Conferences

2022

• World Library and Information Congress: 87th IFLA Congress and General Assembly: July, 2022, Dublin, Ireland.
  Theme: Envisioning Post-pandemic Reference & Information Services and Support in a Shifting World

2019

• World Library and Information Congress: 85th IFLA Congress and General Assembly: August, 2019 Athens, Greece.
  Theme: Libraries:  A Dialogue for Change
• IFLA’s Science & Technology Libraries Section jointly with the Reference & Information Services Section and the Audio Visual & Multimedia Section Open Session August 2019 Athens Greece
  Theme: Moving Beyond Traditional Collections & Services: Supporting Science in Innovative Way

2018

• World Library and Information Congress: 84th IFLA Congress and General Assembly: August, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  Theme: Reference and Information Services Shifting Gears
• Satellite pre-conference hosted at the University of Malaysia Library, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Theme: Reinventing Reference with Technology Transformations
  23 August 2018 University of Malaysia Library, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2017

• World Library and Information Congress: 83rd IFLA Congress and General Assembly: August, Wrocław, Poland.
  Theme: Storytelling for Sustainability and Solidarity

• Satellite pre-conference with the Information Technology Section, hosted at the University of Warsaw, Poland.
  Theme: Innovation and the User Experience: Evaluating and Implementing Discovery Systems
  15-17 August 2017 University of Warsaw, Poland

2016

• World Library and Information Congress: 82nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly: August, Columbus, Ohio, United States
  Theme: Connecting Reference to the Wider Community

2015

• World Library and Information Congress: 81^st IFLA General Conference and Assembly: August, Cape Town South Africa
  Theme: Surprise Yourselves! New Models of Reference and Information Services
• Satellite pre-conference: Reference & Information Services section working together with University of Botswana
  Theme: Reference as service and place,
  11-13 August 2015 Pavilion (Ditshupo Hall – Fairgrounds) University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

2014

World Library and Information Congress: 80^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly: August, Lyon, France
Theme: Google is not enough: Reference and Information Services for the transfer of knowledge ‐ reframing the discussion

2013

• World Library and Information Congress: 79^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly: August, Singapore
  Theme: Change as a constant: infinite possibilities for reference and information services
• Satellite pre-conference: Reference & Information Services section working together with Information Literacy section and Outreach Team, National Library Board, Singapore
  Theme: Re-defining and refining Information Literacy and Reference Services in the digital age, 15-16 August 2013 (National Library Building, Singapore)

2012

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly: August, Helsinki, Finland
Theme: Generation Google needs us: New roles for visibility in the digital age for information & reference services

2011

World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly: August, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Theme: Innovative information services in the digital environment 

2010

• World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 10-15 August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden
  Podcast + PowerPoint from the open session 74, IFLA 2010 – Information Literacy and Reference and Information Services Section:
  Don’t wait to be asked – towards the next generation reference and information literacy

2009

• • World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy
    Theme: The Pro-Active Librarian: the how and the why

• BUON GIORNO! RISS Shortie for Conference updates in Milan 2009 and information on the second Standing Committee meeting of the Reference & Information Services Section

2008

• Satellite Meeting – Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section, Acquisition and Collection Development Section, and Reference and Information Services Section
  Theme: Rethinking Access to Information: Evolving perspectives on information content and delivery
  5 – 7 August 2008, Boston, MA, USA
• Satellite Pre-Conference – Reference and Information Services Section together with Genealogy and Local History Section
  Theme: Genealogy and Local History for All: Services to Multicultural Communities
  6 – 7 August 2008, Ottawa, Canada
  Français
• Call for Papers World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada – “Have we blown up the reference desk? Reference Services in virtual worlds”
  Français

2007

• World Library and Information Congress: 73th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 19-23 August 2007, Durban, South Africa
  Theme: Getting and keeping ahead: educating for reference and information services for the future

2005

• Papers presented during Satellite meeting: Järvenpää, Finland, 11-12 August 2005: The Physical Library and Beyond