Content tagged Government information

Following our satellite meetings on advocacy organised for Berlin in 2017 and Kuala Lumpur in 2018, Government Libraries Section held a final satellite meeting on this theme in Rome in August 2019...

News - 4 November 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Best practices, Government information, Italy, Government Libraries

E-government – the use of ICT to deliver public services and conduct government operations – aims not only to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the public sector, but also to...

News - 24 July 2020

Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, Digital inclusion, Government information, Information technology

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

Linking with the overall Congress theme of “Inspire, Engage, Enable, Connect”, the session aims to consider how the concept of evidence based policy relates in practice to government...

News - 3 February 2020

Tags: Government information, Government Libraries

The Government Libraries Mid-Term Conference in London is now open for registrations. See the Events webpage for further details. 

News - 3 November 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Government information, Libraries for development, Networking, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Government Libraries

In 2019 in the context of its work on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations is focussing in particular on SDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions. This goal is core...

Event - 1 November 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Democracy, Government information, Libraries for development, Midterm Meeting, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Government Libraries

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)

The Government Information and Official Publications Section (GIOPS) invites interested individuals to submit proposals for the open session at the IFLA WLIC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 24-30...

News - 24 January 2018

Tags: Government information, Government Information and Official Publications

IFLA established its response to the OECD consultation calling for answers from its members and submitting a document reflecting all the different comments received. The...

News - 12 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Democracy, Government information, Information policies, Policy

Governments, international organisations, civil society representatives, development banks and industry have underlined their support for public access to the internet in libraries as a means of...

News - 25 April 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Democracy, Development, Digital divide, Digital resources, Disadvantaged persons, Education, Education and training, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Government information, Internet access, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Call for Papers Bringing the Law to the Library: connections, collaboration, and community in support of access to justice and the rule of law, call for papers, here...

News - 7 December 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to Justice, Government information, Public Libraries., Rule of Law, Law Libraries

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

19 August 2015, 09:30-12:45, Ballroom East Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) In the spirit of the Lyon Declaration—preserving and ensuring ongoing access to...

News - 7 May 2015

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Disaster management, Electronic collections, Government information, International cooperation, Knowledge management, Preservation

​Come and join us in the morning of 21 August in the session entitled "Government Libraries as Knowledge Platforms for Citizen Engagement". Sponsored by IFLA Sections Government...

News - 19 August 2014

Tags: Government information, Government Libraries

The Government Libraries Section has published the last issue of its newsletter "The Information Point", including conference reports  and details of our participation in the...

News - 18 August 2014

Tags: Government information, Government Libraries

The Government Information and Official Publications Section affirms and offers its strongest support to the IFLA initiative for libraries to suppport development, and joins IFLA in advocating...

News - 17 July 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Development, Government information

The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in collaboration with the Government Information and Official Publications section of the International Federation of  Library Associations...

News - 1 May 2014

Tags: Conferences, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Government information, India, Library and information profession, Lifelong learning, Networking, Professional development, Government Information and Official Publications

The Government Information and Official Publications Section invites proposals for papers to be presented at the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Lyon, France , August 16-22, 2014...

News - 19 December 2013

Tags: Cultural heritage, Development, Digital preservation, France, Government information, Information professionals, Library as place, Library history, Government Information and Official Publications

As we did with other languages, our Guidelines for Libraries of Government Departments have been translated into Arabic. This time, Miss Maria El Kady was in charge of the translation,...

News - 6 January 2013

Tags: Government information, Guidelines, Government Libraries

The Government Information and Official Publications Section and Government Libraries Section invite proposals for papers to be presented at the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in...

News - 31 December 2012

Tags: civil society, digital collections, economic development, Government information, international organizations, national governments, NGOs, poverty, Government Information and Official Publications

The activities of the Governmen Libraries Section have been successful. Sessions sponsored and cosponsored by us have had a big number of attendees, and there has been participation between them...

News - 20 August 2012

Tags: Access to information, Conferences, Finland, Government information, Meetings, Government Libraries

The Government Libraries Section is going to participate actively in the next World Library and Information Congress (13-18 August 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico). These are the...

News - 10 August 2011

Tags: Conferences, Government information, Puerto Rico, Government Libraries

The Spanish translation of the "Guidelines for libraries of government departments" is almost ready. Its title will be "Directrices para bibliotecas gubernamentales...

News - 10 August 2011

Tags: Government information, Guidelines, Government Libraries

2011 Best Practices for Government Libraries. e-Initiatives and e-Efforts: Expanding our Horizons has been launched. This year edition includes around 70 articles and communications by more than...

News - 6 July 2011

Tags: Best practices, Government information, Publications, Government Libraries

The Government Libraries Section is going to participate actively in the next World Library and Information Congress (13-18 August 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico). These are its activities, open...

News - 5 March 2011

Tags: Conferences, Government information, Puerto Rico, Government Libraries

DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL FEBRUARY 4, 2011.   World Library and Information Congress 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly "Libraries beyond...

News - 20 January 2011

Tags: Conferences, Government information, Library and information profession, Puerto Rico, Government Libraries

The two programmes sponsored by the Government Libraries Section are already complete and available. You can consult them here: Creating an International Legal Information Policy...

News - 20 July 2010

Tags: Government information, Information policies, International cooperation, Sweden, Government Libraries

The Government Libraries Section will be sponsoring two programs for the 2010 Gothenburg IFLA conference. See complete information at http://www.ifla.org/node/1932.

News - 21 May 2010

Tags: Conferences, Government information, Information policies, Library and information profession, Sweden, Government Libraries

The Government Libraries Section will be sponsoring two programs for the 2010 Gothenburg IFLA conference. Our first program will be: Creating an International Legal Information Policy...

Informational Page - 1 December 2009

Tags: Argentinian Commision, Chilean Commission, Conservation, Government information, Human rights, Information policies, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Knowledge management, Preservation, South Africa Truth Commission, U.S. 9/11 Commission, Yugoslavia, Government Libraries

Note: the IFLA Government Libraries Section now has a blog. 2014: August 2013: July 2012: July 2011: July 2010: January | July...

Publication - 22 April 2009

Tags: Government information, Newsletters, Government Libraries