Content tagged Conservation
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- Register Now! Virtual Event: Libraries Inspire Engagement in Cultural Heritage
Culture is a basic need. A community thrives through its cultural heritage, it dies without it. Libraries of course have an essential role in safeguarding this heritage, but their...
News - 9 April 2021
Tags: Advocacy, Archives, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Virtual Event: Libraries Inspire Engagement in Cultural Heritage
Culture is a basic need. A community thrives through its cultural heritage, it dies without it. Libraries of course have an essential role in safeguarding this heritage, but their...
Event - 6 April 2021
Tags: Advocacy, Archives, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar
- المحاضرة الخامسة من سلسلة محاضرات العلامات المائية: قراءة في موسوعة شارل مويز بريكي
في عام 1917 جمع شارل مويز بريكي موسوعته الضخمة التي تتكون من 4 مجلدات من الحجم الكبير تضمّ 16,112 علامة مائية رفعها من المكتبات ومراكز الأرشيف والوثائق الرسمية للمحاكم ومحاضر الموثقين في بلدان...
Event - 4 March 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Watermarks Lecture Series: a Reading in Charles-Moïse Briquet's Encyclopedia
The Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at Qatar National Library presents the final event in the Watermarks Lecture Series: A Reading in Charles-Moïse Briquet's...
Event - 4 March 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- المحاضرة الرابعة من سلسلة محاضرات العلامات المائية: إشكالية تحديد عُمر الورق بين تاريخ الصنع والاستعمال
يعتقد العالم والأديب الروسي ديميتري ليخاتشوف أن المدة القصوى التي يستغرقها الورق منذ تاريخ صنعه حتى فترة النسخ عليه هي 10 سنوات، وهذا على حسب المسافة الفاصلة بين مكان صنع الورق (إيطاليا مثلا)...
Event - 4 March 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Webinar, Preservation and Conservation
- Watermarks Lecture Series: Determining the Age of Paper Between the Date of Manufacture and Use
The Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at Qatar National Library presents the thurd event in the Watermarks Lecture Series: Determining the Age of Paper Between the Date...
Event - 4 March 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Webinar, Preservation and Conservation
- المحاضرة الثالثة من سلسلة محاضرات العلامات المائية: الفترات الزمنية المدروسة للعلامات المائية من خلال الفهارس الورقية والإلكترونية
سنعرض من خلال هذه المحاضرة أهم فهارس العلامات المائية، والأشكال المستعملة في كل فهرس، والفترات الزمنية المدروسة في كل فهرس ورقي أو إلكتروني. على سبيل المثال فهرس بريكي يمتد من سنة 1282 إلى 1600...
Event - 4 March 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Watermarks Lecture Series: Studying Time Periods for Watermarks Through Paper and Electronic Indexes
The Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at Qatar National Library presents the second event in the Watermarks Lecture Series: Studying Time Periods for Watermarks Through...
Event - 4 March 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- المحاضرة الثانية من سلسلة محاضرات العلامات المائية: العلامات المائية: دلالاتها وأشكالها وتصنيفها وأماكن تواجدها على سطح الورقة
من خلال هذه المحاضرة سنسلطُ الضوء على أشكال العلامات المائية وتصنيفها ومعاني هذه الأشكال: هل هي رموز تحمل رسائل أم هي مجرد حروف ورسومات مختارة من قبل صناع الورق؟ ستتناول المحاضرة أيضًا العلامات...
Event - 4 March 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Watermarks Lecture Series: Watermarks: their semantics, shapes, classification and locations on surface of paper
The Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at Qatar National Library presents the first event in the Watermarks Lecture Series: Watermarks: their semantics, shapes,...
Event - 4 March 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- PAC Kazakhstan Facilitates International Knowledge Exchange and Professional Development
The Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at the National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been actively connecting libraries across the Central Asia. One way they promote...
News - 2 March 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, International cooperation, Kazakhstan, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- PAC Centre at Qatar National Library Helps Fight against Theft and Trafficking of Documentary Heritage
FLA’s Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at Qatar National Library brought multiple stakeholders together in a recent webinar to discuss the trafficking of documentary...
News - 18 February 2021
Tags: Capacity building, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Qatar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Libraries Preserving and Providing Access to Culture and Heritage in 2021
Memory, traditions, and creative expressions allow people to share their ideas and values with others. They create a rich world, fostering mutual respect, informing innovation, and connecting...
News - 18 January 2021
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Library as place, Lifelong learning, Multicultural populations, Multilingualism, Peace, Preservation, Risk assessment, Risk Register, Success stories, Sustainability, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre at Biblioteca nacional de Chile
IFLA’s PAC Centre at the National Library of Chile (Biblioteca nacional de Chile) has created the following short films on photographic and audio-visual materials. Explore the history of...
Informational Page - 4 January 2021
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation
- Scientific Applications in Cultural Heritage Forum: Doha 2021
Qatar National Library and the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Regional Center hosted at QNL present the first Scientific Applications in Cultural Heritage Forum: Doha 2021....
Event - 4 January 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Combating Art Trafficking Part 2: Cultural Heritage Restitution
Qatar National Library, as the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Regional Center and in the framework of the Himaya project, is organizing the second part of the training course in combating art...
Event - 17 December 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA observes the 15th Meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954) is a unique text – bringing governments around the world (known as State Parties) together...
News - 15 December 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Risk Register
- IFLA Signs Statement on the Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Nagorno-Karabakh Region
IFLA joins ICOMOS, ICA, and ICOM to call on all parties to ensure the protection of cultural heritage in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Following the ceasefire agreement that came into force...
News - 2 December 2020
Tags: Archives, Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Risk Register, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites
- Professional Unit Virtual Event - Preservation of Digital Complex Objects
On 18th and 19th november took place online the joint session of IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section 87 people from almost every regions of the world (Asia and Oceania, Europe,...
News - 17 November 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, eBooks, Information technology, Preservation, Information Technology
- Training Course in Combating Art Trafficking
The Library, as the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Regional Center for Arab Countries and the Middle East, is offering a training course to help fight art trafficking. This event is part of...
Event - 27 October 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Preserving Documentary Heritage Written in Iron Ink
On the occasion of the International Day of Islamic Art and in its role as the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Center for Arab Countries and the Middle East, the Library, in cooperation with...
Event - 27 October 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Workshop
- Manuscript Preservation in the Historic City of Chinguetti, Mauritania Webinar
The Library, as the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Center for Arab Countries and the Middle East, invites you to this lecture on the role that the Manuscript Processing and Preservation...
Event - 27 October 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar
- Colophons of Arabic Christian Manuscripts Webinar
In cooperation with the Beit Gazo Heritage Research and Conservation Center of the Churches of the Orient in Lebanon and in its role as the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Center for Arab...
Event - 27 October 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Preserving Audiovisual Heritage in the Arab Region: Resources for Archivists, Librarians and Collectors
To mark World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on 27 October, the Library, as the IFLA PAC Regional Center for Arab Countries and the Middle East, invites you to join Manoubia Hermi, curator and...
Event - 27 October 2020
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Documentary Heritage at Risk: Policy Gaps in Digital Preservation
UNESCO is bringing together documentary heritage professionals, academics, policymakers, and technologists, and others to build an international policy agenda for digital preservation of...
Event - 23 October 2020
Tags: Access to information, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Policy, Preservation, Webinar
- ”Conservation and Restoration of Manuscript and Printed Heritage” International Roundtable Discussion
On September 29, 2020, M.I. Rudomino All-Russia State Library For Foreign Literature and the National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted an online international roundtable discussion...
News - 12 October 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- محاضرة بالتعاون مع المكتبة الوطنية الجزائرية: العلامات المائية أداة لمعرفة عمر المخطوطات
ينظم مركز الإفلا الإقليمي في مكتبة قطر الوطنية هذه المحاضرة للتعرف على تجربة المكتبة الوطنية الجزائرية في دراسة العلامات المائية في المخطوطات وكيفية صنعها والهدف من استعمالها...
Event - 24 September 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar
- PAC Roundtable Discussion ”Conservation and Restoration of Manuscript and Printed Heritage”
The IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centres for the CIS and Eastern Europe and for Central Asia will host an international roundtable discussion on the topic, ”...
Event - 24 September 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Meeting, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Watermarks as a Tool to Date Manuscripts
In cooperation with the National Library of Algeria and in its role as the IFLA PAC Preservation and Conservation Center for Arab Countries and the Middle East, the Library invites you...
Event - 24 September 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar
- Bureau of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict Meeting
IFLA will attend the meeting of the Bureau of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, held virtually on 23 September. This Bureau has been...
Event - 16 September 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Meeting, Preservation
- IFLA Supports Local and International Efforts to Recover Libraries in Beirut
In the month following the devastating explosion in the Lebanese capital, the international community and the people of Beirut have been actively working to recover the cultural institutions of...
News - 7 September 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, International cooperation, Lebanon, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Safeguarding Heritage in Danger: IFLA Engages in the Blue Shield International General Assembly
On 28 August 2020, Blue Shield International held their triennial General Assembly virtually, bringing together national committees, committees under construction, and partner organisations,...
News - 4 September 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites
- Preventative Measures to Preserve Arabic Manuscripts: Reality and Prospects
Join us in this interactive webinar, titled "Preventive Measures to Preserve Arabic Manuscripts: Reality and Prospects," held in collaboration with the National Laboratory for...
Event - 6 August 2020
Tags: Conservation, manuscripts, Preservation, Qatar, Tunisia, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- PAC Chile Shares Tips for Preserving Family History at Home [video]
IFLA’s Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre Chile, hosted by the National Library of Chile, has created a video guide to preserving photographs at home. In this video, PAC...
News - 22 July 2020
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA’s Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centres Facilitate Training, Collaboration, and Awareness-Raising Despite the Global Pandemic
Over the past month, the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the global library world. However, IFLA’s PAC Centres continue their mission: putting a...
News - 8 July 2020
Tags: Capacity building, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- مكافحة التهريب والتداول غير القانوني للتراث الوثائقي
شهدت السنوات الأخيرة تصاعد وتيرة عمليات التهريب والاتجار غير القانوني بالمواد التراثية من المكتبات والمراكز الأرشيفية حول العالم. وقد ازداد انتشار هذه الظاهرة أكثر في مناطق الشرق الأوسط وشمال...
Event - 1 July 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Fighting the Trafficking and Illegal Circulation of Documentary Heritage
For several years, the trafficking and smuggling of heritage items from libraries and archives have been rising. In the MENA and West and Central Africa regions, this phenomenon is greater due to...
Event - 1 July 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- International Online Meeting: “Familiarisation with the activities of the PAC Centres in Kazakhstan and Russia”
The National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Kazakhstan) and the M.I. Rudomino All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature (Moscow, Russia) are both hosts of IFLA...
News - 29 June 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Networking, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- المحافظة على تراث تسجيلاتنا الصوتية والمرئية: مقدمة حول صيانة المواد المسموعة
ينظّم مركز الإفلا الإقليمي في مكتبة قطر الوطنية هذه الورشة لمناقشة المخاطر المرتبطة بعمليات الحفظ والصيانة لمختلف أشكال التسجيلات الصوتية الرئيسية الموجودة في مجموعات التسجيلات الصوتية...
Event - 12 June 2020
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Protecting Our Sound and Audiovisual Heritage: Introduction to Preserving Audio Objects
The IFLA PAC regional center at Qatar National Library is organising this workshop to focuses on the conservation risks associated with the main audio recording formats found in...
Event - 12 June 2020
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- المحافظة على تراث تسجيلاتنا الصوتية والمرئية: تاريخ مختصر للتسجيلات الصوتية
ينظّم مركز الإفلا الإقليمي في مكتبة قطر الوطنية هذه الجلسة لمناقشة تاريخ التسجيلات الصوتية، من الفونوغراف أو الغرامافون عام 1857 إلى الصِيَغ الرقمية في القرن الحادي والعشرين، كما...
Event - 12 June 2020
Tags: Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Workshop
- Protecting Our Sound and Audiovisual Heritage: a Brief History of Audio Recording
The IFLA PAC regional center at Qatar National Library is organising this session to discuss the history of audio recording formats, from the 1857 phonautograph to 21st-century...
Event - 12 June 2020
Tags: Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- National Library of Chile celebrates Día del Patrimonio Cultural at Home
Día del Patrimonio Cultural (National Cultural Heritage Day) is celebrated in Chile on the last Sunday of May. Usually, national monuments and institutions across the country are...
News - 10 June 2020
Tags: Chile, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Call for papers: IFLA Journal Special Issue on Preservation storage and curation strategies
Submission Deadline: 30 September 2020 Best Practices for physical and digital storage IFLA Journal, IFLA’s Preservation and Conservation Section, and PAC Centres...
News - 2 June 2020
Tags: Announcement, Conservation, IFLA Journal, PAC Centres, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation
- صيانة المخطوطات وحفظها: مقدمات تأسيسية
ندعوك لحضور ورشة عمل عن بعُد عبر منصة Microsoft Teams بعنوان "صيانة المخطوطات وحفظها: مقدمات تأسيسية". المحاضرون في هذه الورشة هم خبراء من مركز ترميم المخطوطات في مكتبة...
Event - 25 May 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Preservation and Conservation of Manuscripts: Founding Introductions (online)
Interested participants are invited to join the online workshop via Microsoft Teams titled "Preservation and Conservation of Manuscripts: Founding Introductions." The lecturers in...
Event - 25 May 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA Responds to UN Consultation on Cultural Rights and Climate Change
The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights invited stakeholders, including IFLA, to provide input for a report on the threat of climate change to culture, heritage and cultural...
News - 6 May 2020
Tags: Access to information, Capacity building, Change management, Conservation, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Digital divide, Digitisation, Human rights, Peace, Policy, Preservation, Risk assessment, Risk Register, Preservation and Conservation
- Heritage cannot wait in the face of climate change: IFLA welcomes signatures to open letter on World IP Day
IFLA, and partner organisations have launched an open letter to mark World Intellectual Property Day, 26 April 2020, underlining the need for copyright laws to support, rather than hinder, efforts...
News - 26 April 2020
Tags: Conservation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Preservation, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- UNESCO Calls for Continued Support for Preservation and Access to Documentary Heritage in Response to COVID-19
UNESCO’s statement, Turning the threat of COVID-19 into an opportunity for greater support to documentary heritage, co-signed by IFLA, stresses the importance of continued support for...
News - 6 April 2020
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cooperation, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Library and information profession, Library collections, Library services, Policy, Preservation
- Assess Progress on Preservation and Access to Documentary Heritage
Our documentary heritage represents humanity’s ideas, imagination, innovation and cultural expressions – it is the memory of the world. We must act to preserve this heritage, and also...
News - 19 March 2020
Tags: Advocacy, Best practices, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Policy, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Memory Institutions from Arab Region Trained on Collection Management and Documentation Techniques
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Qatar National Library, as the IFLA Regional Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Center for Arab countries and the...
News - 11 March 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital humanities, Digitisation, Jordan, Library collections, Lifelong learning, Meetings, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Rapport: Consultation International sur la sauvegarde, l’accessibilité et la promotion des manuscrits anciens du Sahel
Le Bureau régional de l'UNESCO à Dakar au Sénégal, a organisé du 22 au 24 janvier 2020 une consultation internationale sur la sauvegarde, l’...
News - 10 March 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Mali, Meetings, Networking, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA Represented at the UNESCO International Consultation on the Safeguarding, Accessibility and Promotion of Ancient Manuscripts from the Sahel
The UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal organised this international consultation, held January 22-24, 2020 in in the Malian capital, Bamako. IFLA was represented at this sub-...
News - 10 March 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Mali, Meetings, Networking, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Qatar National Library Presents Conservation Training Course in the Levant Region
Experts from libraries, cultural institutions and museums from across the Levant participated in a four-day training program, held from 3 to 6 February, organized by Qatar National Library in...
News - 27 February 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Education and training, Meetings, Preservation
- IFLA PAC Centres in Qatar and Russia Continue Cooperation in the Field of Preservation of Cultural Heritage
In October 2019, the IFLA PAC Center in Russia hosted a visitor from the IFLA PAC Centre in Qatar to facilitate exchange of expertise and cooperation between specialists from the two centres....
News - 21 January 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Education and training, Networking, Preservation, Russian Federation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Supporting Documentary Heritage Preservation in the Arab Region
UNESCO, in partnership with the Qatar National Library (QNL) organised a regional conference on “Supporting documentary heritage preservation in the Arab region”, held in Doha, Qatar...
News - 4 December 2019
Tags: Advocacy, Capacity building, Conferences, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Policy, Preservation, Qatar, Preservation and Conservation
- IFLA Joins the Discussion on Preserving and Providing Access to Digital Heritage
Representatives from IFLA participated in the 2nd Inter-regional Conference for the Memory of the World, held in the Republic of Korea on 5-8 November 2019. The aim of the...
News - 12 November 2019
Tags: Advocacy, Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Meetings, Networking, Preservation, Republic of Korea
- Second Inter-regional Conference for the Memory of the World
Representatives from IFLA will attend the Second Inter-regional Conference for the Memory of the World to speak on our work towards preserving and providing access to Digital Heritage....
Event - 2 November 2019
Tags: Conference, Conferences, Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digitisation, Guidelines, International cooperation, Preservation, Republic of Korea
- Keeping Cultural Heritage at the Heart of Europe
This European Policy Debate was organised by Europa Nostra in partnership with the Fondation du Patrimoine and the Collège des Bernardins, with the support of the European Commission and...
News - 2 November 2019
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Democracy, Europe, International cooperation, Policy
- Training Course: Practical Methods for the Scientific Examination of Library Objects
The IFLA PAC Centre at the Qatar National Library, in cooperation with the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik and the Beit Gazo Center in Jounieh, Lebanon is organising a four-day...
Event - 8 October 2019
Tags: Conservation, Lebanon, PAC Centres, Preservation, Workshop, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market: what it is about and why libraries should care
On 17 May 2019, after several years of discussion, the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market was published in the official journal of the European Union. It enters into...
News - 18 June 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Associations, Conservation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digitisation, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Press Release on the Adoption of the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
By the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the European Bureau of Library Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA), SPARC Europe, the...
Publication - 17 April 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Associations, Conservation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications
- Adoption of the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
Following the European Parliament’s adoption of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market on 26 March 2019, the Council of Ministers of the European Union has now also voted in...
News - 17 April 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Associations, Conservation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eLending, eLending for Libraries, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- The UNESCO/PERSIST Guidelines for the Selection of Digital Heritage for Long-term Preservation
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)
- Disaster Risk Response – A brief on Libraries and the Sendai Framework
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)
- IFLA Newspaper Conference, 11-13 April 2012 - Papers
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)
- Preservation and Conservation Satellite Conference, Rome, 2009: Proceedings now on line
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)
- In and Out Air Strategies Conference: Speakers' presentations on line!
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)
- Blue Shield Statement on Palmyra
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)
- WLIC 2019, Call for papers
In keeping with the thematic focus of the next World Library Information Congress, “Libraries: Dialogue for Change”, the IFLA SIG Relindial propose a session. It will be organised on...
News - 11 January 2019
Tags: Best practices, Collection development, Communications, conflict, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Democracy, Dialogue, Education, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Heritage, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Peace, Religion, RELINDIAL, resentment, Social inclusion, Society, Sustainability, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue
- Call for papers WLIC 2019 - The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and the Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)
The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and the Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC), invite interested...
News - 7 January 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Best practices, Collection development, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Information technology, Library and information profession, Library collections, Open source, Preservation, Resource discovery, Risk assessment, Society, Usability
- PAC Centre Annual Reports 2016
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
- Preserving cultural heritage: an IFLA guide
Libraries have a central role in preserving and promoting cultural heritage. Without their work, our communities would be poorer and weaker. As set out in IFLA's Statement on Preserving...
Publication - 3 August 2017
Tags: Best practices, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, Preservation, Procedures, Guidelines, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Palm Leaf Manuscript workshop
IFLA is hosting a workshop to discuss and scope the needs for metadata standards in palm leaf manuscript preservation. The workshop will take place at the National Library Board of Sri Lanka and...
Event - 28 June 2017
Tags: Conservation, Metadata, Preservation, Sri Lanka, Workshop
- The IFLA Digital Unification working group
The working group for the IFLA digital unification key initiative (WGDU) was an ad hoc and temporary working group. It developed guidelines for setting up a digital unification project, which are...
Informational Page - 12 June 2017
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation
- Resources gathered by the survey on preservation standards (2016)
To identify and develop standards, guidelines and best practices for the collection and preservation of content in its diverse form (as stated in the IFLA Key Initiative 3.2.1), it was decided to...
Informational Page - 2 June 2017
Tags: Conservation, Preservation
- Libraries safeguarding cultural heritage
Documentary works in all formats, including digital, are a key part of our cultural heritage. Working with, preserving, and safeguarding them in order to provide access to future generations is at...
News - 10 May 2017
Tags: 11.4, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Policy, Preservation, Risk Register, SDGs, UN, UNESCO, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- WLIC2017 PAC Open Session
The IFLA Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation invites interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held in Wrocław, Poland, 19-25 August...
News - 23 January 2017
Tags: Conservation, Preservation, WLIC2017
- Resources
On this page we will highlight preservation and conservation resources. You can send us (cultural.heritage@ifla.org) relevant resources. IFLA's preservation survey results (2016...
Informational Page - 18 January 2017
Tags: Conservation, Digital preservation, Digitisation, Library collections, Preservation
- SIG Library History Call for Papers for IFLA 2017 Conference
Many thanks to the SIG Committee for their comments and support of our Call for Papers for the upcoming 2017 IFLA Conference in Wroclaw. It can be found here: http://2017.ifla.org/cfp-calls/...
News - 24 November 2016
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, IFLA2017, Library history, Poland, WLIC2017, Library History
- Help shape the future of preservation standards
Your participation is key! IFLA's Key Initiative 3.2 states that we will work on Developing standards for the collection and preservation of content in its diverse forms....
News - 16 August 2016
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- 帮助重塑未来的保存标准
您的参与至关重要! 国际图联关键倡议3.2声明，我们将致力于“发展以各种形式收集和保存文本的标准”。为了实现这一目标，国际图联专家组成的小型委员会（来自国际图联专业组织（IFLA Professional Units）、国际图联核心活动（IFLA Core Activities）和其他机构）制定了一份调查表来收集标准、...
News - 15 August 2016
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- ساعد في تشكيل مستقبل معايير الحفظ
مُشاركتك أساسية! تنص مُبادرة الإفلا الرئيسية 3،2 على العمل من أجل وضع معايير؛ لجمع وحفظ المحتوى بجميع أشكاله، لذلك قامت لجنة صغيرة من خبراء الإفلا (من لجان الإفلا...
News - 15 August 2016
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Ayuda a moldear el futuro de los estándares de conservación
¡Tu participación es clave! La Iniciativa Principal 3.2 de IFLA afirma que trabajaremos en el Desarrollo de estándares para la recolección y conservaci...
News - 15 August 2016
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Helfen Sie mit, zukünftige Standards für Bestandserhaltung zu gestalten
Ihre Teilnahme ist wichtig! In der IFLA-Schlüsselinitiative 3.2 heißt es, dass wir an der Entwicklung von Standards zum Bestandsaufbau und zur...
News - 15 August 2016
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Contribuez à la définition des futures normes de conservation
Votre participation est décisive ! L’Initiative Clé 3.2 de l’IFLA précise que nous travaillerons au développement de normes...
News - 15 August 2016
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Помогите обрисовать будущее стандартов по сохранности
Ваше участие важно! Ключевая инициатива 3.2 гласит, что мы будем работать разработкой стандартов по сбору и сохранности контента во всех его формах. Чтобы добиться этого,...
News - 15 August 2016
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, From the Annual Conference, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Take this survey to help shape the future of preservation standards
Your participation is key! IFLA's Key Initiative 3.2 states that we will work on Developing standards for the collection and preservation of content in its diverse forms....
News - 3 August 2016
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, survey, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Annual Reports 2015
Annual Reports covering the period July 2015 - June 2016 as submitted by the PAC Centres. PAC Centre for the US and Canada PAC Centre for the Caribbean PAC Centre in...
Informational Page - 21 July 2016
Tags: Conservation, PAC, Preservation
- New Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for digital preservation
IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre which will focus on digital preservation and digital sustainability. The new PAC Centre is based at the...
News - 31 May 2016
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digitisation, PAC Centres, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Blog posts on the IFLA PAC Centres
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)
- CDNLAO Newsletter highlights Asia and Oceania PAC Centres
The 85th edition of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) newsletter highlights several of the IFLA PAC Centres activities in the region. The...
News - 29 February 2016
Tags: Conservation, PAC Centres, Preservation
- New Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for Francophone Africa and oral traditions
IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre which will support Francophone speaking countries (with a focus on Francophone Africa) in preservation...
News - 2 February 2016
Tags: Cameroon, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Call for Papers: ‘Theft in libraries – facing the hidden truth’
The IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section and the Preservation and Conservation Core Activity invites interested professionals to submit proposals for this open session to...
News - 26 January 2016
Tags: Communications, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Rare books and manuscripts
- Call for Papers: Preparing for disasters – methods and case studies for the safeguarding of documentary cultural heritage
The IFLA Preservation and Conservation Core Activity invites interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held in Columbus, Ohio, USA from 13-19 August...
News - 20 January 2016
Tags: Conservation, Preservation, wlic2016
- New Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for Arabic speaking countries
IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre which will support Arabic speaking countries in preservation and conservation matters. The new PAC...
News - 4 November 2015
Tags: Conservation, PAC Centre, Preservation
- IFLA Journal Special Issue on Cultural Heritage 2015
The IFLA Journal Special Issue on Cultural Heritage.
Publication - 29 September 2015
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Library collections, Preservation, Newsletters, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Un nouveau centre PAC pour les climats tropicaux et la gestion des facteurs biologiques nuisibles
L'IFLA est heureuse d'annoncer la création d'un nouveau centre pour le programme PAC (Preservation and Consevation, ou Préservation et Conservation) spécialis...
News - 18 August 2015
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, PAC Centre, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- New Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for tropical climates and pest control
IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre with expertise in tropical climates and pest management. The new PAC Centre is based at the National...
News - 6 August 2015
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, PAC Centre, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- ICOMOS-IFLA ISCCL 2015 Annual Meeting and International Symposium
Re-thinking Lifescape: Linking Landscape to Everyday Life 1-6 November 2015 I Haenyeo Museum & Jeju Stone Park, Jeju, Korea Call for Abstracts The International...
News - 23 July 2015
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Conferences, Conservation, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Symposium, Asia and Oceania
- 3rd United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction - Cultural Heritage and Disaster Resilient Communities
In March 2015, the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction took place in Sendai, Japan. Prior to the main conference a series of expert meetings were held. The expert meeting on...
Informational Page - 17 March 2015
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation
- Workshop on Library and Archive Material Mitigation of Water-Damage in Sri Lanka
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,...
Informational Page - 16 March 2015
Tags: Conservation, Preservation
- Preservation and Conservation workshop in Kenya
The National Library of South Africa (Preservation Services) in partnership with the PAC Centre for English-speaking Africa of the International Federation of Library Associations and...
News - 12 March 2015
Tags: Conservation, Kenya, Preservation
- Preservation and Conservation Strategic Programme updates
Past issues of IPN now available IFLA is very happy to announce that all remaining past issues of the International Preservation News (IPN) have been digitised by the Preservation and...
News - 20 January 2015
Tags: Conservation
- The problem of selection in digital heritage - The UNESCO PERSIST project
At the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Lyon this summer, the UNESCO session was spent on the problem of selection in digital heritage. It is one of the challenging subjects within...
News - 7 October 2014
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, Digital preservation, France, PERSIST Project, UNESCO
- Call for a IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for Western, Northern and Southern Europe
[PDF] [WORD] IFLA is pleased to invite libraries to submit a proposal for the new IFLA Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for Western, Northern and Southern Europe. The IFLA PAC...
News - 12 May 2014
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Collaboration on the Vancouver Declaration
On the 5th and 6th of December a follow up meeting to the UBC/UNESCO Vancouver Declaration on Preservation and Digitisation took place in The Hague. The Vancouver Declaration pinpoints key issues...
News - 11 December 2013
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Conservation, Digital preservation, Digital resources, International cooperation, Netherlands, Preservation, UNESCO, Vancouver Declaration
- Cultural Heritage
Culture is a basic need. A community thrives through its cultural heritage, it dies without it. Cultural heritage consists of tangible and intangible, natural and cultural,...
IFLA Group or Activity - 23 May 2013
Tags: +Main IFLA topics, Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Preservation
- IFLA launches cultural heritage resources
IFLA is pleased to launch a new set of resources relating to libraries and cultural heritage. The new webpages look at the work and support given by libraries to areas experiencing...
News - 23 May 2013
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation
- UNESCO releases Vancouver Declaration on Digitization and Preservation
UNESCO organized an international conference The Memory of the World in the Digital age: Digitization and Preservation, in September 2012 in Vancouver, Canada, to explore the key issues...
News - 17 January 2013
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, UNESCO, Vancouver Declaration, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Ambassadors of the book : competences and training for heritage librarians
What competences are needed for heritage librarians, and how can they be taught? The management of heritage collections requires a unique mix of knowledge and skills, including expertise in...
Publication - 28 November 2012
Tags: Conservation, Education and training, Heritage Librarians, Library and information science education, Publications, Rare Books and Special Collections
- IFLA Preconference in Mikkeli, 7-9 August 2012: presentations now on line on the conference website
The Newspaper Section preconference on "The Electronic Re-evolution - News Media in the Digital Age" was held in Mikkeli, Finland, on August 7-9. It was coorganized by the Preservation...
News - 20 August 2012
Tags: Conservation, Finland, News Media
- IFLA Principles of Engagement in library-related activities in times of conflict, crisis or disaster
At its meeting of 19th August 2011, the IFLA Governing Board set up an Advisory Group to draft Principles of Engagement to be used by IFLA and its members in library-related activities of disaster...
Publication - 22 May 2012
Tags: Advocacy, Best practices, Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, Development, Disaster management, Disaster relief, International cooperation, Library and information profession, Preservation, Procedures, Publications, Risk assessment, Society, Sustainability, Publications
- May edition of International Preservation News just released
The latest issue of International Preservation News has just been released. It is dedicated to Dust. Click here to download it.
News - 7 June 2011
Tags: Conservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA-PAC and Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Satellite Meeting
The IFLA-PAC Core Activity and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section co-organize a satellite meeting on "Collections in Islands. Setting-up and Promoting Cultural Heritage through Networking...
Event - 8 February 2011
Tags: Conference, Conservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Preservation and Conservation Section Satellite Meeting
For the most up-to-date information, please see the conference website IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and The Rare Books and Manuscripts section will hold a satellite...
Event - 12 March 2010
Tags: Conservation, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Satellite Meeting, Sweden, Preservation and Conservation
- Gothenburg program
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
- ENSULIB mailing lists
1) Contact ENSULIB team: ensulib123@gmail.com 2) Direct access to the page of the general "Environment, Sustainability and Libraries" SIG's mailing list...
Informational Page - 26 May 2009
Tags: Awareness, Best practices, Climate change, Collection development, Conservation, Ecology, Energy savings, Environment, Green, Green living, Library buildings and equipment, Management, Preservation, Sustainability, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries
- Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section
Scope The consideration of the role of humanity in climate change and the notion of sustainable development are core concerns of society, and consequently of libraries...
IFLA Group or Activity - 11 May 2009
Tags: Conservation, Preservation, Sections, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries