Content tagged UNESCO
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- Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2020
This year's Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week will be the first following its recognition as an official UNESCO event. Taking place online, it will focus both on the...
Event - 26 October 2020
Tags: Access to information, Conference, Digital inclusion, GAPMIL, Information literacy, Media and Information Literacy, MIL, UNESCO
- Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week 2020
The eighth annual global celebration of Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week will take place from 24 to 31 October 2020, under the theme “Resisting...
Event - 26 August 2020
Tags: Event, Media and Information Literacy (MIL), UNESCO
- In Times of Trouble, Read! Eight Things to Do on World Book Day!
World Book Day 2020 would have been a special event anyway, marking 25 years since the first celebration in 1995. But this year’s celebration will be particularly special, given the global...
News - 23 April 2020
Tags: Literacy, Reading, UNESCO, Literacy and Reading
- Celebrating the Public Library Manifesto this Friday!
With only four days to go until the 25th Anniversary of the Public Library Manifesto, it’s the last moment to look at the tools and ideas IFLA has made available. With our advocacy pack, you...
News - 25 November 2019
Tags: Access to information, public library manifesto, UNESCO, Public Libraries
- International Day for the Universal Access to Information Endorsed by UN General Assembly
Four years after its creation by UNESCO, the International Day for the Universal Access to Information has been formally added to the United Nations calendar. In a resolution passed by the General...
News - 21 November 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, UNESCO
- IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 25th Anniversary Poster
On 29 November 2019, the IFLA-UNESCO Public Library Manifesto celebrates its 25th Anniversary. This is a great opportunity to celebrate the missions and work of public libraries....
Publication - 20 November 2019
Tags: Access to information, Public Libraries, public library manifesto, UNESCO, Posters, Public Libraries
- 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference
A delegation from IFLA will attend the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference, held 12-27 November 2019 in Paris, France. As NGO partners of UNESCO, we are committed to growing our...
Event - 14 November 2019
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Conference, Conferences, Cultural heritage, Library outreach, Peace, Policy, UNESCO
- IFLA Public Library Manifesto Advocacy Toolkit
In just three weeks, it will be 25 years since the last revision of the IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto. IFLA’s new advocacy toolkit sets out some key facts, ideas, and tools to help...
Publication - 8 November 2019
Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, Education, public library manifesto, UNESCO, Toolkits, Public Libraries
- World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2019
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
- For Everyone, Everywhere, at Every Age: Libraries and Adult Literacy
To mark International Literacy Day 2019, IFLA has released a new article focusing on the role of libraries around the world in promoting youth and adult literacy, in particular in those...
Publication - 9 September 2019
Tags: Access to information, Literacy, Literacy and reading, Reading, UNESCO, Reports, Literacy and Reading
- Executive Guide on Digital Preservation released
Digital records are vital assets of any organisation, and their preservation is the responsibility of managers and decision makers at all levels. The Executive Guide on Digital Preservation ...
News - 21 May 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, PERSIST, Preservation and Conservation, UNESCO
- Preserving and Promoting the Igbo Language in Libraries
2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Languages. IFLA has been celebrating and promoting the year, sharing stories of libraries from all over the world, which are contributing to the...
News - 21 May 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, Indigenous Language, Preservation and Conservation, UNESCO
- Protecting Cultural Property - The Hague Convention and its two Protocols
Last week IFLA attended the International Conference on the 20th anniversary of the 1999 Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention hosted by UNESCO in Geneva, Switzerland. The Conference...
News - 8 May 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, culture heritage, Disaster risk, PAC, Preservation and Conservation, UNESCO
- International Conference on the 20th anniversary of the 1999 Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention
UNESCO has with support from the Government of Switzerland organised this international conference on protecting cultural property, in particular against the threats posed by conflict and...
Event - 24 April 2019
Tags: Conference, Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, documentary heritage, Preservation and Conservation, UNESCO
- UN report: 10th anniversary of the mandate in cultural rights
To mark the 10th anniversary of the mandate on cultural rights and the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights has...
News - 6 March 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, cultural rights, PAC, Preservation and Conservation, UNESCO
- International Mother Language Day
Preserving and celebrating languages is a core part of wider efforts to safeguard and develop our tangible and intangible heritage. On 21 February we celebrate International Mother Language Day, a...
News - 21 February 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, indigenous, International Mother Language Day, Language, minority, UNESCO
- 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: ...
Publication - 12 January 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, UNESCO, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- UNESCO's Internet Universality Indicators
With the internet playing an increasing role in our economic, social and cultural lives, the importance of it being inclusive grows. IFLA's new brief explains a new tool for...
Publication - 7 December 2018
Tags: Access to information, Internet access, Internet governance, internet inclusion, UNESCO, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- UNESCO Global Policy Forum on Preservation of Documentary Heritage for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
The Forum will focus on disaster risk reduction and management as a key strategy for the sustainable preservation of documentary heritage by the concerned memory institutions (archives, libraries...
Event - 29 November 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster risk reduction, documentary heritage, DRR, Forum, PAC, Preservation and Conservation, UNESCO
- 25th Anniversary Year of the IFLA-UNESCO Public Library Manifesto
The UNESCO-IFLA Public Library Manifesto was last updated and finalised on 29 November 1994. 29 November 2018 therefore marks the start of the Manifesto’s 25th year! First created in...
News - 29 November 2018
Tags: Access to information, Public Libraries, public library manifesto, UNESCO, Public Libraries
- Inspire, Inform, Indicate: How the UNESCO-IFLA Public Library Manifesto Makes a Difference
The UNESCO-IFLA Public Library Manifesto, in its most recent edition, is entering its 25th anniversary year. To start the celebrations, IFLA has produced an article looking at the ways in...
Publication - 29 November 2018
Tags: Access to information, Public Libraries, public library manifesto, UNESCO, Reports, Public Libraries
- Global Alliance for Literacy Policy Forum
The Global Alliance for Literacy Policy Forum offers an opportunity for governments, international institutions and others to come together to find effective ways to tackle illiteracy. IFLA will...
Event - 11 November 2018
Tags: adult learning, Children, children, Conference, Information Literacy, Lifelong learning, Literacy, Mexico, UNESCO, Young people, Literacy and Reading
- Brief on the 2015 UNESCO Recommendation on Safeguarding Documentary Heritage
The UNESCO Memory of the World (MoW) Programme was established in 1992 in the light of the growing awareness of the importance of the preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage. Around...
Publication - 8 November 2018
Tags: 2015 Recomendation, Cultural heritage, documentary heritage, Memory of the World, MoW, UNESCO, Briefings
- Brief on the 2015 UNESCO Recommendation on Safeguarding Documentary Heritage
The UNESCO Memory of the World (MoW) Programme was established in 1992 in the light of the growing awareness of the importance of the preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage. Around...
News - 8 November 2018
Tags: 2015 Recommendation, Cultural heritage, documentary heritage, Memory of the World, MoW, UNESCO
- Qatar National Library and UNESCO: Practical Methods for the Scientific Examination of Library Objects
Within the framework of the agreement signed between Qatar National Library and UNESCO, “Supporting Documentary Heritage Preservation in the Arab Region,” and in cooperation...
Event - 25 October 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, PAC, Preservation and Conservation, QNL, UNESCO, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Qatar National Library and UNESCO support Arab Documentary Heritage Preservation
Qatar National Library (QNL) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have signed an agreement to implement a joint project entitled ‘Supporting...
News - 24 September 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, PAC, Preservation and Conservation, Qatar, UNESCO, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA Cultural Heritage in the Community: Assessing the Impact of Digital Libraries - IFLA HQ
Libraries, alongside other cultural heritage institutions, are increasingly investing in web presence in order to broaden access to their collections. Digital libraries have emerged as...
Event - 15 August 2018
Tags: Congress, Cultural heritage, Digital libraries, UNESCO
- Meet the IFLA Team - IFLA's engagement with UNESCO on cultural heritage
Come by the IFLA Booth and meet the IFLA team! From 13.30-16.00 Tanja Clausen, Policy and Advocate Officcer will be in the IFLA Booth to talk about IFLA's engagement with UNESCO on...
Event - 15 August 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, PAC, Preservation and Conservation, Social, UNESCO
- International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
Language is essential to culture, community and daily life. Through languages, people not only express their history, traditions and memory, but more importantly construct their future. Yet many...
News - 9 August 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, indigenous languages, indigenous peoples, intangible cultal heritage, IYIL 2019, PAC, UNESCO, Indigenous Matters
- Briefing on International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019
Language is essential to culture, community and daily life. Through languages, people not only express their history, traditions and memory, but more importantly construct their future. Yet many...
Publication - 9 August 2018
Tags: Access to information, Cultural heritage, Indigenous peoples, UNESCO, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- IFLA PAC Centres attend Memory of the World General Meeting in Gwangju, Korea
Mr. Udaya Cabral Director, IFLA PAC Center Sri Lanka and Ms. Jaesun Lee, Director, IFLA PAC Center Korea attended the 8th UNESCO, MOWCAP (Memory of the World Committee for Asia and...
News - 3 July 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Memory of the World, PAC, Preservation, Risk Register, UNESCO, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- 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
- 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
UNESCO's GAPMIL initaitive offers a valuable potential means for libraries to connect around their work on information literacy, and underline their value to others. This IFLA briefing...
Publication - 11 August 2017
Tags: Information literacy, news media, UNESCO, Briefings, 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, Libraries for development, Republic of Korea, 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 resources, 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 Sets out Library Position on UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Preservation of and Access to Documentary Heritage
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
- 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: Republic of Korea, 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, Library Services to Multicultural Populations