Happy Ending: Interview with Mikkel Christoffersen on eLending in Denmark
The story of eLending in Denmark is a particular one. Despite high levels of use of the Danish eLending platform, it attracted frequent (if unjustified) criticism from other stakeholders, who held...
News - 8 February 2019
Tags: Access to information, Denmark, eBooks, eLending, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Controlled Digital Lending: an Interview with Jonathan Band
The concept of controlled digital lending is receiving growing attention. Originating in the United States, it is now a subject of discussion elsewhere in the world, raising both interest and...
News - 22 January 2019
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Libraries Can't Get Enough eBooks: an Interview with Sharon Day, Edmonton Public Library
IFLA has interviewed Sharon Day, speaking on behalf of a campaign in Canada to boost the availability - and affordability - of eBooks for libraries. The goal - to ensure that Canada's...
News - 15 January 2019
Tags: Access to information, Canada, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Deal on eLending in the Netherlands: Interview with the Dutch Public Library Association
Following extensive discussions, libraries in the Netherlands have come to an agreement with publishers and others about eBook availability in the country. Published in the Official...
News - 31 October 2018
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Netherlands, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)