Content tagged Communications

​ The COVID-19 pandemic has forced dramatic changes in the lives of libraries and the communities they serve. It has seen both examples of great innovation and resilience by library and...

Event - 8 September 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Communications, COVID-19, library advocacy, library stories, LMW, Storytelling, Webinar

The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section and Metropolitan Libraries Section invites interested professionals from any library to submit a short (10 minutes or less) video or multimedia work for...

News - 3 February 2020

Tags: Access to information, Accessibility, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Communications, Cultural heritage, Digital libraries, Education, Electronic resources, Freedom of information, Information technology, International cooperation, Library outreach, Library services, Open access, Metropolitan Libraries

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

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

In keeping with the thematic focus of the next World Library Information Congress, “Libraries: Dialogue for Change”, the IFLA SIG Relindial propose a session. It will be organised on...

News - 11 January 2019

Tags: Best practices, Collection development, Communications, conflict, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Democracy, Dialogue, Education, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Heritage, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Peace, Religion, RELINDIAL, resentment, Social inclusion, Society, Sustainability, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue

2014-2015 IFLA LGBT SIG Annual Report

Publication - 2 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Best practices, Cataloguing, Censorship, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Conferences, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, Information society, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library collections, Library outreach, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Net neutrality, Peace, Resource discovery, User experience, Women’s issues, Young adults, Annual reports, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

2015-2016 IFLA LGBT SIG Annual Report

Publication - 2 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Benchmarking, Best practices, Cataloguing, Censorship, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Guidelines, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library collections, Lifelong learning, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Net neutrality, Peace, Performance indicators, Resource discovery, Social inclusion, User experience, Women’s issues, Young adults, Annual reports, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

2016-2017 IFLA LGBT SIG Annual Report

Publication - 2 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Benchmarking, Best practices, Cataloguing, Censorship, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library collections, Lifelong learning, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Net neutrality, Peace, Performance indicators, Resource discovery, Social inclusion, User experience, Women’s issues, Young adults, Annual reports, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

Click here for the complete 2017-2018 IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG Annual Report.

Publication - 26 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Advocacy, Communications, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Democracy, Development, Disadvantaged persons, Education, Education and training, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Guidelines, Human rights, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library buildings and equipment, Library outreach, Library services, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Networking, New professionals, Performance indicators, Privacy in libraries, Professional development, Risk assessment, Social inclusion, Staffing, Annual reports, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

The Standing Committee on Libraries for Children and Young Adults has 5 places to fill in the term 2019-2023. You find all information about the procedure here https://www.ifla.org/node/81922...

News - 8 October 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Capacity building, Communications, Cooperation, Development, International cooperation, Management, Networking, Nominations, Professional development, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The first day was organised by the Polish Parliament, who had the opportunity to present their organisation, legislative process and research/information output.  SESSION I:...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments held its 32nd pre-conference in Washington, D.C, 10-12 August 2016, hosted by the U.S. Library of Congress. 143 participants...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments held its 31st pre-conference in Cape Town, 12-14 August, 2015, hosted by the Parliament of South Africa.  About 100...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

  Links to photos: By the National Library Board Singapore | By Karel Sosna, Parliamentary Library, Czech Republic The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments held its 28th annual pre-conference, 8-10 August 2012, in advance of the 2012 IFLA Congress in Finland. More...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Links to photographs: By Karel Sosna, Parliamentary Library, Czech Republic By Ross Becker:  Pre-Conference | Management Workshop The IFLA Section on...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

2018 IFLA World Library and Information Congress Open Session 84th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 24 - 30 August 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Call for Papers: The Document...

News - 22 December 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Communications, Digital resources, Document delivery, Electronic document delivery, eLending, Interlibrary loans, International cooperation, Open access

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

This presentation, a link at the end, was used at the workshop on Video production. Informing, communicating and disseminating knowledge using audio-visual content during WLIC2017 in Wroclaw,...

Publication - 7 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Communications, Communities of practice, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Freedom of information, Information technology, Open source, Professional development, Social inclusion, Resource Guides

There are still a few a seats for participants to the workshop to be held at and supported by Wrocław University of Science and Technology Wednesday, 23 August, during WLIC 2017. Please register...

News - 4 July 2017

Tags: Communications, Communities of practice, Digital resources, Education and training

The New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) were awarded joint-winners of the 2016  IFLA Professional Unit Communication Award at the Closing Ceremony of the WLIC 2016 for the...

Informational Page - 9 September 2016

Tags: Communications, IFLA Professional Unit Communication Award, New Professionals

The Public Libraries Section were awarded joint-winners of the 2016  IFLA Professional Unit Communication Award at the Closing Ceremony of the WLIC 2016 for the following nomination....

Informational Page - 9 September 2016

Tags: Communications, IFLA Professional Unit Communication Award, Public Libraries

The Rare Books and Special Collections section runs two email list-servs to communicate information to its constituencies and interested individuals across the globe. These lists are the primary...

Informational Page - 17 August 2016

Tags: Communications, Communications, list-servs, Rare Books and Special Collections

Technology has become the key focus of our lives today. Indeed so many aspects of our behaviour are governed by the need to stay connected to the world through technology. Children and young...

Informational Page - 10 June 2016

Tags: Access to information, Children, Communications, digital library, Digital resources, E-learning, Information literacy, information seeking behaviour, Information technology, promoting library, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Good ideas for better libraries – share your experience! How do I reach out to teens? How can I improve the story telling hour at my library? I want to engage parents in...

Informational Page - 28 April 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Benchmarking, Best practices, Children, Communications, Events, Library marketing, Library outreach, Reading, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section and the Preservation and Conservation Core Activity invites interested professionals to submit proposals for this open session to...

News - 26 January 2016

Tags: Communications, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Rare books and manuscripts

Browse participating libraries in alphabetical order according to the country.  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Australia - NSW: Gosford City...

Informational Page - 21 January 2016

Tags: Children, Communications, Communities of practice, Cooperation, programmes, Sister libraries, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

IFLA project and lately programme for Sister Libraries starts its 7th year of operation. The programme web pages and list of participants have undergone an update, in order to make searching a...

Informational Page - 21 January 2016

Tags: Children, Communications, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Sister libraries, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Registration form List of participants Brochure   Description

Informational Page - 18 January 2016

Tags: Children, Communications, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Programs and activities, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

MakerSpaces have been one of hot topics in the library world for some time now. More and more libraries provide opportunities for people to gather together and learn, discuss, discover, test and...

News - 23 June 2015

Tags: Children, Communications, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

IFLA's Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults has asked the library community to share their experiences on providing spaces, tools and activities for children's and...

Informational Page - 18 June 2015

Tags: articles, Children, Communications, Newsletter, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The overall aim of Oslo Public Library MakerSpace is to bring new forms of knowledge production into the library, through creating space that is available for anyone who wants to come to the...

Informational Page - 16 June 2015

Tags: 3D printing, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Children, Communications, Cooperation, Development, Digitisation, Education, Information literacy, Library as place, MakerSpace, Networking, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

A very good new year for everyone! Welcome to read the renewed format of collecting news and uppdates of Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults. The Newsletter has served well,...

News - 20 January 2015

Tags: Children, Communications, Newsletter, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The development of this plan builds on much of the discussion at the Section's mid-term meeting in Malmo and provides a framework of how the Section will communicate with our colleagues around...

News - 19 June 2014

Tags: Communications, Public Libraries

registration (EN+RU) | program plus latest updates: EN / RU We are happy to invite you to IFLAcamp Library Creative Laboratory: “A Hero of Our...

Event - 14 March 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Associations, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Conference, Conferences, Cooperation, Copyright, Cultural heritage, cycling, Development, Digital divide, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Education and training, IFLAcampLab, Information professionals, Information technology, International cooperation, Knowledge society, Library as place, Library collections, Library history, Meetings, Members, Networking, New professionals, NPSIG, Policy, Professional development, Russian Federation, unconference, New Professionals

The IFLA Section for Library and Research Services for Parliaments wanted to understand more about the benefits that participants got from attending the annual preconference and/or the main IFLA (...

Publication - 6 December 2013

Tags: Communications, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Publications, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Latin America and the Caribbean Section is on Pinterest. Pin us! La sección América Latina y el Caribe se encuentra en Pinterest. ¡Puedes pinearnos! La section...

News - 4 May 2013

Tags: Communications, LAC, Pinterest, Redes sociales, Social Media, Latin America and the Caribbean

We are pleased to inform you about the new blog of the LTR Section. Source : edudemic The purpose of the LTR Blog is to offer updated information about Research and Theory...

News - 12 March 2013

Tags: blog, communication, Communications, information, research, Library Theory and Research

Date and time of the tweetchat: Saturday 8 September, 5 pm – 6 pm UTC (GMT) – see corresponding times zones below Hello everyone, last week, we had the first #IFLAdial...

News - 7 September 2012

Tags: Communications, CPDWL, NPSIG, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

We are on Twitter. Follow us! IFLA LAC tiene cuenta en Twitter. ¡Los invitamos a seguirnos!

News - 28 August 2012

Tags: Communications, LAC, Twitter, Latin America and the Caribbean

Opening statement from the IFLADIAL Working Group On Saturday, August 11, at the very start of the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2012 in Helsinki, all Section officers -...

News - 28 August 2012

Tags: Communications, NPSIG, Statistics and Evaluation Section, WILSIG, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Los invitamos a conocer y seguir nuestro blog: IFLA Latin America and the Caribbean Section Blog. Deseamos compartir información y novedades acerca de la sección y de las actividades...

News - 7 August 2012

Tags: blog, Communications, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean

On behalf of IFLA, the Public Libraries Section chair Suzanne Payette warmly congratulates Silvia Stasselova and colleagues from the Slovak Librarians Association for recently completing the Slovak...

News - 1 March 2012

Tags: Access to information, Best practices, Communications, Cooperation, Information professionals, Professional development, Success stories, Public Libraries

Dear colleagues, You can now follow the section LTR on Twitter: @IFLA_LTR We hope to see you soon as our followers and it will be a pleasure for us to follow your own tweets. See you...

News - 16 February 2012

Tags: Communications, Twitter, Library Theory and Research

If you missed the annual conference in Puerto Rico or if you want to see other papers to prepare your answer to the call of paper for 2012, see the papers presented last summer. The 95th...

News - 20 January 2012

Tags: Communications

As the new chair of the FAIFE Committee I am delighted to send you a reminder of our annual appointment. I hope this email finds you all well, ready, and motivated to enjoy this year's conference...

News - 22 July 2010

Tags: Communications, Conferences, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Jim Andrews, STL Section Secretary suggested a new approach to the Science and Technology Libraries Section newsletter - completely electronic!  We are working out the bugs, but here's the first...

News - 18 June 2010

Tags: Communications, Newsletter, Science, Technology, Science and Technology Libraries

The Section has created a Facebook Group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107477945962385) in order to grow an online community in the social networks. Everyone is welcome. You only need...

News - 10 May 2010

Tags: Communications, facebook, Library and information profession, Networking, Professional development, Government Libraries

In early February an exciting working meeting took place at IFLA Headquarters in The Hague. The intention of the meeting was to think about the future look and feel of IFLA’s online...

News - 6 March 2010

Tags: Access to information, brainstorming, Communications, Information Technology, Library outreach, Membership, Networking, online services, Professional development, New Professionals

IFLA groups or individuals creating any IFLA material are required to use the official IFLA logo.  A wide variety of sizes and formats available to you on our IFLA Logo webpage....

Informational Page - 5 March 2010

Tags: Communications, Logo, Promotion

IFLA provides materials to be used on websites, to be handed out at local or regional events, and for various purposes of communication. This part of the website has been set up to collect...

Informational Page - 4 March 2010

Tags: Communications, Promotion

10-21 January 2010, Alexandria, Egypt Call for application In a globalised world international business and culture related events become more vital to professional success and are often a...

News - 22 October 2009

Tags: Communications, Egypt

In order to really get started I am experimenting in what is does, how it works and how we all can benefit of these tools.  http://www.ifla.org/en/blogs/ingrid

News - 5 August 2009

Tags: Communications

Highlighted lists IFLA-Lis the main IFLA discussion list. If you want to keep updated of the latest news in the library world, get yourself a free subscription. LIBJOBSprovides you with a current...

Informational Page - 31 May 2009

Tags: Communications