Free ebook: Books Beyond Bars

The book, Books beyond bars: The transformative potential of prison libraries, was written by Ms. Lisa Krolak, one of the new Standing Committee Members of the IFLA Library Services to People with Special Needs Section. It is the first UNESCO publication on prison libraries.

Books beyond bars: The transformative potential of prison libraries (open access)

84th World Library and Information Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Theme: “Transform Libraries, Transform Societies”

IFLA WLIC 2018 Final Announcement

The Conference Programme for IFLA WLIC 2018 is available  in a
single web application, called iPLANNER.

Click HERE for the Full Programme (PDF)

IFLA WLIC 2018

Are you ready? https://2018.ifla.org/

Libraries, Development and the UN2030 Agenda

Info source: IFLA website

IFLA’s consistent position is that access to information is essential in achieving the SDGs, and that libraries are not only key partners for governments but are already contributing to progress towards the achievement of the 17 Goals.

For this reason, IFLA launched the International Advocacy Programme (IAP) in 2016, a new capacity-building programme designed to promote and support the role libraries can play in the planning and implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.

The objectives of the IAP are to:

Raise the level of awareness on the SDGs of library workers at community, national and regional levels, and to promote the important role libraries can play in development by contributing to the UN 2030 Agenda and the SDGs;

Increase the participation of library associations and public library representatives in advocacy work at national and regional levels to secure sustainable public access to information through library services and programmes.

Infographics: How to Spot Fake News

IFLA has made this infographic with eight simple steps (based on FactCheck.org’s 2016 article How to Spot Fake News)  to discover the verifiability of a given news-piece in front of you.

83rd World Library and Information Congress

Click HERE to view the final announcement and 

read / download the 60 pages info guide.

IFLA Survey on Preservation and Conservation

Dear all,

Thank you very much for filling in the IFLA survey on preservation and conservation guidelines/standards/best practices.

Please note that some of the sections might require input from other colleagues in your library, please do keep this in mind when filling in the survey. If you would like a pdf of the survey to gather all relevant information beforehand, please email cultural.heritage@ifla.org. 

You can also save your survey input at any stage after page one and continue in later. 

The survey should take no more than half an hour to complete and will close on the 17th of October 2016. 

Access and Opportunity for All

Click HERE to read / download the IFLA booklet.

Call for submissions: IFLA LIS Student Paper Award 2016

from IFLA website

The IFLA Education & Training Section (SET) has the pleasure to announce the 8th IFLA LIS Student Paper Award for 2016.

The IFLA LIS Student Paper Award honours students of Library and Information Science whose abstract submissions have been accepted by any IFLA Section or Unit to be presented at the upcoming IFLA World Library and Information Congress 82nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 13–19 August, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Each year, three finalists are recognized for their outstanding achievements. One winner is selected from the three finalists.

Students must first follow one of the deadlines of any IFLA Section Call for Papers. Once the paper is accepted for presentation by any IFLA Section at the World Congress (not a satellite conference), you may then send your full paper to SET to apply for the award not later than 15 April 2016.

The finalists will be announced in May 2016. The winner will be announced officially during the IFLA Awards Presentation during WLIC 2016 in Columbus, Ohio.

The winner will receive in total up to €1000 to support attendance at the upcoming IFLA Congress; this includes conference registration fees as well as visa, travel and accommodation costs. Furthermore, the paper will be recommended for publication in the IFLA Journal. Second and third place finalists will receive an official certificate.

Objectives of the Award

encourage LIS students – especially from developing countries – to submit papers addressing the current IFLA World Library and Information Congress theme;

reward the best LIS student paper submission for the IFLA Congress each year;

give LIS students the opportunity to take part in an IFLA Congress;

give LIS students the chance to learn more about IFLA activities;

prepare and encourage the new LIS Generation to participate in IFLA activities.

The target group is LIS students from all over the world, who are enrolled in a course of study for the “first professional qualification” (e. g. bachelor/graduate diploma/master) in the country of study. PhD students are not eligible for the award.

All IFLA Sections are requested to open their Call for Papers to students. Accepted student papers will be presented either in the relevant Section’s conference session or, if appropriate, in the SET Open Session.

How to Write

To help students with less experience in abstract/paper writing, templates for both are available for download below.

Step by Step

Students must first get their paper accepted for presentation by any IFLA Section at the World Congress (not a satellite conference). Students should follow the IFLA WLIC Calls for Papers and keep in mind any IFLA section’s Call for Papers deadline (!). Choose any Call for Papers which meets your research interest. Then submit your paper proposal by the deadline. Once you have received the letter of acceptance from the chosen section, then you may send your full paper to SET to apply for the award by 15 April 2016(notification of award: 15 May 2016).

To apply for the award, LIS students whose abstracts have been accepted by any IFLA section should follow these guidelines:

Submit the following three (3) items: (1) the full conference paper; (2) copy of any IFLA section's letter of acceptance; and (3) letter of recommendation from the student's LIS Professor.

Submissions must follow the templates provided: ie to follow the requirements for a structured abstract as well as for style, citations, references etc.

Candidates should submit their applications by email or by traditional mail to the IFLA SET, c/o Dr. Petra Hauke, Hochkalterweg 3a, D-12107 Berlin, Germany, Email: petra.hauke@hu-berlin.de.

Criteria

The criteria to measure the quality and relevance of papers are:

Relationship to the theme of the IFLA Congress and the sub theme/s of the relevant Section;

Relevant discussion of current issues in the topic field including reference to appropriate literature;

Quality of ideas, research methods, results or argument;

Quality of writing and referencing.

Selection Process

The papers will be reviewed by the IFLA LIS Student Paper Award Committee, consisting of current elected members of the SET SC. Up to three finalists will be recognized by the committee for their outstanding achievements. From these three finalists, one winner will be chosen to receive financial support to attend the IFLA Congress.

The Award

The award for the first place winner of the IFLA LIS Student Paper Award 2016 includes:

In total up to € 1000 to support the current IFLA Congress registration fee as well as visa, economy airfare and economical lodging

Recommendation for publication of the paper in the IFLA Journal [subject to approval].

Second and third place finalists will receive a certificate.

Deadline for submissions: 15 April 2016

IFLA School Library Guidelines

Click HERE to download the pdf.

See also HERE our Standards for Philippine Libraries : 
School Library Media Centers

82nd IFLA & WLIC 2016

Registration Now Open!

IFLA is delighted to announce that online registration is now open and attendees can register here.

The World Through Picture Books

The World Through Picture Books : Librarians’ Favourite

Books from their Country

edited by Annie Everall and Viviana Quiñones

expanded 2nd edition, 2015

Click HERE to view / download a pdf copy.

IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2015

World Library and Information Congress 2015

81^st IFLA General Conference and Assembly

Cape Town, South Africa

15-21 August 2015