Content tagged UNESCO
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- Getting to Grips with Information in a Digital Age: IFLA Joins Reflections at UNESCO Conference
The first UNESCO-IFAP conference on ‘Tangible and Intangible Impacts of Information and Communications in the Digital Age’ on 3-8 June 2018 brought together representatives of...
News - 13 June 2018
Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, Information literacy, Media and Information Literacy, Russian Federation, UNESCO, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Global MIL Week is Coming! How Can You Get Involved?
Global Media and Information Week 2018 will take place from 24 to 31 October 2018, and provides an opportunity to discuss – and celebrate – the importance of skills as both a response...
News - 29 May 2018
Tags: GAPMIL, Information literacy, Knowledge society, UNESCO, Information Literacy
- Get into GAPMIL (2017 edition)
This is the page for the 2017 edition of the IFLA briefing: Get into GAPMIL. You can find the most recent version of this guide, alongside further explanation, on this page. You can...
Publication - 16 May 2018
Tags: Access to information, GAPMIL, Media and Information Literacy, Media and Information Literacy (MIL), UNESCO, Briefings, Information Literacy
- UNESCO IFAP Conference
The first-ever international conference “Tangible and Intangible Impact of Information and Communication in the Digital Age” which will take place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian...
Event - 12 April 2018
Tags: Access to information, Conference, Russian Federation, UNESCO
- IFLA Congratulates New Senior Staff at UNESCO
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)
- Cultural Heritage at Risk: IFLA attends the UNESCO Meeting on Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict
Cultural heritage reflects the life, history and identity of a community, and links the past to the present. If cultural heritage is not preserved and protected, communities will break....
News - 8 December 2017
Tags: conflict, Cultural heritage, Hague, Protection, UNESCO
- UNESCO meeting on protecting cultural heritage in times of armed conflict
IFLA has been invited to participate in the twelfth meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. NGOs who has formal relations with UNESCO, are...
Event - 27 November 2017
Tags: Conference, Cultural heritage, UNESCO, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA Welcomes Renewed Focus on Library Objectives at 39th UNESCO General Conference
The 39th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) saw a new Director General, new Executive Committee members, and a renewed focus on key...
News - 19 November 2017
Tags: Cultural heritage, Freedom of expression, UNESCO, UNESCO General Conference, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Libraries Support Education, Science and Culture: IFLA attends the UNESCO General Conference
The 39th session of the General Conference took place in Paris, on 30 October – 14 November. IFLA took an active part, attending meetings on UNESCO’s activities in the area of...
News - 10 November 2017
Tags: CI Commission, Communication Information, IFAP, OER, Open Educational Resources, UNESCO, UNESCO General Conference
- IFLA Statement on UNESCO: Education, Science and Culture: Shared Objectives Need Shared Efforts
On 16 October 2017, following the announcement by the governments of the United States and Israel of their intention to leave UNESCO, IFLA released the following statement: ...
News - 16 October 2017
Tags: culture, Preservation, UNESCO
- Applications Open for World Book Capital 2020: IFLA Encourages Bids that Highlight Libraries
The World Book Capital initiative gives cities the opportunity both to celebrate local writing and culture, but also to promote reading and a love of books among residents and visitors. Bids are...
News - 19 September 2017
Tags: Cultural heritage, LAMMS, Literacy, UNESCO, UNESCO World Book Capital
- Libraries Fighting Fake News: Uses of the IFLA Infographic
Libraries have been active in taking the IFLA infographic on How to Spot Fake News, and using it to promote media and information literacy. IFLA has produced a short report on initiatives to day...
Publication - 20 August 2017
Tags: Information literacy, Media and Information Literacy (MIL), Newspapers, UNESCO, Toolkits, Information Literacy
- Get into GAPMIL
The Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL) was launched by UNESCO in 2013, and focuses on both raising the profile of media and information literacy as an...
Publication - 11 August 2017
Tags: Information literacy, news media, UNESCO, Resource Guides, Information Literacy
- Culture and the SDGs - Culture Summit 2017
Governing Board Member Ngian Lek Choh represented IFLA at the 2nd UCLG Culture Summit in Jeju, Korea from 10-12 May. The UCLG Culture Summit is the main meeting point at global level...
News - 12 May 2017
Tags: Cultural heritage, Development, Korea, Republic of, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, UNESCO
- Libraries safeguarding cultural heritage
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 UNESCO PERSIST Project
Publication: UNESCO PERSIST Guidelines for the selection of digital heritage for long-term preservation Offical website: UNESCO PERSIST Digital documentary heritage has...
Informational Page - 24 November 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, PERSIST, UNESCO
- IFLA interventions at UNESCO (2014 onwards)
IFLA's interventions at UNESCO expert meetings for the safeguarding of cultural heritage: Syria (2014) UN Resolution 2199 (2015) Yemen (2015)
Publication - 24 November 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, UNESCO, Statements
- World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2016
Today is the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2016. The theme of this year's celebration is " It’s your story – don’t lose it " "UNESCO...
News - 27 October 2016
Tags: Access to information, Audiovisual and multimedia, Cultural heritage, Knowledge society, Lifelong learning, UNESCO, Audiovisual and Multimedia
- بيان مُشترك بين الإفلا الاتحاد العالمي للناشرين في اليوم العالمي الأول لضمان حصول الجميع على المعلومات، 28 سبتمبر 2016
إن إتاحة المعلومات أكثر من مُجرد مبدأ، إنها السبب وراء وجود المكتبات والناشرين. إن اليوم هو اليوم العالمي الأول لضمان حصول الجميع على المعلومات، إنه اليوم الذي طالما سعت له المكتبات والناشرون...
Publication - 29 September 2016
Tags: Access to information, IDUAI, International Day for the Universal Access to Information, IPA, Libraries and Development, UNESCO, Statements
- Joint Statement by IFLA and the IPA on the First International Day for Universal Access to Information (2016)
Access to information is more than just a principle; it is the reason why libraries and publishers exist. While today is the first International Day for Universal Access to Information, in...
Publication - 28 September 2016
Tags: Access to information, IDUAI, International Day for the Universal Access to Information, IPA, Libraries and Development, UNESCO, Statements
- World Culture Forum 2016
The World Culture Forum (WCF) 2016 will include a series of keynote addresses, symposiums on culture-related issues, a cultural carnival, and a parallel international youth forum on...
Event - 22 September 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, Forum, Indonesia, UNESCO, World Culture Forum
- Call for applications: World Book Capital 2019
UNESCO, IFLA, and IPA have opened the call for nominations for the World Book Capital 2019. Each year, UNESCO and the international organizations representing the three major...
News - 15 September 2016
Tags: Announcement, Literacy and reading, UNESCO, World Book Capital, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites
- Call for applications: World Book Capital 2018
UNESCO, IFLA, IPA and IBF have opened the call for nominations for the World Book Capital 2018. Each year, UNESCO and the international organizations representing the three major...
News - 30 March 2016
Tags: Advocacy, Cultural heritage, International cooperation, LAMMS, UNESCO, World Book Capital
- Just launched: IFLA Risk Register for documentary heritage
IFLA has created a Risk Register for documentary heritage in order to raise awareness for the preservation, conservation, and safeguarding of documentary heritage (in any format) world-wide. We...
News - 17 August 2015
Tags: Blue Shield, Cultural heritage, documentary heritage, From the Annual Conference, Risk Register, UNESCO
- Nouveauté : le Registre de l’IFLA pour le patrimoine documentaire
L’IFLA a créé un Registre des risques du patrimoine documentaire afin de favoriser la prise de conscience en matière de préservation, de...
News - 17 August 2015
Tags: Blue Shield, Cultural heritage, documentary heritage, From the Annual Conference, Risk Register, UNESCO
- Nueva Iniciativa: Registro de la IFLA de Riesgos para el Patrimonio Documental
La IFLA ha creado un Registro de riesgos para el patrimonio documental con el fin de sensibilizar sobre la protección, conservación y salvaguarda del patrimonio documental (...
News - 17 August 2015
Tags: Blue Shield, Cultural heritage, documentary heritage, From the Annual Conference, Risk Register, UNESCO
- Gerade gestartet: Das Risikoregister der IFLA für dokumentarisches Erbe
Die IFLA hat ein Risikoregister für das dokumentarische Erbe erstellt, um das Bewusstsein für die Bewahrung, die Erhaltung und die Sicherung des dokumentarischen Erbes (in allen...
News - 17 August 2015
Tags: Blue Shield, Cultural heritage, documentary heritage, From the Annual Conference, Risk Register, UNESCO
- 刚刚发布：国际图联文献遗产风险登记表
为了在全世界范围内提高对文献遗产（无论何种形式）的保存、保护和保卫意识，国际图联建立了文献遗产风险登记表。我们旨在收集文献遗产藏品的信息，从而能在自然或人为灾害发生时，迅速作出响应。 有了风险登记表，国际图联就能在灾难发生时，向联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）和蓝盾国际委员会（International Committee of the Blue...
News - 17 August 2015
Tags: Blue Shield, Cultural heritage, documentary heritage, From the Annual Conference, Risk Register, UNESCO
- بدأنا الآن: سجل الإفلا لحماية التراث الوثائقي من المخاطر
لقد أسست الإفلاسجل حماية التراث الوثائقي من المخاطر؛ لرفع الوعي بحفظ وترميم التراث الوثائقي (في كل أشكاله) وحمايته حول العالم، ونهدف إلى جمع بيانات عن مجموعات المُقتنيات منه؛ من...
News - 17 August 2015
Tags: Blue Shield, Cultural heritage, documentary heritage, From the Annual Conference, Risk Register, UNESCO
- Запущен новый проект: Реестр Риска IFLA для документального наследия
Для того чтобы повысить мировой уровень информированности в сфере сохранения, охраны и защиты документального наследия (в любом виде), IFLA создала Реестр Риска для документального...
News - 17 August 2015
Tags: Blue Shield, Cultural heritage, documentary heritage, From the Annual Conference, Risk Register, UNESCO
- IFLA stresses library position at UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Preservation of, Access to, Documentary Heritage expert meeting
During the past two years, UNESCO has been working on a new Recommendation stressing the importance of preservation and access to documentary heritage (including in digital form). IFLA has...
News - 6 July 2015
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, France, Memory of the World, UNESCO
- Memory of the World UNESCO Recommendation expert meeting
Documentary heritage in archives, libraries and museums constitutes a major part of the memory of the peoples of the world and reflects the diversity of peoples, languages and cultures. The...
Event - 22 June 2015
Tags: Event, Memory of the World, UNESCO
- Ugra Global Expert Meeting on Multilingualism in Cyberspace
The UNESCO Information for All Programme (IFAP) is an intergovernmental programme created in 2000. Through IFAP, Governments of the world have pledged to harness the new opportunities of the...
Event - 3 June 2015
Tags: Access to information, Meeting, multilingualism, Russian Federation, UNESCO
- UNESCO Launched Open Access (OA) Curriculum and Self-Directional Learning (SDL) Modules for Researchers, Librarians and Library Schools
by Dr. Anup Kumar Das, Documentation Officer, Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India In March 2015 UNESCO, in collaboration with the...
News - 24 April 2015
Tags: Curriculum, Open Access, Open access, UNESCO, Asia and Oceania
- Call for applications: World Book Capital 2017
The Selection Committee for the World Book Capital is calling for nominations for the World Book Capital 2017. Each year, UNESCO and the international organizations representing the three...
News - 2 December 2014
Tags: Announcement, Literacy, Reading, UNESCO, World Book Capital, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites
- PERSIST workshop on digital preservation strategies at ICA Conference
From 11 to 15 October 2014, the International Council on Archives (ICA) will hold its Annual Conference in Girona. The PERSIST project organises a workshop on digital...
News - 26 November 2014
Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, PERSIST Project, UNESCO
- The problem of selection in digital heritage - The UNESCO PERSIST project
At the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Lyon this summer, the UNESCO session was spent on the problem of selection in digital heritage. It is one of the challenging subjects within...
News - 7 October 2014
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, Digital preservation, France, PERSIST Project, UNESCO
- UNESCO announces Wroclaw (Poland) as World Book Capital 2016
The city of Wroclaw (Poland) has been named World Book Capital for 2016. The decision was made by an international committee of experts on 24 June during a meeting at UNESCO’s headquarters...
News - 27 June 2014
Tags: Poland, UNESCO, World Book Capital City
- REMINDER: Call for applications: World Book Capital 2016
World Book Capital The Selection Committee for the World Book Capital is calling for nominations for the World Book Capital 2016. Each year, UNESCO and the international...
News - 3 April 2014
Tags: Announcement, Literacy, Reading, UNESCO, World Book Capital, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites
- Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Collaboration on the Vancouver Declaration
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
- UNESCO announces Incheon (Republic of Korea) as World Book Capital 2015
Yesterday, UNESCO announced that the city of Incheon (Republic of Korea) was named World Book Capital for the year 2015. The Selection Committee, which met on 16 July at the UNESCO...
News - 24 July 2013
Tags: Korea, Republic of, UNESCO, World Book Capital City
- IFLA and UNESCO announce start of Digital Roadmap
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
- Digital Heritage Conference 2013
UNESCO will provide patronage for an international event being organized in Marseille from the 28th of October to the 1st of November. This conference is picking...
News - 18 March 2013
Tags: France, UNESCO, Vancouver Declaration
- UNESCO releases Vancouver Declaration on Digitization and Preservation
UNESCO organized an international conference The Memory of the World in the Digital age: Digitization and Preservation, in September 2012 in Vancouver, Canada, to explore the key issues...
News - 17 January 2013
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, UNESCO, Vancouver Declaration, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Call for applications: World Book Capital 2015
World Book Capital The Selection Committee for the World Book Capital is calling for nominations for the World Book Capital 2015. Each year, UNESCO and the international...
News - 12 December 2012
Tags: Literacy, Reading, UNESCO, World Book Capital
- Just released: The Moscow Declaration on Media and Information Literacy
Conference participants in the Atlas Park-Hotel Hall (Source: UNESCO) In order to raise public awareness of the significance, scale and topicality of the tasks of...
News - 23 July 2012
Tags: Announcement, Media and Information Literacy (MIL), UNESCO, Information Literacy
- Port Harcourt named World Book Capital 2014
The city of Port Harcourt (Nigeria) was named the World Book Capital for the year 2014 after the Selection Committee, composed of representatives from the international...
News - 16 July 2012
Tags: Announcement, UNESCO
- Norwich joins UNESCO’s Creative City Network
In support of Libraries, Books, Words & Ideas IFLA congratulates the city of Norwich (UK) on becoming the sixth UNESCO City of Literature. Visit the Norwich...
News - 29 June 2012
- Yerevan: World Book Capital 2012
IFLA President Ingrid Parent speaking at the World Book Capital 2012 celebration In a festive celebration two days ago in Armenia, IFLA President Ingrid Parent witnessed the official...
News - 24 April 2012
Tags: Literacy, Reading, UNESCO
- World Book and Copyright Day
Find the world’s wealth and wisdom through books To promote books, reading, and the stimulation of creativity through copyright - this is why we celebrate World Book and Copyright Day...
News - 23 April 2012
Tags: Copyright, Literacy, UNESCO, World Book and Copyright Day
- IFLA Media and Information Literacy Recommendations
Final version In order to survive and develop, make decisions, and solve problems in every facet of life - personal, social, educational, and professional, individuals, communities, and...
Publication - 28 March 2012
Tags: Media and Information Literacy (MIL), UNESCO, Statements, Information Literacy
- Reykjavik joins UNESCO’s Creative City Network
An extraordinary literary tradition and a strong commitment to preserve and promote it... The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, designated Reykjavik (Iceland) as 'City of Literature...
News - 29 August 2011
- Bangkok designated World Book Capital 2013
Bangkok, Thailand has been designated World Book Capital 2013. The city was selected as the 13th World Book Capital by a committee made up of representatives from the publishing world and...
News - 30 June 2011
Tags: Announcement, UNESCO
- IFLA President Ellen Tise appointed to the International Advisory Committee of UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme
We are pleased to announce that UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has appointed IFLA President Ellen Tise to the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Memory of the World...
News - 3 February 2011
Tags: Announcement, UNESCO
- IFLA Governing Board member Mike Heaney appointed to International Advisory Committee of UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme
We are pleased to announce that UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has appointed IFLA Governing Board member and Chair of Division IV Michael Heaney to the International Advisory Committee (IAC...
News - 3 February 2011
Tags: UNESCO
- 2010, UNESCO International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures
Paris, France 5 January 2010 UNESCO The goal of the International Year consists in making the rapprochement of cultures the hallmark of all policy-making at local, national, regional...
News - 8 January 2010
Tags: Cultural heritage, International cooperation, Multicultural populations, UNESCO
- IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural Library Manifesto
Simon says: THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER for the book page in node/8976, created to have the manifesto appear in the Section's publications list. In that list, clicking on the link to this...
Publication - 17 April 2009
Tags: Cultural heritage, Diversity, Linguistic heritage, UNESCO, Manifestos, Toolkits, Library Services to Multicultural Populations
- IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural Library Manifesto
The Multicultural Library – a gateway to a cultural diverse society in dialogue All people live in an increasingly heterogeneous society. There are more than 6,000 different...
Page of a Book - 17 April 2009
Tags: Cultural heritage, Diversity, Linguistic heritage, UNESCO, Manifestos, Library Services to Multicultural Populations