Content tagged Sections
Ordered by publication date from most to less recent.
(These results include any available translations of the original English documents.)
- Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section
The CPDWL Section embraces all aspects of professional development and learning in the workplace in the period post-qualification to the end of a career....
IFLA Group or Activity - 16 October 2012
Tags: Sections, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning
- Library Theory and Research Section
The Section on Library Theory and Research concerns itself with the continuing development of library and information science through theoretical and applied research in all aspects of the...
IFLA Group or Activity - 16 August 2011
Tags: Sections, Library Theory and Research
- National Libraries Section
The National Libraries Section is concerned with the full range of functions within national libraries. The Section also works closely with the Conference of Directors of National...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, National Libraries
- Academic and Research Libraries Section
[Previously: University Libraries and Other General Research Libraries Section] The Section of Academic and Research Libraries is the international forum for all concerned in this...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Sections
- Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section
The parliamentary libraries of the world, as a distinct type of librarianship, form a Section of their own within IFLA. This Section belongs to the Division of Library Types (Division I).
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Library and Research Services for Parliaments
- Government Libraries Section
Government libraries form a Section of their own within IFLA, belonging to Division I: Library Types. The Section is aimed at the community of libraries which are part of and work for a body with...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Government Libraries
- Social Science Libraries Section
Social Science Libraries are special libraries supporting research and practice in the broad domain of the Social Sciences. Thus the section includes for example big Business Libraries as well as...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Social Science Libraries
- Science and Technology Libraries Section
The Section brings together special libraries involved in collecting and providing access to information and data about the physical sciences and technology. A major focus of the Section will be...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Science, Technology, Sections, Science and Technology Libraries
- Public Libraries Section
This Section provides an active international forum for the development and promotion of public libraries which serve the whole community in the context of the information society and ensure free...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Public Libraries
- Library Services to People with Special Needs Section
The Section for Library Services to People with Special Needs provides an international forum for the discussion of ideas, sharing of experiences and development of tools designed to promote and...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Library Services to People with Special Needs
- Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section
The Section's major purpose is to support the provision of the library service and reading promotion to children and young adults throughout the world. Its main objectives are to promote...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Libraries for Children and Young Adults
- School Libraries Section
The Section of School Libraries concerns itself with the improvement and development of school libraries and resource centres worldwide, especially advocacy for their qualified and adequate...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, School Libraries
- Bibliography Section
The Section on Bibliography is primarily concerned with the content, arrangement, production, dissemination and preservation of bibliographic information, especially (but not exclusively) where...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Bibliography, Sections, Bibliography
- Cataloguing Section
The Cataloguing Section analyses the functions of cataloguing activities for all types of material and media, including both bibliographic and authority information, for the benefit of all users...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Cataloguing
- Acquisition and Collection Development Section
The Section on Acquisition and Collection Development focuses on methodological and topical themes pertaining to acquisition of print and other analogue library materials (by purchase, exchange,...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Acquisition and Collection Development
- Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section
The Section on Document Delivery and Resource Sharing is the forum in IFLA for libraries and associations concerned with making information in all formats available throughout the world through a...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Document Delivery and Resource Sharing
- Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section
The IFLA Section for Scholarly Communication ____________________________________________________ Scholarly Communication - the creation and dissemination of research and...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Scholarly Communication, Sections, Serials and Other Continuing Resources
- Government Information and Official Publications Section
Governments, intergovernmental organizations and public non-governmental organizations generate large quantities of documents and information which shape our lives and mould the societies in which...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Government Information and Official Publications
- Rare Books and Special Collections Section
The Section provides a forum for discussion and exchange of information on matters of particular concern to rare book, manuscript, and special collections librarians, including the collection,...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Rare Books and Special Collections
- Preservation and Conservation Section
The Section is concerned with the preservation of the world's documentary heritage. It provides an international forum for all types of libraries to exchange, develop and disseminate knowledge...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Preservation and Conservation
- Library Buildings and Equipment Section
The Section considers all matters concerning the design and construction for all types of libraries in all parts of the world, and their furnishing and equipment. The Section aims to collect and...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Library Buildings and Equipment
- Information Technology Section
The Information Technology (IT) Section promotes and advances the application of information technologies to library and information services in all societies, through activities related...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Information Technology
- Statistics and Evaluation Section
The Section aims to promote the compilation and use of statistics both in the successful management and operation of libraries and in the demonstration of the value of libraries outside the...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Statistics and Evaluation
- Education and Training Section
The Section focuses on education and training for library and information science professionals based on research and professional practice. It serves library and information science educators,...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Education and Training
- Africa Section
The main priorities and objectives of this Section are human resources development, training, capacity building, and incorporation of information technology in all programmes ...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
- Asia and Oceania Section
The main objectives of the Section are to initiate, promote and facilitate the development of library and information services and the library profession within the five sub-regions of Asia and...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Asia and Oceania
- Latin America and the Caribbean Section
The general objective of the Section is to encourage activities related to access to information and knowledge. The Section gives priority to promotion of literacy, promotion of reading, and...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Latin America and the Caribbean
- Health and Biosciences Libraries Section
The Section of Health and Biosciences Libraries represents and acts as a forum for special libraries concerned with all aspects of information dissemination and services in relation to the health...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Health and Biosciences Libraries
- Subject Analysis and Access Section
This section was known as the Classification and Indexing Section until August 2016. The Section on Subject Analysis and Access focuses on methods of providing subject access in catalogues...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Subject Analysis and Access
- Art Libraries Section
The Section endeavors to represent libraries and organizations concerned with all formats of textual and visual documentation for the visual arts, including fine arts, applied arts, design and...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Art Libraries
- Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section
The mission of the IFLA LPD is to advocate for library services that are equitable and accessible for persons with a print disability. Supported by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities
- Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section
The Section brings together libraries and institutions interested in the development and availability of library services designed to meet the needs of cultural and linguistic minorities....
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Library Services to Multicultural Populations
- Literacy and Reading Section
The Section provides a focal point for the promotion of reading and literacy in libraries; and the integration of reading research and reading development activities into...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Literacy and Reading
- Management and Marketing Section
The Section was formed as the Round Table on Management. A growing interest in marketing resulted in the IFLA Professional Board establishing a new Section on Management and Marketing in 1997. The...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Management and Marketing
- Audiovisual and Multimedia Section
The Audiovisual and Multimedia Section (AVMS) is the international forum for persons working with sound, visual and multimedia resources in every kind of library and information service....
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Audiovisual and Multimedia
- Reference and Information Services Section
The Reference and Information Services Section will address all aspects of reference work, in all types of libraries, in all regions of the world. Current interests encompass the new electronic...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Reference and Information Services
- Local History and Genealogy
The Local History and Genealogy Section aims to provide a voice for genealogy and local history librarians in the international information community, to facilitate networking among subject...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Local History and Genealogy
- News Media Section
Mission Statement The News Media Section is a forum to share information on all issues relating to newspapers and news published in any media (print, microfilm, electronic, analogue,...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, News Media
- Management of Library Associations Section
Within IFLA, the Section on Management of Library Associations advocates for the interests, aspirations and concerns of the library associations that are represented among IFLA members. There is a...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Management of Library Associations
- Information Literacy Section
The primary purpose of the Information Literacy Section is to foster international cooperation in the development of information literacy education in all types of libraries and information...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Information Literacy
- Metropolitan Libraries Section
The Section on Metropolitan Libraries is a platform for public libraries of cities with 400,000 or more inhabitants. The Section was formerly the International Association of Metropolitan...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Metropolitan Libraries
- Knowledge Management Section
Knowledge Management Section: The Voice of Global KM The IFLA KM Section has engaged in several activities to increase conversation between its members and others interested in the global...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Sections, Knowledge Management
- Law Libraries Section
This Section aims at bringing together representatives of different types of law libraries: court libraries, corporate law libraries, law school libraries etc. Mission statement...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: Access to knowledge, Sections, Law Libraries
- Indigenous Matters Section
Scope The Section's main purpose is to support the provision of culturally responsive and effective services to indigenous communities throughout the world. Its main objectives are to...
IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009
Tags: aboriginal, Indian, indigenous, Multicultural populations, native, Sections, Indigenous Matters