News tagged: IFLA

The survey is being conducted to support work by the Section towards the development of Guidelines for Library Services to People Who Are Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deafblind.

The 84th World Library and Information Congress will take place from August 24 to 30 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The IFLA Trend Report “identifies five high level trends shaping the information society, spanning access to education, privacy, civic engagement and transformation.”

Until September 30, 2017, members of the international library community can vote on six key questions to help create a global library roadmap for the future.

IFLA today announced that selected sessions of the 2017 World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) will be live-streamed.

The report highlights the essential role access to information plays in development and makes the case for coordinated and sustained efforts by all to guarantee it.

About 300 volunteers are sought to assist the IFLA participants during IFLA WLIC 2017.

Martha Attridge Bufton will receive her award at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Columbus, Ohio.

Much has been and is being written about current experiences of libraries and immigrants to our lands. But what of past experiences, and of lessons learnt from the history of our libraries as they welcomed early immigrants to our countries and assisted them to settle and enjoy their new lives?

IFLA welcomes the outcome document and its recognition of the importance of ICT for development, the commitment it demonstrates to addressing the digital divide and the identification that we must ensure those who have access can make use of information by facilitating media and information literacy, multilingualism, local content and preservation of culture heritage.