Content tagged Advocacy

While difficult financial times almost certainly lie ahead for many countries, it is not inevitable that libraries must suffer. Instead, we have an opportunity to underline the potential of our...

News - 16 February 2021

Tags: Advocacy, COVID-19, library advocacy, Interview

In early February, IFLA observed the 14th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions – one of the governing...

News - 10 February 2021

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Development, Digital divide

IFLA is  launching a series of interviews looking to learn the lessons from the financial crisis of 2008, and its aftermath, for library advocacy today. In this post, we talk to former IFLA...

News - 9 February 2021

Tags: Advocacy, COVID-19

​ The 24th Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Libraries Association (SCECSAL XXIV) will be held on 8-11 February 2021 at the Hotel Safari and Conference...

Event - 2 February 2021

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Africa, Conference, Development, Namibia, Sustainability

Human creativity, expressed through culture and the arts, is a natural resource. Innovation driven by creativity is how we imagine solutions to the pressing challenges of our time. Culture...

News - 1 February 2021

Tags: Access to information, Accessibility, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Development, Digital divide

For many libraries, the world of politics can seem a long way away. However, if our institutions and profession are to get the support - both legal and financial - that we need, engaging with...

News - 28 January 2021

Tags: Advocacy, Denmark, library advocacy, Interview

IFLA’s new guide takes a look at the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, why it matters to libraries, and how to put it to use for...

Publication - 25 January 2021

Tags: Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Policy, Resource Guides

Everyone has it in them to be a library advocate! Building an effective library advocacy team requires a range of skills and personalities which, together, can make for a powerful and...

Publication - 5 January 2021

Tags: Advocacy, library advocacy, Toolkits

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only highlighted old and created new challenges for the library field, but also opens an opportunity for change, if we can seize it. We interviewed Damilare Oyedele...

News - 1 December 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Africa, Digital inclusion

On 16-20 November 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization hosted the 40th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). The objective of this meeting...

News - 23 November 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Development, Digital preservation, Education, WIPO; SCCR, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

November 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural...

Informational Page - 13 November 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Risk assessment, Risk Register, Rare Books and Special Collections

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

A week today, SDG Action Week begins with an ‘SDG Moment’ at the United Nations General Assembly. Leaders of countries around the world will underline their commitment to delivery and...

News - 11 September 2020

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, SDGs, sustainable development goals, UN 2030 Agenda

​ The COVID-19 pandemic has forced dramatic changes in the lives of libraries and the communities they serve. It has seen both examples of great innovation and resilience by library and...

Event - 8 September 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Communications, COVID-19, library advocacy, library stories, LMW, Storytelling, Webinar

The need to stop in-person services at many libraries has brought into stark relief how important a part of peoples lives they are, as well as highlighting the resourcefulness of libraries in...

News - 22 June 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Australia, COVID-19, Germany

The IFLA/ UNESCO Public Library Manifesto identifies the public library as being central to freedom and equity of access to knowledge and information for all people. Since it was agreed in...

News - 4 June 2020

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Libraries for development, Library as place, Library outreach, Public Libraries

Today and tomorrow, the World Intellectual Property Organization will hold an extraordinary General Assembly, thorugh a written procedure in order to confirm the appointment of a new Director...

News - 7 May 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The main policy and decision making bodies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are the General Assembly and the Coordination Committee. Twenty Assemblies, and other bodies of...

Event - 6 May 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Meeting, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Effective library advocacy requires a combination of activities and skills. Our new draft grid aims to help associations and others assess where they stand now, and where to focus next. In...

Publication - 4 May 2020

Tags: #EveryLibrarianAnAdvocate, Advocacy, library advocacy, Toolkits

Explore our collection of UN SDG stories highlighting library programmes from around the world and their impact on communities. YouTube playlist To read the full stories, visit the...

Publication - 1 May 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, Library Map of the World, LMW, Statistics and evaluation, Stories That Matter, UN SDGs, Videos

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

The IFLA/ UNESCO Public Library Manifesto has been an important achievement since it was first ratified in 1994. The Manifesto proclaims UNESCO's belief in the public library as a...

News - 23 March 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Best practices, Cooperation, Democracy, Development, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Information society, Knowledge management, Libraries for development, Library and information profession, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library collections, Library outreach, Library services, Members, Policy, Social inclusion, Society, Public Libraries

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)

IFLA has published the 2019 Update of its Trend Report. As the latest in a series looking at the key issues and developments that shape the world in which we operate, it offers a basis...

News - 23 December 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, IFLA Trend Report, Trend Report

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

A delegation from IFLA will attend the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference, held 12-27 November 2019 in Paris, France. As NGO partners of UNESCO, we are committed to growing our...

Event - 14 November 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Conference, Conferences, Cultural heritage, Library outreach, Peace, Policy, UNESCO

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

A delegation from IFLA will attend the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference, held 12-27 November 2019 in Paris, France. As NGO partners of UNESCO, we are committed to growing our...

News - 11 November 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Conferences, Cultural heritage, Education, Libraries for development, Networking

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

From 18-19 October 2019, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hosted an international conference on issues of copyright exceptions and limitations for libraries, archives and...

News - 21 October 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Conferences, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland

At the 39th meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), United Nations member states will discuss the topic of exceptions and limitations to copyright for...

Event - 21 October 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, International cooperation, Meeting

​ In the negotiations that led to the agreement of the 2030 Agenda in September 2015, a group of global organisations including IFLA drove the #culture2015goal campaign. This made the case...

News - 24 September 2019

Tags: #Culture2030Goal, Access to information, Advocacy, Libraries for development, Sustainable development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

​Four years on from the agreement of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, a new report, coordinated by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and United Cities and Local Government (...

Publication - 24 September 2019

Tags: #Culture2030Goal, Access to information, Advocacy, Libraries for development, Sustainable development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Reports

In Athens, Greece, librarians from around the world showed their inventiveness and persistance in advocating for libraries. Through a series of short presentations, they looked to inspire...

Publication - 28 August 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Development, sustainable development goals, Conference proceedings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

​The 2019 Development and Access to Information (DA2I) Report, launched in May 2019, is intended as a tool to help libraries globally in their advocacy around the SDGs.  It shows how...

Publication - 27 August 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Toolkits

  IFLA’s new toolkit aims to help library associations, institutions and individual library and information workers to advocate for libraries’ role in literacy...

Publication - 24 August 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Literacy, Reading, Toolkits, Literacy and Reading

  This third webinar in our series, which took place on 8 August 2019, was faciltiated by Blessing Mawire. We heard from two presenters. Siobhan Champ-Blackwell drew...

Publication - 19 August 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Webinars, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

It's another busy conference schedule for the National Libraries section as our main session takes on the way that national libraries are evolving their spaces to offer new services and reach...

News - 14 August 2019

Tags: 2019 WLIC, 203 agenda, Advocacy, Cooperation, cultural diplomacy, Development, Libraries for development, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Library as place, Library buildings and equipment, Library services, Society, WLIC, National Libraries

At the 2019 High Level Political Forum, governments, UN officials and civil society representatives heard about the ways in which libraries can deliver the Sustainable Development Goals. Through...

News - 23 July 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, HLPF 2019, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals place a strong emphasis on partnerships, within and across countries. These, the UN argues, are essential for spreading ideas, reducing...

News - 18 July 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, HLPF, IAP, Libraries for development, Partnerships, Sustainable development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United Nations, United States of America

La posibilidad de encontrar, usar y producir información es una base esencial, aunque a menudo pasada por alto, del desarrollo. Cada vez que alguien busca trabajo u...

Event - 10 July 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, Meeting, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) provide a global roadmap towards lasting and equitable growth. The annual High-Level Political Forum is the opportunity to measure...

News - 10 July 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, HLPF, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United Nations, United States of America

The possibility to find, use and create information is an essential, but often overlooked foundation of development. Whenever someone looks for a job or training opportunities,...

Event - 9 July 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, Meeting, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

Sustainable Development Goal 17 underlines the importance of partnerships, both in terms of sharing ideas and knowledge, and through concrete collaboration between development actors....

Event - 9 July 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, Libraries for development, Meeting, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

By Denise Nicholson, CLM Expert Advisor African countries have very different copyright laws, all at various stages of development and/or review. Some countries have very outdated...

News - 27 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA’s President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón and Secretary General Gerald Leitner are participating in the 2019 American Library Association Annual Conference, held...

News - 25 June 2019

Tags: Advocacy, ALA 2019 Annual Conference and Exhibition, Announcement, IFLA Global Vision, IFLA Strategic Framework, United States of America

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)

The 2019 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington DC, USA. ALA 2019 offers a host of professional...

Event - 11 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conference, United States of America

​ Una ley de derechos de autor adaptada al mundo digital y equilibrada es clave para que las bibliotecas puedan llevar a cabo su misión de interés público....

Publication - 5 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Latin America and the Caribbean, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

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 - 5 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Latin America and the Caribbean, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

​ Con la aprobación de la Agenda 2030 de las Naciones Unidas para 2015, los gobiernos subrayaron la importancia del acceso a la información como motor del desarrollo...

News - 4 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Announcement, Argentina, Development, IFLA President's Meeting 2019, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development

Representantes de bibliotecas de 28 países de América Latina y el Caribe se reunieron el 24 de mayo en Buenos Aires para dar el primer paso en una nueva fase del trabajo de...

News - 4 June 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Argentina, IFLA Global Vision, IFLA Strategic Framework, Latin America and the Caribbean

Library representatives from 28 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean came together on 24 May in Buenos Aires for the first step in a new phase in IFLA’s work to build a...

News - 4 June 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Announcement, Argentina, IFLA Global Vision, IFLA Strategic Framework, Latin America and the Caribbean

​ With the agreement of the United Nations 2030 Agenda in 2015, the world’s governments underlined the importance of access to information as a driver of development. The...

News - 31 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Announcement, Argentina, Development, IFLA President's Meeting 2019, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development

The European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market was recently published in the official journal, marking its entry into force and the start of the implementation process. The very...

News - 27 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Europe, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Internet governance, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA today launched the 2019 edition of the Development and Access to Information report, on the occasion of the President’s Meeting in Buenos Aires.   The DA2I Report...

News - 23 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IFLA President's Meeting 2019, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Press Release

Los Ministros de Cultura y sus representantes de 12 países de América Latina y el Caribe reafirmaron hoy su compromiso con la Agenda 2030 de la ONU, y con el poder de las...

News - 22 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Argentina, Development, IFLA President's Meeting 2019, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, Press Release

Today, Ministers of culture and their representatives from 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean affirmed their commitment to the UN 2030 Agenda, and to the power of libraries...

News - 22 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Argentina, Development, IFLA President's Meeting 2019, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, Press Release

Next week, two key events on the future of libraries and sustainable development will take place in Buenos Aires, and live streaming will be available! The Forum of Ministers...

News - 15 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Announcement, Argentina, Development, IFLA President's Meeting 2019, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development

La próxima semana, dos eventos clave sobre el futuro de las bibliotecas y el desarrollo sostenible tendrán lugar en Buenos Aires, ¡y habrá streaming en vivo...

News - 15 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Announcement, Argentina, Development, IFLA President's Meeting 2019, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development

El Foro de Ministros de Cultura de América Latina y el Caribe reúne a los principales responsables de la toma de decisiones y a sus representantes para debatir cómo...

Event - 14 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Argentina, DA2I, Development, IFLA President's Meeting 2019, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, Meeting, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

The Forum of Culture Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean brings together top decision-makers and their representatives to discuss how to realise the potential of libraries to...

Event - 14 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Argentina, DA2I, Development, IFLA President's Meeting 2019, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, Meeting, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

​The Development and Access to Information (DA2I) Report 2019 is the second issue of a series of reports, led by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (...

Publication - 13 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, HLPF, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Reports

IFLA has welcomed Europe Day 2019 as an opportunity to celebrate the importance of collaboration, and to look forward to the upcoming elections. Based on the Library Manifesto for Europe, a...

News - 9 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Elections, Europe, European Union, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The Library Manifesto for Europe sets out six ways in which the European Union can support libraries and their values. On this basis, IFLA asked political parties at the European level - and...

Publication - 9 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Elections, Europe, European Union, Sustainable development, Country reports, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Des lois de droit d’auteur modernes et équilibrées sont essentielles à la réalisation de la mission d'intérêt public des biblioth...

Publication - 7 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

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 - 6 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

The Creative Commons Global Summit brings together people from around the world interested in making it easier to create and share knowledge freely. IFLA will be there, talking in particular about...

Event - 6 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conference, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Access to information is an accelerator of development, and libraries make this a reality for all. The 2019 Development and Access to Information Report, to be presented on 23 May 2019 in...

News - 2 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Announcement, Argentina, DA2I, Development, IFLA President's Meeting 2019, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

IFLA’s existing statement on Public Lending Right (PLR), updated in 2016, sets out IFLA’s policy position on Public Lending Right. These best practices are without prejudice to the...

Publication - 29 April 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Digital libraries, Digital resources, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Best Practices, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Spanish government recently implemented two European directives: the Marrakesh Directive, and the Collective Management Directive. The bill that transposed these two pieces of legislation came...

News - 25 April 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Associations, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries

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)

ELending is becoming increasingly important and is already well-established in many countries. While jurisdictions approach the lending of eBooks and other digital material in many different ways...

News - 12 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Advocacy, Australia, Canada, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Intellectual property, Licensing, New Zealand, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​It’s time to look back at a of week global discussions on copyright at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). There were useful new reports and materials, signs of consensus...

News - 9 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Policy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will once again be focusing on exceptions and limitations for libraries next...

News - 27 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Representatives of the education and library communities and the South Centre will brief WIPO delegates on the coming work of the 38th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and...

Event - 25 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, E-learning, Education, Electronic collections, Electronic resources, Event, 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

How to know if you are ready to submit your story to the Library Map of the World The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) continue to be a major focus of IFLA’s advocacy...

Publication - 7 March 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, Library Map of the World, Storytelling, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Infographics

2019 will be a key year to show what libraries around the world need from copyright laws. A series of regional seminars organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation will...

News - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is organising an international conference on limitations and exceptions to copyright for libraries, archives, museums, research and educational...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conference, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

L'Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OMPI) organise trois séminaires régionaux en 2019 qui exploreront la situation du droit d’auteur au...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Kenya, Seminar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

La Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) está organizando tres seminarios regionales durante 2019 que explorarán el panorama actual de excepciones y...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Seminar, Singapore, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Una ley de derechos de autor adaptada al mundo digital y equilibrada es clave para que las bibliotecas puedan llevar a cabo su misión de interés público. Legislaci...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Des lois de droit d’auteur modernes et équilibrées sont essentielles à la réalisation de la mission d'intérêt public des biblioth...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, 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...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, 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...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, 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...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, 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...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, 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...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is organising three seminars in 2019 which will explore the current landscape of exceptions and limitations to copyright for libraries in Africa...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Seminar, Singapore, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is organising three seminars in 2019 which will explore the current landscape of exceptions and limitations to copyright for libraries in Africa...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Kenya, Seminar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is organising three seminars in 2019 which will explore the current landscape of exceptions and limitations to copyright for libraries in Africa...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Seminar, Singapore, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

¡Reserve la fecha! Estimados colegas, La IFLA se complace de anunciar que la Reunión de la Presidenta de la IFLA 2019 se llevará a cabo el 23 de mayo...

Event - 22 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IFLA President's Meeting 2019, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, Meeting, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

  Save the Date! Dear colleagues, IFLA is happy to announce that the IFLA President’s Meeting 2019 will be held on 23 May, in the National Museum of...

Event - 21 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Argentina, DA2I, Development, IFLA President's Meeting 2019, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, Meeting, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

The IFLA Copyright and Other Legal Matters Committee’s mid-term meeting is taking place on 22 March in London. The day before, CLM will be having a joint meeting with FAIFE, whose mid-term...

Event - 7 February 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Midterm Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

At the 38th meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), United Nations member states will discuss the topic of exceptions and limitations to copyright for...

Event - 7 February 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

EBLIDA's Expert Group on Information Law (EGIL) is having its bi-annual meeting at the British Library in London. IFLA participates actively in order to raise awareness of its own activities,...

Event - 7 February 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Associations, Copyright, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has today published an update to its Marrakesh Monitoring Report. This sets out which countries have ratified or acceded to the Treaty, and which have taken the necessary steps at...

News - 24 January 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Intellectual property, Interlibrary loans, International cooperation, Library services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired

2014-2015 IFLA LGBT SIG Annual Report

Publication - 2 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Best practices, Cataloguing, Censorship, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Conferences, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, Information society, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library collections, Library outreach, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Net neutrality, Peace, Resource discovery, User experience, Women’s issues, Young adults, Annual reports, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

2015-2016 IFLA LGBT SIG Annual Report

Publication - 2 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Benchmarking, Best practices, Cataloguing, Censorship, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Guidelines, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library collections, Lifelong learning, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Net neutrality, Peace, Performance indicators, Resource discovery, Social inclusion, User experience, Women’s issues, Young adults, Annual reports, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

2016-2017 IFLA LGBT SIG Annual Report

Publication - 2 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Benchmarking, Best practices, Cataloguing, Censorship, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library collections, Lifelong learning, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Net neutrality, Peace, Performance indicators, Resource discovery, Social inclusion, User experience, Women’s issues, Young adults, Annual reports, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

When the United Nations Member States agreed the 2030 Agenda, they recognised that without specific targets and a framework for measuring progress, the Sustainable Development Goals...

Publication - 27 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Infographics

Click here for the complete 2017-2018 IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG Annual Report.

Publication - 26 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Advocacy, Communications, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Democracy, Development, Disadvantaged persons, Education, Education and training, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Guidelines, Human rights, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library buildings and equipment, Library outreach, Library services, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Networking, New professionals, Performance indicators, Privacy in libraries, Professional development, Risk assessment, Social inclusion, Staffing, Annual reports, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

Click here for the complete 2018-2019 IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG Action Plan. Objectives of Professional Unit 2018-19: 1. Provide guidelines for LGBTQ+ library services and collections around...

Publication - 26 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Action plans, Advocacy, Benchmarking, Best practices, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Guidelines, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Lifelong learning, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Net neutrality, Peace, Performance indicators, Resource discovery, Social inclusion, User experience, Women’s issues, Young adults, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

​ ​ As part of IFLA's global campaign to highlight the importance of libraries as partners for development, we have prepared this poster to mark the Global Day of...

Publication - 24 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Posters

The first major reform of Europe's copyright system in almost 20 years aims to update the law for the digital age. In addition to affecting libraries and library users across Europe, it also...

Publication - 20 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Digital humanities, Digital preservation, Digitisation, E-learning, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Europe, Licensing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications

En los días 24 y 25 de septiembre de 2018 en Río de Janeiro, Brasil, se realizó el 6º Seminario de Información en Arte, con el lema “Arte,...

News - 11 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Art Libraries, Brazil, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

On September 24 and 25, 2018, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the 6th Art Information Seminar was held, with the theme "Art, culture and information in the perspective of the 2030 Agenda...

News - 11 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Art Libraries, Brazil, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

We are proud to announce that our revised Guidelines for Library Services to Children aged 0-18 are now available. After a lengthy survey process, carried out by Dr....

News - 7 December 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Children, Conceptual models, Democracy, Development, Digital resources, Freedom of information, Guidelines, Information literacy, Library as place, Lifelong learning, Literacy, Management, Reading, Research support, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

At the 37th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), many representatives of...

Publication - 6 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cooperation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ ​ ​ ​As part of the International Advocacy Programme (IAP), IFLA has encouraged the millions-strong library field to unleash their creativity and create a...

Publication - 29 November 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Development, IAP, International Advocacy Programme, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Leaflets

IFLA has been working over the past months to support its South African members in advocating around ongoing copyright reforms. These promise to offer librarians more legal certainty and...

News - 20 November 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, South Africa, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Watch this 45-minute webinar to learn about new developments in the IFLA Library Map of the World (LMW) project and how to get involved and contribute. During...

Publication - 19 November 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, Library Map of the World, LMW, Statistics and evaluation, Stories That Matter, UN SDGs, Videos

Le droit d'auteur est un élément central dans le travail des bibliothèques, et c’est pourquoi l’IFLA est un défenseur actif de meilleures lois du droit...

News - 15 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

El derecho de autor es un elemento central del trabajo de las bibliotecas, y esta es la razón por la que la IFLA es un defensor activo de mejores leyes de derecho de autor. Nuestro...

News - 15 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Copyright is a core element of libraries’ work, and this is why IFLA is an active advocate for better copyright laws. Our engagement at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is...

News - 15 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

At the 37th meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), United Nations member states will discuss the topic of exceptions and limitations to copyright for...

Event - 15 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

OpenCon annual conferences seek to bring together a diverse, representative, and highly engaged group of participants in the field of open access, open data and open education. The Conference can...

Event - 2 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Conference, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Open access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​IFLA supported an International Advocacy Programme project for librarians from the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine and Hungary in 2018. After...

News - 29 October 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Capacity building, Czechia, Hungary, IAP, International Advocacy Programme, Libraries for development, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SGDs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Since the beginning of IFLA’s International Advocacy Programme, librarians around the world have mobilised to raise awareness of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and to show how...

Publication - 23 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, IFLA WLIC 2018, International Advocacy Programme, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Conference proceedings

It’s Open Access Week! This year’s topic is “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge”. It raises questions such as “How do we ensure sustainability...

News - 22 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Open access, Open source, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Standing Committee on Libraries for Children and Young Adults has 5 places to fill in the term 2019-2023. You find all information about the procedure here https://www.ifla.org/node/81922...

News - 8 October 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Capacity building, Communications, Cooperation, Development, International cooperation, Management, Networking, Nominations, Professional development, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

O acesso à informação para alcançar o desenvolvimento sustentável na América Latina e no Caribe Também disponível em inglês,...

Publication - 27 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

Aussi disponible en portugais L’Accès à l’information pour réaliser le Développement durable en Amérique latine et aux Caraïbes...

Publication - 27 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

También disponible en portugués El acceso a la información para alcanzar el desarrollo sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe La Declaración de...

Publication - 27 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

Also available in Portuguese Access to Information to Achieve Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean The Santiago Declaration is a statement of libraries...

Publication - 26 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

2019 is going to be a big year in IFLA’s work on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a focus on SDG 4 (quality education), ...

Publication - 21 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, HLPF 2019, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, VNRs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Videos

IFLA's training materials on Libraries and Agenda 2030 and SDG's, used in a workshop connecting librarians from Portuguese speaking countries in Africa What were your goals? ...

News - 19 September 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Africa, Capacity building, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, Portuguese, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The Research Applications in Information and Library Studies (RAILS) conference is Australasia’s premier research conference for information and library studies and related disciplines. This...

Event - 5 September 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Asia Oceania, Australia, Conference

The Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI), in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) through the National Committee on Libraries and Information Services...

Event - 5 September 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Asia Oceania, Conference, Philippines

The Indonesian Library Association (ILA), known locally as Ikatan Pustakawan Indonesia (IPI), was established in 1973. It is the only formal association for the library profession in...

Event - 5 September 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Asia Oceania, Conference, Indonesia

Purpose The purpose of this Convening is to develop the leadership and agree the actions, priorities and next steps necessary to enable the newly established Pacific Libraries Network to...

Event - 5 September 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Asia Oceania, Australia, INELI, Meeting, Public Access

You can now view Clare O’Hanlon’s presentation, “A continuum of LGBTIQA+ community engagement in libraries: From collections and cataloguing to book displays, bathrooms and...

News - 30 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Australia, Bibliotherapy, Cataloguing, Collection development, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Human rights, LGBTQ library outreach, LGBTQ library resources, LGBTQ library services, LGBTQ library services. LGBTQ library programming, Library collections, Library outreach, Library services, Malaysia, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Reading, Reference services, Resource discovery, Social inclusion, Women’s issues, Young adults, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

IFLA LGBTQ Users SIG is not hosting a conference session at WLIC2018 because of the human rights situation for LGBTQ+ people in Malaysia.   Instead, please enjoy this video...

News - 24 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Australia, Collection development, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Human rights, LGBTQ library outreach, LGBTQ library programming, LGBTQ library resources, LGBTQ library services, LGBTQ library services, Library as place, Library collections, Library outreach, Library services, Malaysia, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Peace, Reference services, Social inclusion, Women’s issues, Young adults, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

IFLA held the International Advocacy Programme Global Convening on 28-29 June in New York, United States.  The event as a whole provided an opportunity to look back on...

Publication - 23 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, International Advocacy Programme, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Conference proceedings

​ The All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature in Moscow (LFL) hosted a workshop on 19-20 April 2018 connected to Libraries and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...

News - 14 August 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

15:45 - 17:45 The Copyright and Other Legal Matters Committee’s first business meeting is taking place on 24 August 2018. Discussions will focus on several areas of the committee...

Event - 9 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Dear Colleagues, it was nice to see so many of you at World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Colleagues from all over the world came...

Informational Page - 4 August 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Best practices, Children, Children's libraries, Conferences, Cooperation, Guidelines, Lifelong learning, Literacy, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

​ ​ Over the ten days of this year’s High Level Political Forum, IFLA engaged intensively with governments, UN officials, experts and partners from civil society. By ensuring...

News - 19 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, HLPF, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United Nations, United States of America, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The IFLA International Advocacy Programme is a capacity-building programme by IFLA, designed to promote and support the role libraries can play in the implementation of the United Nations 2030...

Publication - 15 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Leaflets

The UN High Level Political Forum takes place on 9-18 July 2018 in New York, discussing global challenges and defining a path to sustainable development. IFLA is there, raising awareness among...

News - 11 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, HLPF, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United Nations, United States of America, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) Article 27a states that “everyone has the right to freely participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share...

News - 10 July 2018

Tags: access, Advocacy, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, culture, European Parliament

​ Article 13 is a key element of the EU draft Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. As such, it needs careful analysis and consideration given the threats it poses...

Publication - 3 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright, Europe, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ The IFLA International Advocacy Programme (IAP) Global Convening took place in New York on 28-29 June 2018. Nearly 40 participants, invited by IFLA, met at the Brooklyn Public Library,...

News - 3 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United Nations, United States of America, LDP (Library Development Programme)

​ULIA-BLA IFLA Train the Trainers Workshop for top officials of National Library Associations in Sub-Saharan Africa IFLA supported an International Advocacy Programme project in...

News - 2 July 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Capacity building, IAP, International Advocacy Programme, Libraries for development, Uganda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SGDs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

On 28-29 June, IFLA will hold the International Advocacy Programme (IAP) Global Convening in New York, USA. Nearly 40 participants from all regions have been invited by IFLA to celebrate success,...

News - 26 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United Nations, United States of America, LDP (Library Development Programme)

La IFLA invita a la comunidad bibliotecaria de la región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) a compartir sus comentarios sobre un borrador de declaración sobre...

News - 22 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IAP, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

IFLA is encouraging the library community across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region to share their views on a draft declaration on libraries, access to information and development. This...

News - 22 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IAP, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

United Nations Member States said positive things bout libraries at the 36th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR, World Intellectual Property Organisation, WIPO...

Publication - 19 June 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA will hold a Global Convening of its International Advocacy Programme (IAP) in New York on 28-29 June 2018. After six regional workshops and nearly two years of hard work in...

Event - 13 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Capacity building, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America, Workshop

IFLA was in Geneva from 28 May to 1 June to advocate for better exceptions and limitations to copyright for libraries. The occasion was the 36th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and...

News - 7 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Together with IFLA, the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) is organising a lecture on Global Librarianship. Three speakers from the international library field will share their vision in a compact...

Event - 1 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, IFLA Global Vision, Lecture, Netherlands

​ The stage is set for a major gathering of key library stakeholders, leaders, practitioners, innovators and supporters representing governments, NGOs, regional and international aid...

Event - 25 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Event, Fiji, INELI, UN Sustainable Development Goals

​ IFLA President-elect Christine Mackenzie brought the results of the first phase of the IFLA Global Vision to Myanmar, where the 17th meeting of the Congress of Southeast Asian...

News - 14 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL), Myanmar

Catalan Information and Documentation Days are back  Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris-Documentalistes de Catalunya (COBDC) is organising the 15es Jornades Catalanes d’...

Event - 9 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conference, IFLA Global Vision, Spain

The Library for Foreign Literature in Moscow (LIBFL) hosted a workshop on 19-20 April 2018: "Libraries and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: How can Russian...

News - 9 May 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Capacity building, IAP, International Advocacy Programme, Libraries for development, Russian Federation, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SGDs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The fourth African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development is the last of a set of five regional meetings which have taken place in preparation for the UN High Level Political Forum. It provides...

Event - 1 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Africa, Conference, Development, Internet access, Sustainable Development Agenda, Africa

El 19 de abril, durante la Segunda Reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible realizada en Santiago, Chile, la Biblioteca Hern...

News - 21 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Latin America and the Caribbean

On 19 April, during the Second Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development in Santiago, Chile, ECLAC’s Hernán Santa Cruz...

News - 21 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Latin America and the Caribbean

​​ Hot on the heels of our fantastic Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) regional workshop last week, it was North America’s turn to shine as the IFLA Global Vision world tour...

News - 19 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Announcement, Canada, IFLA, IFLA Global Vision

Click on the image to access the full document (only available in Spanish).   For more details on the context of the document, see the newspiece.

Publication - 17 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Colombia, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Colombia is now in the process of reforming its copyright law (Ley 23 de 1982). In view of this reform and of the debate at the Comisión Primera of the Honourable Senate of the Republic of...

News - 17 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Colombia, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Colombia está en proceso de reformar su Ley de Propiedad Intelectual (Ley 23 de 1982). En vista de esta reforma y de un debate en la Comisión Primera del Honorable Senado de la Rep...

News - 17 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Colombia, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

  Para más detalles sobre el contexto de este documento, ver la noticia aquí.

Publication - 17 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Colombia, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​​ What a start! The first 2018 IFLA Global Vision Regional Workshop began this week in the Biblioteca del Congreso de Chile in Santiago, Chile and what a fantastic opening to...

News - 13 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Announcement, Chile, IFLA, IFLA Global Vision

About the LIFE Program In line with the official slogan of “Local Transformation, Global Access” the LIFE Program envisions the stimulation of a process of radical...

Event - 13 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Forum, Turkey

The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is the national professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector. Together it...

Event - 13 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Australia, Conference, SDGs, UN Sustainable Development Goals

The Asia-Pacific Library and Information Conference (APLIC) provides the perfect opportunity to bring together library and information professionals from across Australia and the Region to compare...

Event - 13 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Australia, Meeting, SDGs, UN Sustainable Development Goals

IFLA is creating the biggest idea store for actions, a source of inspiration for all librarians and for IFLA in planning for the future. Through a series of workshops and an online...

Event - 13 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting, South Africa

IFLA is creating the biggest idea store for actions, a source of inspiration for all librarians and for IFLA in planning for the future. Through a series of workshops and an online...

Event - 13 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting, Viet Nam

IFLA is creating the biggest idea store for actions, a source of inspiration for all librarians and for IFLA in planning for the future. Through a series of workshops and an online...

Event - 13 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, France, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting

The 2018 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Event - 12 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conference, United States of America

​Libraries promote an inclusive model of development by giving all individuals the information they need to learn, find work, and live healthy lives. This requires the right policies not just...

News - 11 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Latin America and the Caribbean

The side event "The importance of access to information to achieve sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean" is part of the Second Meeting of the ...

Event - 11 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries for development, Seminar, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

“Storytelling in a library context means capturing the initial spark of inspiration, then allowing that spark to guide you. Together we surface new ideas, build relationships, and...

News - 10 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Development, IAP, ILP, Libraries for development, Library Map of the World, Storytelling, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

Storytelling is all about engagement, using the power of words to create empathy, loyalty and aspiration. By telling stories, based on solid evidence, we can win over hearts and minds,...

Publication - 10 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Development, IAP, ILP, Libraries for development, Library Map of the World, Storytelling, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Publications

IFLA is creating the biggest idea store for actions, a source of inspiration for all librarians and for IFLA in planning for the future. Through a series of workshops and an online...

Event - 9 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting, Tunisia

International meetings, for example those organised by the United Nations on the Sustainable Development Goals, can be a great opportunity to let decision-makers know about the potential of...

Publication - 5 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

​ IFLA supported an International Advocacy Programme project in West Africa in 2017. After completion of this regional project we asked the project team some questions and this is what...

News - 27 March 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Capacity building, Ghana, IAP, International Advocacy Programme, Libraries for development, Uganda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SGDs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

IFLA is creating the biggest idea store for actions, a source of inspiration for all librarians and for IFLA in planning for the future. Through a series of workshops and an online...

Event - 19 March 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Canada, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting

IFLA is creating the biggest idea store for actions, a source of inspiration for all librarians and for IFLA in planning for the future. Through a series of workshops and an online...

Event - 18 March 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Chile, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting

IFLA will play an active role in the first of five regional UN meetings on the Sustainable Development Goals in Geneva on 1-2 March. With representatives of governments and civil society...

News - 1 March 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDG 11, UN SDGs

IFLA President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón invites you to the IFLA President's Meeting 2018. A dedicated website, preliminary programme, and online registration are now...

News - 16 February 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Announcement, IFLA Global Vision, IFLA President, Spain

IFLA supported an International Advocacy Programme (IAP) project in Brazil in 2017. After the project finished, we interviewed the Project Team and asked them a few key questions about...

News - 8 February 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Brazil, Development, IAP, International Advocacy Programme, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs, in association with the Tunisian Association of Public Libraries and the Tunisian Library and Book Librarians Association, is organizing an International...

Event - 11 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Forum, IAP, Public Libraries, Tunisia, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Que doit être le métier de bibliothécaire aujourd’hui et demain ? Pour y réfléchir, le Comité français international biblioth...

Event - 8 January 2018

Tags: Advocacy, France, Seminar, New Professionals

The International Advocacy Programme (IAP) Update is a compilation of awareness raising and advocacy activities carried out by the library community worldwide, in the effort to...

Publication - 7 December 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Newsletters

In August 2017, IFLA launched a worldwide second call for proposals to request funding for the implementation of regional or national awareness-raising and capacity building activities for...

News - 16 November 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda; IAP, UN SDGs

Our participation to Mozfest was a blast. We met new people and learned a lot from them. Read about the experience and learn the new web literacy tools Mozilla made available to all. One...

News - 16 November 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cooperation, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Internet access, Knowledge society, Open access, Open source, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The "Cuartas Jornadas Valencianas de Documentación" are organized by the Official College of Librarians and Documentalists of the Valencian Community (COBDCV), and it will...

Event - 15 November 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Conference, Development, Libraries for development

To mark a year since the launch of the International Advocacy Programme (IAP), IFLA publishes the new IAP Update — October 2017 showing how the library community...

News - 8 November 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

On 8 December 2017, the Croatian Library Association will organise a Round Table about libraries and the local community. In honor of International Day of Human Rights, the Commission for...

Event - 7 November 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Conference, Croatia, Development, UN 2030 Agenda; UN SDGs; IAP, LDP (Library Development Programme)

As part of the International Advocacy Programme (IAP), IFLA launched a second call for proposals on 31 August 2017 for funding to implement regional or national awareness-raising and capacity...

News - 31 October 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

​ Meaningful Access to Information to Leave No One Behind To mark the second year anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), IFLA offered a 1-...

Publication - 5 October 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, Videos

A l’occasion du deuxième anniversaire de la signature des Objectifs de développement durable (ODD), rejoignez-nous pour un webinar d’une heure afin de vous...

Event - 21 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Webinar

Para conmemorar el segundo aniversario de la adopción de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), únase a nosotros en un webinar de 1 hora para aprender m...

Event - 21 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Webinar

To mark the second anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), join us for a 1-hour webinar to learn more about the Development and Access to Information...

Event - 21 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Webinar

The Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania International conference addresses the professionals and experts in the areas of library services, cultural events management, cultural marketing...

Event - 11 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conference, Lithuania

El Programa Internacional de Promoción y Defensa de la Profesión (IAP) fue uno de los programas de desarrollo de capacidades impulsado por la IFLA en el último trimestre de...

News - 8 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

2016؛ لزيادة ودعم الدور الذي تلعبه المكتبات في تنفيذ خُطة الأمم المُتحدة 2030 وتحقيق أهداف التنمية المُستدامة.   أهداف البرنامج: رفع وعي المكتبيين بأهداف...

News - 7 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

Международная программа по защите интересов библиотек (IAP) – это программа ИФЛА развития и укрепления потенциала, реализация которой началась в последнем квартале 2016 года. Программа...

News - 7 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

The International Advocacy Programme (IAP) is an IFLA capacity-building programme launched in the last quarter of 2016. It is designed to promote and support the role libraries can play...

News - 31 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

​Development and Access to Information (DA2I) 2017 is the first of a series of reports that monitor the progress countries are making towards fulfilling their commitment to promote meaningful...

Publication - 14 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, HLPF, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Reports

NUEVA YORK, 17 de julio de 2017 — La Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Bibliotecarios y Bibliotecas (IFLA), en colaboración con el Grupo de Tecnología...

News - 14 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, Open access, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America, Press Release

La Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Bibliotecarios y Bibliotecas (IFLA), en colaboración con el Grupo de Tecnología y Cambio Social (TASCHA) de la Facultad de...

News - 3 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

In February 2017, IFLA invited library associations to submit proposals for Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA) projects commencing in 2017. 21 project proposals from all parts of...

News - 25 July 2017

Tags: Advocacy, BSLA, Building Strong Library Associations, Development, Management, Networking, Sustainability, LDP (Library Development Programme)

NEW YORK, 17 July 2017 — The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), in partnership with the Technology and Social Change Group at the University of...

News - 17 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, Open access, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America, Press Release

‘The world must think hard about how information is shared, in order to promote inclusive access, facilitate collaboration, and ensure real world impact’. On Friday 14...

News - 16 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, HLPF, IAP, Libraries for development, Open access, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

In the context of the United Nations High Level Political Forum (UN HLPF), and in preparation for the launch of the first Development and Access to Information (DA2I) Report, IFLA and the United...

News - 15 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

Just days before the official launch of the Development and Access to Information (DA2I) 2017 Report, participants at the United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF) had a...

News - 13 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), in partnership with the Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington Information...

News - 7 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

The United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library (DHL) and IFLA will be holding a side event “2030 Vision: How Libraries Support the UN’s Work on Sustainable Development...

Event - 7 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, Event, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

During the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), IFLA, together with TASCHA and Article 19, will hold a side event to present and analyse the findings of the first report of the...

Event - 5 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, Event, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

  Development and Access to Information (DA2I) is the first of a series of reports that will monitor the progress countries are making towards fulfilling their commitment to...

Event - 5 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, DA2I, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, Reception, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

by Sue McKerracher, CEO, Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)   The STEAM into Sydney conference took place on 16 and 17 March 2017, alongside the...

News - 22 June 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (STEM), UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

​ Earlier this year, IFLA launched a worldwide call for proposals to request funding for the implementation of regional or national awareness-raising and capacity building activities...

News - 22 June 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda; IAP, UN SDGs

The International Advocacy Programme (IAP) continues as a worldwide advocacy campaign to get libraries into National Development Plans! Participants from more than 73...

News - 31 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

IFLA President Donna Scheeder delivered a keynote speech on Libraries in Support of Sustainable Development at the May 9th, 2017 opening of the 12th National Library Week, organized by...

News - 23 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Bulgaria, Development, IAP, International Advocacy Programme, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

The 2017 edition of EuroDIG - the European Dialogue on Internet Governance - offers an opportunity both to shape the debate on Internet governance in Europe, and to feed into discussions for the...

Event - 22 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Conference, digital literacy, Estonia, EuroDig, Internet governance, Public Access, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

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

IFLA is launching a series of regional workshops on 5 and 6 July 2017 in Madrid, Spain that are a part of a larger initiative, the IFLA Global Vision discussion, which will engage the...

Event - 19 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Europe, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting, Spain

Through the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) offers a platform for discussion among Member States and NGOs at a global...

News - 9 May 2017

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA is launching a series of regional workshops on 8 and 9 June 2017 at the Library of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina that are a part of a larger initiative, the IFLA...

Event - 5 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Argentina, IFLA Global Vision, Latin America and the Caribbean, Meeting

La Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe, participó en la Reunión Nacional de Bibliotecarios organizada por ABGRA (Asociación de Bibliotecarios Graduados de...

News - 3 May 2017

Tags: Advocacy, Argentina, Regional Offices

The Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean participated in the Librarian National Meeting organized by ABGRA (Association of Graduate Librarians of The Argentine Republic) at the 43rd...

News - 3 May 2017

Tags: Advocacy, Argentina, Regional Offices

The IFLA Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, participated in the exhibit group "Argentine National Libraries - Implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals through...

News - 3 May 2017

Tags: Advocacy, Argentina, Regional Offices

La Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de la IFLA, participó del panel “Bibliotecas Nacionales Argentinas – Implementación de los Objetivos de...

News - 3 May 2017

Tags: Advocacy, Argentina, Regional Offices

IFLA is launching a series of regional workshops on 21 and 22 May 2017 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt that are a part of a larger initiative, the IFLA Global Vision...

Event - 2 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Egypt, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting, MENA

IFLA is launching a series of regional workshops on 14 and 15 May 2017 at the Djeuga Palace Hotel in Yaoundé, Cameroon that are a part of a larger initiative, the IFLA Global...

Event - 2 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Cameroon, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting

IFLA is launching a series of regional workshops on 3 and 4 May 2017 at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. that are a part of a larger initiative, the IFLA Global Vision...

Event - 1 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting, United States of America

A meeting was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Education, between Mrs. Graciela Perrone, Director of the National Library of Teachers (BNM), Mr. Antonio Bellofatto, President of ABGRA (...

News - 25 April 2017

Tags: Advocacy, Regional Offices

Se realizó en la sede del Ministerio de Educación de la Nación, una reunión de trabajo entre la Lic. Graciela Perrone, Directora de la Biblioteca Nacional de Maestros (...

News - 25 April 2017

Tags: Advocacy, Regional Offices

La Oficina Regional estuvo presente en el Seminario Internacional "Las bibliotecas, las actividades de defensa y promoción y la implementación de la agenda 2030", realizado...

News - 21 April 2017

Tags: Advocacy, Chile, Regional Offices

The Regional Office was present at the International Seminar "Libraries, defense and promotion activities and the implementation of Agenda 2030", held in the Republic of Chile....

News - 21 April 2017

Tags: Advocacy, Chile, Regional Offices

“If a country wants to achieve the United Nations 2030 Agenda, this will not be possible without libraries. We need to bring this to the attention of policy makers and the United...

News - 24 March 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

La IFLA invita a las asociaciones bibliotecarias a presentar una propuesta de proyecto relacionada con el Programa de Fortalecimiento de Asociaciones Bibliotecarias a partir de 2017. La...

Informational Page - 12 March 2017

Tags: Advocacy, ALP (Action for Development through Libraries Programme), Associations, BSLA, Building Strong Library Associations, Development, Management, Networking, Sustainability, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Libraries promote tolerance and support peace in society Libraries in general, and public libraries in particular, play an active role in times of armed conflict. Many spaces that at one...

News - 9 March 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Colombia, Development, Libraries for development, Peace, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDG 16, UN SDGs

​ Libraries make an important contribution to development. They help people get the information they need to access economic opportunity, gender equality, quality education, improve their...

News - 6 March 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

While the shared values of libraries and the information field remain a constant, continuous change in society creates challenges for the profession. What are the major challenges to maintaining...

News - 24 February 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Announcement, Greece, IFLA Global Vision, IFLA President

On 2 February 2017, Finland published its National Development Plan for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals to achieve the UN Agenda 2030. The implementation of...

News - 22 February 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Finland, IAP, Lib4Dev, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

IFLA invites library associations to submit a proposal for Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA) projects commencing in 2017. The invitation is now open for countries worldwide...

News - 20 February 2017

Tags: Advocacy, Announcement, BSLA, Building Strong Library Associations, Development, Management, Networking, Sustainability, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The International Advocacy Programme (IAP) launched by IFLA in the last quarter of 2016 is already showing extraordinary results. Participants from more than 50 countries are carrying out...

News - 6 February 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

[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

[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

Call for Funding Proposals As part of the International Advocacy Programme (IAP), IFLA is launching a call for proposals to request funding to implement regional or national awareness...

News - 30 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional Workshop of IFLA’s International Advocacy Programme (IAP) will be held in Doha, Qatar, on 13-15 March 2017...

Event - 30 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Qatar, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Workshop

The Caribbean Regional Workshop of IFLA’s International Advocacy Programme (IAP) will be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 16-18 February 2017. Representatives...

Event - 30 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Jamaica, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Workshop

Ensuring equitable access to information contributes significantly to achieving the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Libraries are playing an increasingly important role in...

Publication - 30 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Videos

Convocatoria para la presentación de propuestas de financiación Como parte del Programa Internacional de Promoción y Defensa de la Profesión (IAP, por sus...

News - 30 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

Call for Papers IFLA LGBTQ Users SIG CFP 2017 Libraries. Solidarity. Society. Intersectionality For IFLA WLIC 2017 (19-25 Aug 2017) we’ve chosen...

News - 19 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Conferences, Disadvantaged persons, Immigrants, Library services to people with disabilities, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Social inclusion, Women’s issues, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

The Latin American and Caribbean Section of IFLA is organizing this satellite meeting before the World Library and Information Congress, in Timişoara, ROMANIA, with the sponsorship of West...

Event - 21 December 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Romania, Satellite Meeting, UN 2030 Agenda, Latin America and the Caribbean

The European Regional Workshop of IFLA’s International Advocacy Programme (IAP)* will be held in The Hague, Netherlands, on 14-16 December 2016. 24 representatives from...

Event - 8 December 2016

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, Meeting, Netherlands, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

The inclusion of libraries and access to information in national and regional development plans will contribute to meeting the global United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...

Informational Page - 23 November 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 sustainable development goals, UN SDGs

A workshop for law librarians in Anglophone Africa organized by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Law Libraries Section, in cooperation with the International Association...

Event - 10 October 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Open access, Uganda, Workshop, Law Libraries

Colleagues in Australia – Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, Director General of the National Library of Australia, and Sue McKerracher, CEO of the Australian Library and Information Association...

News - 4 October 2016

Tags: 2030 Agenda, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, SDGs

Since 2008 Latin America and the Caribbean meet annually in preparation for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), this year to be held 6—9 December in Guadalajara, Mexico. This year saw the...

News - 2 September 2016

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Costa Rica, IGF, Internet governance

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be holding its 11th annual meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 6 to 9 December 2016. The IGF is a multistakeholder space for dialogue regarding policies...

Event - 30 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, dc-pal, IGF, Internet access, Internet governance, Meeting, Mexico, Policy

Under the theme Inclusive Trade, the World Trade Organization Public Forum will be an opportunity to discuss how a wider range of individuals and businesses can participate in the trading system...

Event - 30 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Meeting, trade agreements, WTO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The 33rd meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).

Event - 30 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Intellectual property, Meeting, SCCR, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

环顾这个房间，看到全世界图书馆领域最优秀的人才相聚于此，真令人赞叹。房间里浓烈的氛围让我对国际图联充满信心，我相信让我们相聚于此的图联有能力处理好未来将要面对的各项挑战。 我完全相信，在快速的全球化背景下，世界比以往更需要一个强有力的国际图联。 国际图联在全球影响力和代表性上独一无二。作为新任秘书长，...

News - 16 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Secretary General, IFLA WLIC 2016, United States of America

C’est extraordinaire, en regardant cette salle, d’y voir réunie la fine fleur du milieu des bibliothèques mondiales. Il y a tellement d'énergie dans...

News - 16 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Secretary General, IFLA WLIC 2016, United States of America

It´s marvellous to look in this room, seeing the best of the best from the world´s library field gathered here. There is so much energy in the room and it makes me confident...

News - 16 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Secretary General, IFLA WLIC 2016, United States of America

Es maravilloso contemplar esta sala viendo reunido aquí lo mejor de lo mejor de las bibliotecas de todo el mundo. Hay tanta energía en la sala y me hace estar convencido de...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Secretary General, IFLA WLIC 2016, United States of America

​ У меня захватывает дух, когда я смотрю в зал и вижу лучших из лучших представителей международного библиотечного сообщества, собравшихся здесь.  Зал наполняет потрясающая...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Secretary General, IFLA WLIC 2016, United States of America

إنه لمن الرائع أن أنظر لهذه القاعة وأرى صفوة مجال المكتبات على مستوى العالم، فالقاعة تضج بالحيوية وهو ما يجعلني على ثقة بأن الإفلا –أي كلنا معًا- ستستطيع التعامل مع التحديات...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Secretary General, IFLA WLIC 2016, United States of America

Es ist wundervoll in diesen Raum zu blicken und die Besten der Besten der Bibliothekswelt hier versammelt zu sehen. So viel Energie ist in diesem Raum und es stimmt mich zuversichtlich,...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Secretary General, IFLA WLIC 2016, United States of America

The IFLA Trend Report, released in 2013, identified the drivers of transformation in the global information environment. Covering access to information, education, privacy, new forms of...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Trend Report

Growth both in internet access and available content has revolutionised access to information and opportunities to express and share ideas. However, digital technologies bring with them the...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, Net Neutrality

​ ​ لقد أحدث نمو القدرة على الحصول على المعلومات وكم المحتوى المُتاح طفرة في إتاحة المعلومات وفرص التعبير عن الأفكار ومُشاركتها، ولكن تجلب التكنولوجيا الرقمية معها القدرة على...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, Net Neutrality

Рост распространения Интернета и доступности контента в корне изменил доступ к информации и возможности для выражения и обмена идеями. Однако вместе с тем цифровые технологии принесли и...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, Net Neutrality

​El crecimiento tanto en el acceso a Internet como en el contenido disponible ha revolucionado el acceso a la información y las oportunidades para expresar y compartir ideas. Sin embargo,...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, Net Neutrality

互联网访问的增加和可获取内容的增多彻底改变了信息获取与表达、交流思想的机会。然而，数字技术同时带来了管理人们所视内容的可能性。世界图书馆和信息大会将于8月15日13:45就网络中立问题专门举行分会，并发布国际图联就这一主题的新声明。 互联网的建立意在平等，使每一个人都能从网络获取信息而免受不公平干扰。 但是，当网络服务提供商（ISPs）...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, Net Neutrality

​ La croissance tant de l’accès à l’Internet  que de la quantité de contenu disponible a révolutionné l’accès à l...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, Net Neutrality

Das Wachstum sowohl im Zugang zum Internet als auch in den verfügbaren Inhalten hat den Zugang zu Informationen und die Möglichkeiten Ideen auszudrücken und zu teilen revolutioniert...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, Net Neutrality

حدد تقرير اتجاهات الإفلا الصادر عام 2013 عوامل تحول بيئة المعلومات على مستوى العالم. يُغطي التقرير الحصول على المعلومات، التعليم، الخصوصية، الأشكال الجديدة من المُشاركة...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Trend Report

El Informe de Tendencias de IFLA, publicado en 2013, identificaba los factores que impulsan la transformación del mundo de la información global. El informe cubr...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Trend Report

Der IFLA-Trend Report aus dem Jahr 2013 identifizierte die Antriebskräfte für den Wandel der globalen Informationslandschaft. Er deckte die Themen Zugang zu...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Trend Report

Le Rapport de tendance de l’IFLA, diffusé en 2013, identifiait les facteurs de changement dans l’environnement mondial de l’information. Traitant de l...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Trend Report

Отчет о тенденциях ИФЛА, опубликованный в 2013 году, выявил основные двигатели изменений в глобальной информационной среде.   Осветив ряд вопросов, в частности доступ к...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Trend Report

国际图联趋势报告发布于2013年，指出全球信息环境中的变革因素。 报告涉及信息获取、教育、隐私、数字义务的新形势和技术变革等方面，在全世界图书馆界引发了广泛的辩论与讨论。 在经过所有大洲30个国家，超过60场讨论，并翻译成14中语言之后，趋势报告2016新进展向大家展示了这些讨论的结果。新进展以国际图联成员的经验、见识和想象为基础，...

News - 15 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA Trend Report

​ ​ ​ Последние публикации ИФЛА в помощь вашей работе в поддержку повестки дня ООН 2030 Действуйте сейчас, чтобы убедиться, что библиотеки включены в...

News - 14 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, Libraries and Development, UN 2030 Agenda, LDP (Library Development Programme)

​ ​ Recent IFLA publications to support your work on the UN 2030 Agenda Act now to make sure libraries are included in your country’s national development plans for...

News - 14 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, Libraries and Development, UN 2030 Agenda, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Publications récentes de l’IFLA en faveur du Programme de développement durable à l’horizon 2030 des Nations-Unies Agissez dès maintenant pour faire...

News - 14 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, Libraries and Development, UN 2030 Agenda, LDP (Library Development Programme)

国际图联近期出版物支持你有关联合国2030年议程的工作 行动起来，确保将图书馆纳入本国的国家发展计划中，以实现联合国可持续发展目标！ 把图书馆和信息工程列入国家和地区发展计划中将有益于实现联合国2030年可持续发展议程。 为支持这一计划，国际图联出版了宣传手册，其中列举了决策人运用图书馆领域知识为联合国可持续发展计划做出的努力。除此之外，...

News - 14 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, Libraries and Development, UN 2030 Agenda, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Aktuelle IFLA-Publikationen zur Unterstützung Ihrer Arbeit an der UN Agenda 2030 Handeln Sie jetzt, um sicherzustellen, dass Bibliotheken in den nationalen Entwicklungsplänen f...

News - 14 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, Libraries and Development, UN 2030 Agenda, LDP (Library Development Programme)

أحدث إصدارات الإفلا لدعم عملكم على خُطة الأمم المُتحدة 2030 اعملوا الآن للتأكد من أن المكتبات على خُطة بلدانكم لأهداف التنمية المُستدامة! سيُسهم إدراج المكتبات ضمن خُطط...

News - 14 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, Libraries and Development, UN 2030 Agenda, LDP (Library Development Programme)

​Últimas publicaciones de IFLA para apoyar vuestro trabajo en la Agenda 2030 de la ONU ¡¡Actúa ahora para asegurar que las bibliotecas se incluyan en los planes...

News - 14 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, From the Annual Conference, Libraries and Development, UN 2030 Agenda, LDP (Library Development Programme)

This document is the Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries (DC-PAL) input to IGF 2016 Community Intersessional Programme - Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion -...

Publication - 11 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, dc-pal, Development, IGF, Internet governance, Policy, SDGs, Sustainability, UN 2030 Agenda, Statements

Our latest BSLA workshop brought together library leaders from French-speaking Africa, teaching them innovative skills and practices, and enabling them to take an active part in advocacy...

News - 9 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, BSLA, Congo, Development, Frenchspeaking Africa, Library Association, Management, Networking, Sustainability, LDP (Library Development Programme)

You are invited to attend session 191, Public access in libraries, which is hosted by IFLA, in collaboration with the Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries (Internet Governance Forum...

News - 9 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, dc-pal, Freedom of information, IFLA WLIC 2016, IGF, Public Access, Sustainability

You are cordially invited to attend the IFLA President’s Session in Columbus - Answering the Call to Action: How Might We Respond to the Challenges Presented in the IFLA Trend Report. During...

News - 9 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Conferences, Development, IFLA Trend Report, IFLA WLIC 2016, Sustainability

Here's a few stories relating to e-books and lending that may be of interest. An American Libraries Magazine piece on e-Books, reporting from a PLA session on the subject. This notes...

Informational Page - 2 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Ebooks, elending

You may be interested in a series of recent stories on eBooks and eLending, if you haven’t yet come across them already. There's a couple of Dutch controversies going on, a discussion on...

Informational Page - 2 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Ebooks, elending

The main eLending news is of course the Opinion from the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union that e-Lending (under a one copy one user) should be covered by the Rental...

Informational Page - 2 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Ebooks, elending

This page contains eLending and eBook updates as sent out on the eLending mailing list. The most recent update is also posted on this main page. February 2018 December 2017...

Informational Page - 1 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, elending, eLending for Libraries

An event in El Salvador, led by civil society organisations and the United Nations, has started the process for the national implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda.  The ...

News - 15 July 2016

Tags: 2030Agenda, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, El Salvador

Act now to make sure libraries are included in your country’s national development plans for the SDGs!! The inclusion of libraries and access to information in national and...

Publication - 28 June 2016

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, UN Sustainable Development Goals, LDP (Library Development Programme), Publications

New IFLA publications to support your work on the UN 2030 Agenda Act now to make sure libraries are included in your country’s national development plans for the SDGs!! The...

News - 28 June 2016

Tags: 2030Agenda, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Libraries and Development

The IFLA Building Strong Library Associations Programme (BSLA) supports projects in Africa, Asia and Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean. BSLA offers a strategic and...

News - 24 June 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Africa, BSLA, Cameroon, Cooperation, Development, Meetings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The Global Commission on Internet Governance has just released One Internet, a wide-ranging and pragmatic vision of how all actors can contribute to a sustainable and democratic internet....

News - 22 June 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Digital divide, Freedom of information, Information literacy, Information policies, Internet access, Internet governance, Knowledge society, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Library association leaders, IFLA leadership, staff and trainers participated in a milestone event for the Building Strong Library Associations programme in Manila, Philippines 30 May-2...

News - 17 June 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Associations, BSLA, Development, International cooperation, Management, Philippines, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Libraries and archives made a strong showing in the 32nd session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR),...

News - 24 May 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

30 Library Associations met in Panama from 17-23 April 2016 to develop strategies for advocacy at the national level, to advance regional projects, and to network with associations from...

News - 20 May 2016

Tags: Advocacy, BSLA, IFLA LAC, IFLA MLAS, International cooperation, Meetings, Networking, Panama, LDP (Library Development Programme)

On May 15, at the International Book Fair in Turin (Italy), the winners of A corto di libri, 8th AIB/IFLA International Short Film Contest about libraries were announced and awarded....

News - 19 May 2016

Tags: Advocacy, contest, short films, Metropolitan Libraries

The Zimbabwe Library Association (ZimLA) successfully held an Advocacy and National Information Policy Formulation (NIP) Workshop at Cresta Lodge, Harare from 5 – 6 May 2016. The...

News - 12 May 2016

Tags: Advocacy, BSLA, Development, Sustainability, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Library Association, LDP (Library Development Programme)

LIBER's 45th annual conference will take place in Helsinki, Finland on 29 June-1 July 2016. The conference is hosted by the National Library of Finland, Helsinki University...

Event - 11 May 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Conference, Copyright, Finland, LIBER, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

An event in Uruguay, led by civil society organisations and the United Nations, has started the process for the national implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda.  The event had...

News - 9 May 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy

IFLA will be represented at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) next week. Talk of copyright is normally...

News - 6 May 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Copyright, Copyright reform, Cultural heritage, Development, Digital resources, Freedom of information, Information policies, International cooperation, Policy, Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR), WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The 22nd Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Libraries Association (SCECSAL XXII) will be held on 25-29 April in Ezulwini, Swaziland. It is organised by SWALA (...

Event - 29 April 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Africa, Conference, Development, Eswatini, Sustainability, Africa

How do I reach out to teens? How can I improve the story telling hour at my library? I want to engage parents in reading aloud to their children, but how? Librarians working with children...

Informational Page - 28 April 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Benchmarking, Best practices, Children, Communications, Events, Library marketing, Library outreach, Reading, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The 32nd meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on exceptions and limitations internationally, preparing statements for IFLA...

Event - 26 April 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has co-signed a letter in response to comments made by Hachette Livre CEO Arnaud Nourry at this week's International Publishers' Congress. In it, we reject entirely the argument that...

News - 14 April 2016

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, contractual override, Copyright, EU, European Commission, Intellectual property, Knowledge society, Policy, Publishing, rights, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

In March, IFLA President Donna Scheeder attended the 6th annual German Library congress (Bibliothekskongress) in Leipzig, Germany. The opening plenary address was given by the president...

News - 11 April 2016

Tags: 2030Agenda, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Libraries and Development

IFLA has co-signed an open letter calling on the EU Commission to ensure that upcoming copyright reforms promote access to information and freedom of expression across Europe.  IFLA and...

News - 7 April 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, EU, EU Copyright Consultation, Europe, European Commission, Freedom of expression, International cooperation, Internet access, Internet intermediary responsibilities, Knowledge society, Policy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA’s Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM) will look, in its WLIC 2016 session, at recent, ongoing and upcoming copyright reforms around the world, under the title Copyright...

News - 6 April 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conferences, Copyright, Digital resources, Information policies, Intellectual property, Policy, United States of America, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

UNESCO, IFLA, IPA and IBF have opened the call for nominations for the World Book Capital 2018. Each year, UNESCO and the international organizations representing the three major...

News - 30 March 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Cultural heritage, International cooperation, LAMMS, UNESCO, World Book Capital

The UNESCO PERSIST Project, an initiative of UNESCO, ICA, IFLA and other partners, for enhancing the sustainability of digital heritage, has now launched The UNESCO/PERSIST...

News - 10 March 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Preservation

The Cameroon Association of Librarians, Archivists, Documentalists, Museographers (ABADCAM), in partnership with the United Nations Cameroon, held a press club on quality...

News - 29 February 2016

Tags: 2030Agenda, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cameroon

In 2014 Wrocław was named UNESCO World Book Capital 2016. This event represents the official opening of UNESCO World Book Capital Wrocław 2016 and will include the participation of writers...

Event - 23 February 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Event, Poland, UNESCO World Book Capital, Wrocław, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites

Take action now so that libraries have a say! IFLA has launched a new toolkit which will help you to advocate to your national and regional policy makers to make sure that libraries and...

Publication - 19 January 2016

Tags: 2030Agenda, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, Toolkits

The International Documents Centre of the Official and Standard Publications Department of the Russian Federation and the UN Information Centre held a round table on the “...

News - 19 January 2016

Tags: 2030Agenda, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, Russian Federation

As the United Nations reflects on the future of global development and the post-2015 agenda, access to information must be recognised as critical to supporting governments to achieve development...

Publication - 14 January 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, MDGs, Post 2015, United Nations, Toolkits

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2015, with the theme ‘Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development,’ took place in João Pessoa, Brazil, from 10-13...

News - 3 December 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, IGF

IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and the New Professionals SIG with the Management of Library Associations Section have partnered with the American Library...

News - 29 November 2015

Tags: Advocacy, Development, Sustainability, Sustainable development, Sustainable Development Agenda, UN 2030 sustainable development goals, New Professionals

IFLA has been involved in the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) since its foundation at the 2003 Geneva Summit which defined the 11 Action Lines. This year we have continued our...

News - 9 November 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, WSIS

IFLA and la Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación in Argentina will hold a meeting to discuss copyright reform on October 28 and 29 in Buenos Aires. Motores para el Cambio: Primer Encuentro...

Event - 22 October 2015

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Copyright, Copyright reform, Digitisation, Freedom of information, IFLA LAC, Marrakesh Treaty, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ The United Nations (UN) hosted the Summit for the adoption of the 2030 Agenda at the end of September in New York. IFLA has been actively involved in the process of creating the...

News - 6 October 2015

Tags: 2030Agenda, Access to information, Advocacy, UN post-2015 Development Agenda

Over the last three years, the United Nations (UN) held extensive negotiations in which governments, civil society and the public contributed to the creation of the 2030 Agenda. This revolutionary...

News - 23 September 2015

Tags: 2030Agenda, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Development, post-2015, UN, United States of America

The 31st meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives, limitations and...

Event - 4 September 2015

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The main policy and decision making bodies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are the General Assembly and the Coordination Committee. Twenty Assemblies, and other bodies of...

Event - 4 September 2015

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

UN Concludes Post-2015 Negotiations in New York On 2 August 2015, after more than three years of negotiations and intense involvement from many stakeholders, including IFLA, the Member...

News - 4 August 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, post2015

From the 20 - 22 July IFLA hosted a high- level meeting in Windhoek, Namibia in partnership with the Namibia Library and Information Service, as part of the International Advocacy Programme. The...

News - 30 July 2015

Tags: Advocacy, Africa, Namibia

The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United...

News - 21 July 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, post-2015

Over the next two weeks IFLA will be present and advocating for access to information in the UN post-2015 Development Agenda during the next two sessions of the post-2015 Intergovernmental...

Event - 20 July 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Congress, Development

[WORD] [PDF] The United Nations Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13-16 July. 193 UN Member States attended the...

News - 20 July 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development

IFLA supports balanced copyright law that promotes the advancement of society as a whole by giving strong and effective protection for the interests of rightsholders and reasonable access to...

News - 20 July 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) welcomes the final Zero Draft and the continuing presence of access to information in the draft. IFLA continues to...

News - 17 July 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Associations

During the past two years, UNESCO has been working on a new Recommendation stressing the importance of preservation and access to documentary heritage (including in digital form). IFLA has...

News - 6 July 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, France, Memory of the World, UNESCO

IFLA President-elect Donna Scheeder speaking at the Intergovernmental negotiations on the UN post-2015 development agenda, 6th meeting - General Assembly, (24 June 2015) IFLA...

News - 26 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, post2015, SDGs, UN, United States of America

IFLA asked its Sections to look closer on how their profession furthers development and how the work they do supports the principles set out in the Lyon Declaration. This is the submission...

Publication - 24 June 2015

Tags: Advocacy, Publications, Public Libraries

Event - 23 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conference, Conference

On 4-5 June, IFLA participated in EuroDIG 2015: Shaping the Internet Together through three panels that discussed equal access to the Internet, the role of libraries in facilitating...

News - 23 June 2015

Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Bulgaria, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property

Responses from the IFLA Sections to the Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development IFLA asked its Sections to look closer on how their profession furthers...

Publication - 23 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Lyon Declaration, post2015, Publications

Over the past year IFLA has been working with the international library community—as well as civil society and member states—to develop its position and help ensure that crucial...

News - 22 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, post2015, SGDs

With the negotiations over the UN post-2015 development agenda reaching their final phases in New York, it is an appropriate moment to share an overview of what is happening at the United Nations...

News - 15 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, post2015, UN

Call to action IFLA has drafted a document helping everyone understand the importance of national development plans, the role libraries can play in them and how important it is to...

News - 15 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, post2015, UN

Internet communication is handled by intermediaries, including service providers, social networks, and search engines. These intermediaries are routinely asked to take down content, and...

News - 13 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Intellectual property, Internet access, Policy

IFLA attended the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2015, held in Geneva from 25–29 May. Intergovernmental groups, stakeholders and other key players attended the High-...

News - 3 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, ICTs, Lyon Declaration, SDGs, Sustainable Development Agenda, Switzerland, WSIS

This week the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) will be hosting EuroDIG 2015: Shaping the Internet together held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 – 5 June. IFLA will be...

Event - 3 June 2015

Tags: Advocacy, Bulgaria, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The IFLA Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean, in conjunction with the Undergraduate Program in Information Systems at Universidad de La Salle, warmly invite you to...

Event - 19 May 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Colombia, Lyon Declaration, Seminar, Latin America and the Caribbean

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

From 21-24 April 2015 the United Nations will host a joint session of negotiations on technology facilitation mechanisms, science, and other technological innovation issues, as part of the inter-...

News - 17 April 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, post2015, UN

IFLA is pleased to announce that it has co-signed a letter on the importance of transparency, accountability and participation in the Financing for Development (FfD) process in the United Nations...

News - 17 April 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, post2015, UN

From 28-30 March 2015, the Federación Española de Sociedades de Archivística, Biblioteconomía, Documentación y Museística (FESABID) will hold its...

Event - 20 March 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conference, Spain

On Wednesday 11 March 2015, the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights will present a thematic report to the 28th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva regarding copyright...

News - 11 March 2015

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Intellectual property, UNHCR, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA President-elect Donna Scheeder speaking at the 5th meeting, Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations (Declaration Session) - General Assembly, Informal meeting (19 February 2015...

News - 23 February 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, post2015, UN

Papers from the IFLA/FAIFE Satellite Meeting 2014 Librarians and other information professionals are often confronted with ethical conflicts and dilemmas at their workplace. Although this...

Publication - 6 February 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Code fo Ethics, Satellite Meeting papers/presentations, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Revised Toolkit — New Talking Points IFLA has updated our Toolkit on libraries and the United Nations (UN) post-2015 Development Agenda. The updates give a better idea of the...

News - 3 February 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, post2015, UN

In order to achieve the most from meetings with Member State Representatives, IFLA has create short talking points which will help library representatives to bring across the key messages within...

Informational Page - 2 February 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, post2015

The Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Committee of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) will hold a one-day seminar at...

Event - 26 January 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, CILIP, Privacy, Seminar, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Español More than 1,700 librarians and information professionals participated of a new series of free webinars presented in November 2014, in Portuguese and Spanish for Latin...

News - 6 January 2015

Tags: Advocacy, IFLA CPDWL, IFLA LAC, IFLA NPSIG, Latin America and the Caribbean, USP, Webinars, Latin America and the Caribbean

English Más de 1700 bibliotecarios y profesionales de la información participaron de una nueva serie de webinars gratuitos presentados en noviembre de 2014, en portugu...

News - 6 January 2015

Tags: Advocacy, IFLA CPDWL, IFLA LAC, IFLA NPSIG, Sección América Latina y el Caribe, seminarios, USP, Webinars, Latin America and the Caribbean

IFLA LGBTQ Users SIG CFP 2015 Developing Equitable Access for LGBTQ Library Users                   According to...

News - 16 December 2014

Tags: Access to information, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Best practices, Censorship, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of information, International cooperation, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Social inclusion, Society, Success stories

Queer Library Alliance: Global Reflections and Imaginings Call for Papers Editors: Rae-Anne Montague and Lucas McKeever  Publisher: Library Juice Press International...

News - 16 December 2014

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Best practices, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of information, International cooperation, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Social inclusion, Society, Women’s issues, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

At the start of December, we are pleased to announce that to date over 450 organisations have signed the Lyon Declaration. Such a robust base of support actively helps our work to ensure...

News - 2 December 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, UN post-2015 Development Agenda

How can libraries position themselves for future success in a rapidly changing information landscape?  Come join a video webchat with IFLA President-Elect Donna Scheeder on Friday,...

Event - 18 November 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conference, Italy, Lyon Declaration, Post 2015

The third UNESCO World Forum on Culture and the Cultural Industries set out to ensure that culture is taken into account in international development policies, and notably in on-going negotiations...

News - 23 October 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Cultural Heritage topic, culture, Italy, post2015

The World Bank invited IFLA to speak on The Role of Libraries in Access to Information Development as part of its Transparency and Information Management Open Discussion Forum on the 2nd of...

News - 7 October 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Lyon Declaration

The 46th General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation ended last night in Geneva with no agreement on a number of topics, including the future work of the Standing Committee on...

News - 1 October 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, WIPO

Note: this toolkit is a project of the IFLA International Leaders Programme IFLA Leaders Associate are pleased to make available a Toolkit that provides relevant materials that can inspire...

Page of a Book - 1 August 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Toolkit, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Over the last eight months, IFLA has been updating members on its participation in meetings of the UN Open Working Group (OWG) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This process will lead...

News - 31 July 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, OWG, United States of America

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 aim of the 39th General Conference and Assembly of the Croatian Library Association is to review the current situation and try to determine the future directions of development of libraries...

Event - 17 July 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Conference, Croatia

Discussions regarding an international copyright instrument for libraries and archives again collapsed inconclusively at the 28th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright & Related...

News - 14 July 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright

IFLA attended the 12th meeting of the Open Working Group (OWG) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) in New York June 16-20 . IFLA’s overarching goal during the OWG meetings is to...

News - 11 July 2014

Tags: A2I, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, post2015, United States of America

General Impact Survey The Impact survey page is an online survey tool designed especially for public libraries that want to better understand the communities and is with written and...

Page of a Book - 19 June 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Toolkit, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Heading Between 1--------- (1st party) And 2--------- (2nd party)   Aim / purpose of the agreement [...] Some guiding terms...

Page of a Book - 19 June 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Tookit, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Nigerian Library Association Advocacy to Establish the Librarians Registration Council of Nigeria submitted by Dr. Victoria Okojie The history of librarianship in Nigeria dates...

Page of a Book - 19 June 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Case studies, Toolkit, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The Problem or Challenge Collaboration for Advocacy in the Pacific Islands: the Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums (PIALA) submitted by Mr. Atarino A....

Page of a Book - 19 June 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Case studies, Toolkit, LDP (Library Development Programme)

PROBLEM: Automating and Building an Institutional Repository for The University of Buea Library submitted by Rosemary Shafack The University of Buea Library had come up with its...

Page of a Book - 19 June 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Case studies, Toolkit, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The following case studies were collected by the IFLA Leaders group, and represent examples of collaboration and advocacy practices from their respective geographies. While the case studies...

Page of a Book - 19 June 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Case studies, Toolkit

Common Base of Citizen Knowledge (CBCK) — Youth Involvement in the development of projects Submitted by Jorge Ruiz Vaca (Mexico) "Who has information has power”,...

Page of a Book - 19 June 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Project development, Toolkit, Youth involvement, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Collaboration for Advocacy Best Practices In 2013, IFLA Leaders conducted a survey to understand how librarians approach and understand collaboration to support their advocacy efforts. We...

Page of a Book - 19 June 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Toolkit, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Note: this toolkit is a project of the IFLA International Leaders Programme IFLA Leaders Associates are pleased to provide you with a Toolkit that will be a good starting place for...

Page of a Book - 19 June 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Toolkit, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The WSIS High Level Event (HLE) also saw the release of a new report from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU):  ‘Final WSIS Targets Review:...

News - 17 June 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy

​ ​The role of libraries in providing access to information, the importance of cultural heritage, public access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the need for media...

News - 17 June 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, HLE, WSIS+10

Last week IFLA participated in EuroDIG 2014: Digital Society at Stake – Europe and the future of the Internet held in Berlin, Germany, from 12 – 13 June. During the EuroDig IFLA...

News - 16 June 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, EuroDig, Germany

The 12th meeting of the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will take place from 16-20 June 2014 in New York. IFLA will attend to continue its engagement with the...

News - 12 June 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, United States of America

Next week IFLA will be participating in the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) High Level Event (HLE) in Geneva, Switzerland. The WSIS HLE will review the progress made in the...

News - 5 June 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Switzerland

[PDF] “Conflict prevention, post-conflict peacebuilding and promotion of durable peace, rule of law and governance”.      Thank you Mr. Co-Chair for...

Publication - 2 June 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Development, Statements

The Pan-European dialogue on Internet governance (EuroDIG) is an open platform for informal and inclusive discussion and exchange on public policy issues related to Internet Governance (IG)...

Event - 1 June 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

One of the main outcomes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012, was the agreement by Member States to launch a process to...

Event - 1 June 2014

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, United States of America, Workshop

[WORD] [PDF] Thank you Mr. Chair for giving the floor to the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions – or IFLA – the global voice of libraries and...

Publication - 27 May 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, United States of America, Statements

[WORD] [PDF] Thank you Madame Chair for giving the floor to the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions – or IFLA – the global voice of libraries and...

Publication - 27 May 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, United States of America, Statements

​ Briefing for CSTD: [English] | [Español] | [français] Briefing for WSIS+10 HLE: [English] | [Español] | [français] IFLA, along with...

News - 20 May 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy

[Media Release] [Additional Quotes]  Discussions by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) broke down in the...

News - 6 May 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Next week discussions regarding an international framework on copyright exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives will recommence once again at the World Intellectual Property...

News - 23 April 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Switzerland, WIPO

In the same year that World Wide Web celebrates 25 years, Brazil hosts NETmundial – Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance. The meeting is organized in...

Event - 23 April 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Brazil, Freedom of information, Internet governance, Meeting, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

The 27th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives, limitations and...

Event - 22 April 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

[IFLA Statement]  IFLA continues to actively promote access to information at the UN sessions dedicated to the creation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which will follow...

News - 9 April 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, post-2015, United States of America

registration (EN+RU) | program plus latest updates: EN / RU We are happy to invite you to IFLAcamp Library Creative Laboratory: “A Hero of Our...

Event - 14 March 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Associations, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Conference, Conferences, Cooperation, Copyright, Cultural heritage, cycling, Development, Digital divide, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Education and training, IFLAcampLab, Information professionals, Information technology, International cooperation, Knowledge society, Library as place, Library collections, Library history, Meetings, Members, Networking, New professionals, NPSIG, Policy, Professional development, Russian Federation, unconference, New Professionals

On 20 March, IFLA and Copyright 4 Creativity (C4C) will be holding a breakfast debate (08.00-09.30) to discuss whether the existing international and EU copyright framework strike the right...

Event - 13 March 2014

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Belgium, Copyright, Event, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On 13 March 2014, IFLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) and the Federación Española de Sociedades de Archivística, Biblioteconomía, Documentaci...

News - 19 February 2014

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Spain, Management of Library Associations

coinciding with MLAS mid term meeting On 13 March 2014, IFLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) and the Federación Española de Sociedades de Archiv...

Event - 14 February 2014

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Spain, Workshop, Management of Library Associations

Español IFLA, together with almost 200 civil society organisations, is calling on the United Nations to put good governance, access to information and independent media at the...

News - 3 February 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Announcement, Development, Freedom of information, IFLA, Libraries and Development

The goal of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) special interest group is to adress the information needs of LGBTQ+ community members related to library services,...

IFLA Group or Activity - 13 January 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Capacity building, Censorship, Classification and indexing, Collection development, Communities of practice, Data management, Digital inclusion, Education and training, Freedom of expression, Guidelines, Human rights, Indexing, LGBTQ library services, Library as place, Library collections, Library marketing, Library outreach, Library services, Library theory and research, Lifelong learning, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, New professionals, Privacy in libraries, Professional development, Reading, Social inclusion, Staffing, Subject analysis, Women’s issues, Young adults, Special Interest Groups, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

Today, on the third day of negotiations at the 26th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) at WIPO headquarters in Geneva, discussions regarding copyright...

News - 18 December 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Switzerland, WIPO

Topics of interest for this call for papers - The School Libraries Section invites submission of proposals for papers (including case studies) about school library advocacy initiatives. The...

News - 17 December 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Advocacy, Call for Papers, School Libraries

Next week, IFLA will be present at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, to advocate for an international framework supporting copyright exceptions for...

News - 13 December 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, SCCR, Switzerland

IFLA is pleased to announce the publication of a Statement on Libraries and Text and Data Mining. The IFLA Governing Board approved the statement on 4 December 2013. There are vast amounts...

News - 12 December 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright

[WORD] [PDF] As the leading international professional association concerned with information and library services, IFLA represents associations and institutions worldwide that endeavour...

Publication - 12 December 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Statements

Check out the School Libraries Section Events page for the programmes and information to help section members book to attend the Mid Term Meeting.  

News - 10 December 2013

Tags: Advocacy, School Libraries

The Programme is announced!  A varied programme covering three days has been planned for the April 2014 Mid Term Meeting to be based in London, United Kingdom The meeting is...

Event - 10 December 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Midterm Meeting, School Libraries

[English] [Español] [français] [العربية] [Português] Access to information is crucial for everyone, including those living in poverty It empowers them to...

Publication - 9 December 2013

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, UN Sustainable Development Goals, Publications

The IFLA Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Recommendations and the Libraries Serving People with Print Disabilities (LPD) Manifesto were passed at the 37th UNESCO General Conference...

News - 9 December 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Disadvantaged persons, France, Information literacy, Library services to people with disabilities, Literacy, LPD, MIL, Services to the visually impaired, Information Literacy

What is the Post-2015 Development Framework? The United Nations is presently reviewing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) so that it can prepare a new development framework for the...

Informational Page - 7 November 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, MDG, Post 2015, UN

The 26th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives, limitations and...

Event - 31 October 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries (DC - PAL) will meet for the second time at the Internet Governance Forum in Bali on Wednesday 23rd October, 16.30 – 18.00...

News - 16 October 2013

Tags: Advocacy, IGF, Indonesia, WSIS, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

BSLA Case Study - 2 August 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Associations, Building Strong Library Associations, Norway, reading education, school libraries

BSLA Case Study - 2 August 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Associations, Building Strong Library Associations, campaign, Collaboration, Networks, school libraries

ACD Section Successful Int’l Workshop In Mexico! Dear Colleagues, The ACD Section organized a successful International Workshop on Acquisition & Collection Development...

News - 19 July 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Canada, Collection development, France, Germany, Mexico, United States of America

[WORD] [PDF]  Thank you Mr Chair, On behalf of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, but also on behalf of millions of print-disabled and...

Informational Page - 27 June 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The WIPO Diplomatic Conference to conclude a Treaty to facilitate access to published works by visually impaired persons and persons with print disabilities has now entered its...

News - 25 June 2013

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Morocco, Services to the visually impaired, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Jointly organized by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) School Libraries and Resource Centers Section and the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL), and...

News - 5 June 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Advocacy, Malaysia, School Libraries

Jointly organized by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Section on School Libraries with the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL), and...

Event - 5 June 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Advocacy, Malaysia, Satellite Meeting, school libraries, School Libraries

IFLA welcomes the report by the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, published on the 30th of May 2013. The report calls for a ‘data and information...

News - 31 May 2013

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, ICT4D, Information policies, International cooperation, Press Release, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The department of Culture, Media and Sport in the UK today published the Sieghart review on E-lending in English public libraries. This government commissioned review states that E-...

News - 27 March 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

In late March, The Economist published an article on the Elending and Public Libraries. Stuart Hamilton, Director of Policy and Advocacy, as well as members of the IFLA Network, such as...

News - 25 March 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, The Economist

Gerald Leitner, member of the IFLA Governing Board and the ELending Working Group, spoke at the Leipzig Bookfair about the challenges faced by libraries with regards to EBooks. He...

News - 21 March 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Ebooks, Germany

Dear Colleagues IFLA is pleased to launch a new set of resources relating to the role libraries play in the information society and the way they can contribute to Internet governance. The new...

News - 1 March 2013

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Announcement, Information society, Internet access

Libraries have been at the heart of the information society since the very early days of the information and communication technology revolution, continuously adapting to new means of...

IFLA Group or Activity - 1 March 2013

Tags: +Main IFLA topics, Access to information, Advocacy, Information society, Internet access

IFLA is pleased to launch a new set of resources relating to the role libraries play in supporting development. Access to information is one of the core needs of society and libraries are stepping...

News - 18 February 2013

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Libraries for development

​ The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a framework of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a total of 169 Targets spanning economic,...

IFLA Group or Activity - 18 February 2013

Tags: +Main IFLA topics, Access to information, Advocacy, Development, IAP, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

In May 2012 IFLA released a Background Paper on eLending which discussed the situation facing public libraries seeking to lend eBooks to their users. The paper discussed the challenges facing...

Informational Page - 8 February 2013

Tags: Advocacy

Libraries have been providing access to digital content to their users for over two decades. Until recently this content largely comprised access to aggregated databases of journals, newspapers,...

IFLA Group or Activity - 8 February 2013

Tags: +Main IFLA topics, Advocacy, elending

IFLA positions with regard to the Google Book Settlement of 2009.  IFLA Position on the Google Book Settlement IFLA Written Statement to the European Commission hearing on the...

Publication - 17 December 2012

Tags: Advocacy, Google Book Settlement, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

Positions and Statments made by IFLA and its partners with regard to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement of 2010. IFLA and EBLIDA Statement on ACTA and the Importance of Multilateral...

Publication - 17 December 2012

Tags: ACTA, Advocacy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

On Tuesday 11th December the European Parliament endorsed the first ever Digital Freedom Strategy in the European Union’s foreign policy. The strategy underlines the importance the EU places...

News - 11 December 2012

Tags: Advocacy, Digital Freedom Strategy, EU, Online Freedom, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The 25th Meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) concluded on Friday 24th November with some progress made towards the concluding of an international...

News - 26 November 2012

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, SCCR25, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

During the plenary discussion on the afternoon of Thursday 22nd November at the 25th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in Geneva, the Chair of IFLA'...

News - 22 November 2012

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, SCCR25, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Updated news items concerning SCCR25 can be found: Copyright Limitations and Exceptions pages.

Event - 22 November 2012

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

At its meeting in April, the IFLA Governing Board has endorsed Principles of Engagement in library-related activities in times of crisis, conflict or disaster. The Principles are part of IFLA...

News - 23 May 2012

Tags: Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Preservation

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

IFLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS), its Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA) Programme and the Dutch Association of Information Professionals (NVB) are pleased to...

Event - 23 April 2012

Tags: Advocacy, Associations, Netherlands, Satellite Meeting, Management of Library Associations

The Joint Committee of the IFLA Section of SLRC and IASL is delighted to announce that the Joint Committee has been awarded funding by the Professional Committee of IFLA for year one of a two-year...

News - 3 April 2012

Tags: Advocacy, School Libraries

El miércoles 21 de marzo en el Parque Biblioteca Belén podrás acudir a este Seminario que se realiza en el contexto de la Reunión Anual del Comité Permanente de...

Event - 12 March 2012

Tags: Advocacy, Colombia, Conference, Regional Offices

IFLA Satellite Pre-conference "Library's Efficiency, Impact and Outcomes: Statistical Evaluation and Other Methods as Tools for Management and Decision-making" will be arranged on August...

News - 16 September 2011

Tags: Advocacy, Conferences, Finland, Management, Performance indicators, Statistics and evaluation, Statistics and Evaluation

The conference is organized in cooperation with the IFLA Statistics & Evaluation, Management & Marketing, and Academic & Research Libraries Sections. The radical...

Event - 15 September 2011

Tags: Advocacy, Advocacy, Finland, Impact, Management, Performance indicators, Satellite Meeting, Statistics and evaluation, Statistics and Evaluation

The third issue of the FAIFE Newsletter has just been released in preparation for the upcoming IFLA Annual Conference which will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Please enjoy it and...

News - 30 June 2011

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Best practices, Conferences, Freedom of expression, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

English | Español A Prologue of Sorts In late 2010, I prepared the following text about Venezuela's Instituto Autónomo Biblioteca Nacional y Sevicios de Bibliotecas (IABNSB). I was...

Publication - 29 June 2011

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Knowledge society, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The Main Library of The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, in association with IFLA Africa Section, is sponsoring an IFLA satellite meeting which will be held in Barbados at the...

Event - 24 June 2011

Tags: Advocacy, Barbados, Copyright, Open access, Satellite Meeting, Africa

The ITU WSIS 2011: Open Access session, Geneva © ITU / V. Martin IFLA, along with Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) and UNESCO, held an Interactive Facilitation Meeting...

Informational Page - 27 May 2011

Tags: Advocacy, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

This one-day conference—aimed at library and information professionals in all sectors and at all levels—focuses on providing tools and sharing expertise for library advocacy in the...

Event - 8 April 2011

Tags: Advocacy, Best practices, Conference, Freedom of information, Library and information science education, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

[PDF] Public Access to Health Information Workshop, Maputo, Mozambique, 15th and 16th March 2011 This report deals with a workshop funded by IFLA and jointly managed by IFLA and Phi....

Publication - 4 April 2011

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Mozambique, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

for library associations in the Central and South East European Region 17-19 February 2011 Split, Croatia Theme: Building Strong Library Associations and Establishing a Model for Future...

News - 27 January 2011

Tags: Advocacy, BSLA, Croatia, Management of Library Associations

In the IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly 2011, the Information Literacy Section, the Library Services to Multicultural Populations and the SIG...

News - 15 December 2010

Tags: Advocacy, Annual conference, Call for Papers, Information Literacy, Puerto Rico

  Deutsch IFLA SCCR 21 Press Release [doc] IFLA SCCR 21 Press release [pdf] The 21st Session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Standing...

News - 19 November 2010

Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Press Release, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA CLM Chair Winston Tabb confers at WIPO with (right to left): Chris Friend (World Blind Union), Teresa Hackett (Electronic Information for Libraries) and Luis Villaroel (Corporation...

News - 15 November 2010

Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA is pleased to announce that a symposium "Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age: Copyright as a means to foster creativity and access" will take place in Tokyo...

News - 27 October 2010

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Today has been released the very first issue of the FAIFE Newsletter.  It contains 17 pages of news about the domain where freedom of expression and human rights intersect, especially...

News - 22 October 2010

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Freedom of expression, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

August 2013 July 2012 December 2011 June 2011 February 2011 October 2010

Publication - 22 October 2010

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Newsletters, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Cherry blossoms in Osaka, Japan; image courtesy of pelican IFLA is pleased to announce that a symposium "Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age: Copyright...

Event - 20 September 2010

Tags: Advocacy, Conference, Copyright, Freedom to read, Intellectual property, Literacy, Reading, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The IFLA School Libraries Section concerns itself with the improvement and development of school libraries worldwide, advocacy for qualified and adequate staffing for school libraries,...

Publication - 17 September 2010

Tags: Advocacy, Leaflets, School Libraries

The IFLA section 11 logo, shown at left of our webpages, was created in order to "brand" the section, providing a stable image that conveys the spirit of the section. Graphic designer...

News - 8 September 2010

Tags: Advocacy, School Libraries

Conference Session 96 Law Libraries, Government Libraries and Government Information and Official Publications 12 August 2010 13:45 - 15:45 Creating an international legal...

News - 4 August 2010

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Democracy, Document delivery, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Information policies, Intellectual property, Open access, Policy, Law Libraries

The Statistics and Evaluation section has announced a workshop on Library Statistics for Advocacy - A Capacity Building Workshop for Librarians and Library Associations to be held on August 12 as an...

News - 30 April 2010

Tags: Advocacy, Sweden, LDP (Library Development Programme)

During 2009, IFLA language centres around the world have been busy with a major translation project. Using funds provided by the Swedish International Co-operation and Development Agency (Sida),...

News - 9 March 2010

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Internet access

IFLA World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Gothenburg, Sweden, 10-15 August 2010 Joint Sessions Theme: Towards national strategies for library...

News - 6 January 2010

Tags: Advocacy, Library Theory and Research

The TD National Reading Summit is the first step towards developing a Canadian national reading strategy, which will foster a reading culture in communities across the country. Three successive...

Event - 5 August 2009

Tags: Advocacy, Canada, Conference, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

      The aim of the first ever International Conference on Children’s Libraries is to deliberate on the potential and scope of Children’s Libraries in...

Event - 5 August 2009

Tags: Advocacy, Children's libraries, Children's literature, Conference, India, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

  FAIFE Committee Member Loida Garcia-Febo, has just been elected Vice Chair/ Chair Elect of the American Library Associations Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT). Below are details...

News - 5 August 2009

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Associations, Censorship, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, United States of America, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The programme will focus on Successful Advocacy Programmes, Communication and Promotion, Influencing the Political Agenda, Identifying the Right Arena for Advocacy, and Working with Media. ...

Event - 28 April 2009

Tags: Advocacy, Workshop

中文 | français | Italiano | Slovenčina Meeting in Glasgow on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of its formation, the International Federation of Library Associations and...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Sustainability, Sustainable development, Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)