Content tagged Preservation

UNESCO, in partnership with the Qatar National Library (QNL) organised a regional conference on “Supporting documentary heritage preservation in the Arab region”, held in Doha, Qatar...

News - 4 December 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Capacity building, Conferences, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Policy, Preservation, Qatar, Preservation and Conservation

Libraries and cultural heritage institutions have been leaders in preserving news media content, including newspapers, news websites, radio and television news. The 2020 IFLA International...

Event - 27 November 2019

Tags: Conference, Digital preservation, Mexico, Preservation, News Media

The IFLA delegation had a successful week at the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference. From 18-21 November, IFLA represented the library and information profession in a series of meetings...

News - 26 November 2019

Tags: Access to information, Communications, Conferences, Cultural heritage, Development, Digital preservation, Education, France, Freedom of expression, Human rights, Networking, Policy, Preservation, Sustainability, UNESCO General Conference

Conference theme Capture and Preservation of Born Digital News Media / Acopio y preservación de documentos de origen digital de medios de comunicación Hosted by the...

News - 25 November 2019

Tags: Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Newspapers, Preservation, News Media

Representatives from IFLA participated in the 2nd Inter-regional Conference for the Memory of the World, held in the Republic of Korea on 5-8 November 2019. The aim of the...

News - 12 November 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Meetings, Networking, Preservation, Republic of Korea

Representatives from IFLA will attend the Second Inter-regional Conference for the Memory of the World to speak on our work towards preserving and providing access to Digital Heritage....

Event - 2 November 2019

Tags: Conference, Conferences, Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digitisation, Guidelines, International cooperation, Preservation, Republic of Korea

​ UNESCO and Qatar National Library (QNL) to host a two-day regional conference on documentary heritage preservation. In 2018, QNL and UNESCO joined forces to support the...

Event - 31 October 2019

Tags: Conference, Cultural heritage, documentary heritage, Preservation, Qatar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

This major European Policy Debate will focus on some important challenges which cultural heritage faces in Europe and on the significance of shared cultural heritage for the future of the...

Event - 29 October 2019

Tags: Cultural heritage, Event, France, Preservation

On Sunday, 27 October it is the The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2019. This years theme is ""Engage the Past Through Sound and Images". For more information...

News - 25 October 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, CCAAA, Communications, Preservation, UNESCO, Audiovisual and Multimedia

​ The IFLA PAC Centre at the Qatar National Library, in cooperation with the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik and the Beit Gazo Center in Jounieh, Lebanon is organising a four-day...

Event - 8 October 2019

Tags: Conservation, Lebanon, PAC Centres, Preservation, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The events of 15 April at the Cathedral of Notre Dame have shaken many, not just in Paris but around the world. For those who work in the heritage field, it is particularly heart-breaking...

News - 17 April 2019

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster management, France, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

29 May 2012 Following the alarming situation in Mali, the Blue Shield expresses its deep concern regarding the safeguarding of the country’s invaluable cultural and...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Mali, Preservation, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Following the civil conflict that has been shaking the Ukraine, the Blue Shield wishes to express its deep concern regarding the safeguarding and protection of the country’s...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Blue Shield, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Preservation, Ukraine, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

June 17, 2014 PROTECTION OF IRAQI CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES Blue Shield is appalled by the great suffering and loss of life in the current fighting in Iraq and expresses great...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Blue Shield, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Iraq, Preservation, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

[English] [العربية] [français] [Español] 3 June, 2015 The Blue Shield offers its unequivocal support for the United Nations Secretary General’s statements (26...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Disaster management, Disaster relief, Preservation, Yemen, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

2018 has been declared the European Year of Cultural Heritage. While libraries are active in preserving our heritage every day of every year, this is a valuable opportunity to raise...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Cultural heritage, Preservation, Briefings, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The UNESCO PERSIST Project, an initiative of UNESCO, ICA, IFLA and other partners, for enhancing the sustainability of digital heritage, has launched the UNESCO/PERSIST Guidelines for...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Conservation, Digital resources, Preservation, UNESCO PERSIST, Guidelines, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Libraries have a duty to preserve our cultural heritage and make it accessible to the public, in order to inform and inspire future generations. Though many libraries already have disaster plans...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Conservation, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Preservation, Briefings, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Details home venue registration sponsorship accommodation Conference theme: "Newspaper Digitization...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Conservation, France, Newspapers, Preservation, Conference proceedings, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

National Library & Documentation Services Board (NLDSB) of Sri Lanka has formed a library disaster recovery team in 2013. Ten officials serve in this team. They were trained for fire rescue,...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Disaster management, Disaster relief, Preservation, Sri Lanka, Reports, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

In March 2015, the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction took place in Sendai, Japan. Prior to the main conference a series of expert meetings were held. The expert meeting on...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Disaster management, Disaster relief, Japan, Preservation, Conference proceedings, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Date:  31 August, 2009 - 2 September, 2009 Location:  Istituto centrale per il restauro e la conservazione del patrimonio...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Conservation, Preservation, Conference proceedings, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

International Conference, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 5-6 March 2009 This event was the first of a cycle of four which will be organized by PAC Core activity in collaboration...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Conservation, France, Preservation, Conference proceedings, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and the Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC), invite interested...

News - 7 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Best practices, Collection development, Collections, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Information technology, Library and information profession, Open source, Preservation, Resource discovery, Risk assessment, Society, Usability

With source code playing an essential role in the way our digital world works, efforts to preserve and give access to it are essential if libraries are to maintain the historical record. A UNESCO...

Event - 6 November 2018

Tags: Conference, Digital preservation, France, Preservation, software, Software technologies, source code, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The papers from our successful WLIC 2018 conference session 'National Libraries and Social Media - Meeting the Challenges of Acquiring, Preserving and Proving Long-Term Access' are now...

News - 1 November 2018

Tags: Acquisitions, Archives, Digital preservation, Preservation, Social Media, National Libraries

SIG Library History Session on Transform Libraries, Transform Societies: Library Outreach to Marginalized Populations - Historical Perspectives. The SIG Library History’s session at...

News - 3 October 2018

Tags: Digital preservation, Disadvantaged persons, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library history, Library Outreach, Malaysia, Marginalized Populations, Preservation, WLIC 2018, Library History

The 2018 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage will take place on October 27, and has the theme “Your Story is Moving”.   Here is what UNESCO says about the theme...

News - 2 October 2018

Tags: Access to knowledge, Archives, Associations, Cultural heritage, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Education, Open access, Preservation, Resource discovery, Society

13.45 - 15.45 Presentations: PERSIST - The shared challenge of long-term preservation by Ingrid Parent, University of British Columbia, Canada Preparing to...

Event - 15 August 2018

Tags: Conference, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Infornation Technology, PAC, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation, SI, Preservation and Conservation

AVMS section meetings You are more than welcome to join the AVMS Section meetings, if you want to know more about the work or if you consider to become a member. Our first meeting...

News - 31 July 2018

Tags: Accessibility, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Cataloguing, Collections, Digital resources, Education, Electronic collections, Information technology, Malaysia, Open Session, Preservation, Section meeting

The PAC Regional Centre for Asia at the National Diet Library (NDL) of Japan is one of the sixteen IFLA PAC Centres that are spread all over the globe. The PAC Centres have a wide range of...

News - 20 June 2018

Tags: Japan, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

​ Libraries today are faced with trends that can both pose a threat and promise an opportunity. Globalisation and digitisation are unstoppable and are being felt around the world. Yet this...

News - 26 April 2018

Tags: Preservation, Russian Federation, Sustainable Development Agenda, LDP (Library Development Programme)

​ As the leading UN institution working on education, science and culture, UNESCO is a key partner for libraries. IFLA already engages with the institution across a wide variety of issues...

News - 12 April 2018

Tags: Education, Information literacy, Preservation, UNESCO, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The book retains its status as a symbol of the possibility to preserve and share knowledge, the foundation of our evolution and development. Libraries continue to focus on collecting and giving...

News - 11 April 2018

Tags: Azerbaijan, Information literacy, Literacy, Preservation, Asia and Oceania

The Hague, Geneva, Oxford, 15th March 2018 — Libraries and publishers both play an essential role in the production of, and the provision of access to, creativity and knowledge. In their...

Publication - 15 March 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Preservation, WIPO, Press Release, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

2018 has been declared the European Year of Cultural Heritage. While libraries are active in preserving our heritage every day of every year, this is a valuable opportunity to raise...

News - 8 February 2018

Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Europe, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the Information Technology Section, invite interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held during IFLA WLIC in...

News - 1 December 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Acquisitions, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Cataloguing, Classification and indexing, Collection development, Collections, Communities of practice, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Electronic resources, Games, Information technology, Knowledge management, Library buildings and equipment, Library outreach, Library services, Lifelong learning, Preservation, Success stories, Young adults

​The Internet – and digital technologies more generally – has massively reduced the costs of producing and sharing information. It has allowed for an explosion of creativity, allowing...

News - 30 November 2017

Tags: Digital preservation, Digitisation, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

27th October is the UNESCO´s World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2017 This year’s theme is "Discover, remember and share" UNESCO and their World Day for...

News - 12 October 2017

Tags: Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Collection development, Communications, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Knowledge management, Preservation, Audiovisual and Multimedia

Annual Reports covering the period July 2016 - June 2017 as submitted by the PAC Centres. PAC Centre for the US and Canada PAC Centre for the Caribbean...

Publication - 7 August 2017

Tags: Conservation, Preservation, Annual reports

Libraries have a central role in preserving and promoting cultural heritage. Without their work, our communities would be poorer and weaker. As set out in IFLA's Statement on Preserving...

Publication - 3 August 2017

Tags: Best practices, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, Preservation, Procedures, Guidelines, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

  IFLA hosted a two day workshop to discuss and scope the needs for metadata standards in palm leaf manuscript preservation. The workshop was held from 6-7 July 2017 at the...

News - 12 July 2017

Tags: Cultural heritage, Metadata, PAC Centre, Palmleaf preservation, Preservation, Sri Lanka, workshop

IFLA Statement on Government Provision of Public Legal Information in the Digital Age (2016), translated into German. Prepared by IFLA’s Law Library Section and adopted by the IFLA Governing...

News - 12 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Digital preservation, Law, Open access, Preservation, Statements, Law Libraries

That news publication has changed dramatically since the advent of the Internet and the Web is no news to anyone. There are many examples of established news organizations that have either stopped...

Informational Page - 2 July 2017

Tags: Archives, legal deposit, Newspapers, Preservation, News Media

IFLA is hosting a workshop to discuss and scope the needs for metadata standards in palm leaf manuscript preservation. The workshop will take place at the National Library Board of Sri Lanka and...

Event - 28 June 2017

Tags: Conservation, Metadata, Preservation, Sri Lanka, Workshop

To identify and develop standards, guidelines and best practices for the collection and preservation of content in its diverse form (as stated in the IFLA Key Initiative 3.2.1), it was decided to...

Informational Page - 2 June 2017

Tags: Conservation, Preservation

Documentary works in all formats, including digital, are a key part of our cultural heritage. Working with, preserving, and safeguarding them in order to provide access to future generations is at...

News - 10 May 2017

Tags: 11.4, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Policy, Preservation, Risk Register, SDGs, UN, UNESCO, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The IFLA Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation invites interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held in Wrocław, Poland, 19-25 August...

News - 23 January 2017

Tags: Conservation, Preservation, WLIC2017

On this page we will highlight preservation and conservation resources. You can send us (cultural.heritage@ifla.org) relevant resources.   IFLA's preservation survey results (2016...

Informational Page - 18 January 2017

Tags: Collections, Conservation, Digital preservation, Digitisation, Preservation

The Association internationale francophone de bibliothécaires et documentalistes (aifbd) is holding its fourth congress in Sierre, Valais Switzerland on 16-17 August 2017, in cooperation...

News - 23 November 2016

Tags: documentary heritage, Preservation, Switzerland, Preservation and Conservation

A community thrives through its cultural heritage, it dies without it” Cultural heritage consists of tangible and intangible, natural and cultural, movable and immovable...

Event - 9 September 2016

Tags: Conference, Disaster relief, Egypt, Preservation, Risk Register, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Your participation is key! IFLA's Key Initiative 3.2 states that we will work on Developing standards for the collection and preservation of content in its diverse forms....

News - 16 August 2016

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

您的参与至关重要! 国际图联关键倡议3.2声明，我们将致力于“发展以各种形式收集和保存文本的标准”。为了实现这一目标，国际图联专家组成的小型委员会（来自国际图联专业组织（IFLA Professional Units）、国际图联核心活动（IFLA Core Activities）和其他机构）制定了一份调查表来收集标准、...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

مُشاركتك أساسية! تنص مُبادرة الإفلا الرئيسية 3،2 على العمل من أجل وضع معايير؛ لجمع وحفظ المحتوى بجميع أشكاله، لذلك قامت لجنة صغيرة من خبراء الإفلا (من لجان الإفلا...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

​¡Tu participación es clave! La Iniciativa Principal 3.2 de IFLA afirma que trabajaremos en el Desarrollo de estándares para la recolección y conservaci...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

​ Ihre Teilnahme ist wichtig! In der IFLA-Schlüsselinitiative 3.2 heißt es, dass wir an der Entwicklung von Standards zum Bestandsaufbau und zur...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

​ Votre participation est décisive ! L’Initiative Clé 3.2 de l’IFLA précise que nous travaillerons au développement  de normes...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Ваше участие важно! Ключевая инициатива 3.2 гласит, что мы будем работать разработкой стандартов по сбору и сохранности контента во всех его формах. Чтобы добиться этого,...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Your participation is key! IFLA's Key Initiative 3.2 states that we will work on Developing standards for the collection and preservation of content in its diverse forms....

News - 3 August 2016

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

WLIC 2016 will soon take place and there will be AVMS activities.   Open Session Our open session (Session 113) will be at Monday 15 August 16:00-18:00, about "...

News - 25 July 2016

Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts

Annual Reports covering the period July 2015 - June 2016 as submitted by the PAC Centres. PAC Centre for the US and Canada PAC Centre for the Caribbean PAC Centre in...

Informational Page - 21 July 2016

Tags: Conservation, PAC, Preservation

Libraries have long been key to education, research and culture policies, in Europe and around the world. To continue to deliver the public interest mission given them, they need laws that reflect...

News - 16 June 2016

Tags: Copyright, Preservation, TDM, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre which will focus on digital preservation and digital sustainability. The new PAC Centre is based at the...

News - 31 May 2016

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digitisation, PAC Centres, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The IFLA PAC Centres together with the IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section are showcasing their work on the Rare Books and Special Collections Blog as of 2016 onwards. The blog...

Publication - 19 May 2016

Tags: Conservation, IFLA PAC and RBSC Blog, Preservation, Publications, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Information History: Perspectives and Prospects | CILIP Library & Information History Group Annual Conference 2016 Date: Friday, 6 May 2016 Organized by: CILIP Library and...

News - 23 March 2016

Tags: CILIP, Library and Information History Group, Library history, LIHG, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Library History

The UNESCO PERSIST Project, an initiative of UNESCO, ICA, IFLA and other partners, for enhancing the sustainability of digital heritage, has now launched The UNESCO/PERSIST...

News - 10 March 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Preservation

The 85th edition of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) newsletter highlights several of the IFLA PAC Centres activities in the region. The...

News - 29 February 2016

Tags: Conservation, PAC Centres, Preservation

IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre which will support Francophone speaking countries (with a focus on Francophone Africa) in preservation...

News - 2 February 2016

Tags: Cameroon, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The IFLA Preservation and Conservation Core Activity invites interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held in Columbus, Ohio, USA from 13-19 August...

News - 20 January 2016

Tags: Conservation, Preservation, wlic2016

The United Nations General Assembly approved the Outcome Document of the High­ Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Overall Review of the Implementation of the WSIS Outcomes on the...

News - 17 December 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cultural heritage, Preservation, United States of America, WSIS

IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre which will support Arabic speaking countries in preservation and conservation matters. The new PAC...

News - 4 November 2015

Tags: Conservation, PAC Centre, Preservation

The IFLA Journal Special Issue on Cultural Heritage. 

Publication - 29 September 2015

Tags: Collections, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Preservation, Newsletters, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

We are very happy to present the newest edition of the IFLA Journal which is entirely dedicated to Cultural Heritage. The edition was edited by Douwe Drijfhout (Preservation and...

News - 29 September 2015

Tags: Cultural heritage, Preservation

The IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section together with the Preservation and Conservation Strategic Programme will hold a two-day Satellite meeting at the Library of Congress,...

Event - 28 September 2015

Tags: IFLA WLIC 2016, PAC, Preservation, Satellite Meeting, United States of America, Preservation and Conservation

L'IFLA est heureuse d'annoncer la création d'un nouveau centre pour le programme PAC (Preservation and Consevation, ou Préservation et Conservation) spécialis...

News - 18 August 2015

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, PAC Centre, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre with expertise in tropical climates and pest management. The new PAC Centre is based at the National...

News - 6 August 2015

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, PAC Centre, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has just released the conference outcomes from Stockholm. The report and outcomes posted on the event page recaps the discussion from the  productive...

News - 21 May 2015

Tags: Digitisation, Newspapers, Preservation, Sweden, News Media

19 August 2015, 09:30-12:45, Ballroom East Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) In the spirit of the Lyon Declaration—preserving and ensuring ongoing access to...

News - 7 May 2015

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Disaster management, Electronic collections, Government information, International cooperation, Knowledge management, Preservation

In March 2015, the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction took place in Sendai, Japan. Prior to the main conference a series of expert meetings were held. The expert meeting on...

Informational Page - 17 March 2015

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation

National Library & Documentation Services Board (NLDSB) of Sri Lanka has formed a library disaster recovery team in 2013. Ten officials serve in this team. They were trained for fire rescue,...

Informational Page - 16 March 2015

Tags: Conservation, Preservation

The National Library of South Africa (Preservation Services) in partnership with the PAC Centre for English-speaking Africa of the International Federation of Library Associations and...

News - 12 March 2015

Tags: Conservation, Kenya, Preservation

Response from IFLA’s Preservation and Conservation Section to the Lyon Declaration Rationale The Preservation and Standing Committee of IFLA (DIVISION II–...

News - 28 November 2014

Tags: Africa, freedom and literacy, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation

[PDF] [WORD] IFLA is pleased to invite libraries to submit a proposal for the new IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for Western, Northern and Southern Europe. The IFLA PAC...

News - 12 May 2014

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

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...

Publication - 14 March 2014

Tags: Digital preservation, Preservation, Conference proceedings, News Media

View of the National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine (green roof) During the months of January and February 2014, the National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine found itself at...

News - 4 March 2014

Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Ukraine

Following the civil conflict that has been shaking the Ukraine, the Blue Shield wishes to express its deep concern regarding the safeguarding and protection of the country’s...

News - 27 February 2014

Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Ukraine

The Library Buildings & Equipment Standing Committee and the Acquisition and Collection Development Standing Committee are looking for papers that highlight how public, academic and research...

News - 20 December 2013

Tags: Access to information, architecture, Archives, books, Collections, Library as place, Library buildings and equipment, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, storage, Technology, Library Buildings and Equipment

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...

News - 11 December 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Conservation, Digital preservation, Digital resources, International cooperation, Netherlands, Preservation, UNESCO, Vancouver Declaration

In September 2012 UNESCO organised a major conference in Vancouver, Canada. The Memory of the World in the Digital age: Digitization and Preservation explored the key issues...

News - 4 July 2013

Tags: LAMMS, Netherlands, Preservation, UNESCO, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites

An entirely new version of "IFLA Principles for the Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials" by J.-M. Dureau & D.W.G. Clements, 1986 (IFLA Professional Reports no. 8...

Publication - 23 June 2013

Tags: Preservation, Standards, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Culture is a basic need.  A community thrives through its cultural heritage, it dies without it. Cultural heritage consists of tangible and intangible, natural and cultural, movable...

IFLA Group or Activity - 23 May 2013

Tags: +Main IFLA topics, Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Preservation

IFLA is pleased to launch a new set of resources relating to libraries and cultural heritage.   The new webpages look at the work and support given by libraries to areas experiencing...

News - 23 May 2013

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation

Following the Director-General of UNESCO’s decision to assist the Government of Mali in restoring and rebuilding its cultural heritage, UNESCO has established a working group of experts from...

News - 28 February 2013

Tags: Cultural heritage, Mali, Preservation, Preservation

Theme: Creating the future: preserving, digitizing and accessing all forms of children's and young adults’ cultural heritage Date: August 14-15, 2013, associated to the 79th Annual...

News - 11 January 2013

Tags: Preservation, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Children’s and young adults’ culture exists in multiple forms and media, from nursery rhymes and oral storytelling to videogames, from printed books to eBooks......

Event - 11 January 2013

Tags: PAC, Preconference, Preservation, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

International Preservation Issues (IPI) 5 Photographic materials have complex physical and chemical structures that present special preservation challenges to the librarian and archivist....

Publication - 14 October 2012

Tags: Photographic materials, Preservation, Standards, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The latest issue of International Preservation News has just been released. It is dedicated to: Mass storage and Preservation Issues. Click here to download it.

News - 11 October 2012

Tags: Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

1992: Vedran Smailović plays his cello in the destroyed National Library, Sarajevo. Photo: Mikhail Evstafiev 20 years have now past since the deliberate destruction of the...

News - 21 September 2012

Tags: Cultural heritage, National libraries, Preservation

The latest issue of International Preservation News has just been released. It is dedicated to: "Digitization and Preservation of Newspaper Collections" Click here to download it...

News - 2 July 2012

Tags: Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

29 May 2012 Following the alarming situation in Mali, the Blue Shield expresses its deep concern regarding the safeguarding of the country’s invaluable cultural and...

News - 6 June 2012

Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Preservation

At its meeting in April, the IFLA Governing Board has endorsed Principles of Engagement in library-related activities in times of crisis, conflict or disaster. The Principles are part of IFLA...

News - 23 May 2012

Tags: Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Preservation

At its meeting of 19th August 2011, the IFLA Governing Board set up an Advisory Group to draft Principles of Engagement to be used by IFLA and its members in library-related activities of disaster...

Publication - 22 May 2012

Tags: Advocacy, Best practices, Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, Development, Disaster management, Disaster relief, International cooperation, Library and information profession, Preservation, Procedures, Publications, Risk assessment, Society, Sustainability, Publications

The recent events are great cause for apprehension for the world heritage community. Both the tragedies suffered by the people of the Syrian Arab Republic and the dangers faced by...

News - 16 April 2012

Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Preservation

In recent days, fighting in and around Timbuktu has led to serious concerns about the safety of the tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts there. What is in danger is the written legacy...

News - 11 April 2012

Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Preservation

26 to 28 September 2012 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme, in cooperation with the School of Library, Archival and Information...

News - 13 January 2012

Tags: Announcement, Canada, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Preservation

[العربية ] The Hague/Paris UNESCO has endorsed the IFLA Manifesto for Digital Libraries at its General Conference 2011. The Manifesto provides principles to assist libraries in...

News - 13 December 2011

Tags: Access to information, Digitisation, Preservation, Digital Libraries, Press Release

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are growing exponentially. In 1993, the Yearbook of International Organizations listed 16,000 internationally recognized NGOs. By 2004, this number was 63,...

Publication - 8 November 2011

Tags: Development, Preservation, Publications, Social Science Libraries

The PAC session communications, at the IFLA general conference in Puerto Rico (August 18, 2011), are available on line.

News - 1 September 2011

Tags: Preservation, Preservation and Conservation

The PAC Core Activity session during the last 2011 IFLA Congress was dedicated to: "Cultural heritage preservation planning against economic and environmental challenges". The...

Event - 31 August 2011

Tags: Congress, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation

The latest issue of International Preservation News has just been released. It will be dedicated to the topic of Preservation in tropical climates. Click here to download it.

News - 9 August 2011

Tags: Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The IFLA-PAC Core Activity is pleased to announce that the programme of the satellite meeting it organizes in Puerto Rico on August 12 is now online. The registration is free of charge....

News - 7 July 2011

Tags: Preservation

3 March 2011 Following the recent earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, the Blue Shield expresses its great sorrow for the loss of lives and the destructions the city's...

News - 4 March 2011

Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Preservation

The latest issue of International Preservation News has just been released. It is dedicated to "Tourism and Preservation: Some Challenges." Download it here: No 52 - December...

News - 1 February 2011

Tags: Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

A man retrieving documents from the rubble in Haiti Dear Colleagues As a result of last year’s devastating earthquake in Haiti, more than 220,000 Haitians were...

News - 18 January 2011

Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

français | Español Two shipping containers loaded with shelves, mobile cabinets, textbooks and books on general culture have just arrived in Haiti. Despite the...

News - 20 December 2010

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

A number of Swiss libraries, along with assistance from Libraries without borders (BSF), have sent two shipping containers loaded with books and shelving for Haïtian libraries At 8:30...

News - 26 October 2010

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

The worldwide community of museums will celebrate International Museum Day around May 18, 2011. Museums and Memory is the theme of International Museum Day 2011. Museums store memory and tell...

News - 18 October 2010

Tags: Cultural heritage, Preservation

Organised by National Library Singapore and supported by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), and Institutions & Library Association of Singapore (LAS)....

Event - 1 October 2010

Tags: Conference, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Asia and Oceania

A workshop participant busy with small repairs and gap filling 21-22 July 2010 Organised by IFLA, the International Council on Archives (ICA), International Committee of...

News - 30 August 2010

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

L to R: IFLA President Ellen Tise, Mme Marie Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue–Haitian Minister Of Culture and Communication, & Francoise B. Thybulle–Director of the National...

News - 25 June 2010

Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

The Blue Shield International sent two experts to Port-au-Prince from 11th to 16th of April. Danielle Mincio (IFLA) and Christophe Jacobs (ICA and ANCBS) went there in order to work with our...

News - 4 June 2010

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

The International Committee on the Blue Shield is very pleased to share with you the official recognition of a new Blue Shield Committee in Haiti. Our colleagues deployed huge efforts to...

News - 28 May 2010

Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

français Copyright for Creativity launch video    "In many countries, copyright law, through exceptions and limitations, has long supported the essential...

News - 6 May 2010

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Announcement, Copyright, Europe, Exceptions and limitations, Open access, Preservation

Paris, 22 March 2010 PRESS RELEASE The international Blue Shield network has worked hard in the last weeks on defining an action plan for helping our Haitian colleagues. You...

News - 26 March 2010

Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

In China the tradition of a book society is longer than anywhere else in the world. Chinese paper making, calligraphy and woodblock printing date from very early ages, but have for a very long...

News - 24 March 2010

Tags: Announcement, Calligraphy, China, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Printing

In China the tradition of a book society is longer than anywhere else in the world. Chinese paper making, calligraphy and woodblock printing date from very early ages, but have for a very long time...

Publication - 24 March 2010

Tags: Calligraphy, China, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Printing, Publications, Rare Books and Special Collections

For the most up-to-date information, please see the conference website IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and The Rare Books and Manuscripts section will hold  a satellite...

Event - 12 March 2010

Tags: Conservation, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Satellite Meeting, Sweden, Preservation and Conservation

    Ms. Paola Roncatti President of the Colegio de Bibliotecarios de Chile, A. G.       On behalf of the IFLA Latin...

News - 3 March 2010

Tags: Chile, Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Preservation, Latin America and the Caribbean

Workers painstakingly retrieve records from the ruins of the Tax Office On this page we are collecting the latest news from the library community around the world about the...

Informational Page - 19 February 2010

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster reconstruction, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

Bibliothèque haïtienne des Pères du Saint-Esprit (also known as San Martial) Courtesy of Dominique Franck Simon, director of the Alumni Association for San Martial...

News - 1 February 2010

Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

Dear Colleagues, The Bibliothèque Nationale d'Haïti has sustained heavy damage from the earthquake, but has not collapsed.  Historic preservation architects will...

News - 22 January 2010

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO, RECINTO DE RIO PIEDRAS ESCUELA GRADUADA DE CIENCIAS Y TECNOLOGIAS DE LA INFORMACION y ACURIL (ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN UNIVERSITY, RESEARCH AND INSTITUTIONAL...

News - 19 January 2010

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

Saturday, 16 January 2010 By way of CDNL, IFLA has received the following message from the Director-General of the National Library of Haïti: The building of the National library is...

News - 18 January 2010

Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

français | Deutsch | Español | Русский | 中文 | العربية Dear colleagues On behalf of all IFLA members and staff I extend our deepest sympathy and sorrow to our Haitian...

News - 15 January 2010

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

Le Comité Français IFLA (CFI), solidaire avec Haïti blog Au nom du Comité Français IFLA (CFI), le Président et les membres du Conseil d'...

News - 15 January 2010

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Preservation

Theme: Preservation and Sustainability The IFLA-PAC Core program and IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section invite speakers to present papers on the topic of Preservation and...

Event - 7 January 2010

Tags: Congress, Preservation, Sweden

The IT Section is pleased to announce the latest issue of the Newsletter - December 2009. The latest issue of the IFLA ITS Newsletter features the following articles: IT Section...

News - 22 December 2009

Tags: Information technology, Intellectual property, Internet access, Knowledge management, Open access, Open source, Preservation, Information Technology

The Government Libraries Section will be sponsoring two programs for the 2010 Gothenburg IFLA conference. Our first program will be: Creating an International Legal Information Policy...

Informational Page - 1 December 2009

Tags: Argentinian Commision, Chilean Commission, Conservation, Government information, Human rights, Information policies, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Knowledge management, Preservation, South Africa Truth Commission, U.S. 9/11 Commission, Yugoslavia, Government Libraries

Summary and follow up  On Tuesday 25 August, IFLA’s Professional Committee, together with the Italian Government organized a one day conference on Digital Library Futures...

News - 15 September 2009

Tags: Digital preservation, Digitisation, Preservation, Users, Digital Libraries

1) Contact ENSULIB team: ensulib123@gmail.com 2) Direct access to the page of the general  "Environment, Sustainability and Libraries" SIG's mailing list...

Informational Page - 26 May 2009

Tags: Awareness, Best practices, Climate change, Collection development, Conservation, Ecology, Energy savings, Environment, Green, Green living, Library buildings and equipment, Management, Preservation, Sustainability, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

ENSULIB, the mailing-list of the "Environmental Sustainability and Libraries" SIG is a moderated list. All interested information professionals may apply, but registration (subscription)...

Informational Page - 21 May 2009

Tags: Awareness, Best practice, Buildings, Collections, Conservation and preservation, Environment, Libraries, Mailing lists, Preservation, Sustainable development, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

Scope The consideration of the role of humanity in climate change and the notion of sustainable development are core concerns of society, and consequently of libraries.

IFLA Group or Activity - 11 May 2009

Tags: Conservation, Preservation, Special Interest Groups, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

In and Out Air Strategies. From Climate Change to Microclimate. Library, Archives and Museum Preservation Issues International Conference, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 5-6...

News - 7 May 2009

Tags: France, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ An IFLA/UNESCO/Ministère de la culture project. All throughout history, libraries and archives have been the guardians of the...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Preservation, Publications, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Throughout history libraries, museums and archives have been struck by disasters, both natural and manmade. Earthquakes and floods, storms and fires have caused huge losses of precious...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Preservation, Publications, Preservation and Conservation