Content tagged Cultural heritage
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- Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre at Biblioteca nacional de Chile
IFLA’s PAC Centre at the National Library of Chile (Biblioteca nacional de Chile) has created the following short films on photographic and audio-visual materials. Explore the history of...
Informational Page - 4 January 2021
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation
- Scientific Applications in Cultural Heritage Forum: Doha 2021
Qatar National Library and the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Regional Center hosted at QNL present the first Scientific Applications in Cultural Heritage Forum: Doha 2021....
Event - 4 January 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA Engages with UNESCO and Partner NGOs at the International Conference of Non-Governmental Organisations
The NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee, in partnership with UNESCO, is organising the International Conference of NGOs 2020, held virtually from 16-18 December on the theme, “Envisioning a better...
News - 17 December 2020
Tags: Conferences, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Networking, Policy
- Combating Art Trafficking Part 2: Cultural Heritage Restitution
Qatar National Library, as the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Regional Center and in the framework of the Himaya project, is organizing the second part of the training course in combating art...
Event - 17 December 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA observes the 15th Meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954) is a unique text – bringing governments around the world (known as State Parties) together...
News - 15 December 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Risk Register
- IFLA Signs Statement on the Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Nagorno-Karabakh Region
IFLA joins ICOMOS, ICA, and ICOM to call on all parties to ensure the protection of cultural heritage in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Following the ceasefire agreement that came into force...
News - 2 December 2020
Tags: Archives, Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Risk Register, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites
- Libraries in the Race to Zero November Dialogues
IFLA is proud to be a founding member of the Climate Heritage Network – a coalition of organisations across the culture, heritage, and arts sectors working to inspire action and build...
News - 25 November 2020
Tags: Cultural heritage, Library as place, Sustainability, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries
- IFLA continues raising awareness around library needs at WIPO
On 16-20 November 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization hosted the 40th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). The objective of this meeting...
News - 23 November 2020
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Development, Digital preservation, Education, WIPO; SCCR, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Professional Unit Virtual Event - Preservation of Digital Complex Objects
On 18th and 19th november took place online the joint session of IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section 87 people from almost every regions of the world (Asia and Oceania, Europe,...
News - 17 November 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, eBooks, Information technology, Preservation, Information Technology
- Fighting the Illicit Trafficking of Documentary Cultural Heritage
November 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural...
Informational Page - 13 November 2020
Tags: Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Risk assessment, Risk Register, Rare Books and Special Collections
- A Culture of Resilience: Mobilising Arts, Culture and Heritage to Win the Race to Zero
IFLA will join the Climate Heritage Network in the webinar series, 'A Culture of Resilience: Mobilising Arts, Culture and Heritage to Win the Race to Zero'. The ‘...
Event - 12 November 2020
Tags: Cultural heritage, Sustainability, Webinar, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries
- Looking ahead to the 40th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
On 16-20 November 2020, the fortieth session of the Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organization will begin. The sessions will take place every day...
News - 12 November 2020
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Policy, Preservation, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Training Course in Combating Art Trafficking
The Library, as the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Regional Center for Arab Countries and the Middle East, is offering a training course to help fight art trafficking. This event is part of...
Event - 27 October 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Preserving Documentary Heritage Written in Iron Ink
On the occasion of the International Day of Islamic Art and in its role as the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Center for Arab Countries and the Middle East, the Library, in cooperation with...
Event - 27 October 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Workshop
- Manuscript Preservation in the Historic City of Chinguetti, Mauritania Webinar
The Library, as the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Center for Arab Countries and the Middle East, invites you to this lecture on the role that the Manuscript Processing and Preservation...
Event - 27 October 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar
- Colophons of Arabic Christian Manuscripts Webinar
In cooperation with the Beit Gazo Heritage Research and Conservation Center of the Churches of the Orient in Lebanon and in its role as the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Center for Arab...
Event - 27 October 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Preserving Audiovisual Heritage in the Arab Region: Resources for Archivists, Librarians and Collectors
To mark World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on 27 October, the Library, as the IFLA PAC Regional Center for Arab Countries and the Middle East, invites you to join Manoubia Hermi, curator and...
Event - 27 October 2020
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Documentary Heritage at Risk: Policy Gaps in Digital Preservation
UNESCO is bringing together documentary heritage professionals, academics, policymakers, and technologists, and others to build an international policy agenda for digital preservation of...
Event - 23 October 2020
Tags: Access to information, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Policy, Preservation, Webinar
- ”Conservation and Restoration of Manuscript and Printed Heritage” International Roundtable Discussion
On September 29, 2020, M.I. Rudomino All-Russia State Library For Foreign Literature and the National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted an online international roundtable discussion...
News - 12 October 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA responds to the Orphan Works Survey
The Original Directive In 2012, the European Union agreed a Directive on Orphan Works (OWD) (e.g. works for which institutions have not identify or located the rightsholder, preventing...
News - 29 September 2020
Tags: Copyright, Cultural heritage, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- محاضرة بالتعاون مع المكتبة الوطنية الجزائرية: العلامات المائية أداة لمعرفة عمر المخطوطات
ينظم مركز الإفلا الإقليمي في مكتبة قطر الوطنية هذه المحاضرة للتعرف على تجربة المكتبة الوطنية الجزائرية في دراسة العلامات المائية في المخطوطات وكيفية صنعها والهدف من استعمالها...
Event - 24 September 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar
- PAC Roundtable Discussion ”Conservation and Restoration of Manuscript and Printed Heritage”
The IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centres for the CIS and Eastern Europe and for Central Asia will host an international roundtable discussion on the topic, ”...
Event - 24 September 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Meeting, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Watermarks as a Tool to Date Manuscripts
In cooperation with the National Library of Algeria and in its role as the IFLA PAC Preservation and Conservation Center for Arab Countries and the Middle East, the Library invites you...
Event - 24 September 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar
- Bureau of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict Meeting
IFLA will attend the meeting of the Bureau of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, held virtually on 23 September. This Bureau has been...
Event - 16 September 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Meeting, Preservation
- IFLA Supports Local and International Efforts to Recover Libraries in Beirut
In the month following the devastating explosion in the Lebanese capital, the international community and the people of Beirut have been actively working to recover the cultural institutions of...
News - 7 September 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, International cooperation, Lebanon, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Safeguarding Heritage in Danger: IFLA Engages in the Blue Shield International General Assembly
On 28 August 2020, Blue Shield International held their triennial General Assembly virtually, bringing together national committees, committees under construction, and partner organisations,...
News - 4 September 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites
- سلسلة محاضرات مشروع حماية: الإتجار غير المشروع بالتراث الوثائقي في منطقة المغرب الكبير وتجمع الساحل
ظلّت المنطقة العربية والشرق الأوسط لقرون عديدة بوتقةً تنصهر فيها شتى الحضارات التي أفرزت العديد من الآثار الرائعة بما لها من قيم تاريخية وروحية وجمالية، ناهيك عن مدى الفخر والاعتزاز بأصحابها...
Event - 1 September 2020
Tags: Cultural heritage, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Himaya Project Lecture Series: illicit circulation of documentary heritage in the Maghreb and community of Sahelo States
For centuries, the Arab and Middle East region has been a melting pot of civilizations, which have produced many tangible artifacts with historical, spiritual and aesthetic values, not to mention...
Event - 1 September 2020
Tags: Cultural heritage, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Statement by the IFLA President and Secretary General: IFLA Stands with Beirut
On the afternoon of 4 August 2020, the city of Beirut experienced a disaster of devastating proportions. It was with a heavy heart that we watched footage of the explosion and began...
News - 11 August 2020
Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Library buildings and equipment, Library collections, Preservation, Risk assessment, Society
- IFLA joins European Library Associations in Calling for Effective Support for Education, Research, Culture and Digital Inclusion
IFLA alongside EBLIDA, LIBER, NAPLE, Public Libraries 2030 and SPARC Europe has signed a joint letter calling on European leaders to reconsider their choices around the EU budget for...
News - 6 August 2020
Tags: Access to information, Cultural heritage, Digital inclusion, Europe, research
- PAC Chile Shares Tips for Preserving Family History at Home [video]
IFLA’s Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre Chile, hosted by the National Library of Chile, has created a video guide to preserving photographs at home. In this video, PAC...
News - 22 July 2020
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Reports on Relindial Cartonera
It has been more than 5 years since the Relindial Cartonera project was launched. Odile Dupont has drawn up a retrospective and statistics which are available in English and in French on the page...
News - 22 July 2020
Tags: Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Education, Interreligious Dialogue, Multicultural populations, Social inclusion, Sustainability, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue
- Culture 2030 Goal Side Event: Culture – An Accelerator Under-Used?
IFLA, as a member of the Culture 2030 Goal Coalition, is taking part in a side event at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum. This will focus on making the case for giving culture and...
Event - 13 July 2020
Tags: Access to information, Cultural heritage, Development, SDGs, Webinar
- IFLA’s Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centres Facilitate Training, Collaboration, and Awareness-Raising Despite the Global Pandemic
Over the past month, the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the global library world. However, IFLA’s PAC Centres continue their mission: putting a...
News - 8 July 2020
Tags: Capacity building, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- مكافحة التهريب والتداول غير القانوني للتراث الوثائقي
شهدت السنوات الأخيرة تصاعد وتيرة عمليات التهريب والاتجار غير القانوني بالمواد التراثية من المكتبات والمراكز الأرشيفية حول العالم. وقد ازداد انتشار هذه الظاهرة أكثر في مناطق الشرق الأوسط وشمال...
Event - 1 July 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Culture2030Goal Coalition Members Welcome UN General Assembly President’s Endorsement of Statement on Culture and COVID-19
IFLA, alongside other members of the Culture 2030 Goal Coalition, has strongly welcomed the endorsement offered by the President of the 74th United Nations General Assembly for the statement on...
News - 1 July 2020
Tags: COVID-19, Cultural heritage, Development, Press Release
- Fighting the Trafficking and Illegal Circulation of Documentary Heritage
For several years, the trafficking and smuggling of heritage items from libraries and archives have been rising. In the MENA and West and Central Africa regions, this phenomenon is greater due to...
Event - 1 July 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- International Online Meeting: “Familiarisation with the activities of the PAC Centres in Kazakhstan and Russia”
The National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Kazakhstan) and the M.I. Rudomino All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature (Moscow, Russia) are both hosts of IFLA...
News - 29 June 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Networking, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA Responds to UN Questionnaire on Human Rights and COVID-19
IFLA shared concerns, and identified challenges and opportunities relating to the protection of human rights during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. By offering our responses, we...
News - 22 June 2020
Tags: Access to information, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Human rights, Internet access, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites
- المحافظة على تراث تسجيلاتنا الصوتية والمرئية: مقدمة حول صيانة المواد المسموعة
ينظّم مركز الإفلا الإقليمي في مكتبة قطر الوطنية هذه الورشة لمناقشة المخاطر المرتبطة بعمليات الحفظ والصيانة لمختلف أشكال التسجيلات الصوتية الرئيسية الموجودة في مجموعات التسجيلات الصوتية...
Event - 12 June 2020
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Protecting Our Sound and Audiovisual Heritage: Introduction to Preserving Audio Objects
The IFLA PAC regional center at Qatar National Library is organising this workshop to focuses on the conservation risks associated with the main audio recording formats found in...
Event - 12 June 2020
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- المحافظة على تراث تسجيلاتنا الصوتية والمرئية: تاريخ مختصر للتسجيلات الصوتية
ينظّم مركز الإفلا الإقليمي في مكتبة قطر الوطنية هذه الجلسة لمناقشة تاريخ التسجيلات الصوتية، من الفونوغراف أو الغرامافون عام 1857 إلى الصِيَغ الرقمية في القرن الحادي والعشرين، كما...
Event - 12 June 2020
Tags: Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Workshop
- Protecting Our Sound and Audiovisual Heritage: a Brief History of Audio Recording
The IFLA PAC regional center at Qatar National Library is organising this session to discuss the history of audio recording formats, from the 1857 phonautograph to 21st-century...
Event - 12 June 2020
Tags: Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- National Library of Chile celebrates Día del Patrimonio Cultural at Home
Día del Patrimonio Cultural (National Cultural Heritage Day) is celebrated in Chile on the last Sunday of May. Usually, national monuments and institutions across the country are...
News - 10 June 2020
Tags: Chile, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA Condemns the Destruction of the Library of the Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela
IFLA has responded with sadness to the destruction of the Central Library of the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela, and calls on the Venezuelan government and others to do more to protect...
News - 5 June 2020
Tags: Cultural heritage, destruction of heritage, Disaster relief, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Latin America and the Caribbean
- صيانة المخطوطات وحفظها: مقدمات تأسيسية
ندعوك لحضور ورشة عمل عن بعُد عبر منصة Microsoft Teams بعنوان "صيانة المخطوطات وحفظها: مقدمات تأسيسية". المحاضرون في هذه الورشة هم خبراء من مركز ترميم المخطوطات في مكتبة...
Event - 25 May 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Preservation and Conservation of Manuscripts: Founding Introductions (online)
Interested participants are invited to join the online workshop via Microsoft Teams titled "Preservation and Conservation of Manuscripts: Founding Introductions." The lecturers in...
Event - 25 May 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- #Culture2030Goal Statement Webinar
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the measures taken in response by governments are having a significant impact on the cultural sector. Libraries have needed to adapt rapidly in order to fulfil...
Event - 18 May 2020
Tags: #Culture2030Goal, Cultural heritage, Development, SDGs, sustainable development goals, Webinar
- IFLA Responds to UN Consultation on Cultural Rights and Climate Change
The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights invited stakeholders, including IFLA, to provide input for a report on the threat of climate change to culture, heritage and cultural...
News - 6 May 2020
Tags: Access to information, Capacity building, Change management, Conservation, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Digital divide, Digitisation, Human rights, Peace, Policy, Preservation, Risk assessment, Risk Register, Preservation and Conservation
- #Culture2030Goal Statement on COVID-19
IFLA has joined partners in the #Culture2030Goal campaign to produce a statement on the role of culture in the response to COVID-19. Alongside the vital work being done by healthcare...
Publication - 20 April 2020
Tags: Access to information, COVID-19, Cultural heritage, culture, sustainable development goals, Statements
- UNESCO Calls for Continued Support for Preservation and Access to Documentary Heritage in Response to COVID-19
UNESCO’s statement, Turning the threat of COVID-19 into an opportunity for greater support to documentary heritage, co-signed by IFLA, stresses the importance of continued support for...
News - 6 April 2020
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cooperation, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Library and information profession, Library collections, Library services, Policy, Preservation
- Assess Progress on Preservation and Access to Documentary Heritage
Our documentary heritage represents humanity’s ideas, imagination, innovation and cultural expressions – it is the memory of the world. We must act to preserve this heritage, and also...
News - 19 March 2020
Tags: Advocacy, Best practices, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Policy, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Memory Institutions from Arab Region Trained on Collection Management and Documentation Techniques
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Qatar National Library, as the IFLA Regional Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Center for Arab countries and the...
News - 11 March 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital humanities, Digitisation, Jordan, Library collections, Lifelong learning, Meetings, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Rapport: Consultation International sur la sauvegarde, l’accessibilité et la promotion des manuscrits anciens du Sahel
Le Bureau régional de l'UNESCO à Dakar au Sénégal, a organisé du 22 au 24 janvier 2020 une consultation internationale sur la sauvegarde, l’...
News - 10 March 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Mali, Meetings, Networking, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA Represented at the UNESCO International Consultation on the Safeguarding, Accessibility and Promotion of Ancient Manuscripts from the Sahel
The UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal organised this international consultation, held January 22-24, 2020 in in the Malian capital, Bamako. IFLA was represented at this sub-...
News - 10 March 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Mali, Meetings, Networking, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Qatar National Library Presents Conservation Training Course in the Levant Region
Experts from libraries, cultural institutions and museums from across the Levant participated in a four-day training program, held from 3 to 6 February, organized by Qatar National Library in...
News - 27 February 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Education and training, Meetings, Preservation
- 13th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
As a partner NGO of UNESCO, we will attend the meeting of civil society observers with the members of the Bureau of the Committee on 11 February to advocate for the role of libraries in the...
Event - 10 February 2020
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Conference, Cultural heritage, Digital humanities, France, Marginalised populations, Multicultural populations, Preservation, Social inclusion, Society
- Call for Papers (video or multimedia work) IFLA WLIC 2020 Dublin – The Audiovisual and Multimedia Section joint with Metropolitan Libraries Section
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
- IFLA PAC Centres in Qatar and Russia Continue Cooperation in the Field of Preservation of Cultural Heritage
In October 2019, the IFLA PAC Center in Russia hosted a visitor from the IFLA PAC Centre in Qatar to facilitate exchange of expertise and cooperation between specialists from the two centres....
News - 21 January 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Education and training, Networking, Preservation, Russian Federation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- WLIC 2020, Call for papers
Call for papers In keeping with the thematic focus of the next World Library Information Congress, "Inspire, Engage, Enable and Connect", the IFLA SIG Relindial...
News - 16 January 2020
Tags: Best practices, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Cultures, Dialogue, Human rights, Multicultural populations, Peace, Religions, Social inclusion, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue
- Call for Papers - Climate change: Supporting communities, Users, Collections and Spaces in the era of Climate Uncertainty
Climate change forces all of us to face the reality that we will see major shifts in our economic models, our physical landscapes, our energy systems, and resource management more generally....
News - 10 January 2020
Tags: ATINA SIG, Best practices, Cultural heritage, Disadvantaged persons, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Displaced persons, E4GDH SIG, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, International cooperation, Multicultural populations, Peace, Refugees, Risk assessment, Women’s issues, Women, Information and Libraries
- IFLA Joins Blue Shield International to Oppose the Targeting of Iranian Cultural Sites
IFLA joins international organisations including Blue Shield International, ICOM, ICOMOS, UNESCO and many more in concern over recent threats by the President of the United States of America...
News - 9 January 2020
Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Human rights, Preservation
- Call for papers "Rethinking the concepts of art libraries, in view of changing cultural heritage paradigms: collection building, facilitating access, reaching new audiences"
The Art Libraries invite proposals for the Open Session entitled "Rethinking the concepts of art libraries, in view of changing cultural heritage paradigms: collection building...
News - 7 January 2020
Tags: Collecting art, Cultural heritage, GLAM, Art Libraries
- Supporting Documentary Heritage Preservation in the Arab Region
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
- Partnering for Education, Science and Culture at the UNESCO General Conference
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
- 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 Joins the Discussion on Preserving and Providing Access to Digital Heritage
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
- Key Issues for Libraries at the UNESCO General Conference 2019
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...
News - 11 November 2019
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Conferences, Cultural heritage, Education, Libraries for development, Networking
- Second Inter-regional Conference for the Memory of the World
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
- Keeping Cultural Heritage at the Heart of Europe
This European Policy Debate was organised by Europa Nostra in partnership with the Fondation du Patrimoine and the Collège des Bernardins, with the support of the European Commission and...
News - 2 November 2019
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Democracy, Europe, International cooperation, Policy
- UNESCO – Qatar National Library Conference
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)
- European Policy Debate, European Cultural Heritage Summit
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
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 39 (SCCR/39)
At the 39th meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), United Nations member states will discuss the topic of exceptions and limitations to copyright for...
Event - 21 October 2019
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, International cooperation, Meeting
- Guidelines for Setting Up a Digital Unification Project
IFLA has released its guidelines for setting up a digital unification project. These provide a checklist, and recommendations, for libraries in the planning, delivery, and finalisation...
Publication - 22 August 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, digital unification, Standards, National Libraries
- IFLA PAC Centres in Qatar and Russia - Exchange of experience
The extensive PAC network, focused around the IFLA PAC Centres, has a wide range of expertise concerning preservation and conservation as well as safeguarding cultural heritage. The IFLA PAC...
News - 8 August 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, PAC, Preservation and Conservation, Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Conference on New Challenges Regarding Copyright in the Digital Single Market
With the European Copyright Directive now voted, attention is turning to its implementation at national level. There is the promise of greater simplification and new...
Event - 19 June 2019
Tags: Access to information, Conference, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Romania, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market: what it is about and why libraries should care
On 17 May 2019, after several years of discussion, the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market was published in the official journal of the European Union. It enters into...
News - 18 June 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Associations, Conservation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digitisation, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- 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
- How to start digitising on a Shoestring
In a time when technological digital developments change rapidly, it is essential to have a platform where we can exchange knowledge and ideas. 2and3D Photography provides this platform and...
Event - 6 May 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, Netherlands, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Libraries and Cultural Diversity: Preserving Heritage, Promoting Dialogue
IFLA has submitted comments to the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights on the subject of cultural diversity and human rights. With a responsibility to preserve the heritage of all of...
News - 27 April 2019
Tags: Cultural Diversity, Cultural heritage, Multicultural Populations, OHCHR, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA Submission to Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Cultural Diversity and Human Rights
IFLA has submitted comments to the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights on the subject of cultural diversity and human rights. With a responsibility to preserve the heritage of...
Publication - 27 April 2019
Tags: Cultural Diversity, Cultural heritage, Multicultural Populations, OHCHR, Reports, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- 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
- Traditional Knowledge and Copyright: An Interview with Wend Wendland, Director of the WIPO Traditional Knowledge Division
We had a chat with Wend Wendland, Director of the Traditional Knowledge Division at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), to find out more both about the division and the WIPO...
News - 23 April 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cooperation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Indigenous peoples, Intellectual property
- Press Release on the Adoption of the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
By the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the European Bureau of Library Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA), SPARC Europe, the...
Publication - 17 April 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Associations, Conservation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications
- Tragedy of Notre Dame Underlines the Need to Focus on Prevention and Preservation
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)
- IFLA/PAC Training Course: Book Binding Preservation
The IFLA/PAC at the Qatar National Library invites all paper and book conservators and conservation technicians from libraries, cultural institutions and museums in Qatar and the Arab world to a 5...
News - 2 April 2019
Tags: book binding, Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, documentary heritage, PAC, Preservation and Conservation, Qatar
- SIG Library History session at IFLA 2017 Wrocław: Libraries in Times of Crisis
With many thanks to the Editor of the IFLA Journal Steve Witt (and former convenor of the LIbary History SIG), the March 2019 edition of IFLA Journal is a Special Issue on Libraries in...
News - 11 March 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital humanities, Displaced persons, IFLA Journal, IFLA WLIC 2017, Library history, WLIC 2017, Library History
- 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
- Conservation and Preservation Experts Attend Qatar National Library (PAC) Training Workshop in Oman
Preservation and conservation specialists learned about the latest best practices in a workshop organized in the Sultanate of Oman by Qatar National Library, in its role as IFLA’s Regional...
News - 1 March 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, PAC
- 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
- Listen, Hear Our Voices: Preserving and Valuing Indigenous Languages and Cultures
Preserving and celebrating culture can be key to efforts to promote cohesion and cooperation in diverse societies. This is no truer than in the case of indigenous communities, who have...
News - 28 January 2019
Tags: Canada, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Indigenous peoples, International Year of Indigenous Languages, IYIL 2019, Indigenous Matters
- IFLA Celebrates the International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019
2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Lanaguges. It provides a great opportunity to highlight the work that libraries are doing to support and promote languages, and the...
News - 17 January 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, indigenous languages, Indigenous peoples, International Year of Indigenous Languages, IYIL 2019, Multicultural populations, Indigenous Matters
- Training Course: Practical Methods for the Scientific Examination of Library Objects
The IFLA PAC Centre at Qatar National Library invites all libraries, cultural institutions and museums in the region to nominate paper and book conservators to attend this three-day...
News - 17 January 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, Qatar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- International NGOs bonding to intensify cooperation on convergence in the cultural heritage sector (2009)
21 November 2008: Today in Paris, the International Federation of Library Institutions and Associations (IFLA) and the Bibliothèque nationale de France co-hosted the 1st meeting of...
Publication - 13 January 2019
Tags: Access to knowledge, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites, Statements
- Blue Shield Statement on Mali
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)
- Libraries Protect Women's Cultural Rights
Cultural rights have long been recognised as a pillar of human rights. According to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone should be able to take part in the cultural life of...
Publication - 12 January 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, Disadvantaged persons, Women’s issues, Briefings, Women, Information and Libraries
- European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 - Briefing for Libraries
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)
- 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)
- IFLA signs Declaration for the inclusion of culture in the Post-2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals
IFLA is pleased to announce that it has become a signatory to the Declaration on the inclusion of culture in the Post-2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Declaration highlights...
Publication - 12 January 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cultural heritage, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements
- WLIC 2019, Call for papers
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
- Call for Papers: Satellite Meeting on Grey Literature - 23 August 2019
Sponsored by: IFLA Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section Co-sponsored by: IFLA National Libraries Section Date: August 23, 2019 (9:00 am to 4:00 pm) Venue:...
News - 7 January 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digital resources, Scholarly communications
- Grey Literature - satellite meeting
Sponsored by: IFLA Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section Co-sponsored by: IFLA National Libraries Section Date: August 23, 2019 (8:00 am to 5:00 pm)...
Event - 7 January 2019
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digital resources, Satellite Meeting, Scholarly communications
- Call for papers WLIC 2019 - The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and the Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)
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, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Information technology, Library and information profession, Library collections, Open source, Preservation, Resource discovery, Risk assessment, Society, Usability
- How Libraries Celebrate Human Rights Across the World
10 December 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is an opportunity to read, and reflect on, a document that includes many of the key values -...
Publication - 7 December 2018
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cultural heritage, Democracy, Human rights, Peace, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Regional consultation on the implementation of the 2015 UNESCO Recommendation on safeguarding documentary heritage
The inter-regional conference is one of several meetings being organized by the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme Secretariat in order to galvanize support for activities aimed at...
Event - 5 November 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Event
- 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)
- 2018 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
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
- 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)
- Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting
08.00 - 10.30 The Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee’s first business meeting is taking place on 29 August 2018. Discussions will focus on several areas of the committee’s...
Event - 15 August 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, Meeting
- Meet the IFLA Team - The work on IFLA's PAC Centres
Come by the IFLA Booth and meet the IFLA team! From 11.00-12.00 Tanja Clausen, Policy and Advocate Officcer will be in the IFLA Booth to talk about IFLA's work with the PAC...
Event - 15 August 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, IFLA Team, PAC, Preservation and Conservation, Social
- 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
- Preservation and Conservation Section and PAC Centres Joint Business Meeting
08.00 - 10.30 Joint Business meeting of the Preservation and Conservation Section and the Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC). Conference participants are...
Event - 15 August 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, Meeting, PAC, Preservation and Conservation
- Preservation and Conservation Business Meeting 2 (WLIC)
08:00 - 10:30 The Preservation and Conservation Section’s second business meeting is taking place on 27 August 2018. Discussions will focus on several areas of the sections’s...
Event - 15 August 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, Meeting, PAC, Preservation and Conservation, Preservation and Conservation
- Session 124: Fragile! Careful Handling Required: Manuscript housing, conservation and metadata documentation for access
16.00 - 18.00 In 2017, an IFLA workshop on developing metadata standards for palm leaf manuscripts highlighted the importance of taking a more holistic approach to these rare, and often...
Event - 15 August 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, PAC, Palm Leaf Manuscript, Preservation and Conservation, rare books, Seminar
- PAC Business Meeting (WLIC)
12:00 - 14:00 The Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)’s first business meeting is taking place on 25 August 2018. Discussions will focus on several areas of...
Event - 15 August 2018
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, Meeting, PAC, PAC Centre, Preservation, Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation
- Preservation and Conservation Business Meeting 1 (WLIC)
13:30 - 15:30 The Preservation and Conservation Section’s first business meeting is taking place on 24 August 2018. Discussions will focus on several areas of the sections’s...
Event - 15 August 2018
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, Meeting, Preservation
- 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)
- Libraries overcome barriers to access to culture
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) Article 27a states that “everyone has the right to freely participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share...
Publication - 18 July 2018
Tags: access, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, European Parliament, Briefings
- Get Into Blue Shield Guide
During the past years, we have continued to see our cultural heritage suffer damage and destruction. Natural or man-made disasters, wars and ethnic or religious conflicts represent a significant...
Publication - 18 July 2018
Tags: Blue Shield, Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, Disaster risk reduction, Guidelines
- Get Into Blue Shield Guide
The Blue Shield acts to protect heritage during armed conflicts and disasters. It was founded in 1996 by the four key international organisations in their domains, the International Federation of...
News - 18 July 2018
Tags: Blue Shield, Cultural heritage, Disaster risk reduction
- Libraries overcome barriers to access to culture
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) Article 27a states that “everyone has the right to freely participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share...
News - 10 July 2018
Tags: access, Advocacy, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, culture, European Parliament
- 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)
- Cultural Heritage in Europe: linking past and future
Half way through the European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH) IFLA attended the high-level conference on Europe’s shared history and values. The conference took place at the...
News - 28 June 2018
Tags: Advocacy, Cultural heritage, European Parliament, European Year of Cultural Heritage
- Registration for this summer's IFLA Art Libraries Section Satellite Meeting is now open!
The Art Libraries Section of IFLA, in collaboration with the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, is organizing a one-day conference that focuses on the documentation of global...
News - 13 May 2018
Tags: Access to information, Best practices, Conferences, Cultural heritage, Library collections, Art Libraries
- IFLA Amendments to Draft EU Regulation on Imports of Cultural Goods
IFLA, working with the Consorium of European Research Libraries, has submitted comments on the draft Regulation on the Import of Cultural Goods. In the spirit of ensuring that the new...
Publication - 23 April 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Europe, Heritage, trafficking, Statements, Preservation and Conservation
- IFLA Welcomes Steps Toward Better Rules for Cultural Heritage Imports into the European Union
New draft European Union legislation looks to make it more difficult to import stolen or looted cultural goods. IFLA has welcomed these steps, and proposed amendments which will ensure that the...
News - 23 April 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Europe, Heritage, trafficking, Preservation and Conservation
- 7th International Summit of the Book
Individual sessions will focus on development, cultural heritage, education and media literacy, training, and the future of libraries. Ms Parent will both join the opening panel for the event...
Event - 12 March 2018
Tags: Azerbaijan, Conference, Cultural heritage, Literacy, Reading, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Restitution of Cultural Heritage – IFLA Calls on Europe to Act to Support Library Efforts
Libraries are hosts to many invaluable works – books, manuscripts, maps, and other materials that contain the history of human ideas and knowledge. Such documents are...
News - 22 February 2018
Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Europe, restitution of cultural heritage, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 - Briefing for Libraries
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)
- Libraries Promote Culture, Social Cohesion, Digital Empowerment: Open Letter to the Bulgarian EU Presidency
Libraries and the Bulgarian EU Presidency share the same goals – a stronger, more cohesive Europe, built on creativity, innovation and inclusion. Every day, libraries across the continent...
News - 10 January 2018
Tags: Access to information, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Call for papers WLIC 2018 - Audiovisual and Multimedia Section joint session with Information Technology Section
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, 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 collections, Library outreach, Library services, Lifelong learning, Preservation, Success stories, Young adults
- Library History SIG Action Plan for 2017-18 is now online
The SIG Library History Action Plan for 2017-18 is now on our website and as you read it you will see that the SIG is planning a session for the IFLA conference in Kuala Lumpur in 2018 and the...
News - 29 November 2017
Tags: Cultural heritage, Library history, Library History
- Call for a papers: Library History SIG at IFLA WLIC 2018 in Kuala Lumpur
The SIG’s Committee has decided that the theme for our session at the 2018 IFLA conference will be: "Transform Libraries. Transform Societies: Library outreach to marginalized...
News - 29 November 2017
Tags: Cultural heritage, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library history, Malaysia, Library History
- 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)
- World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2017
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 Report 2020 | Library History Special Interest Group
Annual Report 2020 [in PDF] Annual Report 2018-2019 [in PDF] Annual Report 2017-2018 [in PDF] Annual Report 2016-2017...
Publication - 14 September 2017
Tags: Archives, Conferences, Cultural heritage, History of Librarianship, Library history, Library History, Annual reports, Library History
- Action Plan 2020-2021 | Library History Special Interest Group
Action Plan 2020-2021 [in PDF] Action Plan 2019-2020 [in PDF] Action Plan 2018-2019 [in PDF] Action Plan 2017-2018...
Publication - 14 September 2017
Tags: Action plans, Archives, Conferences, Cultural heritage, History of Librarianship, Library History, Library History
- Blue Shield International General Assembly
The Blue Shield is the cultural equivalent of the Red Cross. It is the protective emblem specified in the 1954 Hague Convention (Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of...
Event - 29 August 2017
Tags: Austria, Blue Shield, Cultural heritage, International Committee of the Blue Shield, Meeting
- Preserving cultural heritage: an IFLA guide
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 Palm-leaf Manuscript Preservation Workshop
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
- The IFLA Digital Unification working group
The working group for the IFLA digital unification key initiative (WGDU) was an ad hoc and temporary working group. It developed guidelines for setting up a digital unification project, which are...
Informational Page - 12 June 2017
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation
- SIG Library History session at IFLA 2017 Wroclaw
The very difficult task of reviewing so many fine submissions has been finalised and as you can see from the Programme for IFLA Wroclaw 2017 http://2017.ifla.org/conference-programme or http...
News - 23 May 2017
Tags: Cultural heritage, Library history, Multicultural populations
- Announcing an international conference: “Cultural Heritage in Latin American and Caribbean Libraries: challenges and perspectives”
Call for Papers in Spanish and English The Conference aims to deepen discussion and debate about cultural-heritage in libraries of this region. It is crucial to strengthen national and...
News - 18 May 2017
Tags: Cultural heritage, Latin America and the Caribbean, Rare Books and Special Collections
- International Conference "Cultural Heritage in Latin American and Caribbean Libraries: challenges and perspectives"
Call for Papers in Spanish and English
Event - 18 May 2017
Tags: Conference, Cultural heritage, Latin America and the Caribbean, Rare Books and Special Collections
- 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)
- Proceedings of the IFLA RELINDIAL SIG Columbus satellite meeting (2016) have been published
The proceedings of the satellite meeting organized in 2016 in Columbus by Relidial and ATLA (American Theological Library Association) are available online. The title of this eBook (...
News - 2 May 2017
Tags: Cultural heritage, Dialogue, Religions
- Digital unification – libraries working together to unite documentary heritage
Collections and original documentary cultural heritage objects have, over time and due to a wide variety of circumstances, found their homes in countries and memory institutions which were not the...
News - 9 February 2017
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, digital unification
- SIG Library History Call for Papers for IFLA 2017 Conference
Many thanks to the SIG Committee for their comments and support of our Call for Papers for the upcoming 2017 IFLA Conference in Wroclaw. It can be found here: http://2017.ifla.org/cfp-calls/...
News - 24 November 2016
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, IFLA2017, Library history, Poland, WLIC2017, Library History
- 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
- Call for papers WLIC 2017 - Audiovisual and Multimedia Section joint with Information Literacy Section and School Libraries Section
The Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, Information Literacy Section and School Libraries Sections invite you to submit an abstract for IFLA WLIC 2017 (Wrocław, Poland, 19–25 August 2017...
News - 22 November 2016
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Document delivery, Education, Education and training, Electronic collections, Electronic document delivery, Electronic resources, Information Literacy Section, Information technology, Internet access, Poland, School Libraries Section, Audiovisual and Multimedia
- Legal deposit survey
On the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2016, IFLA’s Audiovisual and Multimedia Section and IASA’s National Archives Section join forces to launch a new survey of audiovisual deposit...
News - 27 October 2016
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Cultural heritage, Leagal deposit, Library collections, Audiovisual and Multimedia
- 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
- A Report of Library History/ Multicultural Libraries session in IFLA Columbus 2016 Conference
What a wonderful Library History session at IFLA 2016 Columbus: "Libraries and Immigrants: Historical Perspectives"! I may be biased, but I thought the session went very well with three...
News - 29 August 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Library history, Multicultural populations, United States of America, Library History
- 已上线:联合国教科文组织持续计划选择数字遗产进行长期保存指导方针
联合国教科文组织持续计划(UNESCO PERSIST Project)(提升全球范围信息社会可持续性的平台,Platform to Enhance the Sustainability of the Information Society Transglobally)欣然宣告《联合国持续计划选择数字遗产进行长期保存指导方针》(UNESCO PERSIST...
News - 15 August 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, UNESCO PERSIST
- Now available: UNESCO PERSIST Guidelines for the selection of digital heritage for long-term preservation
The UNESCO PERSIST Project (Platform to Enhance the Sustainability of the Information Society Transglobally) is pleased to announce the publication of the UNESCO PERSIST Guidelines for...
News - 15 August 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, UNESCO PERSIST
- Ya disponible: Pautas de UNESCO PERSIST para la selección de material digital a conservar a largo plazo
El Proyecto UNESCO PERSIST (siglas en inglés de la Plataforma para Mejorar la Sostenibilidad de la Sociedad de la Información Transglobalmente) tiene el placer de anunciar...
News - 15 August 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, UNESCO PERSIST
- Уже доступно: Руководство ЮНЕСКО PERSIST по отбору цифрового наследия для долгосрочной сохранности
Проект ЮНЕСКО PERSIST (платформа для развития устойчивости информационного общества на глобальном уровне) объявляет о публикации Руководства проекта ЮНЕСКО PERSIST по отбору цифрового...
News - 15 August 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, UNESCO PERSIST
- Jetzt verfügbar: UNESCO PERSIST Richtlinien für die Auswahl des digitalen Erbes für die Langzeitarchivierung
Das UNESCO-Projekt PERSIST (Plattform zur globalen Verbesserung der Nachhaltigkeit der Informationsgesellschaft) freut sich, die Veröffentlichung der UNESCO PERSIST Richtlinien f...
News - 15 August 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, UNESCO PERSIST
- Désormais disponibles : les Directives UNESCO PERSIST pour la sélection du patrimoine numérique destiné à la conservation de long terme
Le projet de l’UNESCO PERSIST (Platform to Enhance the Sustainability of the Information Society Transglobally, ou Plateforme d’amélioration trans-internationale de la...
News - 15 August 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, UNESCO PERSIST
- موجود الآن: معايير مشروع PERSIST-اليونسكو لانتقاء التراث الرقمي للمُحافظة عليه على المدى الطويل
يسر مشروع اليونسكو PERSIST (موقع لتطوير استدامة مُجتمع المعلومات حول العالم) أن يُعلن عن إصدار الخطوط التوجيهية PERSIST/ اليونسكو من أجل انتقاء التراث الرقمي للمحافظة عليه...
News - 15 August 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, UNESCO PERSIST
- Take this survey to help shape the future of preservation standards
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)
- Call For Papers | Libraries: Culture, History, and Society journal
Call For Papers Libraries: Culture, History, and Society (LCHS) We are delighted to announce that "Libraries: Culture, History, and Society" is now accepting submissions for...
News - 18 July 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Library history
- IFLA Columbus 2016 Conference: Library History/ Multicultural Libraries session 192 Papers
The combined Library History/Multicultural Libraries session: Libraries and Immigrants: Historical Perspectives session for the IFLA 2016 conference in Columbus progresses with 3 of the 4 papers...
News - 10 June 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, Library history, Multicultural populations, United States of America, Library History
- New Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for digital preservation
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)
- Libraries at the Heart of Dialogue of Cultures and Religions: History, Present, Future
This book is the publication of the proceedings of the Relindial satellite meeting of Paris (2014). From antiquity until the present, libraries have served to witness cultural and...
Publication - 26 May 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, Satellite Meeting papers/presentations, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue
- From the Small Print to the Headlines: IFLA Engages for International Copyright Reform at WIPO
IFLA will be represented at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) next week. Talk of copyright is normally...
News - 6 May 2016
Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Copyright, Copyright reform, Cultural heritage, Development, Digital resources, Freedom of information, Information policies, International cooperation, Policy, Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR), WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Blue Shield Statement on Palmyra issued today
22 April 2016 Palmyra and the wider historic environment in Syria In the latest Statement of the Blue Shield, the organisation welcomes the removal of Da’esh from...
News - 22 April 2016
Tags: Blue Shield, Cultural heritage, Syrian Arab Republic
- 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
- Launch of the PERSIST digital heritage selection Guidelines
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
- PublicationSG - Legal Deposit Catalogue launched at the National Library, Singapore
The National Library Board (NLB) Singapore celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2015. To commemorate the special occasion, NLB launched its Legal Deposit Catalogue (PublicationSG) to enable...
News - 2 March 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage, Legal deposit catalogue, Library collections, Singapore, Singapore, Asia and Oceania
- Cultural Heritage Programme Advisory Committee
In August 2015 IFLA created the IFLA Cultural Heritage Programme Advisory Committee which oversees and advises on all of IFLA's cultural heritage activities. The main role of the...
Informational Page - 29 February 2016
Tags: Cultural heritage
- New Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for Francophone Africa and oral traditions
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)
- Call for Papers: ‘Theft in libraries – facing the hidden truth’
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
- IFLA welcomes the Outcome Document of the WSIS+10 Review
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 Journal Special Issue on Cultural Heritage 2015
The IFLA Journal Special Issue on Cultural Heritage.
Publication - 29 September 2015
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Library collections, Preservation, Newsletters, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Special issue of IFLA Journal on Cultural Heritage
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
- United Nations to hold Summit for the adoption of the 2030 Agenda
Over the last three years, the United Nations (UN) held extensive negotiations in which governments, civil society and the public contributed to the creation of the 2030 Agenda. This revolutionary...
News - 23 September 2015
Tags: 2030Agenda, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Development, post-2015, UN, United States of America
- Un nouveau centre PAC pour les climats tropicaux et la gestion des facteurs biologiques nuisibles
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)
- New Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for tropical climates and pest control
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)
- 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
- IFLA Risk Register
“Prevention is better than cure. Risk management can minimise the likelihood of degradation of collections.” - UNESCO 2015 Recommendation Implementation Guidelines...
IFLA Group or Activity - 26 June 2015
Tags: Cultural heritage, Risk Register
- Preservation & Conservation Section IFLA 2015 Pre Congress Satellite Meeting
Society without Memory is a society without present or future The Preservation of cultural heritage has multiple dimensions unsuspected and unexpected in the digital...
Event - 28 May 2015
Tags: Cultural heritage, Satellite Meeting, South Africa, Preservation and Conservation
- Preservation and Access Challenges (PACS) for Government and Parliamentary Information—A Knowledge Café at IFLA WLIC 2015
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
- Culture Summit 2015 – Culture and Sustainable Cities
This week the first United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Culture Summit took place in Bilbao, Spain. Governing Board member Glòria Pérez-Salmerón represented IFLA at the...
News - 20 March 2015
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cultural heritage, Development, post-2015, Spain
- 3rd United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction - Cultural Heritage and Disaster Resilient Communities
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
- IFLA LGBTQ Users SIG CFP 2015: Access, Development and Transformation
IFLA LGBTQ Users SIG CFP 2015 Developing Equitable Access for LGBTQ Library Users According to...
News - 16 December 2014
Tags: Access to information, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Best practices, Censorship, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of information, International cooperation, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Social inclusion, Society, Success stories
- Call for Papers for upcoming edited collection on LGBTQ themes
Queer Library Alliance: Global Reflections and Imaginings Call for Papers Editors: Rae-Anne Montague and Lucas McKeever Publisher: Library Juice Press International...
News - 16 December 2014
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Best practices, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of information, International cooperation, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Social inclusion, Society, Women’s issues, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)
- 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
- IFLA's support of post-2015 initiatives
During the last year many initiatives have formed around the post-2015 Development Agenda and IFLA has actively engaged with a number of these. The Lyon Declaration on Access to...
Informational Page - 17 November 2014
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cultural heritage, Development
- Cultural Heritage in a Digital Europe
An event co-hosted by MEP Julia Reda, Greens/EFA, Pirate Party and MEP Josef Weidenholzer, S&D Europe is proud of its rich cultural heritage. Institutions like...
Event - 4 November 2014
Tags: Belgium, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Event
- Culture, Creativity and Sustainable Development
The third UNESCO World Forum on Culture and the Cultural Industries set out to ensure that culture is taken into account in international development policies, and notably in on-going negotiations...
News - 23 October 2014
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, culture, Italy, post2015
- 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
- 18th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium
ICOMOS, the International Council on Monuments and Sites, is a unique non-governmental, not for profit international organisation, committed to furthering the conservation, protection, use and...
Event - 3 September 2014
Tags: Cultural heritage, Development, France, Meeting
- IFLA signs Declaration for the inclusion of culture in the Post-2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals
IFLA is pleased to announce that it has become a signatory to the Declaration for the inclusion of culture in the Post-2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Declaration...
News - 22 May 2014
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cultural heritage
- Call for a IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for Western, Northern and Southern Europe
[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)
- International Conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives & Museums (ICLAM) Nov. 27-29 2014, New Delhi
The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in collaboration with the Government Information and Official Publications section of the International Federation of Library Associations...
News - 1 May 2014
Tags: Conferences, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Government information, India, Library and information profession, Lifelong learning, Networking, Professional development, Government Information and Official Publications
- IFLAcampLab 2014
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
- Tension and unrest in Ukraine: statement by the Ukrainian Library Association
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
- Blue Shield Statement on 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
- Call for papers: National Libraries Section at WLIC−2014 (Lyon)
Theme: National Libraries and the Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2014 The full call for papers is available...
News - 17 January 2014
Tags: Cultural heritage, National Libraries
- Resources
UNESCO 'Managing Cultural World Heritage' manual IFLA Principles of Engagement in library-related activities in times of conflict, crisis or disaster International...
Informational Page - 6 January 2014
Tags: Cultural heritage
- WLIC 2014: Call for Papers: Libraries, Governments and Cultural Heritage
The Government Information and Official Publications Section invites proposals for papers to be presented at the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Lyon, France , August 16-22, 2014...
News - 19 December 2013
Tags: Cultural heritage, Development, Digital preservation, France, Government information, Information professionals, Library as place, Library history, Government Information and Official Publications
- Call for Papers: Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section
The Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section and Education invites proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour session in the next IFLA General Conference on August 2014 in...
News - 27 November 2013
Tags: Collection development, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Education and training, Electronic collections, Multicultural populations, Policy, Social inclusion, Library Services to Multicultural Populations
- 2014 IFLA Preservation and Conservation Satellite Meeting
français Society without Memory is a society without present or future The concept of cultural heritage has multiple dimensions unsuspected and unexpected in the digital age...
Event - 25 November 2013
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Satellite Meeting, Sustainability, Switzerland, Preservation and Conservation
- Typhoon Haiyan
Photo © Japan Meteorological Agency and EUMETSAT On behalf of President Sinikka Sipilä, the IFLA Governing Board, and IFLA colleagues around the world we express our...
News - 14 November 2013
Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Philippines
- Mali
Timbuktu Manuscripts II Astronomy-Mathematics, © 2007, EurAstro Mission to Mali In 2012 the situation in Mali started to progressively worsened. With the destruction of the...
Informational Page - 26 May 2013
Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, Mali
- Haiti
A man leaves after retrieving some documents from the rubble of a collapsed building in the aftermath of the 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photo: AP When the earthquake hit...
Informational Page - 26 May 2013
Tags: Cultural heritage, Haiti
- Cultural Heritage
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,...
IFLA Group or Activity - 23 May 2013
Tags: +Main IFLA topics, Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Preservation
- IFLA launches cultural heritage resources
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
- New FAIFE Spotlight "Interview with Saad Eskander, Director of Iraq National Library and Archives (INLA)"
A new FAIFE Spotlight has just been released: Interview with Saad Eskander, Director of Iraq National Library and Archives (INLA). Ten years ago this April Iraq’s National Library...
News - 2 May 2013
Tags: Access to information, Cultural heritage, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Situation in Mali for cultural heritage
The initial news media reports from Mali gave a worrying picture of the situation for cultural heritage in the northern provinces and especially Timbuktu. Most recent media and independent reports...
News - 30 January 2013
Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Mali, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites
- 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 Papers: Rare Book and Manuscript and Art Libraries Sections Joint Session at WLIC 2013, Singapore
Theme: Images Lost and Found - Innovative Approaches to the Discovery and Use of Visual Materials Found in Rare Books, Manuscripts and Special Collections Deadline for Proposals: 18 January...
News - 4 December 2012
Tags: Archives, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Indexing, Library collections, Resource discovery, Art Libraries
- Reunión Presidencial IFLA 2013
Nuestro Futuros Digital 6 y 7 de marzo de 2013 • Auditorio Index MUAC • Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F. Las bibliotecas sirven a todos sin se...
News - 29 November 2012
Tags: Access to information, Announcement, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Cultural heritage, Mexico
- 2013 IFLA Presidential Meeting / Reunión Presidencial IFLA 2013
Our Digital Futures March 6 - 7, 2013 Auditorium Index MUAC (Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo) University City, Mexico City, Mexico...
News - 28 November 2012
Tags: Access to information, Announcement, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Cultural heritage, Mexico
- Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Draft Recommendations Now Available for Comment
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Memory of the World Program, UNESCO, in collaboration with the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies and the University...
News - 6 October 2012
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation
- 20 years later: The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
- Blue Shield Statement on Mali
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
- Protection of cultural heritage: Principles of Engagement will guide IFLA in emergency situations
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
- IFLA Principles of Engagement in library-related activities in times of conflict, crisis or disaster
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
- Promote International Jazz Day in your Library
Jazz is a universal language of freedom and creativity. UNESCO's International Jazz Day is intended to raise awareness in the international community of the virtues of jazz as an...
News - 27 April 2012
Tags: Archives, Cultural heritage, Audiovisual and Multimedia
- Blue Shield - 2nd Statement on Syria
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
- Call to preserve the ancient manuscripts of Timbuktu and Mali
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
- One year after the Earthquake in Japan
Image from yfrog; more photos from libraries affected by the quake at Togetter A year has now passed since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake—one of the largest ever recorded...
News - 12 March 2012
Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Japan
- General Assembly of the Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield (ANCBS)
A draft programme and complete details regarding registration, travel, visa and accommodation are available on the ANCBS General Assembly website.
Event - 5 March 2012
Tags: Cultural heritage, Meeting, Preservation and Conservation
- 15th CONSAL Meeting and General Conference
From 28-31 May 2012, the National Library of Indonesia (Perpusnas) in cooperation with the Indonesian Library Association (IPI) will be hosting the 15th Consal Meeting and General Conference.
Event - 16 February 2012
Tags: Conference, Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, Indonesia, International cooperation, Asia and Oceania
- Indigenous Knowledges: IFLA Presidential Programme Spring Meeting 2012, Vancouver Canada
photo courtesy of Martin Dee, University of British Columbia—Vancouver Mark your calendars! Announcing the 2012 IFLA Presidential Programme IFLA Presidential...
News - 3 February 2012
Tags: Announcement, Canada, Cultural heritage, Multicultural populations, Multilingualism
- Call for papers: The Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and 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
- Blue Shield 2nd Statement on Egypt
20 December 2011 As the altercations in Egypt endure, and following the recent damages suffered by the Institut d'Egypte in Cairo, the Blue Shield expresses its great concern...
News - 22 December 2011
Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation
- The International Conference of the International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS)
ICBS works for the protection of the world cultural heritage by coordinating preparations to meet and respond to emergency situations as well as post-crisis support.
Event - 9 December 2011
Tags: Conference, Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, Disaster relief, ICBS, International Committee of the Blue Shield, Republic of Korea
- Blue Shield 2nd Statement on Libya
21 June 2011 As the situation in Libya endures, the organisation and its members continue to deplore the suffering and loss of life this conflict imposes on the Libyan...
News - 2 July 2011
Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Libya
- 17th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium: ‘Heritage, driver of development’
français The most important triennial gathering of ICOMOS will take place from 27 November to 2 December 2011 for the first time in Paris at UNESCO headquarters...
Event - 27 May 2011
Tags: Cultural heritage, Development, France, Meeting
- IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2011: Review
First impressions: April 25-27 the National Library of Malaysia hosted the 2011 Newspapers Section Conference at the National Library in Kuala Lumpur. In these times of tight library...
News - 5 May 2011
Tags: Cultural heritage, Malaysia, News Media
- Resources from the library community affected by the March 11th Earthquake in Japan
A library in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan Last week's massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan has caused an untold number of deaths and tremendous damage....
News - 29 April 2011
Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Japan
- Message from Matsuoka Kaname, Secretary General of the Japanese Library Association
6 April 2011 To IFLA members from Japan Library Association Thank you very much for your message and concerns on the damages of library materials and other records caused by March...
News - 6 April 2011
Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Japan
- IFLA and the Prince Claus Fund sign contract to help preserve Haitian cultural heritage
Christa Meindersma, Director of the Prince Claus Fund for Culture & Development and IFLA Secretary General Jennefer Nicholson Creating a solid foundation for Haiti's...
News - 29 March 2011
Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Haiti, Press Release
- Blue Shield Statement on Libya
14 March 2011 Following the recent events in Libya, the Blue Shield expresses its great concern about the safeguarding of the country's invaluable cultural heritage amid the...
News - 14 March 2011
Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Libya
- The Destruction of a Public Library is a Blow Felt by All
Message from Thomas W. Galante, CEO, Queens Library: Let's show the world that libraries have a heart and can unite to help the Egyptian people rebuild their public...
News - 9 March 2011
Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Egypt
- Blue Shield Statement on Christchurch
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
- Exclusive: FAIFE Committee member’s report from Egypt!
It's an honour to share with you the direct diary from Dr. Shawky Salem, a member of the FAIFE Committee from Egypt. Shawky's report of the last 18 days makes compelling reading, I urge...
News - 12 February 2011
Tags: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Egypt, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- IFLA’s involvement in Haiti reconstruction efforts during 2010
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
- Proceedings of the International Symposium on Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age now available!
Stuart Hamilton, IFLA Senior Policy Advisor At the end of 2010 IFLA, in association with the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO), the International...
News - 10 January 2011
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Japan, Reading, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Good news from the National Library of Haiti
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
- IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2011: Call for Papers
IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2011 Newspaper in multiple scripts and multiple languages: issues and challenges for national heritage 25th - 27th April 2011 National Library of...
News - 20 November 2010
Tags: Cultural heritage, Malaysia, Multicultural populations, Multilingualism, News Media
- IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2011
Please vist the 2011 Conference website for the most up-to-date details. Conference Papers (PDF, 3 MB) Theme Newspaper in Multiple Scripts and Multiple Languages: Issues and...
Event - 5 November 2010
Tags: Conference, Cultural heritage, Malaysia, Multicultural populations, Multilingualism, News Media
- Swiss libraries with BSF send 2 containers of equipment to Haitian libraries
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
- Launch of International Museum Day 2011 ‘Objects tell your story’
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
- When Nations Remember
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
- Preservation workshops organised in Haiti
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
- Blue Shield rescue center to be established in Haiti
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
- International Blue Shield's Mission to Haiti - Online Report
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
- Official recognition of a new Blue Shield Committee in Haiti
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
- Blue Shield actions for safeguarding heritage in Haiti
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
- New IFLA Publication: The History and Cultural Heritage of Chinese Calligraphy, Printing, and Library Work
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
- The History and Cultural Heritage of Chinese Calligraphy, Printing, and Library Work
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
- FAIFE Makes Available Translations of Major Training Materials and Policy Documents
During 2009, IFLA language centres around the world have been busy with a major translation project. Using funds provided by the Swedish International Co-operation and Development Agency (Sida),...
News - 9 March 2010
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Internet access
- Solidarity with Chilean Librarians
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
- News on the earthquake in Haïti from IFLA and the global library community
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
- News and Developments Regarding Libraries in Haïti
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
- News about Haitian libraries
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
- We are ALL in solidarity with Haiti / Todos estamos en Accion Solidaria con Haiti
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
- A message from the Director-General of the National Library of Haïti
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
- IFLA supports Haitian colleagues in their struggle to recover from the earthquake
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
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
- 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
- About LAMMS
Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments & Sites (LAMMS) The five international organisations for cultural heritage, IFLA (libraries), ICA (archives), ICOM (museums), ICOMOS (monuments...
Informational Page - 30 November 2009
Tags: Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Collaboration, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, International cooperation, International-NGOs
- Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites
Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments & Sites (LAMMS) The five international organisations for cultural heritage, IFLA (libraries), ICA (archives), ICOM (museums), ICOMOS (monuments...
IFLA Group or Activity - 27 November 2009
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Collaboration, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, International cooperation, International-NGOs, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites, Joint Activities
- UNESCO Endorses the IFLA Multicultural Library Manifesto!
During a meeting in Paris last month the UNESCO General Conference endorsed the IFLA Multicultural Library Manifesto, making it the latest in a number of joint IFLA/UNESCO documents that include...
News - 12 November 2009
Tags: Cultural Diversity, Cultural heritage, Information literacy, Linguistic Diversity, Multicultural populations, Library Services to Multicultural Populations
- The Prince Claus Fund provides relief for Chinese library destroyed by earthquake
Press release Amsterdam 18 August 2009 The Prince Claus Fund provides relief for Chinese library destroyed by earthquake Support of 120.000 Euro to build storage room...
News - 14 September 2009
Tags: Announcement, China, Cultural heritage, Disaster relief, Fundraising
- Preservation and Conservation Section & Core Activity Satellite Conference
There will be 2 days of presentations that highlight particular aspects and issues related to Preservation. The first day will feature preservation and conservation activities in several...
Event - 20 May 2009
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Satellite Meeting, Preservation and Conservation
- Photography in Latin America and the Caribbean in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (English/Spanish/French - CD-ROM)
In 1998, the PAC Regional Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean issued a CD-ROM on safeguarding of photographic collections within the framework of the UNESCO's Memory...
Publication - 31 March 2009
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Latin America and the Caribbean, Publications, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Safeguarding our documentary heritage / Conservation préventive du Patrimoine documentaire (CD-ROM)
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)
- Preparing for the Worst, Planning for the Best: Protecting our Cultural Heritage from Disaster
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
- International NGOs bonding to intensify cooperation on convergence in the cultural heritage sector
On the 21st of November 2008, IFLA President Claudia Lux initiated the first NGO Meeting on Convergence. The outcome of this meeting was that IFLA and its sister organizations for archives (ICA),...
News - 31 March 2009
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Collaboration, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, International cooperation, International-NGOs