Content tagged Publications

IFLA has responded to a call for inputs, issued by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, about the...

Publication - 23 February 2021

Tags: Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Information literacy, Media literacy, OHCHR, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

This is the third in a series of four virtual events presented by News Media, Digital Humanities, FAIFE, and CLM.  This event offers multiple speakers' research into the concept of fake...

Publication - 4 February 2021

Tags: Publications

IFLA has responded to a consultation by the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, highlighting the value of a focus on access to information as a driver of success in the...

Publication - 2 February 2021

Tags: Access to information, Development, Right to Development, sustainable development goals, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA's International Advocacy Programme focused on building understanding of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It worked through a train-the-...

Publication - 26 January 2021

Tags: Access to information, Development, undefined, Toolkits

IFLA’s new guide takes a look at the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, why it matters to libraries, and how to put it to use for...

Publication - 25 January 2021

Tags: Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Policy, Resource Guides

In January 2021, IFLA’s Section on Academic and Research Libraries, together with IFLA Headquarters, organised a series of three webinars with experts from cOAlition S. These focused...

Publication - 25 January 2021

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Open access, Open science, Rights retention, Webinars

IFLA has submitted its response to a call for comments on UNESCO’s draft Recommendation on Open Science. The Recommendation is due to be agreed later this year. Our comments focus on...

Publication - 22 January 2021

Tags: Access to knowledge, Open access, Open science, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Safer Internet Day is an annual event that brings together diverse stakeholders from around the globe to empower young internet users, raise awareness and support skills-building to...

Publication - 21 January 2021

Tags: Children, Digital inclusion, Young adults, Publications

Action Plans 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18

Publication - 8 January 2021

Tags: Action plans, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

Everyone has it in them to be a library advocate! Building an effective library advocacy team requires a range of skills and personalities which, together, can make for a powerful and...

Publication - 5 January 2021

Tags: Advocacy, library advocacy, Toolkits

Relating to Sustainable Development Goal 16 – peace, justice and strong institutions – IFLA’s new Statement on Libraries and Open and Good Governance provides recommendations for...

Publication - 5 January 2021

Tags: Access to information, Government libraries, Library and Research Services for Parliaments, Open government, Statements

Libraries are the guardians of cultural memory and the preservers of cultural heritage. Within larger libraries and as stand-alone repositories, special collections libraries are the specific...

Publication - 18 December 2020

Tags: Rare Books and Special Collections Competencies, Standards, Rare Books and Special Collections

Our Annual Report records the achievements and progress of the E4GDH Special Interest Group in relation to our Action Plan for the last year. If you have questions about our work,...

Publication - 11 December 2020

Tags: Annual reports, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

Our Action Plan outlines the key objectives for the E4GDH Special Interest Group in the upcoming year. Take a look at our news feed to read updates on our progress. A report on these...

Publication - 11 December 2020

Tags: Action plans, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

In this research paper, IFLA looks across strategies and other policy documents prepared by governments, in order to identify how and where this potential is recognised. The paper...

Publication - 9 December 2020

Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, digital literacy, digital skills, Reports

[PDF] Enoncé préparé par le Comité FAIFE de l’IFLA, et approuvé par le Conseil exécutif de l’IFLA, le 25 mars 1999, La Haye, Pays-Bas...

Publication - 8 December 2020

Tags: Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​Over the last five years, 168 different countries have presented Voluntary National Reviews on their work to deliver the SDGs. The latest IFLA analysis highlights the example they offer of...

Publication - 2 December 2020

Tags: Access to information, Development, SDGs, VNRs, Voluntary National Reviews, Reports

This is the second in a series of four virtual events presented by News Media, Digital Humanities, FAIFE, and CLM.  This event offers three speakers' research into the concept of...

Publication - 1 December 2020

Tags: Publications

This is the first in a series of four virtual events presented by News Media, Digital Humanities, FAIFE, and CLM.  This event offers two speakers' research into the concept of fake news...

Publication - 18 November 2020

Tags: Publications

The new IFLA Checklist for Legal Deposit laws aims to provide a tool for those analysing existing laws, or planning new ones. Rather than making any specific recommendations, it provides a...

Publication - 18 November 2020

Tags: Access to knowledge, legal deposit, Preservation, web harvesting, Guidelines, National Libraries

​Libraries were early adopters of the internet, seeing its potential to connect people to ever more information.  While numbers of people with home connections has increased, the...

Publication - 11 November 2020

Tags: Digital inclusion, Internet access, Public Access, Infographics

Our Annual Report records our achievements and progress in relation to our Action Plan for the last year. Read our Action Plan for the past year to see what we set out to achieve...

Publication - 6 November 2020

Tags: Annual reports, Library Services to Multicultural Populations

​IFLA launched the Library Pledge for Digital Inclusion on 16 October, and is welcoming signatures. Below you can find the Pledge, and the signatories as of 3 December 2020. You can sign up to the...

Publication - 22 October 2020

Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, Digital inclusion, Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems in private and public spheres is rapidly growing. How can these developments impact both everyday practices and the broader...

Publication - 21 October 2020

Tags: Access to information, Artificial intelligence, Big data, Information society, machine learning, Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

A key part of IFLA’s advocacy work is our engagement with international organisations and processes. These provide an opportunity to underline the role of libraries and call for laws,...

Publication - 21 October 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Blue Shield, GAPMIL, IGF, Internet Governance Forum, UN, WIPO, Briefings

From public internet access facilities to digital collections, from online learning to makerspaces – the ICT-enabled roles and services libraries take on require a fit-for-purpose ICT...

Publication - 7 October 2020

Tags: Access to information, Internet access, Library services, Briefings

Drawing on the library sector’s experiences, IFLA has prepared a response to the call for inputs launched by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ (OHCHR) Special...

Publication - 1 October 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Children, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Human rights, Privacy in libraries, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Please note that the CPDWL guidelines are based on the IFLA Guidelines for Satellite Meetings (2019).  CPDWL has a reputation for organizing strong and valuable satellite meetings on...

Publication - 28 September 2020

Tags: Resource Guides

IFLA has submitted a response to the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights call for inputs on women and girls’ sexual and reproductive rights. Libraries around the world...

Publication - 3 September 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Human rights, Women’s issues, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The second joint E4GDH and HBS webinar took place on 19 August 2020. Duration: 63 minutes. Subtitles / closed captions are available - click on Settings then Subtitles/CC...

Publication - 19 August 2020

Tags: Health and Biosciences Libraries, Webinars, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

With governments currently taking decisions with far-reaching consequences, there is as great a need as ever for parliamentarians to benefit from the support of effective libraries. IFLA’s...

Publication - 13 August 2020

Tags: COVID-19, Parliamentary Libraries, Reports, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Return on Investment measures how much value an organisation, project or service has generated for each monetary unit invested in it. This approach originates in the economic field of study, and...

Publication - 16 July 2020

Tags: Publications

The Development and Access to Information (DA2I) report focuses both on building the case for the role of access in development, and on assessing progress towards this at the national level...

Publication - 10 July 2020

Tags: Access to information, Argentina, Development, Ecuador, Kenya, Nigeria, SDGs, Slovenia, sustainable development goals, Publications

The Knowledge Management Section is pleased to announce the publication of its IFLA Journal Special Issue: Knowledge Management and library innovation in a changing world. Guest editors Leda...

Publication - 6 July 2020

Tags: Access to knowledge, Knowledge management, Knowledge society, Library and information profession, Library collections, Library services, Library theory and research, Management, Publications, Publications, Knowledge Management

IFLA has provided input to a UNESCO consultation on Open Science, highlighting the need to ensure that Open Science brings benefits to all, and helps deliver solutions to key global challenges...

Publication - 18 June 2020

Tags: Access to information, Open access, Open science, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

You can now represent the global library field in your online meetings using our 'We Are IFLA' virtual background! It is a great way to strengthen our voices as a global field, in...

Publication - 12 June 2020

Tags: #WeAreIFLA, IFLA Strategy, Posters

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the measures taken to limit it, have had major impact on libraries and the communities they serve. Restrictions aimed at reducing infections have obliged...

Publication - 11 June 2020

Tags: COVID-19, Reports

Open Government is an umbrella term that covers principles and practices of re-defining the relationship between government and wider society towards more openness, transparency and participation...

Publication - 4 June 2020

Tags: Access to information, government accountability, Government information, Transparency, Publications

IFLA’s Advisory Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters has developed a set of principles for use by library associations in discussions with rightholders at the national level...

Publication - 27 May 2020

Tags: Access to information, Copyright exceptions and limitations, COVID-19, Best Practices, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Access to justice is a key pillar of the rule of law, recognised in the Sustainable Development Goals under SDG16. Information is essential to making this a reality, both for legal...

Publication - 7 May 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to Justice, access to law, Library services, SDG16, Briefings, Law Libraries

Effective library advocacy requires a combination of activities and skills. Our new draft grid aims to help associations and others assess where they stand now, and where to focus next. In...

Publication - 4 May 2020

Tags: #EveryLibrarianAnAdvocate, Advocacy, library advocacy, Toolkits

A guide to multilanguage tools for evidence based practice. Created by Caroline De Brún, Public Health England, for the IFLA Evidence for Global and Disaster Health Special Interest Group...

Publication - 3 May 2020

Tags: Resource Guides, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

Explore our collection of UN SDG stories highlighting library programmes from around the world and their impact on communities. YouTube playlist To read the full stories, visit the...

Publication - 1 May 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, Library Map of the World, LMW, Statistics and evaluation, Stories That Matter, UN SDGs, Videos

​ The first joint E4GDH and HBS webinar took place on 23 April 2020. Bob Gann was the presenter.   Bob described how community organisations including...

Publication - 23 April 2020

Tags: Webinars, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

​ ​ Hosted at OsloMet University through the gracious and untiring efforts of Professor Lars Egeland, the 2020 mid-term meeting focused on library publishing platforms (first...

Publication - 20 April 2020

Tags: Conference proceedings, Library Publishing

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

With fighting misinformation around COVID-19 a key part of the overall response to the pandemic, libraries have the reputation and the skills to make an important contribution. IFLA has...

Publication - 16 April 2020

Tags: Access to information, COVID-19, Information literacy, Media and Information Literacy, MIL, Infographics, Information Literacy

Library associations and other institutions with a coordinating role are powerful means of strengthening national library fields. They can also build partnerships, not least with foreign embassies...

Publication - 15 April 2020

Tags: embassies, Library associations, Management, Briefings, Management of Library Associations

IFLA attended the 58th Session of the United Nations Commission on Social Development in New York on 10-19 February 2020, which focused on homelessness. Genilson Geraldo, Brazil, attended...

Publication - 15 April 2020

Tags: Homelessness, Libraries and homelessness, Marginalised populations, Social inclusion, United States of America, Reports, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Ensuring equitable access to information and knowledge lies at the heart of the library mission. As part of this goal, many libraries offer public internet access and workstations. And yet, there...

Publication - 2 April 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Internet access, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Publication - 27 March 2020

Tags: Publications

Public Lending Right schemes exist in just over 30 countries worldwide, with active efforts from some to extend them further. IFLA's new briefing, linked to our position on the subject, aims...

Publication - 19 March 2020

Tags: eLending, eLending for Libraries, Publications

2020 marks 25 years since UN member states and the international society committed to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action - an ambitious roadmap towards gender equality. As part of the...

Publication - 9 March 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Women’s issues, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​A new IFLA-ICA statement underlines the need to consider the importance of archiving - and the skills of those managing archival collections - when passing privacy legislation. The...

Publication - 4 March 2020

Tags: Access to information, data protection, Privacy, right to be forgotten, Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The rise of artificial intelligence raises questions in many different policy areas, including for intellectual property. IFLA has contributed to efforts by WIPO to develop a survey to build...

Publication - 16 February 2020

Tags: Artificial intelligence, Copyright, text and data mining, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Voluntary National Reviews offer a great opportunity to highlight how libraries are contributing to national development goals. IFLA's latest briefing looks at the particular value of National...

Publication - 13 February 2020

Tags: Access to information, National libraries, sustainable development goals, VNRs, Voluntary National Reviews, Briefings

International Women’s Day is drawing near, and the celebrations in 2020 will hold special significance in light of the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action....

Publication - 12 February 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Women’s issues, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Action Plan (2019 - 2020)

Publication - 10 February 2020

Tags: Action plans, Metropolitan Libraries

The Management of Library Associations Action Plan 2019–2020 outlines the key objectives for our Section. If you have questions about our work, suggestions about what you would like...

Publication - 9 February 2020

Tags: Action plans, Management of Library Associations

IFLA’s new briefing provides an overview of the New Urban Agenda, and highlights where libraries and library associations may be able to draw on it in their advocacy. The New...

Publication - 7 February 2020

Tags: Access to information, local development, local government, SDG11, Sustainable development, Briefings

Library Services for Open Science. (2019, Vienna. Joint with Science and Technology Libraries section: presentations). Evidence for Global & Disaster Health: Where are we now...

Publication - 3 February 2020

Tags: Satellite Meeting papers/presentations, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

Our Annual Report records the achievements and progress of the E4GDH Special Interest Group in relation to our Action Plan for the last year. If you have questions about our work,...

Publication - 2 February 2020

Tags: Annual reports, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

Our Action Plan outlines the key objectives for the E4GDH Special Interest Group in the upcoming year. Take a look at our news feed to read updates on our progress. A report on these...

Publication - 1 February 2020

Tags: Action plans, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

Our Annual Report records our achievements and progress in relation to our Action Plan for the last year. Read our Action Plan for the past year to see what we set out to achieve...

Publication - 1 February 2020

Tags: Annual reports

Action Plan, Focus Area !:  Directory Action Plan, Focus Area 2:  Curriculum

Publication - 22 January 2020

Tags: Publications

The 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action set out an ambitious UN agenda to advance women’s empowerment and gender equality. 2020 marks their 25th anniversary, and a large-scale...

Publication - 21 January 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Gender equality, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

JEP Volume 20, Issue #2 Proceedings of a two-day IFLA satellite pre-conference that took place in Ann Arbor under the egis of Michigan Publishing in the summer of 2016 in advance of IFLA...

Publication - 20 January 2020

Tags: Publications

IFLA has joined with over 40 civil society organisations across Europe in calling for the sharing of draft guidelines on the implementation of the controversial upload filter provisions in the...

Publication - 19 January 2020

Tags: Access to information, copyright directive, Europe, upload filters, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has submitted a comment in the context of the review of whether South Africa should continue to benefit from preferential trade rules with the United States. The review has been triggered by...

Publication - 19 January 2020

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, copyright4libraries, South Africa, United States of America, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

FOCUS AREA 1. Undertake a review of IFLA Public Library Service Guidelines. The IFLA Public Library Service Guidelines provide assistance, information and inspiration to the global...

Publication - 14 January 2020

Tags: Action plans

Public Libraries Section Action Plan 2018-2019 The Public Libraries Section is very engaged and our Action Plan outlines the key initatives for the year 2018-2019. ...

Publication - 14 January 2020

Tags: Publications

Libraries do not just help communities through their services, but also through the spaces they provide. IFLA’s submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights provides an...

Publication - 12 January 2020

Tags: Access to knowledge, civic space, cultural rights, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA’s new guide offers background about the United Nations’ 75th Anniversary celebrations, and suggestions for how you can get involved. The United Nations was...

Publication - 9 January 2020

Tags: Development, UN75, United Nations, Briefings

The latest meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) saw further discussions about how to get the best laws...

Publication - 19 December 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Exceptions and limitations, WIPO, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The IFLA Intellectual Freedom Statement celebrates its 20th birthday in 2019. But how well is it being implemented in countries, library associations and libraries? IFLA’s new Intellectual...

Publication - 9 December 2019

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Intellectual freedom, Toolkits, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The IFLA Section for Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL) focuses on all aspects of professional development and learning in the workplace and brings together those...

Publication - 2 December 2019

Tags: Digital divide, Satellite Meeting papers/presentations, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Starting today, governments, experts and activists from around the world will be meeting in Madrid for the 25th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention...

Publication - 1 December 2019

Tags: Access to information, Climate change, climate heritage, Sustainability, Sustainable development, Reports, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

Public internet access in libraries is an important tool to help bring more people online. Including libraries in national broadband plans and policies is a way to support and enable their work...

Publication - 27 November 2019

Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, IFLA and the information society, Reports

Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) can be a great way for libraries to engage in discussions around the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to be recognised for...

Publication - 27 November 2019

Tags: Access to information, Development, SDGs, sustainable development goals, Voluntary National Reviews, LDP (Library Development Programme), Toolkits

A major advance in the most recent European copyright reform has been the inclusion of a ‘contract override’ provision for most of the new copyright exceptions. This addresses...

Publication - 26 November 2019

Tags: Access to information, contractual override, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On 29 November 2019, the IFLA-UNESCO Public Library Manifesto celebrates its 25th Anniversary. This is a great opportunity to celebrate the missions and work of public libraries....

Publication - 20 November 2019

Tags: Access to information, Public Libraries, public library manifesto, UNESCO, Posters, Public Libraries

Recorded at the National Library of Technology in Prague, Czech Republic, from Wednesday, October 9, at 10:00 CET, until Friday, October 11, 2019, at noon CET. More at https://ilds2019....

Publication - 12 November 2019

Tags: Access to knowledge, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Benchmarking, Best practices, Big data, Conferences, Cooperation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Czechia, Data management, Digital divide, Document delivery, eBooks, Electronic document delivery, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Interlibrary loans, International cooperation, Networking, Open access, Research support, Document Delivery and Resource Sharing, Videos

In just three weeks, it will be 25 years since the last revision of the IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto. IFLA’s new advocacy toolkit sets out some key facts, ideas, and tools to help...

Publication - 8 November 2019

Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, Education, public library manifesto, UNESCO, Toolkits, Public Libraries

Published on behalf of the IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section’s Standing Committee, this freely-accessible eBook is a testimonial reflecting the state-of-the-art in the...

Publication - 4 November 2019

Tags: Access to information, Benchmarking, Best practices, Big data, Conferences, Cooperation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Digital divide, Document delivery, eBooks, Electronic document delivery, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Intellectual property, Interlibrary loans, International cooperation, Library collections, Open access, Publications, Research support, Scholarly communications, Statistics and evaluation, User experience, Conference proceedings, Document Delivery and Resource Sharing

The most important question to ask is "What am I trying to assess?" What students have learned, or how participants feel about their own learning? English Espa...

Publication - 27 October 2019

Tags: Guidelines

This white paper includes chapters written by information literacy experts from around the world, including Africa, Canada, Europe, Oceania, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East and seeks to...

Publication - 26 October 2019

Tags: Publications

This comprehensive MIL Policy and Strategy Guidelines resource is the first of its kind to treat MIL as a composite concept, unifying information literacy and media literacy as well as considering...

Publication - 26 October 2019

Tags: Guidelines

ACRL is the source that the higher education community looks to for standards and guidelines for academic libraries and frameworks for information literacy. ACRL promulgates standards, guidelines...

Publication - 26 October 2019

Tags: Guidelines

It takes only five minutes to claim the importance of environmental commitment for public libraries – but these minutes make a real difference. Public libraries should not and cannot ignore...

Publication - 24 October 2019

Tags: Publications, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

2021 virtual meeting (Zoom) (January) 2020 virtual meeting (Zoom) (October) 2020 annual meeting (Zoom) (September) 2020 virtual meeting (April...

Publication - 17 October 2019

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Support of the Profession

The Sub-Committee shall meet at least once a year during the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in August each year, and will do most of their work virtually. The Sub-...

Publication - 9 October 2019

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Linked Data Technical Sub-Committee (LIDATEC)

IFLA's Management and Marketing Section held its Satellite Meeting 22-23 August 2019 at the Public Library of Samos in Pythagoreion, Samos, Greece. The session (S09) was entitled "...

Publication - 24 September 2019

Tags: Satellite Meeting papers/presentations, Management and Marketing

​Four years on from the agreement of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, a new report, coordinated by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and United Cities and Local Government (...

Publication - 24 September 2019

Tags: #Culture2030Goal, Access to information, Advocacy, Libraries for development, Sustainable development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Reports

To mark International Literacy Day 2019, IFLA has released a new article focusing on the role of libraries around the world in promoting youth and adult literacy, in particular in those...

Publication - 9 September 2019

Tags: Access to information, Literacy, Literacy and reading, Reading, UNESCO, Reports, Literacy and Reading

The 2020 edition of SDG Action Week will be held on 18-26 September, and will be entirely online. IFLA’s updated guide explains how libraries and library associations can get involved,...

Publication - 6 September 2019

Tags: Access to information, Development, sustainable development goals, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

In Athens, Greece, librarians from around the world showed their inventiveness and persistance in advocating for libraries. Through a series of short presentations, they looked to inspire...

Publication - 28 August 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Development, sustainable development goals, Conference proceedings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

​The 2019 Development and Access to Information (DA2I) Report, launched in May 2019, is intended as a tool to help libraries globally in their advocacy around the SDGs.  It shows how...

Publication - 27 August 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Toolkits

On the 20th anniversary of IFLA's Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom, IFLA has published a new statement, offering further guidance and support to members facing censorship...

Publication - 25 August 2019

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

IFLA's Guidelines on Public Internet Access in Libraries offer both a firm reiteration of support for the value of such access, but also practical guidance in dealing with the issues that...

Publication - 25 August 2019

Tags: Access to information, Information society, Internet access, Public Libraries, Standards, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ [PDF - English] We, members of Division V, including the participants of the IFLA Division V Satellite Meeting, as part of the 2019 IFLA World Library Information Congress, on...

Publication - 24 August 2019

Tags: Publications, Regions

  IFLA’s new toolkit aims to help library associations, institutions and individual library and information workers to advocate for libraries’ role in literacy...

Publication - 24 August 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Literacy, Reading, Toolkits, Literacy and Reading

​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

  This third webinar in our series, which took place on 8 August 2019, was faciltiated by Blessing Mawire. We heard from two presenters. Siobhan Champ-Blackwell drew...

Publication - 19 August 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Webinars, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

​In 2000 the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) published Guidelines for the Content and Structure of Parliamentary Websites.  The Guidelines were based on an extensive survey of existing...

Publication - 3 August 2019

Tags: Guidelines, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Our Action Plan outlines the key objectives for our Section in the upcoming year. Take a look at our News feed to read updates on our progress. A report on these activities will...

Publication - 2 August 2019

Tags: Publications

Our Action Plan outlines the key objectives for our Section in the upcoming year. Take a look at our News feed to read updates on our progress. A report on these activities will be made...

Publication - 2 August 2019

Tags: Publications

The use of technology in education is growing, and a new class of technologies has emerged that relies on tracking and analysing vast amounts of student behavioural data to measure their...

Publication - 31 July 2019

Tags: Education, Freedom of expression, Privacy in libraries, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

As part of its work, IFLA's Digital Unification Working Group has collected a range of case studies. Links to these can be found here: Codex Siniaticus Glagolitic Script...

Publication - 25 July 2019

Tags: Digital libraries, Digital preservation, digital unification, Reports, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Libraries are challenged to adopt new service models to assist with the transformation of data into information. Libraries need to improve their technological literacy, especially coding and mark-...

Publication - 7 July 2019

Tags: Publications

    Final versión 2017, as amended in 2018. This is a conceptual or semantic mapping between the ISBD element set and the IFLA LRM elements. However, this...

Publication - 3 July 2019

Tags: Cataloguing, Conceptual models, LRM (Library Reference Model), Mappings, Publications, ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description)

In 2015, the Cataloguing Section began to publish the IFLA Metadata Newsletter jointly with the Classification & Indexing and Bibliography Sections.  SCATnews, the ...

Publication - 2 July 2019

Tags: Newsletters, Cataloguing

NOTE: SCATNews was discontinued in 2014. In 2015, the Cataloguing Section began to publish the IFLA Metadata Newsletter jointly with the Classification & Indexing and...

Publication - 2 July 2019

Tags: Newsletters, Cataloguing

The Cataloguing Section analyses the functions of cataloguing activities for all types of material and media, including both bibliographic and authority information, for the benefit of all users...

Publication - 2 July 2019

Tags: Action plans, Cataloguing

2017-2018

Publication - 2 July 2019

Tags: ISSN, Reports, Cataloguing

2020 (April) 2018-2019 2017-2018

Publication - 2 July 2019

Tags: ISO, Reports, Cataloguing

2020 January; June 2019 January; June 2018 February; June 2017 January; June 2016 January; June 2015 ...

Publication - 2 July 2019

Tags: Reports, Cataloguing

2019: Stockholm (Midterm meeting) 2018: Kuala Lumpur + Appendices I-IV 2018: Copenhagen (Midterm meeting) 2017: Wrocław 2017: Prague (Midterm...

Publication - 2 July 2019

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Cataloguing

2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006...

Publication - 2 July 2019

Tags: Annual reports, Cataloguing

تحميل [PDF] العربية

Publication - 1 July 2019

Tags: Bibliography, UBC, Bibliography, Statements

[PDF] Nach mehreren Jahren der Diskussion über die Bedeutung von internationalem Datenaustausch etablierte die IFLA in den 1970er Jahren ein Büro für die Universelle...

Publication - 1 July 2019

Tags: Bibliography, UBC, Bibliography, Statements

[PDF]  经过若干年有关书目数据共享重要性的讨论，国际图联(IFLA)于20世纪70年代成立了世界书目控制(Universal Bibliographic Control)办公室，旨在减少成本并鼓励世界范围内的协作。该办公室后来被称为UBCIM（世界书目控制和国际MARC）。当时，UBCIM的理念是由每一个国家书目机构编目其本国出版的作品并确立著者的名称，...

Publication - 1 July 2019

Tags: Bibliography, UBC, Bibliography, Statements

[PDF] Au cours des années 1970, après plusieurs années de débats sur l’importance de l’échange international des données...

Publication - 1 July 2019

Tags: Bibliography, UBC, Bibliography, Statements

[РDF] В 1970-е гг. после нескольких лет дискуссий о необходимости международного корпоративного использования библиографических данных, что позволило бы сократить расходы на их создание и...

Publication - 1 July 2019

Tags: Bibliography, UBC, Bibliography, Statements

[PDF] Durante la década de 1970 la IFLA creó una oficina para el Control Bibliográfico Universal, fue el resultado de varios años de debates sobre la...

Publication - 1 July 2019

Tags: Bibliography, UBC, Bibliography, Statements

The CPDWL section collaborates with the IFLA New Professionals SIG (NPSIG) and the American Library Association (ALA) to run a series of free webinars.  Follow the links to...

Publication - 27 June 2019

Tags: Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning, Webinars

Based on his extensive experience in international librarianship, Peter Johan Lor, South Africa's first National Librarian and a former Secretary General of the IFLA, has written the first...

Publication - 24 June 2019

Tags: Comparative Librarianship, Education, Library and Information Science, Library and information science education, Publications

At the 36th session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Member States agreed on an action plan on exceptions...

Publication - 8 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ Una ley de derechos de autor adaptada al mundo digital y equilibrada es clave para que las bibliotecas puedan llevar a cabo su misión de interés público....

Publication - 5 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Latin America and the Caribbean, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...

Publication - 5 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Latin America and the Caribbean, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

​The Development and Access to Information (DA2I) Report 2019 is the second issue of a series of reports, led by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (...

Publication - 13 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, HLPF, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Reports

The Library Manifesto for Europe sets out six ways in which the European Union can support libraries and their values. On this basis, IFLA asked political parties at the European level - and...

Publication - 9 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Elections, Europe, European Union, Sustainable development, Country reports, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Des lois de droit d’auteur modernes et équilibrées sont essentielles à la réalisation de la mission d'intérêt public des biblioth...

Publication - 7 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...

Publication - 6 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

The following presentations* are from NILP's open session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 84th IFLA General Conference and Assembly on 29 August 2018 in Kuala...

Publication - 2 May 2019

Tags: Conference proceedings, National Information and Library Policy

IFLA’s existing statement on Public Lending Right (PLR), updated in 2016, sets out IFLA’s policy position on Public Lending Right. These best practices are without prejudice to the...

Publication - 29 April 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Digital libraries, Digital resources, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Best Practices, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

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)

The decisions taken in Brussels and Strasbourg have a significant impact on libraries. To prepare for the coming mandate of the European Parliament, IFLA and partners have developed a Library...

Publication - 25 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Europe, European Parliament, European Union, LDP (Library Development Programme), Manifestos

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

The Public Access Policy Toolkit looks at the different policy areas where libraries may need to advocate to ensure that all our institutions can provide internet access to their users....

Publication - 11 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Digital libraries, Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries, Internet access, Public Access, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Sustainable Development Goal 3 calls on United Nations Member States to 'ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all, at all ages'. IFLA's new briefing underlines how libraries...

Publication - 7 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, health, Health literacy, Research support, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

​ IFLA and the Italian Library Association have submitted a contribution to the Unviersal Periodic Review of Italy, as organised by the Human Rights Council. This underlines the importance...

Publication - 5 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Human rights, Italy, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Universal Periodic Review, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA has agreed a statement calling on Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs) to make their research and data available to the public for free, and without unnecessary limitations on use....

Publication - 4 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Open access, Statements

​   ​Opening Talk:  Dr. Philip Cohen, Chair of the Library Association of Ireland, introduced by Ann Okerson, Center for Research Libraries (video...

Publication - 3 April 2019

Tags: Conference proceedings, Library Publishing

  In our second webinar, which took place on 14 March 2019, Feili Tu-Keefner [Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina]...

Publication - 22 March 2019

Tags: Education, Webinars, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...

Publication - 19 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Asia and Oceania, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

How to know if you are ready to submit your story to the Library Map of the World The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) continue to be a major focus of IFLA’s advocacy...

Publication - 7 March 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, Library Map of the World, Storytelling, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Infographics

Gifts represent an important component of the collection-building activities of libraries. These Guidelines focus exclusively on gifts and donations to library collections, whether proactively or...

Publication - 6 March 2019

Tags: Guidelines

The brief celebrates the commitment of the library sector to making OER a reality and encourages continued engagement by providing background information. It shares the definition of OER, its...

Publication - 4 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, E-learning, Education, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Action plan 2016/2017

Publication - 26 February 2019

Tags: Publications

Action plan 2017/2018

Publication - 26 February 2019

Tags: Publications

Is the rare-materials-cataloguing-community willing to adopt RDA? Do they miss the detailed guidance that ISBD and DCRM used to provide? And, if they are going to adopt RDA, how are they planning...

Publication - 22 February 2019

Tags: Cataloguing, RDA, Reports, Rare Books and Special Collections

​The World Day of Social Justice focuses on the steps that need to be taken to ensure that globalisation and change benefits everyone. The new opportunities brought should give all who can the...

Publication - 20 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Minority groups, SDG 8, Social inclusion, Society, Sustainable development, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Parliamentarians need access to up-to-date and accurate information and research in order to effectively perform their parliamentary duties.  All research produced by parliamentary officials...

Publication - 18 February 2019

Tags: research, Guidelines, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

​​Through providing access to information and skills in a welcoming environment, as well as working as a platform for partnerships, libraries can realise rights and development. IFLA has...

Publication - 16 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Human rights, Sustainable development, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Publication - 14 January 2019

Tags: Publications

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

PRESS RELEASE: for immediate release May 28, 1996   At the invitation of IPA President Fernando Guedes, IFLA Secretary General Leo Voogt represented IFLA at the 25th...

Publication - 13 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Publishing, IFLA/IPA Steering Group, Statements

JOINT PRESS RELEASE: For immediate release 23 August 2001 IFLA General Conference Boston, MA, USA   The International Federation of Library...

Publication - 13 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Pubishing, IFLA/IPA Steering Group, Statements

12 October 2001: The joint Steering Group of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the International Publishers Association (IPA) is working to promote...

Publication - 13 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Publishing, IFLA/IPA Steering Group, Statements

Following the production of the IFLA Background Paper on eLending the IFLA Governing Board tasked the eLending Working Group with developing a set of principles that could guide library...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eLending, eLending for Libraries, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

In May 2012 IFLA released a Background Paper on eLending which discussed the situation facing public libraries seeking to lend eBooks to their users. The paper discussed the challenges facing...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA, along with Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) and UNESCO, held an Interactive Facilitation Meeting on Open Access in Geneva, Switzerland on May 19th, as part of the World Summit on...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, Internet access, Internet governance, Conference proceedings, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

      The Hague, 2 July 2012  [PDF] The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the European...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, trade deals, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

English | français The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the global voice of the international library community. Libraries play...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, trade deals, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

“Big Data can reshape the world and save lives. By analyzing it, we can find answers to challenges such as climate change and global epidemics. Economies can be stimulated....

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, data mining, Open access, text and data mining, Text mining, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

On 22 February 2016, IFLA co-signed the Brussels Declaration on Trade and the Internet in support of sustainable, transparent, accountable and democratic international trading systems. The...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, trade agreements, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

In 2015, librarians from across Latin America met in Buenos Aires. They came to share experiences and reflections, hopes and ambitions about the future of libraries and how they could best serve...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Argentina, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Congress papers, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

South Africa is reforming its copyright framework, and the Copyright Amendment Bill takes an ambitious approach that could set a great example not only for neighbouring countries but also...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, South Africa, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, adopted on June 27, 2013, has been ratified by 30...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Malawi, Marrakesh Treaty, Print disabilities, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

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...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster risk, Haiti, Preservation, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

31 January 2011 Following the recent events in Egypt, the Blue Shield expresses its great concern about the safeguarding of the country's invaluable cultural heritage amid the...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: conflict, Cultural heritage, Disaster risk, Egypt, Preservation, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

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...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Cultural heritage, Disaster risk, New Zealand, Preservation, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

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...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: conflict, Cultural heritage, Disaster risk, Libya, Preservation, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

(Copy of the original article on the Blue Shield website) 17 May 2011 Following the recent events in Syria, the Blue Shield expresses its deep concern regarding the safeguarding...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: conflict, Cultural heritage, Disaster risk, Preservation, Syrian Arab Republic, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

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...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: conflict, Cultural heritage, Disaster risk, Libya, Preservation, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

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...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: conflict, Cultural heritage, Disaster risk, Egypt, Preservation, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

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...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: conflict, Cultural heritage, Disaster risk, Preservation, Syrian Arab Republic, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

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

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

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

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

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

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

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

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

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

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

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

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

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

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

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

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

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

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

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

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

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

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

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

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

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

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...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Blue Shield, Conservation, Disaster management, Syrian Arab Republic, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

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)

HABITAT, a platform which gathers every 20 years to shape the future of human settlements, has issued its Quito Declaration on sustainable cities and human settlements for all – the...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Development, Digital divide, Social inclusion, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Half of the world’s population lacks access to information online.In our knowledge society, libraries provide access and opportunity for all. Around the world, public access to...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Development, Digital divide, LDP (Library Development Programme), Reports

IFLA's response to the Synthesis Report of the UN Secretary-General on the Post-2015 Development Agenda: "The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, ICTs, Intellectual property, Lyon Declaration, post-2015, LDP (Library Development Programme), Publications

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

IFLA, together with almost 200 civil society organisations, is calling on the United Nations to put good governance, access to information and independent media at the centre of the post-2015...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Sustainable development, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

On Monday 9th December IFLA launched a joint statement on the role access to information can play in the post-2015 development framework. The statement, prepared in association with Article 19,...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Development, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Sustainable development, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

IFLA participated in the Guardian live chat on the role information plays in development. The live chat lasted for 2 hours and recieved a lot of questions and feedback in form of over 250...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Development, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Sustainable development, LDP (Library Development Programme), Reports

UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights Text in more than 285 different languages International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights...

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

Below, a list of international Organizations working within the areas of Access to Information, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Freedom and related areas. We hope you find our list useful...

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

Regularly published world-wide or regional reports covering the state of the human rights, including intellectual freedom Amnesty International's Annual Report The annual...

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

Useful global Internet documentation centers on human rights Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is an independent, non-...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Human rights, Resource Guides, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Some links to basic reports, articles and other documents on internet content regulation in general and on filtering and rating in libraries - and the intellectual freedom implications of such...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Censorship, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Resource Guides, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

In terms of freedom of expression, the last few years represent a historical transition period. This transition has left a permanent imprint on the media, communications, political history and...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Censorship, Freedom of information, Resource Guides, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The leaks of Edward Snowden have raised a range of different responses and reactions against ubiquitous surveillance and led to calls to strengthen users’ rights and protection on the...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Censorship, Finland, Freedom of information, Videos, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Interview with Birgitta Jónsdóttir from Kirjastokaista Increased Internet censorship and surveillance has been an emerging trend over the last decade. Since the...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Censorship, Freedom of information, Videos, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation enters into force on 25 May, bringing with it significant changes in the rules around how personal data is collected, managed and used...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, data protection, Europe, Privacy, Webinars, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Martyn Wade, Chair of IFLA's Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression, delivered a speech on Fake News and Libraries in Zagreb. The occasion...

Publication - 9 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Croatia, fake news, Media and Information Literacy, Interviews, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Martyn Wade, Chair of IFLA's Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression, delivered a speech on Fake News and Libraries in Zagreb. The occasion was the...

Publication - 9 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Croatia, fake news, Media and Information Literacy, Interviews, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Library design in the 21st century has one common theme: collaboration is at the heart of innovation. Designing modern libraries is a complex process involving many stakeholders and participants....

Publication - 7 January 2019

Tags: Library building design, library buildings, Satellite Meeting papers/presentations, Library Buildings and Equipment

2015-2016 IFLA LGBT SIG Action Plan

Publication - 2 January 2019

Tags: Action plans, LGBTQ library services, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

2016-2017 IFLA LGBT SIG Action Plan

Publication - 2 January 2019

Tags: Action plans, LGBTQ library services, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

2017-2018 IFLA LGBT SIG Action Plan

Publication - 2 January 2019

Tags: Action plans, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

2014-2015 IFLA LGBT SIG Annual Report

Publication - 2 January 2019

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

2015-2016 IFLA LGBT SIG Annual Report

Publication - 2 January 2019

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

2016-2017 IFLA LGBT SIG Annual Report

Publication - 2 January 2019

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

When the United Nations Member States agreed the 2030 Agenda, they recognised that without specific targets and a framework for measuring progress, the Sustainable Development Goals...

Publication - 27 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Infographics

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

Publication - 26 December 2018

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

Click here for the complete 2018-2019 IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG Action Plan. Objectives of Professional Unit 2018-19: 1. Provide guidelines for LGBTQ+ library services and collections around...

Publication - 26 December 2018

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

​ ​ As part of IFLA's global campaign to highlight the importance of libraries as partners for development, we have prepared this poster to mark the Global Day of...

Publication - 24 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Posters

The first major reform of Europe's copyright system in almost 20 years aims to update the law for the digital age. In addition to affecting libraries and library users across Europe, it also...

Publication - 20 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Digital humanities, Digital preservation, Digitisation, E-learning, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Europe, Licensing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications

​At meetings of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005 and 2015, governments around the world agreed on the importance of connecting libraries as a means of helping everyone to...

Publication - 19 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, Public Access, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Internet governance is a complex field that covers the rules, norms and standards that determine how the internet – from the physical connections to the programmes and information...

Publication - 18 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Capacity building, Education, Information policies, Information professionals, Internet governance, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​IFLA has submitted its response to the consultation launched by the United Nations High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. This highlights the importance of action for access to information...

Publication - 12 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, Internet governance, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

July 2020 Newsletter - updates including our latest webinars and more on our multiliteracy work plus some guest columns. Includes a sign-up link to receive these occasional updates by email...

Publication - 10 December 2018

Tags: Evidence for Global and Disaster Health, Newsletters

​ 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)

​ With the internet playing an increasing role in our economic, social and cultural lives, the importance of it being inclusive grows. IFLA's new brief explains a new tool for...

Publication - 7 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Internet access, Internet governance, internet inclusion, UNESCO, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

At the 37th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), many representatives of...

Publication - 6 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cooperation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Libraries have a unique relationship with human rights. Our institutions both depend on them to operate, but also contribute to their realisation. The 70th anniversary of the Universal...

Publication - 4 December 2018

Tags: Human rights, Information society, Posters

Our Annual Report records our achievements and progress in relation to our Action Plan for the last year. Read our Action Plan for the past year (2017/18) to see what we set out to achieve...

Publication - 3 December 2018

Tags: Annual reports, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

​   On 19 November 2018, the IFLA Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group hosted this webinar in conjunction with Evidence Aid, as part...

Publication - 29 November 2018

Tags: Webinars, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

The UNESCO-IFLA Public Library Manifesto, in its most recent edition, is entering its 25th anniversary year. To start the celebrations, IFLA has produced an article looking at the ways in...

Publication - 29 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Public Libraries, public library manifesto, UNESCO, Reports, Public Libraries

​ ​ ​ ​As part of the International Advocacy Programme (IAP), IFLA has encouraged the millions-strong library field to unleash their creativity and create a...

Publication - 29 November 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Development, IAP, International Advocacy Programme, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Leaflets

This book illuminates school librarian and teacher librarian education and training in light of the 2015 IFLA School Library Guidelines, second edition. The Guidelines provide a framework...

Publication - 28 November 2018

Tags: Professional development, School librarian services, School librarians, School library education, Publications, School Libraries

The attached article was written by Dr Russell Cope, Parliamentary Librarian at the Parliament of New South Wales from 1962 until 1993 and a very active IFLA member.  It is a recollection of...

Publication - 27 November 2018

Tags: Library history, Publications, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The World Intellectual Property Organisation has published a best practice toolkit on collective management organisations. This brief offers an overview of the toolkit, and suggests how it can be...

Publication - 25 November 2018

Tags: Access to knowledge, collective management, Copyright, WIPO, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ This publication examines aspects of reducing the ecological footprint in libraries’ workaday operations as well as the social role and responsibility of libraries as...

Publication - 20 November 2018

Tags: Sustainability, Publications, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

Watch this 45-minute webinar to learn about new developments in the IFLA Library Map of the World (LMW) project and how to get involved and contribute. During...

Publication - 19 November 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, Library Map of the World, LMW, Statistics and evaluation, Stories That Matter, UN SDGs, Videos

Next year, 2019, will mark as the 10th anniversary of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. To celebrate, the current Special Rapporteur – Karima Bennoune – has...

Publication - 12 November 2018

Tags: copy right, Cultural heritage, cultural rights, Human rights, UN, Publications

This document reports progress and results of our projects/activities.  Please also consult our news page and social media channels for ongoing items of interest. Do please contact...

Publication - 12 November 2018

Tags: Publications

The UNESCO Memory of the World (MoW) Programme was established in 1992 in the light of the growing awareness of the importance of the preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage. Around...

Publication - 8 November 2018

Tags: 2015 Recomendation, Cultural heritage, documentary heritage, Memory of the World, MoW, UNESCO, Briefings

The Committee on Standard’s open session for WLIC 2018 was called The Impact of Recently Approved IFLA Standards, session 74, held on Saturday August 25th. The...

Publication - 2 November 2018

Tags: Congress papers, Committee on Standards

Our Mission We promote the use and development of statistics, evaluation and assessment in libraries and information institutions, because these methods are essential in the following...

Publication - 29 October 2018

Tags: Action plans, Statistics and Evaluation

Meetings The Standing Committee of the Statistics & Evaluation Section met on 24 August and 29 August during the Kuala Lumpur 2018 WLIC. Standing Committee members and guests reported...

Publication - 29 October 2018

Tags: Annual reports, Statistics and Evaluation

When IFLA needed reliable data about libraries and their services worldwide, it became apparent that there are no such data. Therefore, the IFLA Section on Statistics and Evaluation, the UNESCO...

Publication - 29 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Statistics and performance evaluation, Journal articles, Statistics and Evaluation

Last update: July 2018 Literature on library impact is still growing. Thanks to all colleagues who advised me of new publications. When this bibliography was last revised in February 2016...

Publication - 29 October 2018

Tags: Publications, Statistics and Evaluation

Since the beginning of IFLA’s International Advocacy Programme, librarians around the world have mobilised to raise awareness of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and to show how...

Publication - 23 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, IFLA WLIC 2018, International Advocacy Programme, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Conference proceedings

Public access to the internet in libraries offers a number of important benefits, both for people who have no other means of getting online, and for those in countries with high levels of...

Publication - 16 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Toolkits, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The 84th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) took place between the 24th and 30th of August. The annual congress, setting the international agenda and offering...

Publication - 9 October 2018

Tags: Malaysia, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

This year's pre-conference of the IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments (IFLAPARL) was held in Kuala Lumpur's Convention Centre on the 24th of August...

Publication - 9 October 2018

Tags: Malaysia, Conference proceedings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

​ In 2015, the Internet Governance Forum started a community-driven process to collect concrete stories showcasing successful initiatives which offer potential means of connecting the next...

Publication - 8 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Development, Libraries for development, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Teachers are at the heart of efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Quality Education. Yet they cannot do it alone, with libraries providing essential support both inside and out of...

Publication - 7 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, school libraries, Teacher librarians, Briefings, School Libraries

These presentations were made at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2018 in Kaula Lumpur by the the invited speakers in IFLA MCULTP's public session. The participative session...

Publication - 3 October 2018

Tags: Bilingualism, Cultural Diversity, Diversity, Identity, immigrants, Intercultural Competence, Library Outreach, Linguistic Diversity, Malaysia, Multicultural populations, Conference proceedings, Library Services to Multicultural Populations

The World Intellectual Property Organisaiton is currently negotiating a draft treaty on broadcasting. This would give greater rights to broadcasters to protect their signals, in response...

Publication - 3 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Public Libraries Section Action Plan 2018-2019 The Public Libraries Section is very engaged and our Action Plan outlines the key initatives for the year 2018-2019. Updates on the...

Publication - 2 October 2018

Tags: Action plans, Public Libraries

The Marrakesh Treaty was signed in June 2013, and barely three years later entered into force. Yet ratification is only part of the story. IFLA's monitoring work shows where progress is...

Publication - 1 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Library services to people with disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Services to the visually impaired, LDP (Library Development Programme), Studies

O acesso à informação para alcançar o desenvolvimento sustentável na América Latina e no Caribe Também disponível em inglês,...

Publication - 27 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

Aussi disponible en portugais L’Accès à l’information pour réaliser le Développement durable en Amérique latine et aux Caraïbes...

Publication - 27 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

También disponible en portugués El acceso a la información para alcanzar el desarrollo sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe La Declaración de...

Publication - 27 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

Also available in Portuguese Access to Information to Achieve Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean The Santiago Declaration is a statement of libraries...

Publication - 26 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

As institutions with a societal mission, it is natural for libraries to seek to address the major societal challenges of today - and there are fewer greater than sustainability. With...

Publication - 25 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, environmental sustainability, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Sustainability, Briefings, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

A guide to resources for Global and Disaster Health, created by Caroline De Brún for the 2018 E4GDH Satellite Meeting. Our thanks to Eukene Ansuategi and Marimar Ubeda from...

Publication - 23 September 2018

Tags: E4GDH, Resource Guides, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

Success in the mission of libraries relies heavily on peace. War and conflict, beyond immediate harm to people and buildings, holds back education, culture and research.  Yet...

Publication - 21 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Interreligious relations, peace, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

2019 is going to be a big year in IFLA’s work on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a focus on SDG 4 (quality education), ...

Publication - 21 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, HLPF 2019, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, VNRs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Videos

If information is power, then democracy - the power of the people - depends on access to information for all. To celebrate International Democracy Day 2018, IFLA has put together an...

Publication - 16 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Democracy, Transparency, Briefings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Before the summer break of 2018, the plenary of the European Parliament decided that the compromise brought forward by the legal affairs’ committee was not good enough. Its proposal for a...

Publication - 13 September 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Europe, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

At IFLA WLIC 2018 in Kuala Lumpur (Session 151), under the theme of ‘Global Action on School Library Education and Training’, the following papers were presented...

Publication - 12 September 2018

Tags: Conferences, IFLA WLIC 2018, Conference proceedings, School Libraries

For International Literacy Day 2018, we asked the members of IFLA's Literacy and Reading Session to share their favourite quotes about libraries and literacy.  This...

Publication - 8 September 2018

Tags: International Literacy Day, Literacy, skills, Infographics, Literacy and Reading

​With a shared commitment to acces to knowlede, the Creative Commons movement already includes many librarians.  The IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2018 provided an...

Publication - 29 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Copyright has a decisive role on what libraries and their users can do with works to which they have access. However, librarians' knowledge of the law can play just as important a role,...

Publication - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

How a united library field can tackle the challenges of the future: Ideas for actions On 4 June – 14 June 2018, by email and online, 18 members from the Rare Books and Special...

Publication - 27 August 2018

Tags: Rare books and manuscripts, Reports, Rare Books and Special Collections

Our Action Plan 2016-2017 outlines the key objectives for our Section. Take a look at our News feed to read updates on our progress. A report on these activities will be made...

Publication - 27 August 2018

Tags: Action plans, Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections

Our Annual Report records our achievements and progress in relation to our Action Plan for the working year of 2017-2017. Read our Action Plan for the past year to see what we...

Publication - 27 August 2018

Tags: Rare books and manuscripts, Annual reports, Rare Books and Special Collections

​ ​ The Marrakesh Treaty entered into force in September 2016, faster than any other international copyright text in the last 40 years. It promises to remove some of the key...

Publication - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Libraries serving persons with print disabilities, Library services to people with disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Toolkits

The phenomenon of ‘fake news’ has risen to prominence in many countries, regularly appearing in political debate. IFLA is concerned by the risk that this can pose to access to...

Publication - 25 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, fake news, Information Literacy, Media and Information Literacy, Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

A key feature of the UN's 2030 Agenda is its data framework. This provides indicators associated with each of the 169 targets, making it possible to track progress over time. These...

Publication - 23 August 2018

Tags: Development, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, sustainable development goals, United Nations, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

IFLA held the International Advocacy Programme Global Convening on 28-29 June in New York, United States.  The event as a whole provided an opportunity to look back on...

Publication - 23 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, International Advocacy Programme, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Conference proceedings

During the International Advocacy Programme Global Convening, held in New York on 28-29 June 2018, IFLA offered a presentation about expected events in the coming year at the United Nations...

Publication - 23 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Development, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, sustainable development goals, United Nations, Conference proceedings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

2019 will be a big year at the UN. The regular regional and global forum and voluntary national reviews taking a specific focus on education, employment, equality and access to...

Publication - 23 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Development, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Sustainable development, United Nations, Infographics, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section (C&YA Section) have undertaken this revision of the Guidelines for Children's Libraries Services, last published in 2003,...

Publication - 22 August 2018

Tags: Children, Guidelines, guidelines for childrens libraries, Management, Young adults, Guidelines, Standards, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Annual Reports 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17

Publication - 21 August 2018

Tags: Annual reports, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

Mid-Term Conference: Case Studies in Government Libraries  Museu d'Història de Catalunya 3 Plaça Pau Vila (Palau de Mar building) Auditorium (4th floor) 08003...

Publication - 16 August 2018

Tags: Publications

On International Youth Day 2018, IFLA released a paper exploring how libraries are working to provide safe spaces for youth. In doing so, they offer useful lessons on how to overcome the...

Publication - 12 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Homelessness, LGBTQ, young adults, Youth involvement, Briefings, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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)

In 10 December, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will turn 70. This is a major opportunity both to celebrate this key document and raise awareness of its messages. In...

Publication - 8 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Education, Human rights, Privacy in libraries, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The IFLA background paper on extended collective licensing presents examples of extended collective licensing systems under several jurisdictions. Reports from Canada, China, France, Germany, the...

Publication - 7 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Digitisation, Licensing, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

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

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

A key pillar of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda, alongside the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals, is an ongoing review of implementation. Central to this is the process of...

Publication - 16 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, sustainable development goals, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The IFLA International Advocacy Programme is a capacity-building programme by IFLA, designed to promote and support the role libraries can play in the implementation of the United Nations 2030...

Publication - 15 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Leaflets

Australia is looking at reviewing its Copyright Act of 1968 with the aim of bringing its copyright framework up to date with the digital world. The government consulted on a few specific...

Publication - 5 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Australia, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications

​ Article 13 is a key element of the EU draft Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. As such, it needs careful analysis and consideration given the threats it poses...

Publication - 3 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright, Europe, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA commissed a review of the available literature on the limits of licensing as a means of giving access to knowledge, in order better to understand the feasibility of universal licensing based...

Publication - 29 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Studies

Net neutrality refers to the principle that all data or traffic on the Internet should be treated equally. As set out in the IFLA Statement of 2016, unjustified discrimination can lead to certain...

Publication - 28 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Net neutrality, Net Neutrality, Toolkits, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

KM, ADVOCACY, & the UN-SDGs 2030: Advocating for the role of Knowledge Management (KM) in organizations as the catalyst for supporting the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals...

Publication - 25 June 2018

Tags: Knowledge management, Publications, Knowledge Management

IFLA Knowledge Management Librariers and Advocacy Paper

Publication - 25 June 2018

Tags: Publications

The Internet is increasingly central to the way we create, share, access and use information. For libraries to be able to achieve their mission of providing universal, equitable and meaningful...

Publication - 21 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Internet governance, Internet Governance Forum, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Libraries have long played a role in supporting marginalised groups, with refugees and other newcomers just one example of those who benefit from the access to information they provide. On World...

Publication - 20 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Immigrants, Refugees, Briefings, Library Services to People with Special Needs

United Nations Member States said positive things bout libraries at the 36th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR, World Intellectual Property Organisation, WIPO...

Publication - 19 June 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On the occasion of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 12-14 June 2018, IFLA wished to underline the positive progress that is taking place within the European Union...

Publication - 14 June 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

2016-2017

Publication - 13 June 2018

Tags: Annual reports, National Organizations and International Relations (NOIR)

UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organisation – has become an important player in the field of open educational resources. At its 39th General Conference in...

Publication - 4 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Education, Open access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications

Presentations are available below and here is a brief report of the conference. More information in the Academic and Research Libraries Section.

Publication - 27 May 2018

Tags: Conference proceedings, Digital Humanities – Digital Scholarship

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

Publication - 23 May 2018

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

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

Publication - 23 May 2018

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

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

Publication - 23 May 2018

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

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

Publication - 23 May 2018

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

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

Publication - 23 May 2018

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

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

Publication - 23 May 2018

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

​As part of its engagement in the UN initaitive on Monitoring and Evaluation for Disability-Inclusive Development, IFLA's section on Libraries Serving Users with Special Needs carried out a...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Library services to people with disabilities, Print disabilities, Sustainable Development Agenda, Reports, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Publication - 17 May 2018

Tags: Publications

There is increasing awareness that sustainable development requires effective government. Libraries have a major role to play in delivering this, as part of their broader mission to provide access...

Publication - 11 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, government accountability, Government information, Transparency, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

En nombre de las bibliotecas y sus usuarios en México y en todo el mundo, considero preocupante el texto del proyecto de ley recientemente votado en el Senado mexicano. El texto en cuesti...

Publication - 4 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Censorship, Copyright, Mexico, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

On behalf of libraries and their users in Mexico and around the world, I am concerned to hear about a reform recently voted in the Mexican Senate. The law in question would allow for articles,...

Publication - 4 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Censorship, Copyright, Mexico, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation enters into force on 25 May, bringing with it significant changes in the rules around how personal data is collected, managed and used...

Publication - 2 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Data management, Europe, Privacy in libraries, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

Slides from Hot Topics sessions, IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2014, Lyon, France. Radical collaboration - libraries working together in new ways James G Neal...

Publication - 1 May 2018

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Conferences, France, Hot Topics, Open access, radical change, WLIC2014, Conference proceedings

Riding the "cycle": librarians facilitating research Peter Sidorko Collections and content centered stewardship as an important paradigm in library services supporting the...

Publication - 1 May 2018

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Academic and research libraries, Africa, WLIC2015, Conference proceedings

Slide presentations from the 2014 joint session in Lyon from ARL, Serials and Other Continuing Resources, and Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM) are now available....

Publication - 1 May 2018

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM), Data management, France, humanities, Serials and Other Continuing Resources, WLIC2014, Satellite Meeting papers/presentations

Acceso a la información jurídica, certeza jurídica y ejercicio de derechos - Santiago, Chile 2017 Bibliotecario en línea: acortando brechas en el acceso a...

Publication - 27 April 2018

Tags: Conference proceedings, Latin America and the Caribbean

Events Interview with Sueli Mara Ferreira - Panamá, 2016 Interview with Glòria Perez Salmerón - Panamá, 2016 IFLA LAC Satellite Meeting,...

Publication - 27 April 2018

Tags: Videos, Latin America and the Caribbean

Afin de promouvoir un régime de droit d'auteur équilibré, L'IFLA collabore de forme étroite avec l'Organisation Mondiale de la Propriét...

Publication - 25 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Resource Guides, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

La IFLA participa en la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), la agencia de las Naciones Unidas a cargo de aprobar normas y recomendaciones a nivel internacional...

Publication - 25 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Resource Guides, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA works closely with the World Intellectual Property Organisaiton (WIPO) - the UN agency in charge of making rules and recommendations internationally on copyright...

Publication - 25 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Resource Guides, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

2016: Division Leadership Forum – Library Services, Division III 14 August, Columbus, Ohio 2015: Division III Skype meeting 14 October 2015 2015: Division...

Publication - 24 April 2018

Tags: Leadership forum, Minutes of Meetings, Library Services

Division II Meeting Agenda and Minutes 24th, August, 2019 --  Division Leadership Forum: Minutes 21st, January, 2019 -- Online Meeting: Minutes 25th, August,...

Publication - 24 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Library Collections

2018: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Division I Leadership Forum) 2017: Wrocław, Poland (Division I Leadership Forum) 2016: Columbus, Ohio, USA (Division I meeting...

Publication - 24 April 2018

Tags: Leadership forum, Minutes, Minutes of Meetings, Library Types

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Infographics, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Infographics, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Minutes of the Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group Business meetings. 2015 Cape Town, South Africa 2016 Columbus, Ohio, USA  

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Agricultural Libraries, Minutes of Meetings

  2019: Athens, Greece 2018: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2017: Wrocław, Poland  2016: Columbus, Ohio, USA 2015: Cape Town, South...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Subject Analysis and Access

2018: August, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2018: January, Mid-term meeting (Zoom) 2017: August, Wroclaw, Poland 2016: August, Colombus, United States...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Statistics and Evaluation

This year's meeting minutes:  WLIC was conference cancelled due to coronavirus, 2020. Online meeting minutes for 2020: April | August | October...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Social Science Libraries

2019 Athens, Greece 2018 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2017 Wroclaw, Poland 2016 Columbus, Ohio, USA 2016 Mid-year virtual meeting Mar. 21 2016 2015 Cape...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Serials and Other Continuing Resources

2017: Wroclaw, Poland 2016: Columbus, Ohio, USA 2015: Cape Town, South Africa 2014: Lyon, France 2013: Singapore 2012: Helsinki, Finland...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Science and Technology Libraries

2019 Mid Term Meeting Guangzhou  2018 August Kuala Lumpur 2018 May Mid Term Meeting Lyon 2017 August Wroclaw 2017 April Mid Term Meeting...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, School Libraries

  Minutes, Athens, August 2019 (SC 2)  Minutes, Athens, August 2019 (SC 1)  Minutes, Kuala Lumpur, August 2018  Minutes, Wroclaw, August...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Reference and Information Services

2018 Midterm Oslo 2017 Wroclaw 2016 Columbus 2016 Midterm Lisbon 2015 Cape Town 2015 Midterm London 2014 Lyon 2013 Singapore...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Rare Books and Special Collections

  2019: Tampere, March mid-term 2018: Kuala Lumpur, August  2018: Den Haag, March mid-term 2017: Wroclaw, Poland, August 2017: Sydney...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Public Libraries

Business Meetings 58th Meeting, Zoom Call, December 2020 57th Meeting, Zoom Call, September 2020 56th Meeting, Zoom Call, July 2020 55th Meeting, Zoom Call,...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, News Media

2020: Mid-term meeting, Online 2019: 1st meeting, Athens, Greece 2019: 2nd meeting, Athens, Greece 2018: 2nd meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2018: 1st...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, National Libraries

2019 Athens: August 28 Helsinki: May 10 2018 Kuala Lumpur: August 24  Belgrade: May 15 2017 Wrocław...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Metropolitan Libraries

MLAS Zoom Meeting November 2020 MLAS Zoom Meeting August 2020 MLAS Zoom Meeting April 2020 MLAS Mid-Year Meeting, Chicago, February 2020 MLAS Zoom...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Management of Library Associations

2020: June Virtual Business Meetings 2020: Ottawa, Canada 2019: Athens, Greece 2019: Stockholm, Sweden 2018:...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Management and Marketing

2020: SC Zoom Meeting August  2019: SC Meeting, Athens, Greece 2018: SC Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2017: SC Meeting, Wroclaw,...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Literacy and Reading

2019 Athens, Greece, 24 and 27 August  2018 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24 and 27 August   2017 Warsaw,...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

  Midterm meeting, Mexico city, Mexico, 6 March 2020 Athens, Greece, August 24 and August 26 2019 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 24 and August 28...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Library Theory and Research

Sofia, 2019 March (PDF) Kuala Lumpur, 2018 August (PDF) Oslo, 2018 March (PDF) (HTML) Wroclaw, 2017 August (PDF) (HTML...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Library Services to People with Special Needs

2020 2020: Mid-year meeting, Online, 20 April 2019 2019: Athens Conference, 24-30 August 2019: Mid-year meeting, Colorado Springs, USA, 14-16 March...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Library Services to Multicultural Populations

2017 Wroclaw, Poland, August 2016 Columbus (OH), USA, August 2015: Cape Town, South Africa, August 2014: Lyon, France, August 2013: Singapore,...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Library Buildings and Equipment

2019 WLIC: Athens, Greece draft 2019 March: Tokyo, Japan 2018 WLIC: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2018 April: Firenze, Italy 2017 WLIC: Wroclaw,...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

2019: Athens, Greece  2019: Helsinki, Finland 2018: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2018: Midyear Meeting, Brussels, Belgium 2017: Wroclaw, Poland...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

  2020: Conference cancelled. Zoom meeting SC I: English SC II: English SC III: English 2019: Athens, Greece SC I: ...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Law Libraries

2020, November  2020, September 2020, July  2020, May 2020, March  2020, Febrauary  2020, January 2019,...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Latin America and the Caribbean

2020: March Midterm Meeting and Virtual Business Meeting 2019: Athens, Greece 2018: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2017: Wrocław, Poland 2016: ...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Knowledge Management

Online business meetings - 2020 Athens 2019 Kuala Lumpur 2018 Wroclaw 2017 Columbus 2016 Capetown 2015 Lyon 2014 Singapore 2013...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Information Technology

  2019: August, Athens 2018: August, Kuala Lumpur 2016: August, Columbus 2015: August, Cape Town 2014: August, Lyon 2013: August,...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Information Literacy

  2018 : Kuala Lumpur:  1st meeting | 2nd meeting 2017 : Wroclaw :1st meeting | 2nd meeting 2016 : Columbus :1st meeting | 2nd...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Health and Biosciences Libraries

2019: Athens, Greece - 1st Meeting   2019: Athens, Greece - 2nd Meeting   2018: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Two meetings...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Government Libraries

2020 Virtual Business Meeting 2019 Athens 2018 Kuala Lumpur 2017 Wroclaw 2016 Columbus 2015: Cape Town 2014: Lyon 2013:...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Government Information and Official Publications

2020, May 7, Via Zoom  2019, Athens, Greece 2016,Columbus, USA 2015, Cape Town, South Africa 2014 Lyon, France  2013 Singapore...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Local History and Genealogy

SET Committee members 2019 in Athens Greece Apr 2020 Zoom Virtual Meeting Feb. 2020 Zoom Virtual Meeting   Athens, Greece, August 2019 1st...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Education and Training

2017: Minutes - Wroclaw, August: Meeting 1 | Meeting 2 2016: Minutes - Columbus, August: Meeting 1 | Meeting 2 2015: Minutes - Special Meeting in Istanbul, October:...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Document Delivery and Resource Sharing

Current 2021 Mid-year Online Business Meetings [Draft] Archive 2020 Online Business Meeting 2020 Mid-year Virtual Meeting 2019 Athens,...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

2021: January, Virtual (Meeting January 29) 2020: August, Virtual 2019: August, Athens, Greece 2018: August, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2017: August, Wroclaw,...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Bibliography

Athens, Greece, August 2019 Zoom meeeting, April 2019 (Midterm) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2018 Martigues, France, March 2018 (Midterm) Wroclaw, Poland...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Audiovisual and Multimedia

  2020: Via Zoom, 10 November Agenda RSCAO Business Meeting 2020 2020: Via Zoom, Minutes of RSCAO Mid Term Meeting  17 March 2020 2020: Via Zoom,...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Minutes of Meetings

  2019 Athens: 24 th and 17th August 2018 Kuala Lumpur: 24th and 27th August 2017 Wroclaw: 19th and 24th August 2016 Columbus: 13th...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Art Libraries, Minutes of Meetings

2016 Gaborone Botswana 2015 Nakuru Kenya  2014 Lyon,France 2014 Kumasi, Ghana 2013 Singapore 2012 Bulawayo Zimbabwe

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Africa, Minutes of Meetings

2019 IFLA WLIC Athens Greece (Business Meeting, 27 August) 2019 IFLA WLIC Athens Greece (Business Meeting, 24 August) 2018 IFLA WLIC Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2017 IFLA...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Acquisition and Collection Development, Minutes of Meetings

2019 Athens, Greece 2 2019 Athens, Greece 1 2018 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2 2018 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1 2017, Wrocław Poland 2 2016, Columbus USA 2...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Minutes of Meetings

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

The IASL / IFLA Joint Committee has developed a set of workshop materials based on the IFLA School Library Guidelines, 2nd edition.  This project is realised under the...

Publication - 18 April 2018

Tags: guidelines, school librarian, school library, Standards, Guidelines, Publications, School Libraries

Click on the image to access the full document (only available in Spanish).   For more details on the context of the document, see the newspiece.

Publication - 17 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Colombia, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

  Para más detalles sobre el contexto de este documento, ver la noticia aquí.

Publication - 17 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Colombia, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Storytelling is all about engagement, using the power of words to create empathy, loyalty and aspiration. By telling stories, based on solid evidence, we can win over hearts and minds,...

Publication - 10 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Development, IAP, ILP, Libraries for development, Library Map of the World, Storytelling, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Publications

In response to a call for evidence on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age, from the UN Special Rapporteur on Privacy, IFLA provided an answer highlighting the importance of privacy for...

Publication - 10 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Intellectual freedom, Privacy in libraries, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

WiFi4EU is an initiative of the European Commission which promises to expand significantly access to public WiFi around the European Union, with a budget of €120 million. Libraries...

Publication - 6 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Europe, Internet access, Public Access, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

International meetings, for example those organised by the United Nations on the Sustainable Development Goals, can be a great opportunity to let decision-makers know about the potential of...

Publication - 5 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

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

Publication - 15 March 2018

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

The European Union is in the process of reforming its copyright law. The reforms set out the ambitious goal of bringing the regime up to date with the digital age, with rules affecting libraries...

Publication - 8 March 2018

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

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

Publication - 7 March 2018

Tags: Briefings

Copyright is present in many librarians’ everyday work. Even when it is complicated and unnecessarily burdensome, librarians need to be able to deal with the laws they have in order...

Publication - 28 February 2018

Tags: Fair dealling, Fair use, Infographics, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Results These are the activities completed during this period: Hosted a mid-term meeting in April 2017 in Athens, attended by 12 standing committee members. Attendance of more than...

Publication - 5 February 2018

Tags: Annual reports, Management of Library Associations

The Management of Library Associations Action Plan 2018–2019 outlines the key objectives for our Section. If you have questions about our work, suggestions about what you would...

Publication - 5 February 2018

Tags: Action plans, Management of Library Associations

The “Relindial Cartonera” project is one easy way to highlight the input of libraries in the diversity dialogue. It is supposed to be driven by a librarian or a group of librarians...

Publication - 29 January 2018

Tags: Children, Religions, Resource Guides, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue

The submission is available here.

Publication - 18 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Information society, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Blockchain, highlighted in the 2016 Trend Report Update as a key emerging issue for libraries, has also increasingly grabbed popular attention. The rising value of BitCoin has been at the heart of...

Publication - 7 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, blockchain, Copyright, Exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Studies

This 2nd edition of the highly successful Global Library and Information Science presents an up-to-date review of international librarianship and library science through insightful and...

Publication - 3 January 2018

Tags: Academic libraries, IFLA, LIS Education, Public Libraries, school libraries, Publications

As part of IFLA's work, alongside partner organisations, in favour of copyright reform in Europe, we have produced an infographic. This serves as a briefing note on the need to an...

Publication - 16 December 2017

Tags: Copyright, Europe, Orphan works, out of commerce works, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Toolkits

The International Advocacy Programme (IAP) Update is a compilation of awareness raising and advocacy activities carried out by the library community worldwide, in the effort to...

Publication - 7 December 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Newsletters

These research guidelines are based on the first edition of this title (Lesley Farmer and Ivanka Stricevic authors) and the draft edition reviewed by the Standing Committee of the IFLA...

Publication - 5 December 2017

Tags: Publications, Literacy and Reading

15 experts from South and South-East Asia participated in the workshop organised by IFLA 6-7 July 2017 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to discuss the challenges concerning tools and standards for...

Publication - 23 November 2017

Tags: Publications

The FAIFE Spotlight focuses on urgent events and gives a fresh analysis of freedom of speech issues. Spotlights are written by FAIFE Committee Members, the Chair or other...

Publication - 20 November 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Freedom of expression, Human rights, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

This document reports progress and results of our projects/activities.  Please also consult our news page and social media channels for ongoing items of interest. Do please contact...

Publication - 13 November 2017

Tags: Audiovisual and Multimedia, Publications

El día 1 de noviembre, la IFLA organizó un webinar de 30 minutos sobre las actuales discusiones ante la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual alrededor del...

Publication - 3 November 2017

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

On 1 November, IFLA offered a 30-minute webinar to discuss about the current discussions around libraries at the World Intellectual Property Organisation. WIPO’s Standing Committee...

Publication - 2 November 2017

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

​Promote the importance of best practices in serials and other continuing resources including e-resources The SOCRS 2018 Open Program on Scholarly Communications was well received and...

Publication - 2 November 2017

Tags: Annual reports, Serials and Other Continuing Resources

Monitor, report and promote standards and the importance of best practices in scholarly communication and continuing resources Plan and organize conference programs which will promote...

Publication - 2 November 2017

Tags: Action plans, Serials and Other Continuing Resources

NPSIG objectives for 2017-18 are related to the following IFLA’s Strategic Directions 2016-2021 (Strategic Direction 1: Libraries in Society, Strategic Direction 2: Information and Knowledge...

Publication - 1 November 2017

Tags: Publications, New Professionals

Our Annual Report records our achievements and progress in relation to our Action Plan for the last year. Read our Action Plan for the past year (2016/17) to see what we set out to achieve...

Publication - 1 November 2017

Tags: Annual reports, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Public Libraries Section Action Plan 2017-2018 The Public Libraries Section is very engaged and our Action Plan outlines the key initatives for the year 2017-2018. Updates on the many...

Publication - 31 October 2017

Tags: Action plans

Introduction The IFLA Section for Library Services to People with Special Needs (LSN) focuses on those persons who, because of their living conditions and/or physical, mental, or cognitive...

Publication - 27 October 2017

Tags: Guidelines, Homelessness, IFLA standards, Libraries and homelessness, Social inclusion, Standards, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Sustainable buildings, equipment, and management For any construction project, just as for any complex undertaking in general, a checklist provides a useful means of confirming that...

Publication - 26 October 2017

Tags: Sustainability, Publications, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

August 2017 Minutes of the Indigenous Matters Section. IFLA 83rd World Library and Information Congress. Wrocław, Poland August 2010 Minutes of the SIG. IFLA 76th World Library...

Publication - 23 October 2017

Tags: Minutes of meetings, Minutes of Meetings, Indigenous Matters

Publication - 19 October 2017

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Access to information, Conference proceedings, Publications

Publication - 19 October 2017

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Access to information, Conference proceedings, Publications

The IFLA Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development: Principles and Best Practices have been prepared by the Section for Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL)...

Publication - 12 October 2017

Tags: Standards, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

[PDF] CPDWL Guidelines for Satellite Meetings October 1, 2017 Ewa Stenberg and Susan Schnuer Please note that the CPDWL guidelines are based on the IFLA Guidelines for...

Publication - 10 October 2017

Tags: Resource Guides, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

​ Meaningful Access to Information to Leave No One Behind To mark the second year anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), IFLA offered a 1-...

Publication - 5 October 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, Videos

With European Union (EU) legislation implementing the Marrakesh Treaty now published, Member States now have a clear deadline for making the Treaty's provisions a reality in national law. The...

Publication - 1 October 2017

Tags: Europe, Libraries serving persons with print disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Print disabilities, Guidelines, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

If you would like to translate the poster into your own language, please contact Gill Hallam for a copy of the template (email: gillian.hallam1(@)bigpond.com). English...

Publication - 22 September 2017

Tags: Best practices, Posters, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

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 [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

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

Publication - 7 September 2017

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

Digital technologies have dramatically changed our lives. However, the physical access to these tools alone does not guarantee that virtually all people can take full advantage of the...

Publication - 27 August 2017

Tags: Access to knowledge, Digital divide, digital literacy, Information literacy, Literacy, Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Digital technologies have dramatically transformed our lives. Yet even with physical access to these tools[1], it is not a given that all can take full advantage of the opportunities created to...

Publication - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to knowledge, Digital divide, digital literacy, Information literacy, Literacy, Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Accompanying IFLA's Statement on Digital Literacy, we have also produced a resource pack including many examples of libraries which are already working to deliver digital literacy on the...

Publication - 22 August 2017

Tags: Publications

To accompany IFLA's Statement on Internet Shutdowns, we have produced a list of further sources of information on the topic for anyone interested in learning more. This is a living list -...

Publication - 20 August 2017

Tags: Publications

IFLA commissed a review of the available literature on the limits of licensing as a means of giving access to knowledge, in order better to understand the feasibility of universal licensing based...

Publication - 20 August 2017

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Licences, licensing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Studies

Alongside the Literature Review on the Limits of Licensing, IFLA has produced an executive summary. This is available to download as a pdf.

Publication - 20 August 2017

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Digital resources, Licences, Licensing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Studies

Libraries have been active in taking the IFLA infographic on How to Spot Fake News, and using it to promote media and information literacy. IFLA has produced a short report on initiatives to day...

Publication - 20 August 2017

Tags: Information literacy, Media and Information Literacy (MIL), Newspapers, UNESCO, Toolkits, Information Literacy

This annual report is based on the LSN 2014 – 2019 Strategic Plan and relates to activities from September 2015 to August 2016 Our action plan for 2016-2017 is available on our...

Publication - 17 August 2017

Tags: Library services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired, Social inclusion, Annual reports, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Summary of LSN Action Plan Progress March, 2017 The IFLA Section, Library Services to People with Special Needs (LSN), submitted an action plan to IFLA with five objectives. ...

Publication - 17 August 2017

Tags: Action plans, Library services to people with disabilities, Social inclusion, Library Services to People with Special Needs

​Development and Access to Information (DA2I) 2017 is the first of a series of reports that monitor the progress countries are making towards fulfilling their commitment to promote meaningful...

Publication - 14 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, HLPF, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Reports

NPSIG objectives To empower new professionals to be involved in their national associations and with IFLA to become new local and international leaders. To...

Publication - 14 August 2017

Tags: Publications, New Professionals

UNESCO's GAPMIL initaitive offers a valuable potential means for libraries to connect around their work on information literacy, and underline their value to others. This IFLA briefing...

Publication - 11 August 2017

Tags: Information literacy, news media, UNESCO, Briefings, Information Literacy

The library profession is strongly committed to protecting and delivering not only access to information, but also the benefits it can bring. Multiple human rights depend on it: freedom of...

Publication - 10 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Development, Internet access, Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Objective 1  Provide a globally engaged DH/DS forum among IFLA communities for exploring, developing and exchange ideas and best practices regarding DH/DS in the context of libraries...

Publication - 8 August 2017

Tags: Action plans, Digital Humanities – Digital Scholarship

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

Publication - 7 August 2017

Tags: Conservation, Preservation, Annual reports

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

Publication - 3 August 2017

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

The EU’s new data protection rules come into force in less than a year, with strong penalties for organisations that do not comply. While libraries are committed to respecting their users...

Publication - 3 August 2017

Tags: data protection, Privacy, Toolkits, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Digital channels are becoming ever more dominant as a means of sharing and accessing content. They bring a speed and simplicity of use, at near-zero marginal costs, that have brought us much...

Publication - 24 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

L’atelier pour les professionnels de la documentation juridique d’Afrique francophone (conservateurs, bibliothécaires, documentalistes, archivistes) a été organis...

Publication - 27 June 2017

Tags: Access to information, Côte d'Ivoire, Legal Information, Open access, Publications, Law Libraries

The model IFLA LRM is a high-level conceptual reference model developed within an entity-relationship modelling framework. It is the consolidation of the separately developed IFLA...

Publication - 22 May 2017

Tags: FRBR LRM, Cataloguing, Standards

PRESSoo PRESSOO is a formal ontology designed to represent the bibliographic information about continuing resources, and more specifically about serials (journals, newspapers,...

Publication - 22 May 2017

Tags: PRESSoo CIDOC CRM FRBR, Bibliographic Conceptual Models (BCM), Standards

Relindial and the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) welcomed attendees to a timely discussion on Fostering Global Communication Among Religions and Libraries. A majority of...

Publication - 2 May 2017

Tags: Satellite Meeting papers/presentations, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue

This set of Guidelines updates the IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section (AVMS) Guidelines document originally developed and shared in 1982 and updated in 2003.The scope of consideration and...

Publication - 2 May 2017

Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Guidelines

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Publication - 24 April 2017

Tags: Annual reports, Rare Books and Special Collections

[PDF] Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación Argentina Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile Dirección General de Servicios de Documentación,...

Publication - 3 April 2017

Tags: Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

[PDF] The Library of Congress of the Argentine Nation The Library of the National Congress of Chile The General Directorate of Documentation, Information and Analysis...

Publication - 2 April 2017

Tags: Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

Publication - 27 March 2017

Tags: Access to Information Network - Africa (ATINA), Publications

On December 6 & 7, 2016, IFLA’s Law Library Section in cooperation with the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) and William S. Hein & Co., organized a workshop on Open...

Publication - 27 March 2017

Tags: Africa, Open access, Publications, Law Libraries

Several thousand members of the world library community came together in Columbus, Ohio, in mid-August when the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) held its...

Publication - 15 March 2017

Tags: Access to Justice, Digital age, Internet Policy, Library outreach, Open access, Privacy Law, Rule of Law, Annual reports, Law Libraries

Reinventing Legal Research Instruction: Librarians Teach Future Lawyers to Find the Law. This poster presents information about an innovative new curriculum developed and put into practice by...

Publication - 13 March 2017

Tags: Collaborative Learning, Information literacy, Instruction, Legal Research, Publications

Keeping the Law Safe: Librarians Advocating for Digital Authentication in the United States. Governments around the world are creating online versions of their primary legal sources (such as...

Publication - 13 March 2017

Tags: Authentication, Electronic Documents, Legal Information, Legal Sources, Open access, U.S. Uniform Law Commission, UELMA, Uniform Law, United States, Publications

A paper by Don Means (2016) presented at IFLA WLIC 2016 in Columbus, OH, in the session Connections. Collaboration. Community in Session 81 - Division III Programme. Don Means...

Publication - 13 March 2017

Tags: Access to information, dc-pal, Digital divide, Information society, Public Access, Congress papers

1) Comprehensive Preservation Environments: Site-wide Resource Management and Conservation Outcomes for ReCAP by Jacob Nadal 2) Managing Competing Interests with Off-Site Storage by...

Publication - 3 March 2017

Tags: Publications, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

FRBRoo FRBROO is an ontology or high-level conceptual model for bibliographic data. It is described in the document: Definition of FRBROO : a Conceptual Model...

Publication - 2 March 2017

Tags: CIDOC CRM, Conceptual models, FRAD; FRSAD, FRBRoo, Object-Oriented FRBR, Bibliographic Conceptual Models (BCM), Standards

Critical thinking is a key skill in media and information literacy, and the mission of libraries is to educate and advocate its importance. Discussions about fake news has led to a new...

Publication - 1 February 2017

Tags: Access to information, fake news, Information literacy, Information society, post-truth, Infographics

Ensuring equitable access to information contributes significantly to achieving the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Libraries are playing an increasingly important role in...

Publication - 30 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Videos

The Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development The Lyon Declaration is an advocacy document that was used to positively influence the content of the United Nations post-2015...

Publication - 20 January 2017

Tags: Access to knowledge, Development, IFLA, Libraries and Development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Statements

The IFLA Government Libraries Section (GLS) intends to continue communicating its activities and achievements to the international library community from all corners of the globe. For this reason...

Publication - 17 January 2017

Tags: Publications

Mission: The Science and Technology Libraries Section brings together special libraries involved in collecting and providing access to information and data about the physical sciences and...

Publication - 9 January 2017

Tags: Action plans, Science and Technology Libraries

Objective 1: 1. Increase activity level among Section members and develop our network 1.1. Follow-up of the WLIC2016 sessions 1.1.1 Write a report of the presentations and invite to a...

Publication - 29 December 2016

Tags: Action plans, Local History and Genealogy

2020 SC meetings via Zoom: September | October | November 2019: SCII, Athens, Greece 2019: SCI, Athens, Greece 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Snd meeting...

Publication - 26 December 2016

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Preservation and Conservation

La Sección identificó la necesidad de revisar la definición de “Multiculturalismo”. Un borrador de la misma fue presentado en la Reunión Anual de la Secci...

Publication - 23 December 2016

Tags: Multicultural library services, multiculturalism, Publications, Library Services to Multicultural Populations

"Multikulti" ist die Koexistenz verschiedener Kulturen, in denen Kultur die ethnischen, religiösen oder kulturellen Gruppen umfasst und sich in üblichen Verhaltensweisen,...

Publication - 23 December 2016

Tags: Multicultural library services, multiculturalism, Publications, Library Services to Multicultural Populations

"Le Multiculturalisme" est la coexistence de diverses cultures, la culture ici comprend la race, la religion, le groupe culturel et se manifeste dans les comportements coutumiers, les...

Publication - 23 December 2016

Tags: Multicultural library services, multiculturalism, Publications, Library Services to Multicultural Populations

With the advent of downloadable retail eBooks marketed to individual consumers, for the first time in their history libraries encountered an otherwise commercially available text format they were...

Publication - 16 December 2016

Tags: Digital publishing, Digital Rights Management, Ebooks, eLending for Libraries, EPUB, Public Lending Rght, Studies

Statement [PDF] English Español Français Deutsch Русский 中文 العربية...

Publication - 14 December 2016

Tags: Access to information, Digital preservation, Law, Statements, Law Libraries

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

Introduction The original Statement of Principles - commonly known as the “Paris Principles” - was approved by the International Conference on Cataloguing Principles in 1961....

Publication - 24 November 2016

Tags: ICP, IME ICC, Principles, Cataloguing, Statements

Subject Analysis and Access Annual Report, 2016 January-August This is a report on the Section’s progress and activities for the half year between January 1 and the IFLA...

Publication - 15 November 2016

Tags: Publications, Subject Analysis and Access

Action Plan 2017-2018 Action Plan 2016-2017

Publication - 10 November 2016

Tags: Action plans, National Organizations and International Relations (NOIR)

The Public Libraries Section is very engaged and our Action Plan outlines the key initatives for the Section during the year. Updates on the many projects and events we're involved with can be...

Publication - 1 November 2016

Tags: Action plans, Finances, Public Libraries

This document reports progress and results of our projects/activities.  Please also consult our news page and social media channels for ongoing items of interest. Do please contact...

Publication - 30 October 2016

Tags: Publications

This volume offers up-to-date insights into the state of library and information science (LIS) in the Middle East and North Africa. Covered topics include information literacy, intellectual...

Publication - 14 October 2016

Tags: Education, Library and Information Science, Library and information science education, Middle East and North Africa, Publications

إن إتاحة المعلومات أكثر من مُجرد مبدأ، إنها السبب وراء وجود المكتبات والناشرين. إن اليوم هو اليوم العالمي الأول لضمان حصول الجميع على المعلومات، إنه اليوم الذي طالما سعت له المكتبات والناشرون...

Publication - 29 September 2016

Tags: Access to information, IDUAI, International Day for the Universal Access to Information, IPA, Libraries and Development, UNESCO, Statements

Access to information is more than just a principle; it is the reason why libraries and publishers exist. While today is the first International Day for Universal Access to Information, in...

Publication - 28 September 2016

Tags: Access to information, IDUAI, International Day for the Universal Access to Information, IPA, Libraries and Development, UNESCO, Statements

IFLA remains extremely concerned over the treatment of Natalya Sharina, Director of the Library of Ukrainian Literature in Moscow.  Natalya was arrested and placed under house arrest in...

Publication - 1 September 2016

Tags: Freedom of expression, Ukraine, Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

These guidelines are intended to encourage, support and give guidance to professionals on the process of translations of the ISBD namespace from the English language into multiple other...

Publication - 27 August 2016

Tags: ISBD, ISBD Review Group, RDF, Guidelines, Cataloguing, Standards

These Guidelines are intended for use by developers of applications that allow libraries to expose ISBD metadata for the Semantic Web. The guidelines aim to promote the use of the ISBD namespaces...

Publication - 27 August 2016

Tags: ISBD, linked data, Guidelines

[PDF] Reference and information services are at the heart of library operations and represent the public face of access to information. In a complex and information-abundant environment,...

Publication - 24 August 2016

Tags: Publications, Reference and Information Services

Our Annual Reports record our achievements and progress in relation to our Action Plans.   2017 Annual Report 2016 Annual Report 2015 Annual Report...

Publication - 12 August 2016

Tags: Publications, Indigenous Matters

Introduction   Network neutrality[1], or net neutrality, is the principle that all data or traffic on the Internet should be treated equally. Internet users’ freedom of...

Publication - 12 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Net neutrality, Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

2016-2017 Action Plan Our Action Plan outlines the key objectives for our Section in the upcoming year. Take a look at our News feed to read updates on our progress. The 2016-2017...

Publication - 12 August 2016

Tags: Action plans, Indigenous Matters

This document is the Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries (DC-PAL) input to IGF 2016 Community Intersessional Programme - Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion -...

Publication - 11 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, dc-pal, Development, IGF, Internet governance, Policy, SDGs, Sustainability, UN 2030 Agenda, Statements

Traditionally, libraries have served as storage spaces offering access to diverse physical collections. Today, following numerous social and technological changes, libraries are retooling their...

Publication - 5 August 2016

Tags: Collection development, Library buildings and equipment, Library collections, Acquisition and Collection Development, Publications

Education and training for the library profession have changed over the decades, and this publication looks both at the past and the future of these developments at schools of library and...

Publication - 5 August 2016

Tags: Education, Library and information science education, Publications, Education and Training

Tangible and intangible forms of indigenous knowledges and cultural expressions are often found in libraries, archives or museums. Often the "legal" copyright is not held by the...

Publication - 5 August 2016

Tags: cultural expressions, indigenous knowledges, ownership, Publications, Indigenous Matters

Public Access: Supporting Digital Inclusion for All. Maximising The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) For Inclusive Social And Economic Development. Briefing on Public...

Publication - 22 July 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, IGF, Internet access, Internet governance, Public Access, Sustainability, Leaflets

Half of the world’s population lacks access to information online. In our knowledge society, libraries provide access and opportunity for all Around the world, public access to...

Publication - 22 July 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, Internet governance, next4billion, Sustainability, Leaflets

Our Action Plan outlines the key objectives for our Special Interest Group in the upcoming year. Take a look at our News feed to read updates on our progress. If you have...

Publication - 13 July 2016

Tags: IFLAcamp, New professionals, newlibgc, NPSIG, Social Media, WLIC, Publications, New Professionals

Act now to make sure libraries are included in your country’s national development plans for the SDGs!! The inclusion of libraries and access to information in national and...

Publication - 28 June 2016

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, UN Sustainable Development Goals, LDP (Library Development Programme), Publications

The members of IFLA's Section for Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities, comprising 80 library organizations, also represent the views of many other organizations such as...

Publication - 16 June 2016

Tags: Publications, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

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

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

Publication - 19 May 2016

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

  Our Annual Report records our achievements and progress in relation to our Action Plan for the last year. Read our Action Plan for the past year to see what we set out to...

Publication - 6 May 2016

Tags: Annual reports

Introduction La Fédération Internationale des associations de bibliothécaires et institutions (IFLA) est une organisation non-gouvernementale (ONG) représentant...

Publication - 29 April 2016

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of access to information, Public lending right, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

Our Annual Report records our achievements and progress in relation to our Action Plan for the last year. Read our Action Plan for the past year to see what we set out to achieve....

Publication - 21 April 2016

Tags: Annual reports, Rare Books and Special Collections

Since 2008 the world's economy has seen dramatic changes that have rippled throughout the library world. While the demand for library services has increased, the money available to build,...

Publication - 29 March 2016

Tags: Library building design, library buildings, Publications, Library Buildings and Equipment

Our Action Plan outlines the key objectives for our Section in the upcoming year. Take a look at our News feed to read updates on our progress. A report on these activities will be made...

Publication - 17 March 2016

Tags: Action plans, Rare Books and Special Collections

IFLA issued a Position on Internet Governance in 2005 in connection with the second phase of WSIS in Tunisia. As WSIS enters a review period in the run up to its assessment by the UN General...

Publication - 15 March 2016

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of expression, Internet governance, multilingualism, Statements

The Principles on Public Access in Libraries were produced by the Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries and discussed by participants at the Internet Governance Forum in Joao Pessoa,...

Publication - 15 March 2016

Tags: Access to information, DC PAL, Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries, Public Access, Public Libraries, Publications

Introduction The "right to be forgotten" refers to an individual’s ability to request that a search engine (or other data provider) remove links to information about...

Publication - 14 March 2016

Tags: Statements

This monograph is the culmination of months of contemplation as to whether UCT Libraries was ready to launch its open monograph publishing service using the new principle of diamond open access...

Publication - 5 March 2016

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Publications

Publication - 6 February 2016

Tags: Publications, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

介绍 国际图书馆协会联合会（简称国际图联）是一个代表全世界图书情报界及其用户利益的非政府组织（NGO）。 面向公众开放的图书馆和其他非盈利性质的文化、科学和教育机构的存在，是为了向公众提供服务，确保公民可以无偿无限制地全方位获取现存的人文知识和信息。图书馆使全体社区成员有机会获取多种多样的知识、思想和观点，因此在民主社会的发展和维护方面起到了至关重要的作用。...

Publication - 2 February 2016

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of access to information, Public lending right, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

Международная Федерация библиотечных ассоциаций и учреждений (ИФЛА) является неправительственной организацией, представляющей интересы библиотек и информационных служб, а также их пользователей по...

Publication - 1 February 2016

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of access to information, Public lending right, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

Take action now so that libraries have a say! IFLA has launched a new toolkit which will help you to advocate to your national and regional policy makers to make sure that libraries and...

Publication - 19 January 2016

Tags: 2030Agenda, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, Toolkits

As the United Nations reflects on the future of global development and the post-2015 agenda, access to information must be recognised as critical to supporting governments to achieve development...

Publication - 14 January 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, MDGs, Post 2015, United Nations, Toolkits

The management of knowledge created in an organization not only enables reuse of knowledge, but also adds value to the organization itself. Preventing duplication of intellectual effort, it saves...

Publication - 6 January 2016

Tags: Publications, Knowledge Management

[PDF] Introduction The rapid advancement of technology has resulted in increasing privacy implications for library and information services, their users, and society. Commercial...

Publication - 15 December 2015

Tags: Data collection, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression), Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Libraries, Privacy, Privacy in libraries, Surveillance, Statements

  Call for proposals is finalized and sent to IFLA-lists/T1a/T1b/T1c Begin to develop registration form/T2 and list of hotels - Local organizing committee...

Publication - 9 December 2015

Tags: Resource Guides, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

The debate about access to scientific research raises questions about the current effectiveness of scholarly communication processes. This book explores, from an independent point of view, the...

Publication - 1 December 2015

Tags: Scholarly communications, Scientific research, STM, Publications

The Public Libraries Section is very engaged and our Action Plan outlines the key initatives for the Section during the year. Updates on the many projects and events we're involved with can be...

Publication - 23 November 2015

Tags: Action plans, Public Libraries

Statement on Social media concentrates on children's and young adults safety, privacy and online behavior and it was approved on IFLA WLIC at Cape Town, 2015. The statement has a message for...

Publication - 29 October 2015

Tags: Access to information, Children, Information literacy, Internet access, Young adults, Statements, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Members of IFLA’s Public Libraries Standing Committee and their colleagues have joined together to collect some examples and stories of the role public libraries are playing in the refugee...

Publication - 9 October 2015

Tags: Access to information, Refugees, Publications, Public Libraries

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)

At the World Library and Information Congress in Cape Town IFLA's Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and Public Libraries Sections joined together to deliver the...

Publication - 22 September 2015

Tags: Professional development, South Africa, Conference proceedings, Public Libraries

Call to Action IFLA together with the International Publishers Association (IPA), the International Authors Forum (IAF) and the Reading & Writing Foundation (RWF) has put together a...

Publication - 14 September 2015

Tags: Literacy, Statements

IFLA Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group Report to IFLA Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) IFLA WLIC, Cape Town, 15 – 21 August 2015...

Publication - 15 August 2015

Tags: Africa, Reports, Women, Information and Libraries

​ The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments operates at the intersection of two international communities: one of libraries, which finds its global...

Publication - 13 August 2015

Tags: Inter-Parliamentary Union, parliamentary research services, Guidelines, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Architectural realisation of a building and its opening to the public with a range of services are central components of the building and design process of libraries.  Post-Occupancy...

Publication - 12 August 2015

Tags: Post-Occupancy Evaluation, Publications, Library Buildings and Equipment

This book celebrates the new IFLA School Library Guidelines and shows how the Guidelines can be used in improving school library services. Each chapter describes innovative initiatives for...

Publication - 12 August 2015

Tags: guidelines, Guidelines, School Libraries

This collection of research papers provides extensive information on deploying services, concepts, and approaches for using open linked data from libraries and other cultural heritage institutions...

Publication - 12 August 2015

Tags: Linked data, Semantic Web, Studies, Linked Data

How do libraries, librarians and library services support development? Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults gave a brief on a statement based on Lyon declaration principals....

Publication - 13 July 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Children, Development, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Lyon Declaration, Statement, Young adults, Statements, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

IFLA/RISS presentations, Columbus 2016 Session 125 - Connecting Reference to the Wider Community - Reference and Information Services Section Providing Informed Referrals for...

Publication - 27 June 2015

Tags: Conference proceedings, Congress papers, Reference and Information Services

IFLA Joint RISS/IT Satellite Meeting, University of Warsaw, Poland (2017) Theme: Innovation and the User Experience: Evaluating and Implementing Discovery Systems Papers Presented...

Publication - 27 June 2015

Tags: Satellite Meeting papers/presentations, Reference and Information Services

Access to Government Information in the Post 2015 United Nations Development Agenda:  A Statement from the Government Information and Official Publications Section (GIOPS), International...

Publication - 27 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Government information, International cooperation, Publications, Government Information and Official Publications

After the 2014 IFLA World Library Conference, GIOPS wrote a stament of support for the Lyon Declration accompanied by 3 recommendations ensuring equitable access of information, including...

Publication - 25 June 2015

Tags: Freedom of information, Government information, International cooperation, Publications

IFLA asked its Sections to look closer on how their profession furthers development and how the work they do supports the principles set out in the Lyon Declaration. This is the submission...

Publication - 24 June 2015

Tags: Advocacy, Publications, Public Libraries

Responses from the IFLA Sections to the Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development IFLA asked its Sections to look closer on how their profession furthers...

Publication - 23 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Lyon Declaration, post2015, Publications

IFLA Public Libraries Section Marketing Communications Plan 2017-2019

Publication - 13 June 2015

Tags: Action plans, Library marketing, Public Libraries

Libraries make an important contribution to development. Take action now so that libraries are recognized as partners to support implementation of the new development agenda, and that...

Publication - 1 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to information, Access to knowledge, post2015, Toolkits

Selected research publications will be of interest to librarians and others concerned with the promotion of reading.  We welcome other examples of current or recently completed...

Publication - 24 May 2015

Tags: Resource Guides, Literacy and Reading

At the 78th IFLA General Conference in Helsinki, Finland (2012), the ISBD Review Group decided to conduct a survey on the use of the ISBD and expectations for its future. A task group was set up...

Publication - 3 May 2015

Tags: ISBD, Cataloguing, Publications

This is the second edition of the School Library Guidelines, approved by the IFLA Professional Committee in June 2015. These guidelines constitute the second edition of the IFLA ‘...

Publication - 2 April 2015

Tags: guidelines, school librarian, school library, Standards, Guidelines, Publications, School Libraries

​ Introduction The IFLA Guidelines for Library Services to Persons with Dyslexia – revised and extended* aim to offer guidance to IFLA professional units and all its...

Publication - 12 March 2015

Tags: Dyslexia, Standards, Library Services to People with Special Needs

This Handbook supplements the IFLA RSCAO webpage with its primary aim being to serve as an internal working document for members of the RSCAO Committee. The Committee is made up of...

Publication - 6 March 2015

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Handbook, Publications, Asia and Oceania, Publications

We are very happy to publish the second edition of The World through Picture Books, enriched with sixteen new annotated lists. This new edition proves even more the very enthusiastic, skilled...

Publication - 27 February 2015

Tags: Literacy, Reading, Publications, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Zur Verbesserung und Förderung barrierefreier Bibliotheks- und Informationsdienstleistungen für Menschen mit einer Sehbehinderung oder anderen Leseeinschränkungen. Der...

Publication - 20 February 2015

Tags: Manifestos, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

Comprehensive integration of the National Bibliography in library infrastructure The vast majority of the Danish National Bibliography is produced by the Danish Bibliographic Centre (DBC...

Page of a Book - 13 February 2015

Tags: Bibliography, Best Practices, Bibliography

In the United Kingdom the British National Bibliography (BNB) is a view of data in the production database of the British Library's Integrated Library Management System. The records that form...

Page of a Book - 13 February 2015

Tags: Bibliography, Best Practices, Bibliography

Papers from the IFLA/FAIFE Satellite Meeting 2014 Librarians and other information professionals are often confronted with ethical conflicts and dilemmas at their workplace. Although this...

Publication - 6 February 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Code fo Ethics, Satellite Meeting papers/presentations, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

[PDF] Geneva, Switzerland 26-28 November 2014  We the undersigned organisations from civil society welcome the CSTD Secretariat's draft report on the Ten-year...

Publication - 17 December 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Statements

E-Government is a hot topic. The integration of Information and Communication Technologies into public service delivery worldwide offers a number of promising opportunities. This text refers in...

Publication - 13 November 2014

Tags: e-governance, ICT, Information Societies, Publications

Series Editor: Janine Scmidt Frequency: irregular ISSN: 2195-0202 The complex processes involved in the international...

Publication - 13 November 2014

Tags: Publications

Leaflet of Section's aims, activities and contacts. Feel free to print and distribute at your national conferences etc.  Download [English – PDF]

Publication - 17 October 2014

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

العربية | 中文 | Русский | Shqip | ქართული | Polski 1er objectif: Un domaine public solide et croissant pour offrir de nouvelles opportunités pour la création, la...

Publication - 14 October 2014

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

العربية | 中文 | Русский | Shqip | ქართული | Polski Ziel 1: Eine kräftige und wachsende Gemeinfreiheit, um neue Möglichkeiten für Kreativität, Forschung und Lehre zu...

Publication - 14 October 2014

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

IFLA recommends the adoption of subject classification schemes for arrangement of the national bibliography. Classification schemes may be directly related to the subject scheme used or...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

MACS (Multilingual Access to Subjects) is a collaborative project involving the British Library, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Swiss National Library...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

Subject indexing schemes express concepts in a way that is language-dependent. Multi-national initiatives to promote the interoperability of subject indexing across language barriers can involve...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

Subject indexing schemes provide controlled access to the content of resources. Schemes define concepts and relationships between concepts to support user navigation. The Library of...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

Tags: Bibliography, Best Practices, Bibliography

IFLA recommends provision of subject access to national bibliographies. The IFLA Classification & Indexing Section has developed specific guidelines which have been made available in printed...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

Standards for authority files were often part of national cataloguing rules like AACR2 or RAK in the past. With the development of RDA as an internationally used cataloguing rule set, RDA...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

Authority control is an expensive process. Various international initiatives exist with the objective of reducing the cost of authority control through co-operation. Such initiatives also...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

The NBA is responsible for “establishing the authoritative form of name for its country’s authors, both personal and corporate, and authoritative lists of its country’s authors,...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

The scope of the national bibliography should be reflected in the scope of the authority file. Thus, NBAs that include journal articles in the national bibliography should include the authors and...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

Authority control (or access point control) refers to the normalisation of controlled access points (headings) and the provision of alternative and related access points. Authority control...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

As a successor to the widely used AACR2, the new international code Resource Description & Access, RDA has been designed. Based on FRBR, RDA was developed to enable the description of any...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

National cataloguing rules provide guidance on the selection and construction of access points and may cover other aspects of cataloguing, such as authority control, about which ISBD is silent...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

Whereas the ISBD is the standard that determines the data elements to be recorded, it is not an instruction manual itself. Most cataloguing rules that were developed by national bibliographic...

Page of a Book - 15 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

Comprehensive level: Denotes assignment of extensive metadata for description and access Explicitly conforms to published content standards but there is no commitment to...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

Enhanced level description: Indicates that the basic resource has been supplemented by assignment of some metadata May not explicitly indicate the content standards used...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

Authoritative level description: Denotes the highest level of metadata assigned to a resource Offers the most flexible support for resource discovery Includes (...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

Basic level description: Assumes no metadata have been assigned to the resource, either by the bibliographic agency or by the source Is likely to include web resources...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

The NBA’s responsibility to create extensive records of its national imprint as recommended by the 1977 Paris conference and affirmed by the 1998 Copenhagen International Conference on...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

An NBA may, in some cases, decide for the description of items such as journal articles, chapters and other parts of monographs, individual tracks on sound recordings, and other types of “...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

Tags: Bibliography, Best Practices, Bibliography

Library metadata most commonly describes items – documents in any physical form, treated as an "entity”. The item forms the basis of the bibliographic description. If a national...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

Collection-level description (sometimes also: archival description) consists of metadata describing a collection as a whole, in contrast to item-level description (manifestation description in...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

A basic decision upon metadata requirements has to be made concerning the unit described. Does the metadata of a national bibliography pertain to a collection, to an item, or even to parts of...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

The starting point for selecting core metadata requirements is the analysis of uses of the national bibliography since use is only possible if appropriate metadata are available. Users will...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

Tags: Bibliography, Bibliographies, Bibliography

Compatibility of cataloguing rules is as essential as compatibility of formats. While formats govern the structure of metadata, cataloguing rules govern its content. Two events marked the...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

A primary function of the national bibliography is the accurate bibliographic description of the works it contains. Rules for the creation of bibliographic descriptions have evolved in...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

Adherence to content standards ensures consistency in the published bibliography. Content standards specify: Which information is to be recorded How it is to be...

Page of a Book - 10 September 2014

Tags: Best practices, Best Practices, Bibliography

​IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural Library Manifesto Toolkit updates This toolkit was developed to give practical approaches on how libraries can apply the concepts in the Manifesto. The...

Page of a Book - 4 September 2014

Tags: Multicultural populations, Toolkits, Library Services to Multicultural Populations

Welcome to the platform for the IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural Library Manifesto and the accompanying Toolkit. What is the IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural Library Manifesto and Toolkit? The...

Page of a Book - 4 September 2014

Tags: Toolkits, Library Services to Multicultural Populations

PROGRAM Day 1 Brian Gambles : Presentation Eva Wilenius: Presentation, Paper Huang Qunqing: Presentation, Paper Sarah Dudek & Vera Binz...

Publication - 4 September 2014

Tags: Digital divide, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Conference proceedings, Public Libraries

Digitization guidelines have proliferated in many forms over the last fifteen years, and all of them reflect a set of best practices that continues to evolve. These guidelines attempt to...

Publication - 3 September 2014

Tags: Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Guidelines, Standards, Rare Books and Special Collections

FRSAD is an addition to the FRBR family of conceptual models addressing subject authority data issues. It provides a framework for a commonly shared understanding of what the subject authority...

Page of a Book - 8 August 2014

Tags: Bibliography, Best Practices, Bibliography

The FRBR conceptual model is intended to meet the end users’ needs. This data model proposes the creation of bibliographic concepts (“work”, “expression”, “...

Page of a Book - 8 August 2014

Tags: Bibliography, Best Practices, Bibliography

The "FRBR family" of conceptual models consists of three entity-relationship models which are not cataloguing rules but rather conceptual models on how bibliographic data may be...

Page of a Book - 8 August 2014

Tags: Bibliography, Best Practices, Bibliography