Talking copyright: The week ahead at WIPO
15 April 2024Ahead of the meeting of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights this week, we are happy to share an overview of the issues on the table, and some of the materials covered.
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Building the Future of the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) together– your input needed!
15 April 2024Over the coming months, IFLA will be asking for feedback from its members and volunteers regarding their perspectives, desires, and experiences regarding the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC). This will enable the WLIC Review Steering Committee to adequately assess the needs and the views of IFLA members and volunteers.
A common goal, a common language: IFLA Open Access vocabularies publication
15 April 2024The spread of Open Access arguably represents one of the most far-reaching successes of the library and research fields over the last quarter century.
IFLAPARL Newsletter - Call for contributions
14 April 2024Chile Abril 2024
11 April 2024Participación del Comité Regional de Latinoamerica y el Caribe, en el Congreso de Bibliotecas Universitarias y Simposio sobre Inteligencia Artificial realizado en Chile.
Copyright and Open Access to Research: An International Survey of Academic Librarians
10 April 2024The IFLA Advisory Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters is happy to share a survey on attitudes among academic librarians to copyright reform in support of open access, with surveys in English and French. We encourage you to respond!
IFLA General Assembly 2024: Call for agenda items and resolutions
10 April 2024The IFLA General Assembly 2024 will be held on Thursday 20 June 2024 in hybrid format, in The Hague, Netherlands and online, from 13:00 – 15:00 CEST.
Post-Pandemic Perceptions
10 April 2024While we have been fortunate to be able to put the restrictions associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic behind us, not all is the same as before. IFLA's Regional Council, which brings together representatives of each world region, has produced a new report which looks in particular at how the way governments, communities and libraries themselves saw libraries before the Pandemic and now.
SAVE THE DATE: IFLA Social Sciences Webinar: Systematic Review Success, June 5, Wednesday
5 April 2024SAVE THE DATE: You are invited to attend the IFLA Social Sciences Libraries’ webinar "Systematic Review Success: An Introductory Workshop for Librarians & Information Professionals" scheduled on June 5, Tuesday, 10 am-11:30 am EST. More information will be published soon.
ENSULIB announces the 9th IFLA Green Library Award 2024 Longlist in Two Categories
4 April 2024With generous sponsorship from De Gruyter Brill Publishing, ENSULIB circulated a Call for Submissions for the IFLA Green Library Award for the ninth year in a row. Any type of green library or any outstanding green library project, initiative or idea was invited to apply for the IFLA Green Library Award. Libraries with a small budget but a great impact were explicitly invited to participate in the competition
MCULTP Mini-Conference: Libraries New Trends in Supporting Multiculturalism and Multilingualism
4 April 2024Interview with the new Chair of CFLA-FCAB
29 March 2024Andrea Cecchetto, a member of the North American Regional Division and the chair of its Global Advocacy Working Group, was recently appointed as the Chair of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations / Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (CFLA-FCAB). Meg Mering, NARD’s Information Coordinator, interviewed Cecchetto about her new role, CFLA-FCAB’s strategic priorities and mandates, and ways CLFA-FCAB and IFLA can support each other’s priorities.