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2 March 2020

• International Congress Librarianship, Information Studies and New Media. International Perspectives

  Event | Library Theory and Research

• On the Road to New Opportunities: Update on the IFLA Governance Review

  News

• Call for papers: Music in the library world

  News | NPSIG

1 March 2020

• Call for papers for the Big Data SIG open session at WLIC 2020 now open

  News | Big Data

29 February 2020

• An important message from IFLA Headquarters: Information on COVID-19

  News | Local History and Genealogy

• DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Papers — Open Sessions: Local History and Genealogy joint with Indigenous Matters and Rare Books and Special Collections

  News | Local History and Genealogy

28 February 2020

• Extended deadline - Call for papers: Subject Access and Artificial Intelligence: Enhancing competencies and safeguarding ethics

  News | Subject Analysis and Access

• IFLA Input to a UN Human Rights Council Report on the Cultural Dimension of the Right to Education

  News | FAIFE

27 February 2020

• Qatar National Library Presents Conservation Training Course in the Levant Region

  News | PAC and Cultural Heritage

• [CANCELLED] Call for Papers — Open Sessions at IFLA WLIC 2020

  News | Preservation and Conservation

• Call for Papers: "Putting Emerging LIS Competencies into Education and Practice: Challenges and Opportunities" (Canceled due to coronavirus)

  News | SET

• Call for Papers: Perspectives on the role of information literacy education in fostering a smooth transition throughout a learner’s formal education journey - from PK to 20 and beyond

  News | Information Literacy

26 February 2020

• Call for Papers

  News | School Libraries

• Half a Year of Action: Six Months of Delivering on the IFLA Strategy 2019-2024

  News

25 February 2020

• Accelerating Development, Transforming Lives in Africa: IFLA Promotes Libraries at African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

  News | Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda

• DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Nominations: IFLA 2020 Honours and Awards

  News

• CFP IFLA WLIC2020 Open Session, "Better Together: Collaborative Solutions to the Challenges of Data and Libraries"

  News | Information Technology

• Experience sharing seminar “Cataloguing in Transformation”

  Event | UNIMARC

24 February 2020

• Books Beyond Bars: Why Focus on Prison Libraries? An interview with Lisa Krolak, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning

  News | Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda

• Call for Papers — Satellite Meetings Local History and Genealogy joint with Asia and Oceania

  News | Asia and Oceania

23 February 2020

• Library and Research Services for Parliaments Annual Report 2018/19

  Basic Page | Library and Research Services for Parliaments

• Parliamentary Research & Library Service Ethics Checklist Updated

  News | Library and Research Services for Parliaments

• Call for Papers and Presentations for the 2020 Annual WLIC and IFLAPARL Pre-conference

  News | Library and Research Services for Parliaments

• Call for Papers and Presentations for the 2020 Annual WLIC and IFLAPARL Pre-conference

  Basic Page | Library and Research Services for Parliaments

20 February 2020

• Into Action: UN Regional Sustainable Development Forums Start Next Week

  News | Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda

• Extended Deadline — Satellite Meeting of IFLA Special Interest Group Environment, Sustainability and Libraries with Preservation and Conservation Section

  News | Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

19 February 2020

• Satellite Meetings Local History and Genealogy joint with Asia and Oceania - Cancelled

  News | Local History and Genealogy

18 February 2020

• Call for Papers — Open Sessions Public Libraries

  News | Public Libraries

17 February 2020

• Libraries’ Role as Core Cultural Services Highlighted in UN Text

  News | Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda

• IFLA Submits Comments on WIPO Artificial Intelligence Issues Paper

  News | CLM and Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

16 February 2020

• IFLA Submission on WIPO Artificial Intelligence Issues Paper

  Publication | CLM and Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

14 February 2020

• WLIC joint session with Knowledge Management Section

  News | Information Technology

13 February 2020

• Local Action, Global Impact: Lessons from the 10th World Urban Forum

  News | Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda

• National Libraries in Voluntary National Reviews – a Briefing

  Publication | Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda

12 February 2020

• Getting ready for the 2020 International Women’s Day: an Advocacy Kit for Libraries

  News | FAIFE

• International Women’s Day 2020: Advocacy Kit for Libraries

  Publication | FAIFE

• Call for Papers - HBS and E4GDH Joint 2020 Satellite Meeting in Dublin

  News | Health and Biosciences Libraries

• IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural Library Manifesto Toolkit now available in Russian

  News | MCULTP

11 February 2020

• WLIC joint Satellite with Reference & Information Services Section 12-13 August in Galway, Ireland

  News | Information Technology

• WLIC joint session with Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

  News | Information Technology

• WLIC 2020 joint session together with Health and Biosciences Section

  News

• International approaches to Library Services to people with special needs

  Event | LSN

• International forum on library services to people with special needs

  Event | LSN

• Call for papers: Cataloguing Section open session at IFLA WLIC 2020

  News | Cataloguing

10 February 2020

• Metropolitan Libraries Section: Action Plan (2019 - 2020)

  Publication | Metropolitan Libraries

• [Postponed to October 2020] IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Conference 2020 (MetLib 2020): Registration and Call for Papers

  News | Metropolitan Libraries

• [Postponed to October 2020] IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Conference 2020 (MetLib 2020): Registration and Call for Papers

  Event | Metropolitan Libraries

• Libraries for a Better Internet: Safer Internet Day 2020

  News | FAIFE and Information Society

• 13th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions

  Event | Cultural Heritage

• Finding the evidence: Coronavirus

  News | Evidence for Global and Disaster Health