Content tagged Asia and Oceania

​ In preparation for global meetings on the SDGs in July and September, IFLA has been active at the regional level. The message: that at all levels, and across the 2030 Agenda, libraries...

News - 18 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Africa, Asia and Oceania, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, SDGs, Sustainable development, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is organising three regional seminars to understand how far copyright rules meet the needs of libraries around the world. The first one starts...

News - 27 April 2019

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

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 Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...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

At the 2018 World Library and Information Congress in Kuala Lumpur, SOCRS held an open program on scholarly communication. The program featured papers from across Asia and Africa.  The main...

News - 4 September 2018

Tags: Africa, Asia and Oceania, Bibliometrics, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, eBooks, Electronic resources, Open access, Professional development, Scholarly communications, Serials and Other Continuing Resources

The Asia-Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) is a key opportunity for stakeholders across Asia-Pacific to debate and look for consensus on issues around how the Internet works....

Event - 2 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Asia and Oceania, Conference, Digital divide, Digital inclusion, Internet access, Internet governance, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA has partnered with EIFL-PLIP and AfLIA to support 15 participants in the second Young African Library Innovators initiative (IYALI) programme. IYALI is a peer learning and...

News - 26 April 2018

Tags: Africa, Asia and Oceania, Development, Young African Library Innovators initiative (IYALI), LDP (Library Development Programme)

Seminar for Cooperation with Libraries in Asia and Oceania Date and time: 11 April 2018 (Wed) 13:00-18:00 Venue: The International Conference Hall at the National Library of...

News - 15 April 2018

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Change management, Asia and Oceania

At the heart of success in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be resilience. Regions, countries, communities and individuals all need to have the resources – and the...

News - 6 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Asia and Oceania, Development, Sustainable Development Agenda, Asia and Oceania

From 28 to 29 June, the fifth IFLA Global Vision Regional Workshop was held at the modern National Library of Singapore. 32 participants from 27 countries in Asia Oceania joined the voice...

News - 30 June 2017

Tags: Asia and Oceania, IFLA Global Vision, Singapore

El cuarto taller regional de la Visión Global de IFLA, esta vez para la región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), se realizó del 8 al 9 de junio de 2017 en Buenos...

News - 27 June 2017

Tags: Asia and Oceania, IFLA Global Vision, Singapore

The fourth IFLA Global Vision regional workshop, this time for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, just took place from 8 to 9 June 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 27 senior...

News - 27 June 2017

Tags: Asia and Oceania, IFLA Global Vision, Singapore

IFLA is launching a series of regional workshops on 28 and 29 June 2017 at the National Library of Singapore that are a part of a larger initiative, the IFLA Global Vision discussion...

Event - 19 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Asia and Oceania, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting, Singapore

The World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2016 represents the world's largest annual gathering of the ICT for development community, and is co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP...

Event - 29 April 2016

Tags: Access to information, Asia and Oceania, Conference, Development, Freedom of information, Internet access, Sustainability, Switzerland, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

In December 2015, the Sri Lankan library community had an excellent opportunity to meet IFLA Secretary General, Ms Jennefer Nicholson.  Several important activities took place during her...

News - 11 February 2016

Tags: Asia and Oceania, BSLA, Meetings, PAC Centre, Sri Lanka, Asia and Oceania

In keeping with the conference’s overall theme, ‘Connections, Collaboration, Community’, the Asia and Oceania Open Session will focus on how libraries across our region are...

News - 14 December 2015

Tags: Asia & Oceania, Asia and Oceania, Call for Papers, Conferences, Open Session, United States of America, Asia and Oceania

The National Library of Philippines announced with deep sorrow the passing of its Director Antonio Santos on 22nd October 2015 while on a business trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  It was...

News - 2 November 2015

Tags: Antonio Santos, Asia and Oceania, Philippines, Tribute, National Libraries

Conference update | September 2016    The ALIA National 2016 Conference program committee invites abstracts relating to the conference theme Engage, Create, Lead...

News - 21 September 2015

Tags: ALIA Conference 2016, Asia and Oceania, Australia, Conferences, Asia and Oceania

Our Congratulations to all the awardees! CONSAL Outstanding Librarian Awardees for 2015 with Other CONSAL Members The winners of the CONSAL (Congress of Southeast Asian...

News - 9 September 2015

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Awards, CONSAL, professional awards, Thailand, Asia and Oceania

Eulogy presented at Gary's funeral - 25 August 2015 Gary was a very good friend of mine - but as I found out preparing this eulogy that there were some very interesting things...

News - 26 August 2015

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Eulogy, Gary Gorman, Asia and Oceania

As those of you who were associated with him know, Gary was deeply involved in IFLA activities, in particular in the Asia and Oceania Section and the ALP programme. He served on the...

News - 26 August 2015

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Death announcement, Gary Gorman, Asia and Oceania

IFLA attended the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) from 1 -3 July 2015 in Macau. During these meetings IFLA organized a workshop on “Access to ICTs to Further...

News - 31 July 2015

Tags: Access to information, Asia and Oceania, Development

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

The Joint Technical Symposium (JTS) explores the technical issues affecting the long term survival and accessibility of audio-visual collections. JTS is an international symposium and...

News - 13 July 2015

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Symposium, Asia and Oceania

Eleanor Kleiber, right, receives the American Library Association Hawaiʻi Student Chapter’s Sarah K Vann Professional Service Award. (Photo by Andrew B. Wertheimer)...

News - 4 June 2015

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Awards, Success stories, Asia and Oceania

Brill, the international scholarly publisher, donated over 500 books to Loyola College in Chennai, India as part of its Adopt a Library Program. The donation of scholarly books covers...

News - 13 May 2015

Tags: Access to knowledge, Asia and Oceania, Brill, Cooperation, Donations, Asia and Oceania

In the past few months, the National Library Board of Singapore, the Library Association of Singapore, the National Library of Myanmar and the Library Association of Myanmar have been...

News - 10 April 2015

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Collection development, Donations, Asia and Oceania

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Library, the National Library and Documentation Services Board of Sri Lanka has planned an International Conference with the main objective...

News - 1 April 2015

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Call for Papers, Conferences, International conference, National Library, Asia and Oceania

  The British Library holds a small but significant collection of Lao material, consisting of manuscripts, rare printed books, periodicals and post cards. The oldest items in Lao...

News - 13 March 2015

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Online public access catalogues, Asia and Oceania

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

Funding Agencies and Organisations in Asia and Oceania Region This research provides a listing of funding agencies and organisations in the Asia and Oceania region that provide funding for...

Publication - 24 February 2014

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Funding, funding, project funding, Asia and Oceania, Reports

The IFLA Regional Standing Committee for Asia and Oceania Section will be holding its annual Mid-Term Meeting from 17 - 18 February 2014 at the Pertonas Pertoleum Resource Center, Kuala Lumpur...

Event - 12 February 2014

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Meetings, Midterm Meeting, Asia and Oceania

Dear Colleagues, You may remember that in the course of this summer the IFLA Acquisition & Collection Development Section (ACD) published some new translations of its widely read...

News - 11 September 2013

Tags: Acquisitions, Asia and Oceania, China, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, Macao Special Administrative Region, Collection development, Malaysia, Singapore, Acquisition and Collection Development

Dear Colleagues, After the Russian, French, Arabic, Polish, Spanish and Bulgarian versions, we are now proud to introduce the Chinese version: access the Chinese translation...

News - 31 July 2013

Tags: Acquisitions, Asia and Oceania, China, Singapore, United States of America, Acquisition and Collection Development

Library associations are key institutions in the library and information sector around the world. Library associations are advocates for equitable access to information, and help to build strong,...

News - 4 April 2013

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Associations, Asia and Oceania

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section with Asia and Oceania Section   “Rare and special collections in the Asian or Oceanian context” Call for Papers Extended to 28...

News - 19 February 2013

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections

BSLA Case Study - 12 July 2011

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Associations, Building Strong Library Associations, China

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Publication - 13 January 2010

Tags: Asia and Oceania, Publications, Asia and Oceania, Newsletters