Conferences
Current Conference
2020
IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020 Cancelled
Past Conferences
2019
World Library and Information Congress: 85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 24-30 August 2019, Athens, Greece
Joint Program (Information Literacy with Library Theory and Research Sections)
Theme: Information Literacy in Context: Research Informing Practice informing Research
2018
World Library and Information Congress: 84th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 24-30 August 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Joint program (Library Theory & Research and Information Literacy Sections)
Theme: Information Literacy: From Practice to Research and Back Again
2017
World Library and Information Congress: 83th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 19-25 August 2017, Wroclaw, Poland
Offsite session
23 August 2015, University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw, POLAND
Theme: Models for Copyright Education in Information Literacy Programs
Joint program (Audiovisual and Multimedia, Information Literacy and School Libraries)
Theme: Media is the Message: Critical Use of Video in the Digital Age
2016
Satellite meeting
11-12 August 2015, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Theme: Information and Artifactual Literacies: Engaging Minds in Libraries and Museums
2015
Satellite meeting
13-14 August 2015, Cape Town, South Africa
Theme: School Libraries & Guided Inquiry: Taking Stock & Taking Action
World Library and Information Congress: 81st IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 17-23, Cape Town, South Africa
Theme: From Words to Action – how you can put the IFLA Media and Information Literacy Recommendations into practise – in your community library and country
2014
World Library and Information Congress: 80th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
16-22 August, Lyon, France
Theme: It’s public knowledge: understanding health literacy from an information science perspective
Information Literacy and Health and Bioscience
Satellite Meeting
Limerick, Ireland 14-15 August 2014
Theme: Facing the Future: Librarians and Information Literacy in a Changing Landscape
2013
World Library and Information Congress: 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
11-17 August, Singapore
Theme: Intergenerational Literacies: texto – techno
Literacy and Reading with Information Literacy
2012
World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
11-17 August, Helsinki, Finland
Theme: Information literacy meets E-learning: Let's talk about interconnections and outcomes
Information Literacy & e-Learning Special Interest Group
Satellite meeting (with CPDWL)
8 - 9 August, Tampere, Finland
Theme: The Road to Information Literacy: Librarians as Facilitators of Learning
Satellite meeting (with ATINA)
8 - 10 August 2012, Riga, Latvia
Theme: Information for Civic Literacys
2011
World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
13-18 August, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Theme: The importance of information literacy for multicultural populations: needs, strategies, programs, and the role of libraries
Information Literacy Section with Library Services to Multicultural Populations and the Special Interest Group on Indigenous Matters
2010
World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
10-15 August, Gothenburg, Sweden
Theme: see separate webpage
2009
World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy
Theme: Libraries promoting twenty-first century literacies
Literacy and Reading and Information Literacy> Sections
2008
World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 2008, Québec, Canada
Theme: Return on investment: learners’ outcomes in information literacy. Do they really learn?
Information Literacy with Academic and Research Libraries Sections
Last update: 1 May 2020
