Content tagged Policy

IFLA’s new guide takes a look at the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, why it matters to libraries, and how to put it to use for...

Publication - 25 January 2021

Tags: Advocacy, Cultural heritage, Policy, Resource Guides

The NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee, in partnership with UNESCO, is organising the International Conference of NGOs 2020, held virtually from 16-18 December on the theme, “Envisioning a better...

News - 17 December 2020

Tags: Conferences, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Networking, Policy

On 16-20 November 2020, the fortieth session of the Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organization will begin. The sessions will take place every day...

News - 12 November 2020

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Policy, Preservation, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

UNESCO is bringing together documentary heritage professionals, academics, policymakers, and technologists, and others to build an international policy agenda for digital preservation of...

Event - 23 October 2020

Tags: Access to information, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Policy, Preservation, Webinar

The International Science Council (ISC) is working together with science funders to bring together insights and ideas from the scientific community to support the achievement of the Sustainable...

News - 6 October 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Capacity building, Cooperation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Open access, Open science, Policy, Sustainability

The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights invited stakeholders, including IFLA, to provide input for a report on the threat of climate change to culture, heritage and cultural...

News - 6 May 2020

Tags: Access to information, Capacity building, Change management, Conservation, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Digital divide, Digitisation, Human rights, Peace, Policy, Preservation, Risk assessment, Risk Register, Preservation and Conservation

UNESCO’s statement, Turning the threat of COVID-19 into an opportunity for greater support to documentary heritage, co-signed by IFLA, stresses the importance of continued support for...

News - 6 April 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cooperation, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Library and information profession, Library collections, Library services, Policy, Preservation

The IFLA/ UNESCO Public Library Manifesto has been an important achievement since it was first ratified in 1994. The Manifesto proclaims UNESCO's belief in the public library as a...

News - 23 March 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Best practices, Cooperation, Democracy, Development, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Information society, Knowledge management, Libraries for development, Library and information profession, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library collections, Library outreach, Library services, Members, Policy, Social inclusion, Society, Public Libraries

Our documentary heritage represents humanity’s ideas, imagination, innovation and cultural expressions – it is the memory of the world. We must act to preserve this heritage, and also...

News - 19 March 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Best practices, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Policy, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

UNESCO, in partnership with the Qatar National Library (QNL) organised a regional conference on “Supporting documentary heritage preservation in the Arab region”, held in Doha, Qatar...

News - 4 December 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Capacity building, Conferences, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Policy, Preservation, Qatar, Preservation and Conservation

The IFLA delegation had a successful week at the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference. From 18-21 November, IFLA represented the library and information profession in a series of meetings...

News - 26 November 2019

Tags: Access to information, Communications, Conferences, Cultural heritage, Development, Digital preservation, Education, France, Freedom of expression, Human rights, Networking, Policy, Preservation, Sustainability, UNESCO General Conference

A delegation from IFLA will attend the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference, held 12-27 November 2019 in Paris, France. As NGO partners of UNESCO, we are committed to growing our...

Event - 14 November 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Conference, Conferences, Cultural heritage, Library outreach, Peace, Policy, UNESCO

This European Policy Debate was organised by Europa Nostra in partnership with the Fondation du Patrimoine and the Collège des Bernardins, with the support of the European Commission and...

News - 2 November 2019

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Democracy, Europe, International cooperation, Policy

​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 exceptions and limitations, Policy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

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 policies, Policy

Members of the Governing Board meet on three occasions each year. At the IFLA Congress there are two meetings: one on the Friday before the Congress and one on the Friday after it ends....

Informational Page - 9 August 2017

Tags: IFLA Governing Board, Policy

Documentary works in all formats, including digital, are a key part of our cultural heritage. Working with, preserving, and safeguarding them in order to provide access to future generations is at...

News - 10 May 2017

Tags: 11.4, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Policy, Preservation, Risk Register, SDGs, UN, UNESCO, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

Theme: “Library associations in solidarity with civil society” The IFLA Management of Library Associations Section invites proposals to be presented at a two-hour session at...

News - 6 December 2016

Tags: Associations, Best practices, Call for Papers, civil society, Democracy, IFLA 2017, Information policies, Library outreach, MLAS, Policy, Social inclusion, Society, Management of Library Associations

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be holding its 11th annual meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 6 to 9 December 2016. The IGF is a multistakeholder space for dialogue regarding policies...

Event - 30 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, dc-pal, IGF, Internet access, Internet governance, Meeting, Mexico, Policy

This document is the Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries (DC-PAL) input to IGF 2016 Community Intersessional Programme - Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion -...

Publication - 11 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, dc-pal, Development, IGF, Internet governance, Policy, SDGs, Sustainability, UN 2030 Agenda, Statements

IFLA will be represented at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) next week. Talk of copyright is normally...

News - 6 May 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Copyright, Copyright reform, Cultural heritage, Development, Digital resources, Freedom of information, Information policies, International cooperation, Policy, Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR), WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has co-signed a letter in response to comments made by Hachette Livre CEO Arnaud Nourry at this week's International Publishers' Congress. In it, we reject entirely the argument that...

News - 14 April 2016

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, contractual override, Copyright, EU, European Commission, Intellectual property, Knowledge society, Policy, Publishing, rights, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has co-signed an open letter calling on the EU Commission to ensure that upcoming copyright reforms promote access to information and freedom of expression across Europe.  IFLA and...

News - 7 April 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, EU, EU Copyright Consultation, Europe, European Commission, Freedom of expression, International cooperation, Internet access, Internet intermediary responsibilities, Knowledge society, Policy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA’s Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM) will look, in its WLIC 2016 session, at recent, ongoing and upcoming copyright reforms around the world, under the title Copyright...

News - 6 April 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conferences, Copyright, Digital resources, Information policies, Intellectual property, Policy, United States of America, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Internet communication is handled by intermediaries, including service providers, social networks, and search engines. These intermediaries are routinely asked to take down content, and...

News - 13 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Intellectual property, Internet access, Policy

Libraries as Promoters of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities On Sunday, August 17, two hours after the Opening Session of the WLIC 2014 in Lyon, the LSN Section...

Informational Page - 30 October 2014

Tags: Democracy, Library services to people with disabilities, Policy, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Policies and Procedures

Informational Page - 8 September 2014

Tags: Policy, Procedures

Policies and Procedures

Informational Page - 8 September 2014

Tags: Policy, Procedures

Over the last fifty years, IFLA has produced a wide range of standards in all fields of library and information services. Standards' activities are now an integral part of IFLA’s...

IFLA Group or Activity - 16 August 2014

Tags: guidelines, Policy, Standards

registration (EN+RU) | program plus latest updates: EN / RU We are happy to invite you to IFLAcamp Library Creative Laboratory: “A Hero of Our...

Event - 14 March 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Associations, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Conference, Conferences, Cooperation, Copyright, Cultural heritage, cycling, Development, Digital divide, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Education and training, IFLAcampLab, Information professionals, Information technology, International cooperation, Knowledge society, Library as place, Library collections, Library history, Meetings, Members, Networking, New professionals, NPSIG, Policy, Professional development, Russian Federation, unconference, New Professionals

The Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section and Education invites proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour session in the next IFLA General Conference on August 2014 in...

News - 27 November 2013

Tags: Collection development, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Education and training, Electronic collections, Multicultural populations, Policy, Social inclusion, Library Services to Multicultural Populations

Participate in the IGF via remote participation, see the details on remote participation. The theme of the IGF in Bali, running from 22 -25 October 2013, is ‘...

News - 18 October 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, IGF, Indonesia, Information policies, Internet access, Policy, WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society)

Policies and Procedures

Informational Page - 13 November 2012

Tags: Policy, Procedures

Conferenece Session 140:  14 August 2012 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Session Room 3   for submitted papers and translations, please see the conference website.   National...

News - 29 June 2012

Tags: Information policies, National policy, Policy, National Information and Library Policy

IFLA WLIC 11-16 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland Copyright laws have been established in many countries in the print age and have not been updated to meet the new needs of the digital era....

News - 19 December 2011

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Information policies, Intellectual property, Policy, Audiovisual and Multimedia

Conference Session 96 Law Libraries, Government Libraries and Government Information and Official Publications 12 August 2010 13:45 - 15:45 Creating an international legal...

News - 4 August 2010

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Democracy, Document delivery, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Information policies, Intellectual property, Open access, Policy, Law Libraries

Geneva, Switzerland 21-24 June 2010  WIPO Room A; image courtesy of Jim Fruchterman The World Intellectual Property Organization's 20th Session of the Standing Committee on...

News - 29 June 2010

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Policy

The Statutes were adopted at the IFLA Council meeting in Quebec City, Canada, 14 August 2008. The text of these IFLA Statutes has been translated into Dutch, and the notarial deed of the...

Informational Page - 10 September 2009

Tags: Policy

Los Estatutos fueron aprobados en la reunión del Consejo de la IFLA el 14 de agosto de 2008, celebrado en la ciudad de Quebec, Canadá. El texto de estos Estatutos se ha...

Informational Page - 10 September 2009

Tags: Policy

Les Statuts ont été adoptés lors de la réunion du Conseil à Québec, au Canada, le 14 août 2008. Le texte de ces Statuts a été...

Informational Page - 10 September 2009

Tags: Policy

Die Satzung wurde in der Sitzung des Rates der IFLA in Québec (Stadt), Kanada, am 14. August 2008 angenommen. Der Text dieser IFLA-Statuten wurde ins Niederländische ü...

Informational Page - 10 September 2009

Tags: Policy

IFLA official languages IFLA currently has seven official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian and Spanish. The business language of IFLA is English. IFLA members...

Informational Page - 24 April 2009

Tags: Multilingualism, Policy

IFLA official languages IFLA currently has seven official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian and Spanish. The business language of IFLA is English. IFLA members...

Informational Page - 24 April 2009

Tags: Policy

Offizielle IFLA Sprachen IFLA hat derzeit sieben offizielle Sprachen: Arabisch, Chinesisch, Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch, Russisch und Spanisch. Die IFLA Geschäftssprache ist...

Informational Page - 24 April 2009

Tags: Multilingualism, Policy

Русский | Română Präambel Dieser Ethik-Kodex wurde für den Verwaltungsrat und die Amtsträger/innen im Rahmen der bestehenden, genehmigten Statuten, Geschä...

Informational Page - 24 April 2009

Tags: Policy

Русский | Română Preamble This Code of Ethics has been drawn up for the Governing Board and Officers* within the context of existing, approved Statutes, Rules of Procedure,...

Informational Page - 24 April 2009

Tags: Policy

Русский | Română Preámbulo Este código de conducta ética ha sido elaborado para los miembros de la Junta de Gobierno y otros cargos responsables de la...

Informational Page - 24 April 2009

Tags: Policy

Plan Estratégico de la IFLA 2016-2021 Este plan estratégico establece las direcciones estratégicas y los objetivos de la IFLA para el periodo 2016-2021. Su prop...

Informational Page - 24 April 2009

Tags: Policy

Policies and Procedures

Informational Page - 24 April 2009

Tags: Policy, Procedures