Content tagged Access to information

Alongside growing concern in the United States and Canada about the conditions imposed on libraries looking to lend eBooks, there are also efforts to reduce dependency on third party distributors...

News - 16 July 2019

Tags: Access to information, Ebooks, elending, eLending for Libraries, United States, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​The third and final WIPO regional seminar on exceptions and limitations took place in Santo Domingo on 4-5 July. It looked into the copyright rules that define whether libraries, archives,...

News - 15 July 2019

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

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Meeting, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United Nations, United States

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Meeting, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Meeting, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States

The 2019 High Level Political Forum (HLPF) under the auspices of the United Nations' Economic and Social Council is the key annual meeting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....

Event - 8 July 2019

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Development, SDGs, United States, LDP (Library Development Programme)

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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The 2019 edition of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) took place in The Hague from 19-21 June. This year, IFLA was involved in organising a panel on the European...

News - 25 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Data Literacy, Digital divide, Freedom of information, IFLA and the Information Society, Internet governance, Netherlands, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ With the European Copyright Directive now voted, attention is turning to its implementation at national level. There is the promise of greater simplification and new...

Event - 19 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Cultural heritage, Romania, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

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

News - 18 June 2019

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

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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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

The World Intellectual Property Organisation is holding a series of regional seminars on copyright exceptions for libraries and others. Here we bring together the key background materals and...

Publication - 8 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, WIPO, Briefings, 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....

Publication - 5 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda

IFLA has submitted comments on two sets of plans to boost internet access in Africa, underlining the importance of including libraries. By doing this, governments not only support affordable...

News - 4 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Africa, Digital inclusion, Internet access, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​UN Member States, agencies and civil society representatives met in Rome on 27-29 May to discuss progress towards building peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG16). IFLA participated,...

News - 3 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to Legal Information, Development, Italy, LDP (Library Development Programme)

​ 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda

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)

With Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 in focus at the United Nations (UN) this year, there is a key opportunity to draw attention to the importance of access to information.  In...

Event - 26 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Italy, Open government, Transparency, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Today, voters in most European Union Member States will choose who will represent them for the coming five years in the European Parliament. Their choices will have an impact, not least on...

News - 26 May 2019

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

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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

The first of three WIPO regional workshops focusing on the copyright needs of libraries, as well as archives, museums, education and research, took place in Singapore on 29-30 April. The...

News - 1 May 2019

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

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

News - 27 April 2019

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

The decisions taken in Brussels and Strasbourg have a significant impact on libraries. To prepare for the coming mandate of the European Parliament, IFLA and partners have developed a Library...

Publication - 25 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Europe, European Parliament, European Union, LDP (Library Development Programme), Manifestos

​The decisions taken in Brussels and Strasbourg have a significant impact on libraries. To prepare for the coming mandate of the European Parliament, IFLA and partners have developed a Library...

News - 25 April 2019

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

This year's International Conference of the Lithuanian Librarians Association will focus on sustainable development, and what libraries can do to deliver it. The United Nations'...

Event - 24 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Development, Lithuania, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The title of World Book Capital has passed from Athens, Greece, to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. IFLA President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón and Secretary-General Gerald...

News - 23 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Literacy and reading, UNESCO World Book Capital, United Arab Emirates, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

We had a chat with Wend Wendland, Director of the Traditional Knowledge Division at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), to find out more both about the division and the WIPO...

News - 23 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cooperation, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Cultural heritage, Indigenous People, Intellectual property

By the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the European Bureau of Library Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA), SPARC Europe, the...

Publication - 17 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Associations, Conservation, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Cultural heritage, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications

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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, eLending, eLending for Libraries, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Dear Colleagues, After a first call, no nominations were received for the position of Chair of IFLA’s Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression...

News - 17 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Announcement, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression), Freedom of expression

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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Intellectual property, licensing, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Connecting libraries offers a great way of bringing more people online, and providing a space where they can develop the skills and confidence necessary to get the most out of the Internet. The...

News - 11 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries, Internet access, Public Access, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The Public Access Policy Toolkit looks at the different policy areas where libraries may need to advocate to ensure that all our institutions can provide internet access to their users....

Publication - 11 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Digital libraries, Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries, Internet access, Public Access, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

A group of unviersity libraries in the United States have signed up to a new Statement on Patron Privacy and Database Access. With library resources often now accessed through third-party servers...

News - 9 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Privacy in libraries, Interview

​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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Policy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Sustainable Development Goal 3 calls on United Nations Member States to 'ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all, at all ages'. IFLA's new briefing underlines how libraries...

Publication - 7 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, health, Health literacy, research support, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

IFLA, working with the Italian Library Association, has provided input to the Universal Periodic Review of Italy at the Human Rights Council. The submission highlights the importance of access to...

News - 5 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Human rights, Italy, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ IFLA and the Italian Library Association have submitted a contribution to the Unviersal Periodic Review of Italy, as organised by the Human Rights Council. This underlines the importance...

Publication - 5 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Human rights, Italy, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ Intergovernmental Organisations both shape the policies and priorities of governments, and inform the international debate. By going making their publications freely – and...

News - 4 April 2019

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

IFLA has agreed a statement calling on Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs) to make their research and data available to the public for free, and without unnecessary limitations on use....

Publication - 4 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Open Access, Statements

After events in Bilbao, Spain in 2015 and Jeju, Korea in 2017, the 3rd Summit of the Agenda 21 for Culture programme takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 3-5 April. Building on the...

Event - 4 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Argentina, Conference, local government, Sustainable development, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Through two events at the World Intellectual Property Organisation, IFLA helped explore the indispensable – and undisputed – role of exceptions and limitations in achieving the public...

News - 2 April 2019

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

Today, the Plenary of the European Parliament adopted the Copyright Directive by a significantly reduced margin compared to previous votes. It will now be for libraries at the national level to...

News - 26 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Europe, Freedom of expression, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, E-Learning, Education, Electronic collections, Electronic resources, Event, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Next week’s vote on the European Union’s Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market is an opportunity to advance the situation of libraries. But unless an Article which would...

News - 24 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Europe, Freedom of expression, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

IFLA is participating in the SDG Book Club, an initiative launched by the United Nations alongside organisations representing publishers, booksellers and books for youth. Through this, we hope to...

News - 15 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Children, Development, Literacy, SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The brief celebrates the commitment of the library sector to making OER a reality and encourages continued engagement by providing background information. It shares the definition of OER, its...

Publication - 4 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, E-Learning, Education, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​To celebrate Open Education Week 2019, IFLA releases a brief on open educational resources (OER). It underlines the role that librarians can play in creating, curating and ensuring access to...

News - 4 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, E-Learning, Education, Open Access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Meeting, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

​The World Day of Social Justice focuses on the steps that need to be taken to ensure that globalisation and change benefits everyone. The new opportunities brought should give all who can the...

Publication - 20 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Minorities, SDG 8, Social inclusion, Society, Sustainable development, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

​​Through providing access to information and skills in a welcoming environment, as well as working as a platform for partnerships, libraries can realise rights and development. IFLA has...

Publication - 16 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Human rights, Sustainable development, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

After thirty months of discussion, there was provisional agreement yesterday on the EU’s draft Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. While there have been marked steps...

News - 14 February 2019

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

Following a call for comments by the government of New Zealand Te Aotearoa on draft legislation designed to implement the Marrakesh Treaty, IFLA has made a submission. This highlights the need to...

News - 8 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Marrakesh Treaty, New Zealand, Services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

The story of eLending in Denmark is a particular one. Despite high levels of use of the Danish eLending platform, it attracted frequent (if unjustified) criticism from other stakeholders, who held...

News - 8 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Denmark, eBooks, eLending, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Publishers and libraries have long, together, helped to ensure the flow of ideas and knowledge from writers to readers. Yet with new technologies and new patterns of creativity an consumption,...

Event - 5 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Copyright, Egypt, Publishing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The concept of controlled digital lending is receiving growing attention. Originating in the United States, it is now a subject of discussion elsewhere in the world, raising both interest and...

News - 22 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ IFLA President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón visited Taiwan, China on 9-12 January 2019. In a series of speeches and meetings, she shared the message that libraries can be...

News - 16 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, China, Global Vision, IFLA Global Vision, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda

For the third year in a row, the Wikimedia Foundation is organising #1Lib1Ref. This highlights the potential for librarians to improve Wikipedia by adding citations. These in turn make...

Event - 16 January 2019

Tags: 1Lib1Ref, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cultural heritage, Event, Wikipedia

IFLA has interviewed Sharon Day, speaking on behalf of a campaign in Canada to boost the availability - and affordability - of eBooks for libraries. The goal - to ensure that Canada's...

News - 15 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Canada, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Call for Papers: Satellite Meeting Theme: Grey Literature Sponsored by: IFLA Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section Co-sponsored by: IFLA...

News - 15 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Acquisitions, Classification and indexing, Collection development, Collections, grey literature, Publications, Serials, National Libraries

PRESS RELEASE: for immediate release May 28, 1996   At the invitation of IPA President Fernando Guedes, IFLA Secretary General Leo Voogt represented IFLA at the 25th...

Publication - 13 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Publishing, IFLA/IPA Steering Group, Statements

JOINT PRESS RELEASE: For immediate release 23 August 2001 IFLA General Conference Boston, MA, USA   The International Federation of Library...

Publication - 13 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Pubishing, IFLA/IPA Steering Group, Statements

12 October 2001: The joint Steering Group of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the International Publishers Association (IPA) is working to promote...

Publication - 13 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Publishing, IFLA/IPA Steering Group, Statements

Following the production of the IFLA Background Paper on eLending the IFLA Governing Board tasked the eLending Working Group with developing a set of principles that could guide library...

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

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...

Publication - 12 January 2019

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

IFLA, along with Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) and UNESCO, held an Interactive Facilitation Meeting on Open Access in Geneva, Switzerland on May 19th, as part of the World Summit on...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, Internet access, Internet governance, Conference presentations, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

English | français The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the global voice of the international library community. Libraries play...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, trade deals, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

“Big Data can reshape the world and save lives. By analyzing it, we can find answers to challenges such as climate change and global epidemics. Economies can be stimulated....

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, data mining, Open Access, text and data mining, Text mining, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

On 22 February 2016, IFLA co-signed the Brussels Declaration on Trade and the Internet in support of sustainable, transparent, accountable and democratic international trading systems. The...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, trade agreements, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

In 2015, librarians from across Latin America met in Buenos Aires. They came to share experiences and reflections, hopes and ambitions about the future of libraries and how they could best serve...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Argentina, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Congress papers, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, adopted on June 27, 2013, has been ratified by 30...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Malawi, Marrakesh Treaty, Print disabilities, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

June 17, 2014 PROTECTION OF IRAQI CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES Blue Shield is appalled by the great suffering and loss of life in the current fighting in Iraq and expresses great...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Blue Shield, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Iraq, Preservation, Statements, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

HABITAT, a platform which gathers every 20 years to shape the future of human settlements, has issued its Quito Declaration on sustainable cities and human settlements for all – the...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Development, Digital divide, Social inclusion, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Half of the world’s population lacks access to information online.In our knowledge society, libraries provide access and opportunity for all. Around the world, public access to...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Development, Digital divide, LDP (Library Development Programme), Reports

IFLA's response to the Synthesis Report of the UN Secretary-General on the Post-2015 Development Agenda: "The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, ICTs, Intellectual property, Lyon Declaration, post-2015, LDP (Library Development Programme), Publications

IFLA is pleased to announce that it has become a signatory to the Declaration for the inclusion of culture in the Post-2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Declaration highlights the...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cultural heritage, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

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 centre of the post-2015...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Sustainable development, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

On Monday 9th December IFLA launched a joint statement on the role access to information can play in the post-2015 development framework. The statement, prepared in association with Article 19,...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Development, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Sustainable development, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

IFLA participated in the Guardian live chat on the role information plays in development. The live chat lasted for 2 hours and recieved a lot of questions and feedback in form of over 250...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Development, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Sustainable development, LDP (Library Development Programme), Reports

UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights Text in more than 285 different languages International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Resource Guides, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Below, a list of international Organizations working within the areas of Access to Information, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Freedom and related areas. We hope you find our list useful...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Resource Guides, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Regularly published world-wide or regional reports covering the state of the human rights, including intellectual freedom Amnesty International's Annual Report The annual...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Resource Guides, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Useful global Internet documentation centers on human rights Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is an independent, non-...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Human rights, Resource Guides, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Some links to basic reports, articles and other documents on internet content regulation in general and on filtering and rating in libraries - and the intellectual freedom implications of such...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Censorship, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Resource Guides, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

In terms of freedom of expression, the last few years represent a historical transition period. This transition has left a permanent imprint on the media, communications, political history and...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Censorship, Freedom of information, Resource Guides, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The leaks of Edward Snowden have raised a range of different responses and reactions against ubiquitous surveillance and led to calls to strengthen users’ rights and protection on the...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Censorship, Finland, Freedom of information, Videos, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Interview with Birgitta Jónsdóttir from Kirjastokaista Increased Internet censorship and surveillance has been an emerging trend over the last decade. Since the...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Censorship, Freedom of information, Videos, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation enters into force on 25 May, bringing with it significant changes in the rules around how personal data is collected, managed and used...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, data protection, Europe, Privacy, Webinars, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Martyn Wade, Chair of IFLA's Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression, delivered a speech on Fake News and Libraries in Zagreb. The occasion...

Publication - 9 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Croatia, fake news, Media and Information Literacy, Interviews, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Martyn Wade, Chair of IFLA's Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression, delivered a speech on Fake News and Libraries in Zagreb. The occasion was the...

Publication - 9 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Croatia, fake news, Media and Information Literacy, Interviews, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and the Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC), invite interested...

News - 7 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, accessibility, Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia, Best practice, Collection development, Collections, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital Humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Information technology, Open Source, Preservation, Profession, Resource discovery, Risk assessment, Society, Usability

2014-2015 IFLA LGBT SIG Annual Report

Publication - 2 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, accessibility, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Best practice, Cataloguing, Censorship, Collection development, Collections, Communication, Communities of practice, Conferences, Disadvantaged people, Education for librarianship , Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Human rights, IFLA and the Information Society, Immigrants, Indigenous People, LGBTQ Users SIG, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Library as place, Minorities, Multicultural populations, Net Neutrality, Outreach, 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 practice, Cataloguing, Censorship, Collection development, Collections, Communication, Communities of practice, Disadvantaged people, Education for librarianship , Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Guidelines, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous People, LGBTQ Users SIG, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Library as place, Lifelong learning, Marginalized, Minorities, 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 practice, Cataloguing, Censorship, Collection development, Collections, Communication, Communities of practice, Disadvantaged people, Education for librarianship , Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous People, LGBTQ Users SIG, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Library as place, Lifelong learning, Marginalized, Minorities, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Buildings and equipment, Communication, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Democracy, Development, Disadvantaged people, Education, Education and training, Education for librarianship , Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Guidelines, Human rights, LGBTQ Users SIG, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Library as place, Marginalized, Minorities, Multicultural populations, Networking, New professionals, Outreach, Performance indicators, Privacy in libraries, Professional development, Risk assessment, Services, 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 practice, Disadvantaged people, Education for librarianship , Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Guidelines, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous People, LGBTQ Users SIG, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Library as place, Lifelong learning, Marginalized, Minorities, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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

IFLA has answered the UN’s call for contributions on progress towards WSIS Action Lines and Targets. This process makes connecting all libraries to the internet a key priority. IFLA’s...

News - 19 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, Public Access, World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), WSIS, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​At meetings of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005 and 2015, governments around the world agreed on the importance of connecting libraries as a means of helping everyone to...

Publication - 19 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, Public Access, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA and EIFL have addressed a letter of congratulation to the Prime Minister of Thailand, following the passage of legislation that will bring the country into line with the Marrakesh...

News - 19 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Marrakesh Treaty, Thailand, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

Internet governance is a complex field that covers the rules, norms and standards that determine how the internet – from the physical connections to the programmes and information...

Publication - 18 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Capacity building, Education, Information policy, Information professionals, Internet governance, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA has prepared an initial response to the consultation launched by the United Nations High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. This highlights the importance of action for access...

News - 12 December 2018

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

​IFLA has submitted its response to the consultation launched by the United Nations High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. This highlights the importance of action for access to information...

Publication - 12 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, Internet governance, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​​A new United Nations report underlines the need for action to ensure that people with disabilities enjoy the same opportunities and possibilities as others. It also highlights good practices,...

News - 12 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, disability, SDGs, sustainable development goals, Library Services to People with Special Needs

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

​ IFLA representatives played an active role in the Global Alliance for Literacy Policy Forum, a meeting of ministers and senior officials responsible for literacy organised by UNESCO on...

News - 11 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, illiteracy, Literacy, Mexico, sustainable development goals, UN 2030 Agenda, Literacy and Reading

​ 70 years ago today, United Nations Member States signed up to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In doing so, they established a set of principles that underpin any sustainable...

News - 10 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Announcement, Freedom of expression, Human rights, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ 10 December 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is an opportunity to read, and reflect on, a document that includes many of the key values -...

Publication - 7 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cultural heritage, Democracy, Human rights, Peace, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ With the internet playing an increasing role in our economic, social and cultural lives, the importance of it being inclusive grows. IFLA's new brief explains a new tool for...

Publication - 7 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Internet access, Internet governance, internet inclusion, UNESCO, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA DDRS Standing Committee would like to challenge the interlending and document supply community to consider strategies for contending with an increasingly complex global information...

Event - 7 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Best practice, Change management, Conference, Conferences, Cooperation, Copyright, Czech Republic, Document delivery, Electronic delivery, Inter-Library Loans, International cooperation, Resource discovery, Document Delivery and Resource Sharing

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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

10 December 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. IFLA will be focusing on the importance of this document for libraries, and the contribution our...

Event - 4 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Event, Freedom of expression, Human rights, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The UNESCO-IFLA Public Library Manifesto was last updated and finalised on 29 November 1994. 29 November 2018 therefore marks the start of the Manifesto’s 25th year! First created in...

News - 29 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Public Libraries, public library manifesto, UNESCO, Public Libraries

The UNESCO-IFLA Public Library Manifesto, in its most recent edition, is entering its 25th anniversary year. To start the celebrations, IFLA has produced an article looking at the ways in...

Publication - 29 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Public Libraries, public library manifesto, UNESCO, Reports, Public Libraries

On 29 November 2018 we will mark 24 years since the IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto was ratified in 1994. As we move towards celebrating the 25th anniversary in 2019, public libraries and...

News - 26 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Public Libraries

As part of our International Advocacy Programme, IFLA supported a project led by the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information (AFLI) to develop and deliver an online course on libraries and...

News - 21 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Arab world, Development, Egypt, Sustainable development, UN Sustainable Development Goals, LDP (Library Development Programme)

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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The need to preserve the benefits of an open internet while finding means to address concerns about the way it works was high on the agenda at the 13th Internet Governance Forum, held in Paris...

News - 15 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries, France, Internet access, Internet Governance Forum, Public Access, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ With half the world's population still offline, the need for meaningful solutions to ensure that everyone has the possibility to connect is  as high as ever. While traditional...

News - 14 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, community networks, Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries, France, Internet governance, offline internet, Public Access, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

In terms of the number of ratifications, the Marrakesh Treaty is a major success, promising new possibilities for people with print disabilities to access information. A sub-regional workshop in...

Event - 8 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries serving persons with print disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Print disabilities, Workshop, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ Mozfest is the annual gathering of supporters of a healthy Internet: accessible to all, decentralized, creative and safe. This year there were many interesting talks and events for...

News - 7 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Internet governance, Mozfest, Mozilla, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is an important gathering for discussing how the internet works. Its multistakeholder approach allows for open discussion between civil society...

Event - 5 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, Event, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, IFLA and the Information Society, Internet access, Internet governance, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Open Access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Following extensive discussions, libraries in the Netherlands have come to an agreement with publishers and others about eBook availability in the country. Published in the Official...

News - 31 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Netherlands, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

When IFLA needed reliable data about libraries and their services worldwide, it became apparent that there are no such data. Therefore, the IFLA Section on Statistics and Evaluation, the UNESCO...

Publication - 29 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Statistics and performance evaluation, Journal articles, Statistics and Evaluation

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Conference presentations

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)

Public access to the internet in libraries offers a number of important benefits, both for people who have no other means of getting online, and for those in countries with high levels of...

Publication - 16 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Toolkits, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ In 2015, the Internet Governance Forum started a community-driven process to collect concrete stories showcasing successful initiatives which offer potential means of connecting the next...

Publication - 8 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Development, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Extended collective licensing is increasingly proposed as a solution to problems faced by libraries in getting permissions to digitise and use large numbers of works. But it can only work if there...

News - 8 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, collective management; extended collective management, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Teachers are at the heart of efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 - Quality Education. Yet they cannot do it alone, with libraries providing essential support both inside and out of...

Publication - 7 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, school libraries, Teacher librarians, Briefings, School Libraries

The World Intellectual Property Organisaiton is currently negotiating a draft treaty on broadcasting. This would give greater rights to broadcasters to protect their signals, in response...

Publication - 3 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Audiovisual and multimedia, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Marrakesh Treaty was signed in June 2013, and barely three years later entered into force. Yet ratification is only part of the story. IFLA's monitoring work shows where progress is...

Publication - 1 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Marrakesh Treaty, Services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired, LDP (Library Development Programme), Studies

They held the meeting on August 23rd 2018, one day before the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) opened in Kuala Lumpur. There was a good variety of topics, ranging from establishing...

News - 1 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Children, Development, Digital inclusion, Disadvantaged people, IFLA Satellite meeting, IFLA WLIC 2018, Services to people with disabilities, Singapore, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Statements

As institutions with a societal mission, it is natural for libraries to seek to address the major societal challenges of today - and there are fewer greater than sustainability. With...

Publication - 25 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, environmental sustainability, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Sustainability, Briefings, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

Copyright, together with other intellectual property rights, seeks to promote creativity and innovation by giving the creator or rightsholder a monopoly of rights, or exclusive rights over the...

News - 24 September 2018

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

The annual general assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation – WIPO – offers a chance to take a strategic look at the Organisation’s work across the...

Event - 24 September 2018

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

The annual general assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation – WIPO – offers a chance to take a strategic look at the Organisation’s work across the board...

News - 24 September 2018

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

Success in the mission of libraries relies heavily on peace. War and conflict, beyond immediate harm to people and buildings, holds back education, culture and research.  Yet...

Publication - 21 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Interreligious relations, peace, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, VNRs, LDP (Library Development Programme), Videos

I Colóquio de Informação do Comitê Interinstitucional de Cooperação Informacional e Bibliotecária (CICIB) aims to discuss and discuss the topic...

Event - 20 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Brazil, Seminar, UN 2030 Agenda, UN Sustainable Development Goals

"The Global Congress is the main convening of a global network of over 800 researchers, activists, and practitioners who work on the intersection of intellectual property and promotion of the...

Event - 18 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Event, Intellectual property, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

If information is power, then democracy - the power of the people - depends on access to information for all. To celebrate International Democracy Day 2018, IFLA has put together an...

Publication - 16 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Democracy, Transparency, Briefings, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Webinar también disponible en inglés y francés 2019 va a ser un gran año en el trabajo de la IFLA sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo...

Event - 13 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, DA2I, Development, HLPF 2019, IAP, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, SDG 10, SDG 16, SDG 4, SDG 8, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Webinar

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, 13 September 2018— In a vote on copyright today, Members of the European Parliament offered welcome support to libraries’ heritage work. However,...

News - 13 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright reform, European Parliament, Press Release, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Webinar également disponible en anglais et en espagnol 2019 sera une année importante pour le travail de l'IFLA en matière des Objectifs de dé...

Event - 11 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, DA2I, Development, HLPF 2019, IAP, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, SDG 10, SDG 16, SDG 4, SDG 8, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Webinar

Webinar also available in French and Spanish 2019 is going to be a big year in IFLA’s work on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs...

Event - 11 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, DA2I, Development, HLPF 2019, IAP, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, SDG 10, SDG 16, SDG 4, SDG 8, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Webinar

Following the launch of a guide to implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty and a statement on copyright literacy at the World Library and Information Congress, IFLA has continued to make the case...

News - 10 September 2018

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

​Next Wednesday, all of the European Parliament’s 751 Members will have the opportunity to amend the draft Directive on copyright. In doing so, they will send a message to Europe’s...

News - 7 September 2018

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

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, Collections, Disadvantaged people, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Human rights, LGBTQ library outreach, LGBTQ library resources, LGBTQ library services. LGBTQ library programming, LGBTQ Users SIG, Malaysia, Marginalized, Minorities, Outreach, Reading, Reference services, Resource discovery, Services, Social inclusion, Women’s issues, Young adults, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

Чтобы рассказать о концепции грамотности в области авторского права, ее значении для различных аспектов библиотечной деятельности, а также выработать рекомендации для основных заинтересованных...

News - 29 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

2019 год предоставит нам великолепные возможности для адвокации библиотек с учетом Целей устойчивого развития ООН  в области образования, занятости, равенства и доступа к информации....

News - 29 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

As part of the 2018 World Library and Information Caucus, IFLA organised a flash session on the subject of latest developments at Creative Commons, and how libraries can get involved....

Event - 29 August 2018

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

​With a shared commitment to acces to knowlede, the Creative Commons movement already includes many librarians.  The IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2018 provided an...

Publication - 29 August 2018

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

​ ​   أصدرت الإفلا بيانًا حول تعليم ومحو أمية حقوق الطبع والنشر؛ لشرح المبدأ نفسه وأهميته في عمل المكتبات ووضع توصيات للمُستفيدين. أن تكون على علم بحقوق...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ يُتيح عام 2019 فرصة هامة لمُناصرة المكتبات، خاصةً مع تركيز الأمم المُتحدة على أهداف التنمية المُستدامة بشأن التعليم، والتوظيف، والمساواة، وإتاحة المعلومات، في هذه الجلسة، توضح القصص...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

2019 est une année favorable pour développer le plaidoyer en faveur des bibliothèques en mettant l’accent sur  les objectifs de développement durable (ODD)...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

​ Das Jahr 2019 bietet, mit dem Fokus auf den Zielen für nachhaltige Entwicklung (SDGs) der Vereinten Nationen für Bildung, Beschäftigung, Gleichberechtigung und Zugang zu...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

The Marrakesh Treaty has already had a major impact on copyright legislation, removing legal barriers to making and sharing copies of books in accessible formats. But to ensure that people with...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to information, Copyright, Copyright, From the Annual Conference, Libraries serving persons with print disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

In order to explain the concept of copyright literacy, its importance within the broader work of libraries and to make recommendations to key stakeholders, IFLA has published a statement on...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Para explicar el concepto de alfabetización en derechos de autor, su importancia dentro del amplio trabajo de las bibliotecas y hacer recomendaciones a las partes implicadas, la IFLA ha...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Copyright has a decisive role on what libraries and their users can do with works to which they have access. However, librarians' knowledge of the law can play just as important a role,...

Publication - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

2019 ofrece una oportunidad crucial para la defensa de las bibliotecas, con un especial interés en los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de las Naciones Unidas para la educaci...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

​ 2019年为图书馆宣传提供重要机遇，将会重点关注联合国可持续发展目标（SDGs）有关教育、就业、平等和信息获取方面的内容。有关这些主题的的精彩故事将向国家和国际领导人展示图书馆贡献的重要性，并有助于赢得图书馆应有的认可。 国际图联世界图书馆地图（LMW）提供了一个可以分享故事的独特数字空间——展示图书馆对实现可持续发展目标的贡献，...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

Afin d'expliquer la notion de culture du droit d'auteur, son importance au sein de l’ensemble plus vaste des activités des bibliothèques et de faire des recommandations...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

为了阐释版权素养的概念及其在图书馆广泛工作中的重要性，并对利益相关者提出改进建议，国际图联发布了关于版权教育和版权素养的声明。   具备版权素养是指拥有丰富的版权知识并能够明智决定如何利用受版权保护的文献。其中包括随着法律、实践和用户期望的发展，了解版权制度的结构、功能和影响。版权教育则是发展和更新版权素养的过程。...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ Um das Konzept der Urheberrechtskompetenz (Copyright Literacy) und ihre Bedeutung im erweiterten Umfeld von Bibliotheken zu erläutern und Empfehlungen an die wesentlichen...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ ​ The Marrakesh Treaty entered into force in September 2016, faster than any other international copyright text in the last 40 years. It promises to remove some of the key...

Publication - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Libraries serving persons with print disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Toolkits

2019 offers a crucial opportunity to advocate for libraries, with a focus at the United Nations on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for education, employment, equality and access to...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

The IFLA Library Map of the World, launched one year ago at WLIC 2017 in Wrocław, addresses the critical need of the library field to have basic information about the state of libraries...

News - 26 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

​ تتناول خارطة الإفلا لمكتبات العالم التي صدرت العام الماضي خلال المؤتمر العالمي للمكتبات والمعلومات لعام 2017 المُنعقد في فروتسواف حاجة مجال المكتبات الماسة إلى المعلومات...

News - 26 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

El Mapa de la IFLA de las Bibliotecas del Mundo, que se hizo público hace un año en el WLIC de 2017 en Wrocław, responde a la importante necesidad del sector bibliotecario...

News - 26 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

Проект Библиотечная карта мира ИФЛА, представленный год назад на Всемирном библиотечном и информационном конгрессе 2017 во Вроцлаве, направлен на удовлетворение насущной потребности...

News - 26 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

​ 国际图联世界图书馆地图于一年前在弗罗茨瓦夫召开的2017年世界图书馆与信息大会（WLIC）上正式发布，该网站解决了图书馆界收集图书馆现状及世界各国图书馆总体前景基本信息的迫切需求。 有关图书馆 世界图书馆地图的初衷是收集图书馆基本信息并实现共享。如今该网站不仅只是提供数据，甚至已经成为获取与图书馆相关的联合国可持续性发展...

News - 26 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

La Carte mondiale des bibliothèques de l’IFLA, mise en place l’année dernière au CMBI 2017  de Wroclaw, répond au besoin essentiel pour le...

News - 26 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

​ Beim letztjährigen WLIC in Wrocław fiel der Startschuss für die IFLA Library Map of the World. Sie wendet sich an den kritischen Bedarf des Bibliotheksbereichs, ü...

News - 26 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

The phenomenon of ‘fake news’ has risen to prominence in many countries, regularly appearing in political debate. IFLA is concerned by the risk that this can pose to access to...

Publication - 25 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, fake news, Information Literacy, Media and Information Literacy, Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

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, Collections, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Human rights, LGBTQ library outreach, LGBTQ library programming, LGBTQ library resources, LGBTQ library services, LGBTQ Users SIG, Library as place, Malaysia, Marginalized, Minorities, Multicultural populations, Outreach, Peace, Reference services, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Conference presentations

During the International Advocacy Programme Global Convening, held in New York on 28-29 June 2018, IFLA offered a presentation about expected events in the coming year at the United Nations...

Publication - 23 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Development, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, sustainable development goals, United Nations, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

2019 will be a big year at the UN. The regular regional and global forum and voluntary national reviews taking a specific focus on education, employment, equality and access to...

Publication - 23 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Development, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Sustainable development, United Nations, Infographics, LDP (Library Development Programme)

​The rights of freedom of expression and access to information, privacy, education, and participation in cultural life are core to libraries’ mission. They give equitable access to the...

News - 22 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Education, Freedom of access to information, Freedom of expression, Human rights, Privacy, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

On International Youth Day 2018, IFLA released a paper exploring how libraries are working to provide safe spaces for youth. In doing so, they offer useful lessons on how to overcome the...

Publication - 12 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Homelessness, LGBTQ, young adults, Youth involvement, Briefings, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

13:30 - 16:00 The Copyright and Other Legal Matters Committee’s second business meeting is taking place on 29 August 2018. Discussions will focus on several areas of the committee...

Event - 9 August 2018

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

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)

9:30 - 11:30 Simulatenous translation The shift from buying physical library media to licensing digital content has profound impacts on the way libraries acquire and give access to...

Event - 9 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Congress, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Electronic collections, Electronic resources, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

9:30 - 11:30 The session will be divided into two with the first hour provided by three members of the IFLA International Leaders programme. The speakers will explore the many ways in...

Event - 9 August 2018

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

08:30 - 10:30 Livestreamed Simultaneous Interpretation In the 5 years since the last major session at WLIC, we have seen talk of the death of the physical books replaced by...

Event - 9 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Congress, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, eBooks, Electronic resources, eLending, eLending for Libraries, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Language is essential to culture, community and daily life. Through languages, people not only express their history, traditions and memory, but more importantly construct their future. Yet many...

Publication - 9 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Cultural heritage, Indigenous People, UNESCO, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

In 10 December, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will turn 70. This is a major opportunity both to celebrate this key document and raise awareness of its messages. In...

Publication - 8 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Education, Human rights, Privacy in libraries, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The IFLA background paper on extended collective licensing presents examples of extended collective licensing systems under several jurisdictions. Reports from Canada, China, France, Germany, the...

Publication - 7 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Digitisation, licensing, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Libraries have a mission to maximize access to their collections, for culture, education and research. In doing so, they face challenges around clearing rights – i.e. how to make these books...

News - 7 August 2018

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

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

Event - 2 August 2018

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

The Latin America and Caribbean regional preparatory meeting for the Internet Governance Forum (LACIGF) is the opportunity for voices across the continent to come together to discuss how the...

Event - 2 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Digital inclusion, Internet access, Internet governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) is the only open and freely available bibliographic standard with the goal of ensuring access to information by making bibliographic...

News - 30 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Cataloguing, ICP, ISBD, linked data, LRM, Metadata

Five years on from its signature in 2013, the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled is proving its power...

News - 24 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Libraries serving persons with print disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Print disabilities, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ ​ 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United Nations, United States, LDP (Library Development Programme)

​A key pillar of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda, alongside the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals, is an ongoing review of implementation. Central to this is the process of Voluntary...

Publication - 16 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, sustainable development goals, Briefings, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United Nations, United States, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The 2nd meeting of African ministers responsible for libraries took place on 5-6 July in Durban, South Africa. IFLA President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón and Secretary...

News - 8 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Africa, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, sustainable development goals, Africa

The 2018 High Level Political Forum (HLPF) takes place on 10-18 July 2018 at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York. This event, the highlight of the global debate on sustainable...

Event - 8 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Development, Sustainable development, United States, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Australia is looking at reviewing its Copyright Act of 1968 with the aim of bringing its copyright framework up to date with the digital world. The government consulted on a few specific...

Publication - 5 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Australia, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications

Australia is looking at reviewing its Copyright Act of 1968 with the aim of bringing its copyright framework up to date with the digital world. After earlier reviews such as the safe...

News - 5 July 2018

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

IFLA will participate in the 2nd Lifelong Learning Platform Conference, held in Vienna, Austria. This will provide a chance to highlight the unique role and contribution of libraries in...

Event - 4 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Education, Europe, Lifelong learning, skills, Public Libraries

As primarily public institutions, libraries depend strongly on support from their governments, both in terms of laws and funding. Ensuring that those in power recognise and build on the potential...

Event - 4 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Africa, Africa, Conference, Global Vision, Library Map of the World, sustainable development goals, Africa

​ 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United Nations, United States, LDP (Library Development Programme)

IFLA commissed a review of the available literature on the limits of licensing as a means of giving access to knowledge, in order better to understand the feasibility of universal licensing based...

Publication - 29 June 2018

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

Net neutrality refers to the principle that all data or traffic on the Internet should be treated equally. As set out in the IFLA Statement of 2016, unjustified discrimination can lead to certain...

Publication - 28 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality, Toolkits, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United Nations, United States, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The Internet is increasingly central to the way we create, share, access and use information. For libraries to be able to achieve their mission of providing universal, equitable and meaningful...

Publication - 21 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Internet governance, Internet Governance Forum, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Yesterday, the Legal affairs committee at the European Parliament (EP) voted on the copyright Directive. There is welcome confirmation of the value of exceptions to copyright as a guarantee of...

News - 21 June 2018

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

Libraries have long played a role in supporting marginalised groups, with refugees and other newcomers just one example of those who benefit from the access to information they provide. On World...

Publication - 20 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Immigrants, refugees, Briefings, Library Services to People with Special Needs

IFLA has added its name to a letter to Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina and host of the G20 – a gathering of the governments of the world’s biggest economies. The letter sets out...

News - 17 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Argentina, Censorship, Freedom of expression, Internet governance, Privacy, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The first UNESCO-IFAP conference on ‘Tangible and Intangible Impacts of Information and Communications in the Digital Age’ on 3-8 June 2018 brought together representatives of...

News - 13 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, Information literacy, Media and Information Literacy, Russian Federation, UNESCO, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States, 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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The 6th Seminar on Art Information seeks to broaden the debate on topics related to libraries and art. This edition of the seminar will be held at the Cervantes Institute in Rio de Janeiro, on 24...

Event - 6 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Brazil, Seminar, UN 2030 Agenda, UN Sustainable Development Goals

Digital technologies have opened up exciting new ways of making the cities and communities where we live cleaner, easier and more efficient. Smart cities have seen better organisation of traffic,...

News - 6 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, inclusion, United States, LDP (Library Development Programme)

UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organisation – has become an important player in the field of open educational resources. At its 39th General Conference in...

Publication - 4 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Education, Open Access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications

UNESCO is preparing a Draft Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER), as the next step forwards in its work in the area. Given the strong role of libraries in many countries in promoting...

News - 4 June 2018

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

The UN STI Forum, a sub-group of the Economic and Social Committee, meets annually to discuss science, technology and innovation cooperation around thematic areas for the implementation...

Event - 4 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Development, smart cities, Sustainable Development Agenda, United States, urban development, LDP (Library Development Programme)

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

#1Lib1Ref – one librarian, one reference – is the Wikimedia Foundation’s initiative to engage the collective knowledge of libraries to improve the quality and...

News - 25 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, local content, Wikipedia, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​As part of its engagement in the UN initaitive on Monitoring and Evaluation for Disability-Inclusive Development, IFLA's section on Libraries Serving Users with Special Needs carried out a...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Print disabilities, Services to people with disabilities, Sustainable Development Agenda, Reports, Library Services to People with Special Needs

​ 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

The Art Libraries Section of IFLA, in collaboration with the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, is organizing a one-day conference that focuses on the documentation of global...

News - 13 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Best practice, Collections, Conferences, Cultural heritage, Art Libraries

There is increasing awareness that sustainable development requires effective government. Libraries have a major role to play in delivering this, as part of their broader mission to provide access...

Publication - 11 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, government accountability, Government information, Transparency, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

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

En nombre de las bibliotecas y sus usuarios en México y en todo el mundo, considero preocupante el texto del proyecto de ley recientemente votado en el Senado mexicano. El texto en cuesti...

Publication - 4 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Censorship, Copyright, Mexico, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

On behalf of libraries and their users in Mexico and around the world, I am concerned to hear about a reform recently voted in the Mexican Senate. The law in question would allow for articles,...

Publication - 4 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Censorship, Copyright, Mexico, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

La declaración presentada a continuación fue hecha por el Secretario General de la IFLA el día 4 de Mayo de 2018. En nombre de las bibliotecas y sus usuarios en M...

News - 4 May 2018

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

The following statement is made by IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner, on 4 May 2018 On behalf of libraries and their users in Mexico and around the world, I am concerned to hear about...

News - 4 May 2018

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

​Faced with major challenges around literacy and making best use of information and knowledge, the Arab world needs its libraries as much as ever. With them, development can work for everyone....

News - 4 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Development, Lebanon, Literacy, Sustainable Development Agenda, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation enters into force on 25 May, bringing with it significant changes in the rules around how personal data is collected, managed and used...

Publication - 2 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Data management, Europe, Privacy in libraries, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

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

The IFLA Statement on Government Provision of Public Legal Information in the Digital Age, endorsed by the IFLA Governing Board in December 2016, is directed at the governments of countries around...

News - 23 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Public Legal Information, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Libraries were front and centre at the Creative Commons Global Summit 2018, sharing both their commitment to openness and their skills in making this a reality. IFLA was there, engaging in...

News - 23 April 2018

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

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Latin America and the Caribbean

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 - 14 April 2018

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

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, Vietnam

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

​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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Seminar, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The Forum will provide an opportunity to discuss progress towards achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in the region, and send key messages to the global gathering of...

Event - 11 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Development, Latin America and the Caribbean, sustainable development goals, Latin America and the Caribbean

In response to a call for evidence on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age, from the UN Special Rapporteur on Privacy, IFLA provided an answer highlighting the importance of privacy for...

Publication - 10 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Intellectual freedom, Privacy in libraries, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The Human Rights Council adopted resolution 34/7 on March 23rd 2017, on “the right to privacy in the digital age”. This contained two follow-up steps: organize an expert workshop on...

News - 10 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Privacy in libraries, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

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

WiFi4EU is an initiative of the European Commission which promises to expand significantly access to public WiFi around the European Union, with a budget of €120 million. Libraries...

Publication - 6 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Europe, Internet access, Public Access, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

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

News - 6 April 2018

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

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 has submitted initial comments on a draft document on best practices for collective management organisations produced by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). This initiative...

News - 4 April 2018

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

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation enters into force on 25 May, bringing with it significant changes in the rules around how personal data is collected, managed and used...

Event - 28 March 2018

Tags: Access to information, Data management, data protection, Privacy in libraries, Webinar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

There has been welcome news from the Unites States, where legislation designed to implement the Marrakesh Treaty has been introduced to Congress. Once this is voted, America will join the growing...

News - 19 March 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Marrakesh Treaty, United States, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

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

Production of, and access to ideas, information and knowledge are essential to scientific progress and broader wellbeing. With publishers and libraries both involved in delivering this, it is...

News - 15 March 2018

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

The Hague, Geneva, Oxford, 15th March 2018 — Libraries and publishers both play an essential role in the production of, and the provision of access to, creativity and knowledge. In their...

Publication - 15 March 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Preservation, WIPO, Press Release, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

As we move forward with the Library Map of the World development, we would like to inform you about the upcoming activities in which we are going to need your engagement. Data...

News - 14 March 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Announcement, Development, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

Women are central to the well-being of any society. In turn, meaningful access to information and the defence of cultural rights is central to the empowerment of women. Meeting these...

News - 9 March 2018

Tags: Access to information, cultural rights, Gender equality, women, Women, Information and Libraries

​In the first of five regional forums on the Sustainable Development Goals, the importance of access to information as a driver of progress was clear. Delegates from Europe and North America,...

News - 6 March 2018

Tags: Access to information, Development, Disadvantaged people, Sustainable Development Agenda, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDG 11, UN SDGs

​2018 will see a focus on Sustainable Development Goal 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities - at the UN. This is an opportunity to share how successful libraries can be drivers of successful...

News - 28 February 2018

Tags: Access to information, Development, Sustainable Development Agenda, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ IFLA has joined with members from across Europe in signing the Sofia Declaration. This calls on European Union institutions and governments to recognise the importance of documentary...

News - 27 February 2018

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

There is strong and welcome progress on the implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty around the world. With formal ratification, and the associated changes to domestic laws, the world is moving...

Event - 26 February 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Marrakesh Treaty, Seminar, United Arab Emirates, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

For around half of the world’s population, Internet connectivity is not a reality. Often, this is simply because there are no cables, or a good enough mobile signal, where they live...

News - 20 February 2018

Tags: Access to information, Internet access, Social inclusion, United States

Last week, the Council of Ministers of the European Union, representing its Member States, voted to approve the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty. This opens the way to the EU and its 28 Member...

News - 20 February 2018

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

This is a critical time for the ongoing reforms, with votes imminent in the key European Parliament Committee, as well as the Council (whcih brings together Member States). IFLA will be...

Event - 20 February 2018

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

With a particular focus on SDG 11 - Sustainable Communities and Cities (read our blog here) - and on those countries undertaking voluntary national reviews in 2018, it is an opportunity to...

Event - 20 February 2018

Tags: Access to information, Community, Conference, Development, Switzerland

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

The Carter Centre conference 'Inform Women, Transform Lives' will focus on the importance of transparency and access to information for women, and the obstacles they face. Looking to take...

Event - 13 February 2018

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Gender equality, United States, women, Women, Information and Libraries

The sustainable development of our societies requires access to information for all, and libraries are essential to achieving this. Donna Scheeder (IFLA President, 2015-2017) underlined this point...

News - 31 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, Development, Sustainable Development Agenda, United Nations, United States

​IFLA President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón has placed realising the potential of libraries to empower their users in a digital society, and so achieve development goals, at the...

News - 29 January 2018

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

The 56th session of the United Nations Commission on Social Development is the main forum for looking at the social aspects of development policies across the board. With a specific focus on the...

Event - 25 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Development, Internet access, Sustainable Development Agenda, United States

The submission is available here.

Publication - 18 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, IFLA and the Information Society, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA participated in the 2017 Internet Governance Forum (IGF), held in Geneva. The IGF is a global multi stakeholder platform that facilitates the discussion of public policy issues...

News - 16 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, Internet access, Internet governance, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Theme: "Local Histories and Genealogies in Multicultural Asia" Date: 22-23 August 2018 Venue: George Town, Penang, Malaysia Bangunan UAB, Event Hall (ground floor), No 21...

News - 15 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, IFLA WLIC 2018, Asia and Oceania

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)

Libraries and the Bulgarian EU Presidency share the same goals – a stronger, more cohesive Europe, built on creativity, innovation and inclusion. Every day, libraries across the continent...

News - 10 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​When the World Summit on the Information Society set out principles for how the Internet should be run in 2003, the governments present fixed the target of connecting public libraries. When these...

News - 8 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, IFLA and the Information Society, Internet access, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Blockchain, highlighted in the 2016 Trend Report Update as a key emerging issue for libraries, has also increasingly grabbed popular attention. The rising value of BitCoin has been at the heart of...

Publication - 7 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, blockchain, Copyright, Exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Studies

Libraries have long helped users to develop their capacity to spot where information is needed, and then to find it and apply it. From trying to deal with a health issue or finding a job, to the...

News - 4 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Europe, Internet access, Media and Information Literacy (MIL), FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

On 22 December 2017, the IFLA Executive Committee approved the following statement: In line with its statement of 22 August 2017, IFLA deeply regrets the ongoing shutdown of the...

News - 23 December 2017

Tags: Access to information, Cameroon, Internet access, Internet Shutdowns, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

2018 IFLA World Library and Information Congress Open Session 84th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 24 - 30 August 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Call for Papers: The Document...

News - 22 December 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Communication, Digital resources, Document delivery, Electronic delivery, eLending, Inter-Library Loans, International cooperation, Open Access

Like all aspects of government policy, copyright laws should serve to promote the long-term public interest. It is essential to ensure that creators receive fair compensation. But it is also...

News - 14 December 2017

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

IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner today wrote to IFLA members to mark the start of the 70th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:   Dear all,...

News - 10 December 2017

Tags: Access to information, Freedom of expression, Human rights, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The below statement was agreed by the IFLA Executive Committee on 5 December 2017: IFLA is deeply concerned by the announcement of the destruction of 140 000 books held by public-...

News - 9 December 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Censorship, Turkey, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Newsletters

When they signed the Marrakesh Treaty in 2013, the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation committed to removing legal barriers to access to books for people with print...

News - 3 December 2017

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

The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the Information Technology Section, invite interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held during IFLA WLIC in...

News - 1 December 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Acquisitions, Audiovisual and multimedia, Buildings and equipment, Cataloguing, Classification and indexing, Collection development, Collections, Communities of practice, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Electronic resources, Games, Information technology, Knowledge management, Lifelong learning, Outreach, Preservation, Services, Success stories, Young adults

The work of libraries relies on the existence of a modern and complete set of exceptions and limitations to copyright. While national legislation is usually the responsibility of national...

News - 27 November 2017

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, NAFTA, trade agreements, United States, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The FAIFE Spotlight focuses on urgent events and gives a fresh analysis of freedom of speech issues. Spotlights are written by FAIFE Committee Members, the Chair or other...

Publication - 20 November 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Freedom of expression, Human rights, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda

IFLA is happy to share a quick update from the Library Map of the World. We have an incredible result from the first phase of data collection which ended on 31 October 2017....

News - 13 November 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Announcement, Development, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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)

Libraries are unique partners for development. By providing access to information, in a safe and welcoming environment with tailored support, they empower individuals and communities to create,...

News - 6 November 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, United States, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

Publication - 19 October 2017

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Access to information, Conference presentations, Publications

Publication - 19 October 2017

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Access to information, Conference presentations, Publications

IFLA attended the 49th General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), from 2-5 October 2017, taking the opportunity to underline the need for action to help...

News - 10 October 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Marrakesh Treaty, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Videos

Following agreement in the European Union on legislation to implement the Marrakesh Treaty, Member States now have a year to comply. By 11 October 2018, all 28 countries need to give people who...

News - 5 October 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Europe, Marrakesh Treaty, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

For libraries, the contribution of access to information to building stronger, fairer and better societies is obvious. They are a place whith no barriers to getting hold of the knowledge...

News - 28 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, AccessToInfoDay, DA2I, Development, Information literacy, Internet access, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda

CSTI, The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information, offers a unique forum for interaction between organizations that create, disseminate and use scientific and technical...

Event - 25 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, Event, IAP, ICST, UN 2030 Agenda, United States

While libraries may have a reputation as a place to come for peace and quiet, they can also be drivers of peace in the wider communities they serve. Around the world, they provide a welcoming...

News - 21 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Development, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, peace, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDG 16, UN SDGs

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, Webinar

A growing network of countries have ratified the Marrakesh Treaty, giving ever wider access to information for people with print disabilities. The Treaty, which was signed in 2013, promises to do...

News - 20 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Marrakesh Treaty, Russian Federation, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The purpose of the Congresso Brasileiro de Biblioteconomia e Documentação (CBBD) is to discuss the state of the art of Library and Information Science and to integrate the...

Event - 12 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Brazil, cbbd, Congress, Congresso Brasileiro de Biblioteconomia e Documentação, Development, IAP, UN 2030 Agenda

IFLA established its response to the OECD consultation calling for answers from its members and submitting a document reflecting all the different comments received. The...

News - 12 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Democracy, Government information, Information policy, Policy

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

The transition towards Open Access is gaining momentum. It promises to deliver a major step forward in giving access to the results of science and research, allowing new ideas to emerge and spread...

News - 11 September 2017

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

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

This presentation, a link at the end, was used at the workshop on Video production. Informing, communicating and disseminating knowledge using audio-visual content during WLIC2017 in Wroclaw,...

Publication - 7 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Audiovisual and multimedia, Communication, Communities of practice, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Freedom of information, Information technology, Open Source, Professional development, Social inclusion, Resource Guides

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

​ There is no doubt that access to information is essential to achieving development across the board. And it is only when it is free, safe, and open for all, with communities who know how...

News - 23 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, DA2I, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, IFLA, Libraries and Development

​ Les bibliothèques, en tant que partenaires fiables, bien établis et d’un bon rapport coût/efficacité, dotés d’un personnel compétent...

News - 23 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, DA2I, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, IFLA, Libraries and Development

​ Без сомнения, доступ к информации имеет решающее значение для развития по всем направлениям. Но только в том случае, если доступ бесплатен, безопасен и открыт для всех, когда члены...

News - 23 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, DA2I, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, IFLA, Libraries and Development

​ 毫无疑问，信息获取对于实现全面发展至关重要。只有当所有人都能免费、安全、公开地获取信息，拥有知晓如何寻找、应用和重新利用信息的团体时，信息的获取才能帮助每个人改善生活。 图书馆拥有熟悉本地需求且精通业务的员工，是公认的经济实惠且值得信任的政府伙伴，能够协助政府完成实现可持续发展目标（SDGs）的承诺。...

News - 23 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, DA2I, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, IFLA, Libraries and Development

​ No hay duda de que el acceso a la información es esencial para lograr el desarrollo para todos por igual. Este acceso puede ayudar a todas las personas a mejorar sus vidas siempre...

News - 23 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, DA2I, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, IFLA, Libraries and Development

​ Es besteht kein Zweifel daran, dass der Zugang zu Informationen eine wesentliche Voraussetzung dafür ist, flächendeckende Entwicklungen zu gewährleisten. Und nur dann,...

News - 23 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, DA2I, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, IFLA, Libraries and Development

​ لا شك أن إتاحة المعلومات ضرورة لتحقيق التنمية،  ومن شأنها مُساعدة الجميع على تطوير حياتهم ويتحقق ذلك فقط عندما يكون الوصول إلى المعلومات آمنًا ومفتوحًا  للجميع بالمجان...

News - 23 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, DA2I, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, IFLA, Libraries and Development

تتزايد نسبة الوقت الذي نقضيه من حياتنا على الإنترنت في التواصل مع أهلنا ودفع الضرائب، لذلك برزت أهمية اكتساب المهارات اللازمة لتحقيق أقصى استفادة مُمكنة من التكنولوجيا الرقمية على...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ ​ Unserer Leben findet immer mehr online statt. Angefangen damit, mit Ihrer Familie in Kontakt zu bleiben, bis zur Einreichung der Steuererklärung, findet alles...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Das Internet ermöglicht das Finden, Teilen und Erzeugen von Wissen, in einer Weise, wie es eine Generation zuvor noch undenkbar erschien. Es lässt das Menschenrecht auf Zugang...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

يُتيح الإنترنت فرصًا للعثور على المعلومات ومُشاركتها لم يكن يتخيلها جيل واحد قبلنا، ويُمكنا من ضمان حق الإنسان في الوصول إلى المعلومات أكثر من أي وقتٍ مضى، كما أنه يُمكن العائلات...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ More and more of our lives take place online. Everything from keeping in touch with your family to filing your tax return takes place over the Internet. The confidence to use,...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The Internet provides opportunities for finding, sharing and creating knowledge that were unimaginable a generation ago. It allows for more effective delivery of the human right of access to...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Nous passons le plus clair de notre temps à naviguer sur Internet. Rester en contact avec nos proches, déclarer nos impôts, tout se fait maintenant en ligne. L’...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ Все большая часть нашей жизни проходит в режиме онлайн. Сейчас при помощи Интернета происходит всё: от общения с семьей до подачи налоговой декларации. Уверенность в...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Интернет предоставляет такие возможности для поиска, обмена и создания знаний, которые нельзя было представить еще поколение назад. Он позволяет более эффективно осуществлять право...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Internet ofrece posibilidades para encontrar, compartir y crear conocimiento que eran inimaginables hace una generación y que permiten que la implementación del derecho...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ Cada vez una mayor parte de nuestras vidas tiene lugar en línea. Todo, desde mantenerse en contacto con la familia hasta hacer la declaración de la renta se...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ Pour la recherche, le partage et la création de connaissance, l’Internet offre des possibilités inimaginables pour la génération préc...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

互联网提供了查找、分享和创造知识的机会，这在一代人之前是无法想象的。它能比以往任何时候都更有效地捍卫信息获取这一人权，也使家人、朋友、同事和研究合作者联系起来。 当正确的法律和社会条件到位，而且人们具备必要的技能和自信时，互联网接入就会成为社会各级发展的动力。 因此，全世界大约一半的人口没有连接互联网这一情况是主要问题。正如公共访问原则（...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

​ ​ 我们的生活越来越离不开网络。从和家人保持联系到提交纳税申报单，所有这一切都在互联网上进行。运用数字技术的信心，以及充分利用数字技术的技能，对自我实现和社区参与都越来越必不可少。 长久以来，图书馆致力于帮助用户学习、创造和参与。通过提升文化素养，即阅读和理解文字作品的能力，图书馆为人们提供获取文化和信息的路径。就如《发展与信息获取报告...

News - 22 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2017, Internet access, Internet censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Los esfuerzos en defensa de las bibliotecas a nivel global, regional y nacional se ven muy obstaculizados por el hecho de que la IFLA y muchas asociaciones nacionales no tienen...

News - 21 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

由于缺少所在国家图书馆状况的基本信息，国际图联及许多国际组织无法在全球、地区和国家范围内开展有效的宣传工作。可靠的全球图书馆数据统计是我们共同的愿景。 今日，在波兰弗罗茨瓦夫举办的2017年国际图联世界图书馆与信息大会上，国际图联“世界图书馆地图”正式发布，解决了图书馆界想要准确收集并共享世界各国图书馆格局基本信息这一迫切需求...

News - 21 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

Lobbyarbeit auf globaler, regionaler und nationaler Ebene wird enorm dadurch erschwert, dass der IFLA und vielen nationalen Verbänden keine grundlegenden Informationen zum Zustand...

News - 21 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

إن عدم إلمام الإفلا وغيرها من الجمعيات الوطنية بالمعلومات الأساسية عن وضع المكتبات في بلادها، يُعيق محاولات مُناصرة المكتبات على المستوى الدولي، والإقليمي، والوطني، ,إننا نعمل...

News - 21 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

Деятельность по защите интересов библиотек на глобальном, региональном и национальном уровнях сильно затрудняет тот факт, что у ИФЛА и многих национальных ассоциаций нет основной...

News - 21 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

Les entreprises de plaidoyer en faveur des bibliothèques aux niveaux global, régional et national sont sérieusement entravées par le fait que l’IFLA et...

News - 21 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

Advocacy efforts at the global, regional and national level are severely hindered by the fact that IFLA and many national associations do not have basic information about the state of...

News - 21 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, From the Annual Conference, Library Data, Library Map of the World, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

إن حرية الوصول للمعلومات والتعبير عبر الإنترنت في خطر، فانتشار المعلومات المُضللة أو "المُزيفة" تُهدد اعتبار  الإنترنت مصدرًا موثوقًا به، كما تحد ردود الأفعال العنيفة...

News - 20 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, fake news, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, infographic, Information Literacy, post-truth

Freedoms of access to information and expression online are at risk. The spread of deliberately misleading information risks undermining confidence in the Internet, while heavy-handed...

News - 20 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, fake news, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, infographic, Information Literacy, post-truth

​ Свобода доступа к информации и свобода выражения мнений находятся под угрозой. Распространение информации, искаженной умышленно, или «фейковых новостей» грозит...

News - 20 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, fake news, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, infographic, Information Literacy, post-truth

Las libertades de acceso a la información y de expresión en línea están en peligro. El riesgo de la difusión deliberada de información err...

News - 20 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, fake news, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, infographic, Information Literacy, post-truth

Die Freiheit des Zugangs zu Informationen und der freien Meinungsäußerung online sind gefährdet. Die Verbreitung von bewusst irreführenden Informationen oder "...

News - 20 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, fake news, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, infographic, Information Literacy, post-truth

在网上自由获取信息和表达是有风险的。刻意误导的信息，或者称为“假新闻”，其传播可能会削弱人们对互联网的信心，而主管部门和平台的严厉监管又会限制基本人权。 对于国际图联来说，这些结果都不可取。当人们脱离了互联网，他们就有可能会失去获取信息和思想的途径，而这些信息和思想能够促进发展、丰富生活。 为了应对这些风险，...

News - 20 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, fake news, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, infographic, Information Literacy, post-truth

​ Les libertés d’accès à l’information et à l’expression en ligne sont menacées. La diffusion d’informations délibé...

News - 20 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, fake news, From the Annual Conference, IFLA and the information society, infographic, Information Literacy, post-truth

The Copyright and Other Legal Matters (CLM) Strategic Programme represents the voice of the international library community in copyright and other legal concerns. CLM strongly advocates at...

News - 16 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives

​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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Open Access, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States, Press Release

The library profession is strongly committed to protecting and delivering not only access to information, but also the benefits it can bring. Multiple human rights depend on it: freedom of...

Publication - 10 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Development, Internet access, Statements, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The Regional Latin American and Caribbean Preparatory Meeting for the Internet Governance Forum (LACIGF) took place in Panama City, on 2-4 August. This event marked the tenth edition of a process...

News - 7 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Internet access, Latin America and the Caribbean, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States

As highlighted in the Development and Access to Information Report 2017, produced by IFLA in partnership with the Technology and Social Change Group at the University of Washington, for access to...

News - 1 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Education, Gender equality, innovation, Public Access, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

For information to play a full role in helping people to learn, find work and live healthily, simply laying cables may not be enough. The way in which access to knowledge is provided strongly...

News - 29 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Development, Internet governance, Internet Governance Forum, Thailand, UN 2030 sustainable development goals, Asia and Oceania

IFLA attended the CILIP Annual Conference, held in Manchester, UK, on 5-6 July. At a time where libraries in the UK are facing drastic cuts, this was a welcome opportunity to share new ideas and...

News - 27 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Development, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, sustainable development goals, United Kingdom, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The 10th Latin America and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum offers an opportunity to explore current trends in uses and governance of the Internet. Bringing together government, business...

Event - 25 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Internet access, Internet Governance Forum, Panama, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Digital channels are becoming ever more dominant as a means of sharing and accessing content. They bring a speed and simplicity of use, at near-zero marginal costs, that have brought us much...

Publication - 24 July 2017

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

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Open Access, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Open Access, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States

IFLA Statement on Government Provision of Public Legal Information in the Digital Age (2016), translated into German. Prepared by IFLA’s Law Library Section and adopted by the IFLA Governing...

News - 12 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Digital preservation, Law, Open Access, Preservation, Statements, Law Libraries

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States

  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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Reception, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States

L’atelier pour les professionnels de la documentation juridique d’Afrique francophone (conservateurs, bibliothécaires, documentalistes, archivistes) a été organis...

News - 29 June 2017

Tags: Access to information, Côte d'Ivoire, Open Access, Law Libraries

L’atelier pour les professionnels de la documentation juridique d’Afrique francophone (conservateurs, bibliothécaires, documentalistes, archivistes) a été organis...

Publication - 27 June 2017

Tags: Access to information, Côte d'Ivoire, Legal Information, Open Access, Publications, Law Libraries

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda; IAP, UN SDGs

Article 19 of the Universal Convention on Human Rights offers freedom of access to information for all. This freedom has long been at the heart of the work of libraries.  ...

News - 19 June 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Censorship, Switzerland, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Ever since her arrest in October 2015, IFLA has followed closely the case of Natalya Sharina, the former librarian of the Library of Ukrainian Literature in Moscow. Natalya was accused of inciting...

News - 13 June 2017

Tags: Access to information, Censorship, Russian Federation, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA President Donna Scheeder made the following statement on the judgement in the case of Natalya Sharina on 12 June 2017: IFLA has been following with concern the case of Natalya Sharina...

Informational Page - 13 June 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA President Donna Scheeder made the following statement on the judgement in the case of Natalya Sharina on 12 June 2017: IFLA has been following with concern the case of Natalya Sharina...

Informational Page - 13 June 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Censorship, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The working group for the IFLA digital unification key initiative (WGDU) is an ad hoc and temporary working group which will dissolve once its aims have been fulfilled.   In IFLA...

Informational Page - 12 June 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation

The Internet has made information easier to share and access than ever before. As long as links remain live, it also means that age is not a barrier to discovery, with search engines able to sort...

News - 8 June 2017

Tags: Access to information, Privacy, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The workshop on free access to legal information was opened on 29 May 2017 by the Secretary General of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire, Mr. Latte Ahouanzi. Organized jointly by...

News - 2 June 2017

Tags: Access to information, Côte d'Ivoire, Legal Information, Open Access, Law Libraries

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

In March 2017, more than 100 leaders from public libraries across Australia, Asia, Eastern and Western Europe and the Americas, gathered at the State Library of New South Wales (NSW) for ...

News - 26 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Australia, Public Libraries

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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)

The 2017 Conference of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will offer an opportunity to deepen the connections between Internet governance and the achievement of the Sustainable...

Event - 22 May 2017

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

The UN Human Rights Council meets at least three times a year, and looks both at the status of human rights in individual countries (though Universal Periodic Reviews) and specific themes. IFLA...

Event - 22 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Event, Freedom of expression, Human rights, Switzerland, 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

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

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

Human progress, innovation and creativity depends on being able to access, share and build on existing knowledge and ideas. Libraries have long been at the heart of delivering this. Yet...

News - 2 May 2017

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

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

The Internet has already made a very significant contribution to providing access to information, a long-standing goal of libraries. With four billion already connected, more people can access...

News - 1 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Internet access, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee sent out a strong signal to the European Union’s Member States last week by voting unanimously for laws which will ensure that people...

News - 26 March 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Europe, Marrakesh Treaty, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

“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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals underline the necessity of access to information in order to achieve economic, social and environmental progress. This is no more than important than...

News - 23 March 2017

Tags: Access to information, Latin America and the Caribbean, Parliamentary Libraries

A paper by Don Means (2016) presented at IFLA WLIC 2016 in Columbus, OH, in the session Connections. Collaboration. Community in Session 81 - Division III Programme. Don Means...

Publication - 13 March 2017

Tags: Access to information, dc-pal, Digital divide, IFLA and the Information Society, Public Access, Congress papers

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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

Education is central to the work of libraries. This goes from simply giving access to the books and materials that people need to teach themselves and answering ad hoc questions, to more formal...

News - 13 February 2017

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

There is less than a month to go before a planned vote in the European Parliament on ratifying the Marrakesh Treaty. If this is done correctly, it promises to remove key barriers to access to...

News - 7 February 2017

Tags: Access to information, Europe, Marrakesh Treaty, Visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, 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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, migration, refugees, United States

[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, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, migration, refugees, United States

With Wikipedia’s #1lib1ref (One Librarian, One Reference) campaign going on – the theme of last week being fake news – IFLA posted an How to Spot Fake News infographic on...

News - 1 February 2017

Tags: Access to information, fake news, IFLA and the information society, infographic, Information literacy, post-truth

Critical thinking is a key skill in media and information literacy, and the mission of libraries is to educate and advocate its importance. Discussions about fake news has led to a new...

Publication - 1 February 2017

Tags: Access to information, fake news, IFLA and the Information Society, Information literacy, post-truth, Infographics

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has just published its reports on the outcomes of its intersessional activities – the day to day work that takes place outside of major...

News - 30 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Development, IGF, Internet access, Internet governance, Public Access, Sustainability

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

The IFLA International Advocacy Programme (IAP) is a capacity-building programme launched in 2016, designed to promote and support the role libraries can play in...

Informational Page - 20 January 2017

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

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 people, Immigrants, Marginalized, Minorities, Multicultural populations, Services to people with disabilities, Social inclusion, Women’s issues, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

Public libraries are at the heart of many communities. They welcome people from all backgrounds, providing a safe space, and often a source of pride. Throughout history, they have been...

Informational Page - 18 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Children, Copyright, Minorities

  Libraries are the backbone of innovation systems. From stimulating literacy and curiosity in children, to providing students with the access they need to become experts,...

Informational Page - 18 January 2017

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

​ Over the past year, Librarians and Wikipedians have been working together to showcase the many successful collaborations between libraries and Wikipedia. Starting with the first...

News - 17 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Wikipedia

On Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th January, representatives of European governments will discuss draft legislation to implement the Marrakesh Treaty in the European Union (EU)....

News - 13 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Europe, Marrakesh Treaty, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The work of libraries in providing access to knowledge is not a simple one. As well as much discussed constraints linked to levels of funding, staffing and copyright laws, librarians and library...

News - 23 December 2016

Tags: Access to information, Code of Ethics, Croatia, Freedom of expression, Ireland, Professional ethics, United Kingdom, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

En este momento, el Programa Internacional de Promoción y Defensa de la Profesión -Advocacy- (IAP, por sus siglas en inglés) de la IFLA está en pleno...

News - 22 December 2016

Tags: Access to information, Development, IAP, IFLA, Libraries and Development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs

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

IFLA’s capacity-building International Advocacy Programme (IAP) is now fully underway. “50 countries have joined IFLA in this journey, and are already making progress...

News - 21 December 2016

Tags: Access to information, Development, IAP, IFLA, Libraries and Development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs