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Manifesto IFLA‐UNESCO delle biblioteche pubbliche 2022

This is the 2022 revision of the UNESCO-IFLA Public Library Manifesto, first approved in 1949 and subsequently updated i...

Response: WIPO report on COVID-19's impact on creative industries, cultural institutions, education and research

IFLA wishes to thank the authors of this WIPO report on this important topic, and to highlight the extent to which the p...

Manifiesto IFLA-UNESCO sobre Bibliotecas Públicas 2022

Minutes of (online) business meeting: Academic and Research Libraries Section, 20 and 22 June 2022

Our June 2022 business meeting dealt inter alia with the following: Professional Committee announcements; WLIC 2022 incl...

Cambridge University Press and Metadata

As we all know, good MARC records are necessary in order to attain good discoverability. If they are of poor quality, di...

Spot the Difference: Monitoring Data Quality in COBISS.SI

The article outlines a pragmatic dimension-based approach for observing and measuring the quality of data values in bibl...

ISNI, a top tool for quality enhancement, smooth data flows and efficient internal processes

The International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) is an ISO certified standardised number for uniquely identifying contr...

The IFLA-UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 2022

The 2022 IFLA-UNESCO Public Library Manifesto offers an update on this important tool for library advocacy. Last updated...

The 2022 IFLA-UNESCO Public Library Manifesto at a Glance

This summary offers an overview of new and expanded concepts in the 2022 IFLA-UNESCO Public Library Manifesto at a glanc...

Minutes of Business Meetings: School Libraries Section, 21 and 22 April 2022

The IFLA SL Section Business Meetings were held in hybrid mode (both in presence, at the Blanchelande College in Guernse...

Bibliography on Prison Libraries

IFLA LSN Prison Libraries working group: Action Plan 2019-2023

Towards IFLA's centenary: historical sources and themes

This paper is intended as background for members of IFLA’s Special Interest Group (SIG) for Library History (LibHist),...

Action Plan 2021-2023: Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section

SD2-2 Webinars; SD2-3 IFLA CPD Guidelines; SD2-5 Ideas House; SD2-7 Knowledge Cafe at WLIC 2022; SD3-2 CPDWL and M&M...

Update CPDWL Newsletter, July 2022

Training for teachers and librarians about sustainability through Picture Books and Comics. An example from the Bibliothéque Nationale de France (BnF)

How does a concept that is only a few decades old become embodied in a cultural institution that is several centuries ol...

Statement to WIPO GA on the SCCR/42 report in support of L&E

We want to recognize the initiative taken by the African Group and its plan’s supporters – including South Africa, I...

IFLA Library Advocacy Capacities Grid (Internal Advocacy)

Effective library advocacy requires a combination of activities and skills. Our grid aims to help associations, institut...

Creating Open Access to A Historic Newspaper from an International Port City

In 2019, the Rosenberg Library of Galveston partnered with UNT to apply for an IMLS-funded Library Services & Technology...

Libraries in Voluntary National Reviews of SDG Implementation (2022)

This week at the UN High-Level Political Forum in New York, 45 Member States are presenting their Voluntary National Rev...