Content tagged Refugees
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- UNESCO webinar participants uphold libraries as among the “most precious” tools to fight racism and discrimination
UNESCO’s International Coalition of Inclusive and Sustainable Cities (ICCAR) hosted an international webinar on 20 April 2020 addressing racism, discrimination and exclusion in the time of...
News - 21 April 2020
Tags: Advocacy, Cooperation, Disadvantaged persons, Human rights, Immigrants, Information literacy, Library as place, Library services, Library services to people with disabilities, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Refugees, Social inclusion, Library Services to People with Special Needs
- Call for Papers - Climate change: Supporting communities, Users, Collections and Spaces in the era of Climate Uncertainty
Climate change forces all of us to face the reality that we will see major shifts in our economic models, our physical landscapes, our energy systems, and resource management more generally....
News - 10 January 2020
Tags: ATINA SIG, Best practices, Cultural heritage, Disadvantaged persons, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Displaced persons, E4GDH SIG, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, International cooperation, Multicultural populations, Peace, Refugees, Risk assessment, Women’s issues, Women, Information and Libraries
- Sanctuary, Storehouse, Gateway, Bridge: Libraries and Refugees - a Briefing
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
- Libraries Protect Women's Cultural Rights
Cultural rights have long been recognised as a pillar of human rights. According to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone should be able to take part in the cultural life of...
News - 2 January 2018
Tags: cultural rights, Peace, Refugees, women, Women’s issues, Women, Information and Libraries
- Las sociedades abiertas son sociedades saludables
[PDF] Las bibliotecas constituyen la esencia de las sociedades saludables. Al reunir a las personas -estudiantes, investigadores, creadores, ciudadanos- las bibliotecas respaldan el...
News - 1 February 2017
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Announcement, Development, free movement of people, Libraries for development, migration, Refugees, United States of America
- Open Societies are Healthy Societies
[PDF] Libraries are at the heart of healthy societies. By bringing people together – students, researchers, creators, citizens – they support learning, sharing, and the...
News - 1 February 2017
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Announcement, Development, free movement of people, Libraries for development, migration, Refugees, United States of America
- Public Libraries Making a Difference
Libraries throughout the world have a strong history of responding to natural disasters and humanitarian crises providing a welcoming environment, a place of refuge for body and soul, and a source...
News - 8 July 2016
Tags: Immigrants, Refugees, Public Libraries
- Session 103 A Sanctuary in Times of Need
Libraries throughout the world have a strong history of responding to natural disasters and humanitarian crises providing a welcoming environment, a place of refuge for body and soul, and a source...
Event - 8 July 2016
Tags: Multicultural populations, Programme, Refugees, Public Libraries
- Servicios Bibliotecarios para Inmigrantes y Refugiados: grabación disponible ahora
Nos es grato el compartir el enlace al archivo del evento en línea, “Servicios Bibliotecarios para Inmigrantes y Refugiados” el cual se presentó el 31 de marzo de 2016....
News - 19 May 2016
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Professional development, Refugees, Social inclusion, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning
- الخدمات المكتبية المُوجّهة للمهاجرين واللاجئين: تسجيلات الندوة التعليمية الإلكترونية متاحة الآن
يسرنا مشاركة الرابط للتسجيل الخاص بالندوة التعليمية الإلكترونية «الخدمات المكتبية المُوجّهة للمهاجرين واللاجئين» التي عُقدت في 31 مارس 2016م. وقد شارك قسم «الإفلا...
News - 19 May 2016
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Professional development, Refugees, Social inclusion, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning
- Library Services to Immigrants and Refugees: webinar recording now available
We are pleased to share a link to an archive recording of our “Library Services to Immigrants and Refugees” webinar which took place on 31 March 2016. IFLA Continuing Professional...
News - 19 May 2016
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Professional development, Refugees, Social inclusion, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning
- Free IFLA/ALA Webinar "Library Services to Immigrants and Refugees"
IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section (CPDWL) and the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) have partnered with the American Library Association (ALA)...
News - 28 February 2016
Tags: Immigrants, immigrants, Library Services, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Public Libraries, Refugees, New Professionals
- Free IFLA/ALA Webinar "Library Services to Immigrants and Refugees"
IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section (CPDWL) and the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) have partnered with the American Library Association (ALA)...
Event - 28 February 2016
Tags: Immigrants, immigrants, Library Services, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Public Libraries, Refugees, Webinar, New Professionals
- Responding! Public Libraries and Refugees
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