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Rights Retention: Exploring How the Plan S Strategy Could Apply Globally Webinar will be held at three different times to suit different regions: Asia and Oceania 13 January 2021,...

Event - 14 January 2021

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The 15th United Nations Internet Governance Forum takes place this year virtually, bringing together stakeholders from around the globe to talk about key issues concerning the way the internet...

Event - 2 November 2020

Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, Event, Internet governance

The Estonian Librarians Association (ELA) is organising the 11th Congress of Baltic Librarians “The Impact of Libraries in the Society” on 22 October 2020. This year’s...

Event - 28 September 2020

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The 61st Series of Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) takes place from 21 to 29 September 2020, alongside other meetings such as the Marrakesh Treaty...

Event - 17 September 2020

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Event, Library services to people with disabilities, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The eighth annual global celebration of Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week will take place from 24 to 31 October 2020, under the theme “Resisting...

Event - 26 August 2020

Tags: Event, Media and Information Literacy (MIL), UNESCO

The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) is the professional organization for library and information workers in New Zealand, and also...

Event - 26 August 2020

Tags: COVID-19, Event, LIANZA

An online discussion focusing on Public Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic.  This event is sponsored by the National Library Board Singapore.  Details to follow. IFLA...

Event - 26 August 2020

Tags: COVID-19, Event, Public Libraries

An online discussion focusing on National Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic.  This event is sponsored by the National Library Board Singapore.  Details to follow. IFLA...

Event - 26 August 2020

Tags: COVID-19, Event, National libraries

Details to follow. IFLA President Christine Mackenzie will participate in the online event.  

Event - 25 August 2020

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The University of the Philippines School of Library and Information Studies (UP SLIS) is the oldest library school in the Philippines. The 2020 virtual recognition rites for...

Event - 25 August 2020

Tags: Event, Library and information science education, New professionals, Philippines

The European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) is an active association uniting librarians and information professionals working in medical and health science libraries...

Event - 24 August 2020

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The Librarians Association of Malaysia [Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia– PPM] is hosting a Facebook Live event with IFLA President Christine Mackenzie, moderated by PPM...

Event - 7 August 2020

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A key part of the follow up to the Copyright Directive on which IFLA worked alongside partner organisations is a set of dialogues among rightholders, internet platforms and user groups in order to...

Event - 7 February 2020

Tags: Access to information, Belgium, Copyright, copyright directive, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Event, intermediary liability, Meetings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Africa Section, Mid-term workshop on the "4th Industrial Revolution: Using advanced Analytics. AI (Artificial Intelligence)" with Nasi Ransuma, CEO, UKS , South Africa on 11...

Event - 14 January 2020

Tags: Event, Midterm Meeting, Africa

The Africa Section will hold its Mid-term metting in Tunis, Tunisia from 12-13 February 2020.

Event - 2 December 2019

Tags: Event, Tunisia, Africa

This major European Policy Debate will focus on some important challenges which cultural heritage faces in Europe and on the significance of shared cultural heritage for the future of the...

Event - 29 October 2019

Tags: Cultural heritage, Event, France, Preservation

Building on last year’s conversation on Ethics, Perspective, and Voice, this year’s session, in partnership with Libraries without borders, will focus on Building Best Practices to...

Event - 14 August 2019

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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 exceptions and limitations, E-learning, Education, Electronic collections, Electronic resources, Event, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ The Interinstitutional Committee for Informational and Librarian Cooperation (Comitê Interinstitucional de Cooperação Informacional e Bibliotecária ...

Event - 6 March 2019

Tags: Brazil, Comitê Interinstitucional de Cooperação Informacional e Bibliotecária – CICB, Event, Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT), LAC

Event - 13 February 2019

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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

From 23 April 2019, until 22 April 2020, the city of Sharjah will be World Book Capital for an entire year. Sharjah was named World Book Capital for the year 2019 by UNESCO...

Event - 10 December 2018

Tags: Event, Literacy, UNESCO World Book Capital, United Arab Emirates

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 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, Information society, Internet access, Internet governance, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The inter-regional conference is one of several meetings being organized by the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme Secretariat in order to galvanize support for activities aimed at...

Event - 5 November 2018

Tags: Cultural heritage, Event

For five days, publishing experts, writers and cultural enthusiasts from all over the world come together at the fair in Frankfurt. After closing hours, the events carry on into the city of...

Event - 9 October 2018

Tags: Event, Germany, Publications

LIBER is the leading international fair for the Spanish-language book sector. IFLA will participate in a pannel about intellectual property, where speakers will discuss current trends and...

Event - 18 September 2018

Tags: Copyright, eBooks, Event, Publications, Reading, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

"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 exceptions and limitations, Event, Intellectual property, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

El 28 de agosto, durante la 84ª edición del Congreso Internacional de la IFLA, se celebrará la Sesión Abierta de América Latina y el Caribe con el tema: "...

Event - 21 August 2018

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Event - 10 August 2018

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Event - 10 August 2018

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Chair: Martyn Wade (United Kingdom) In a 30 minutes flash session, Tony Doyle from Hunter College in New York, USA, addresses the relation between big data and the future of privacy.

Event - 9 August 2018

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Join us for a series of presentations and a brief discussion by the following speakers.  Please also be sure to join us at Session 218 for a more in depth conversation on this and other...

Event - 27 July 2018

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This Session will focus on actions drawn from the outcomes of Session 207 - Collections, Ethics, Perspective, and Voice: The Importance of Context (Women, information and...

Event - 27 July 2018

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​ 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

Rome City Libraries, in collaboration with the Italian Library Association (AIB), Lazio regional chapter, organizes a screening of the 17 short films selected to compete for the IFLA Metropolitan...

Event - 17 April 2018

Tags: Event, Metropolitan Libraries

Starting in April 2018, until April 2019, the city of Athens will be World Book Capital for an entire year; the place where the universal heart of the written word will be beating!...

Event - 12 April 2018

Tags: Event, Greece, UNESCO World Book Capital

La iSchool de la Universidad de Illinois y el Centro Mortenson para Programas Internacionales de Bibliotecas presentan el ciclo de Mini-charlas sobre "Bibliotecas, literaturas y...

Event - 6 March 2018

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Luisterpunt and the IFLA Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section are organising an international symposium on the necessity (or not) of guidelines for public...

Event - 21 February 2018

Tags: Belgium, Event, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

Celebration marking the 80th anniversary of establishment of the Iran National Library. The National Library of Iran was established in 1937. The National Library was eventually merged...

Event - 19 February 2018

Tags: Event, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

The new Qatar National Library building in Education City, Doha opened to the publicized last November and will be celebrating its Grand Opening on 16 April 2018. Qatar National Library (...

Event - 2 February 2018

Tags: Event, Qatar

Symposium on Youth Literature in Africa Youth literature proves to be an indispensable element in the education of children. However, it is very poorly known by education actors, parents...

Event - 15 November 2017

Tags: Africa, Children's literature, Event, Guinea, Youth literature

During EU Code Week, on 17-18 October, Public Libraries 2020 organised the event at the European Parliament (Brussels) under the theme “Smart Cities, Smart Citizens, Smart Libraries”...

Event - 19 October 2017

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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 of America

The Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia – IBICT) is a research unit under ...

Event - 12 September 2017

Tags: Brazil, Event, Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT)

The IFLA Division V, with co-organization of Latin America and the Caribbean Section, invites all the National Libraries Association and Colleges of Librarians from LAC, Africa and Asia to...

Event - 16 August 2017

Tags: Event, Latin America and the Caribbean

The Latin America and the Caribbean Section invites all the National Libraries Association and Colleges of Librarians from LAC to present their outcome in the LAC Session on "Acceso y...

Event - 16 August 2017

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During the World Library and Information Congress in Wrocław, on Monday August 21, 19:00-20:30, at Branch nr.29 of  Wrocław Public Library, there will be a special off-site session...

Event - 28 July 2017

Tags: Event, Metropolitan Libraries

The Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group (ENSULIB) hosted a two-day satellite meeting at the Philological Library of Freie Universität in vibrant...

Event - 11 July 2017

Tags: Event, Germany, Sustainability

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 for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

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 for development, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, United States of America

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)

The UCLG Culture Summit is the main meeting point at global level of cities, local governments and other stakeholders that are committed to the effective implementation of policies and programmes...

Event - 12 April 2017

Tags: culture, Development, Event, Republic of Korea, Sustainability, Sustainable Cities, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SGDs

Un atelier pour les professionnels de la documentation juridique d’Afrique francophone (conservateurs, bibliothécaires, documentalistes) est organisé par la section des...

Event - 3 April 2017

Tags: Côte d'Ivoire, Event, Law Libraries

Event - 22 July 2016

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Event - 22 July 2016

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Event - 22 July 2016

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On Sunday May 15, at 15:30, at the Turin International Book Fair (sala Professionali), the winners of the 8th AIB/IFLA International Short Film Contest - A Corto di Libri - will be...

Event - 13 May 2016

Tags: Event, Metropolitan Libraries

ALA announces webinar for North American audience to promote IFLA WLIC 2016 Are you interested in attending an international library conference at home? The American...

Event - 15 March 2016

Tags: Event, IFLA WLIC 2016, webinar

In 2014 Wrocław was named UNESCO World Book Capital 2016. This event represents the official opening of UNESCO World Book Capital Wrocław 2016 and will include the participation of writers...

Event - 23 February 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Event, Poland, UNESCO World Book Capital, Wrocław, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites

Dear all,   IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre which will support Francophone speaking countries (with a focus on Francophone...

Event - 6 February 2016

Tags: Event, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

19 October, 13:15 - 14:30 United Nations Headquarters Conference Building, Room F The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), the International Federation of Library...

Event - 16 October 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Event, Information society, United States of America, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

The IGF will be holding its 10th annual meeting in João Pessoa, Brazil, from 10 to 13 November 2015. The theme of the meetings will be “Evolution of Internet governance:...

Event - 14 September 2015

Tags: Brazil, Copyright reform, Event, IGF, Internet economy, Internet governance

Two-day high-level meeting of the General Assembly, to be preceded by an intergovernmental process that also takes into account inputs from all relevant stakeholders of the World Summit on...

Event - 4 September 2015

Tags: Event, France, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

The United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda is convened as a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly.  More than 150 world...

Event - 4 September 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, digital literacy, Event, UN 2030 sustainable development goals, United States of America

Join IFLA, the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), and the New York Public Library for an evening reception to discuss why inclusive access to information and technology is...

Event - 26 August 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, digital literacy, Event, UN 2030 sustainable development goals, United States of America

Documentary heritage in archives, libraries and museums constitutes a major part of the memory of the peoples of the world and reflects the diversity of peoples, languages and cultures. The...

Event - 22 June 2015

Tags: Event, Memory of the World, UNESCO

The 2015 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) has been given to PRAESA, the South African project for early and multilingual literacy. In early summer the laureate is...

Event - 13 May 2015

Tags: ALMA, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, Awards, Event, Sweden, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The UCLG Culture Summit is a new event to promote knowledge-sharing and networking of cities and local governments, recognizing the important place of culture in sustainable cities. It...

Event - 17 March 2015

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It has been said, on several occasions, that the history of bookbinding is actually a story of decorative styles applied to the covers. Effectively a glimpse at the bibliography on the subject...

Event - 4 March 2015

Tags: Event, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Agenda Midyear Meeting AVMS 2015

Event - 4 February 2015

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An event co-hosted by MEP Julia Reda, Greens/EFA, Pirate Party and MEP Josef Weidenholzer, S&D Europe is proud of its rich cultural heritage. Institutions like...

Event - 4 November 2014

Tags: Belgium, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Event

International seminar supported by IFLA P & C Section.   Eliza Maria Diaz Gonzalez explains her experience with Korean Paper: This past June an international seminar (...

Event - 31 October 2014

Tags: Event, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

The 65th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference is an opportunity to bring together the vast diversity of civil society representation, constituencies and campaigns in the lead up to the opening of the 69th...

Event - 17 July 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Event, Post 2015, United States of America

IFLA will be attending the Ninth Annual Internet Governance Forum, in Istanbul, Turkey.  More information to follow.

Event - 17 July 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Event, Turkey, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

For the third consecutive year, IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group are partnering with the American Library...

Event - 17 June 2014

Tags: Education and training, Event, New professionals, Professional development, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

IFLA will be attending the High level expert meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The Event will be held in the ITU Headquarters, Geneva from 10-13 June 2014 (9...

Event - 13 May 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Event, Switzerland, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

ARL’s Hot topics in academic and research libraries.  The session is scheduled for Wednesday 20 August 11:45-13:45. Put in your diaries now!  As in previous years,...

Event - 13 May 2014

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Event, Information professionals

On 20 March, IFLA and Copyright 4 Creativity (C4C) will be holding a breakfast debate (08.00-09.30) to discuss whether the existing international and EU copyright framework strike the right...

Event - 13 March 2014

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

All members of the Audiovisual and Multimedia Section (AVMS) are invited to attend the midyear meeting. We´ll discuss the following matters: Membership and Strategies, Lyon...

Event - 30 January 2014

Tags: Event, Audiovisual and Multimedia

IFLA will host a roundtable discussion with leaders in the field to explore how to integrate access to information into the post-2015 development agenda and the presentation of a joint...

Event - 9 December 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to information, Event, Post 2015, United States of America

Thanks to the generosity of the Singapore National Library Board, the Open session, part of ENSULIB's "Green Library Day" will be at the Central Public Library, at 16:00 to...

Event - 10 August 2013

Tags: central public library, Environment, environmental sustainability, Event, Green, Off-site, Open sessions, papers, Singapore, speakers, Sustainability, Sustainability, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

10:00-11-30 Off-site Workshop, Session 103 of the WLIC2013 Programme, at the Central Public Library, a few minutes walk from the Suntec main venue. How to get there. 16:00 -18:00...

Event - 9 August 2013

Tags: central public library, Environment, environmental sustainability, Event, green libraries, My Tree House, Off-site, Open Session, poster session, Singapore, Singapore, Sustainability, workshop, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

  2013 marks the ten years land mark from the first phase of the WSIS Summit in Geneva. UNESCO, as one of the leading implementing UN Agencies along with ITU and UNDP, is organising the first...

Event - 14 February 2013

Tags: Event, France, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

NOTE: this session will be live-streamed. Please see IFLA Express just prior to session time! In an outdoor setting IFLA/FAIFE will bring the people of Helsinki closer to the...

Event - 6 August 2012

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

Time: 3-5 pm Address: Ritarikatu/Riddaregatan 5, Center of Helsinki (near the Senate Square) Programme Opening words, Ilkka Mäkinen (HIBOLIRE) Minna Ahokas: A Finnish RED-...

Event - 4 August 2012

Tags: Event, Library History

The programme for this day will be divided into two separate events. Index or Footnote? How to ensure that libraries power the information society The first event in the morning will focus...

Event - 3 May 2012

Tags: Belgium, Copyright, Event

Musicians and fans from all five continents will celebrate the first-ever International Jazz Day on 30 April. UNESCO proclaimed the Day during its General Conference late last year, to...

Event - 16 April 2012

Tags: Event, Audiovisual and Multimedia

Conference Session 133 — Literacy and Reading Section with Library Services to Multicultural Populations. The papers for this session and from previous conferences are available here.

Event - 9 June 2010

Tags: Conferences, Event, Literacy and Reading

The film was made in 1921 by the Danish director Gunnar Sommerfeldt and was adapted from the eponymous novel published in 1919 by the Norwegian Nobel-prize winner Knut Hamsun (1859-1952). The novel...

Event - 25 October 2009

Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Event, Norway

The Foundation Rinascimento Digitale, in collaboration with the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and the Library of Congress, is delighted to announce the 2nd edition: “CULTURAL...

Event - 9 October 2009

Tags: Digital preservation, Event, Italy, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Literacy for Community Based Socio-economic Transformation and Development is the title of the 6th Pan-African Reading for All Conference and is being organized by the International Reading...

Event - 11 August 2009

Tags: Africa, Africa, Event, Literacy, Literacy, Reading, Literacy and Reading

The programme of the Classification and Indexing Section will be presented on Thursday during the IFLA conference. Description from official programme Foundation to build future...

Event - 22 July 2009

Tags: Classification and indexing, Event, Cataloguing

Theme: Promoting and preserving national bibliographies, our testimony of cultural heritage The Italian National Library Service (SBN): a cooperative library service infrastructure and...

Event - 22 July 2009

Tags: Bibliography, Event, Cataloguing

The programme of Division IV, Bibliographic Control, will be presented in the Yellow Room on Thursday during the IFLA conference.  The theme is "New bibliographic control principles and...

Event - 17 July 2009

Tags: Cataloguing, Event

The programme of the Audiovisual and Multimedia Section and the Division of Bibliographic Control will be presented in the Blue Room on Wednesday during the IFLA conference.  It has the theme...

Event - 17 July 2009

Tags: Cataloguing, Event, Audiovisual and Multimedia

The UNIMARC programme on the theme UNIMARC and the future of catalogues will be presented in the Yellow Room. Description from official programme Updated: 2009-08-04

Event - 17 July 2009

Tags: Cataloguing, Event, UNIMARC

Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge Thursday May 21 11.00 – 12.30 ITU Room B2 IFLA, in association with SLIR (Swiss librarians for International Relations) and the...

Event - 20 May 2009

Tags: Event, Information policies, Information technology, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

During the World Library and Information Congress, the Genealogy and Local History Section sponsored a field trip to sites of interest  in the Milan area.  The trip was attended by 38...

Event - 29 April 2009

Tags: Event, Local History and Genealogy

Call for Papers Theme: "Convergence in Preservation Research between Libraries, Archives and Museums"     Programme...

Event - 31 March 2009

Tags: Conferences, Event, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)