Content tagged Education and training

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 Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, E-Learning, Education, Electronic collections, Electronic resources, Event, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA’s Standing Committee on Libraries for Children and Young Adults is seeking articles for our next newsletter about youth services librarianship and best practices from around the world...

News - 20 March 2019

Tags: Best practice, Children, E-Learning, Electronic collections, Electronic resources, eLending, Freedom of information, Information literacy, Information policy, Young adults

The brief celebrates the commitment of the library sector to making OER a reality and encourages continued engagement by providing background information. It shares the definition of OER, its...

Publication - 4 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, E-Learning, Education, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​To celebrate Open Education Week 2019, IFLA releases a brief on open educational resources (OER). It underlines the role that librarians can play in creating, curating and ensuring access to...

News - 4 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, E-Learning, Education, Open Access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group invites you to submit a proposal for papers to be presented at its 2-hour open session at the 85th IFLA World Library and...

News - 20 February 2019

Tags: Conferences, Education and training

Click here for the complete 2017-2018 IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG Annual Report.

Publication - 26 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, accessibility, Advocacy, Buildings and equipment, Communication, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Democracy, Development, Disadvantaged people, Education, Education and training, Education for librarianship , Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Guidelines, Human rights, LGBTQ Users SIG, Libraries, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda, Library as place, Marginalized, Minorities, Multicultural populations, Networking, New professionals, Outreach, Performance indicators, Privacy in libraries, Professional development, Risk assessment, Services, Social inclusion, Staffing, Annual reports, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

The first major reform of Europe's copyright system in almost 20 years aims to update the law for the digital age. In addition to affecting libraries and library users across Europe, it will...

Publication - 20 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Digital Humanities, Digital preservation, Digitisation, E-Learning, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Europe, licensing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications

The first day was organised by the Polish Parliament, who had the opportunity to present their organisation, legislative process and research/information output.  SESSION I:...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communication, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference presentations, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments held its 32nd pre-conference in Washington, D.C, 10-12 August 2016, hosted by the U.S. Library of Congress. 143 participants...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communication, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference presentations, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments held its 31st pre-conference in Cape Town, 12-14 August, 2015, hosted by the Parliament of South Africa.  About 100...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communication, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference presentations, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

  Links to photos: By the National Library Board Singapore | By Karel Sosna, Parliamentary Library, Czech Republic The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communication, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference presentations, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments held its 28th annual pre-conference, 8-10 August 2012, in advance of the 2012 IFLA Congress in Finland. More...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communication, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference presentations, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Links to photographs: By Karel Sosna, Parliamentary Library, Czech Republic By Ross Becker:  Pre-Conference | Management Workshop The IFLA Section on...

Publication - 23 May 2018

Tags: Communication, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Conference presentations, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

There are still a few a seats for participants to the workshop to be held at and supported by Wrocław University of Science and Technology Wednesday, 23 August, during WLIC 2017. Please register...

News - 4 July 2017

Tags: Communication, Communities of practice, Digital resources, Education and training

This is a call for participants to register and attend below Satellite meetings held 16 & 17 Aug 2017. Innovation and the User Experience: Evaluating and Implementing Discovery...

News - 19 June 2017

Tags: E-Learning, Information professionals, Information technology, Poland, Information Technology

16 AUG 2017 The role of technology in higher education is growing. During the last decade learning management systems have been widely used to simplify administrative tasks. The forms of...

Event - 19 June 2017

Tags: E-Learning, Information technology, Multicultural populations, Satellite Meeting

Registration is now closed. 52 professionals from 30 different countries registered! Follow the updates on our Facebook event page. Day 1 Unconference at the Library...

Event - 9 March 2017

Tags: Associations, camp, Communities of practice, Education, Education and training, IFLAcamp, iflacamp2017, Information professionals, Meetings, New professionals, Poland, Satellite Meeting, New Professionals

The Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, Information Literacy Section and School Libraries Sections invite you to submit an abstract for IFLA WLIC 2017 (Wrocław, Poland, 19–25 August 2017...

News - 22 November 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Audiovisual and multimedia, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Document delivery, Education, Education and training, Electronic collections, Electronic delivery, Electronic resources, Information Literacy Section, Information technology, Internet access, Poland, School Libraries Section, Audiovisual and Multimedia

Libraries play a crucial role in bringing people to reading. From children’s books to the latest thrillers, they are the safety value in the copyright system that prevents access to culture...

News - 10 November 2016

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, E-Learning, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) and the IFLA Education and Training Section (SET) invites you to participate in the Survey of Library and Information Science New...

News - 2 August 2016

Tags: Education and training, Education for librarianship , LIS students, new librarians, New professionals, New Professionals, Professional development, survey, New Professionals

With the help of OCLC, and specifically Nancy Lensenmayer, registration is open for Satellite Meeting, International Quality Assessment of LIS Education Programs, scheduled for...

News - 7 July 2016

Tags: accreditation, benchmarking, Education and training, United States, Education and Training

Technology has become the key focus of our lives today. Indeed so many aspects of our behaviour are governed by the need to stay connected to the world through technology. Children and young...

Informational Page - 10 June 2016

Tags: Access to information, Children, Communication, digital library, Digital resources, E-Learning, Information literacy, information seeking behaviour, Information technology, promoting library, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Governments, international organisations, civil society representatives, development banks and industry have underlined their support for public access to the internet in libraries as a means of...

News - 25 April 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Democracy, Development, Digital divide, Digital resources, Disadvantaged people, Education, Education and training, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Government information, Internet access, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The IFLA LIS Student Paper Award honors students of Library and Information Science whose abstract submissions have been accepted by any IFLA Section or Unit to be presented at the upcoming ...

News - 14 April 2016

Tags: Awards, Education and training

PDF version: English | Español | français | Deutsch | Pусский | 中文 | العربية 8th IFLA LIS Student Paper Award The IFLA Education & Training Section (SET...

News - 25 January 2016

Tags: Announcement, Awards, Education and training, Education and Training

The IFLA Section on Education and Training (SET) and the Section on Library Theory and Research (LTR) are organizing this satellite meeting prior to the World Library and Information...

Event - 18 January 2016

Tags: Assesment, Education and training, LIS Education, Satellite Meeting, United States, Library Theory and Research

This is a guest post by Petar Lukačić and Maja Krulić Gačan from Public library “Fran Galović”, Koprivnica, Croatia. For the full post, please visit the NPSIG blog.

News - 13 December 2015

Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia, Conferences, Croatia, E-Learning, ted, tedx, New Professionals

English | Deutsch | العربية | Español | Português | русский The IFLA Education & Training Section in collaboration with ekz.bibliotheksservice GmbH has the pleasure to...

News - 5 November 2014

Tags: Awards, Education and training, South Africa

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

You are invited to help SET celebrate 40 years as a section of IFLA! SET will celebrate its 40th anniversary with an off-site summit to be held in Lyon. The theme is Library and...

News - 16 May 2014

Tags: Education and training, Education and Training

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, Collections, Communication, 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 history, Meetings, Members, Networking, New professionals, NPSIG, Policy, Professional development, Russian Federation, unconference, New Professionals

The IFLA Education & Training Section in collaboration with ekz.bibliotheksservice GmbH has the pleasure to announce the 6th IFLA/ekz LIS Student Paper Award for 2014. The IFLA/ekz LIS...

News - 9 January 2014

Tags: Awards, Education and training, France, Education and Training

In December, 2013, the IFLA Professional Committee approved the creation of an Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Users Special Interest Group (LGBTQ) supported by the Acquisition and...

News - 24 December 2013

Tags: Acquisitions, Collection development, Education and training, Information professionals, Acquisition and Collection Development

In 2014, SET will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in two parts:   1) An off-site summit as part of the 2014 IFLA World Library and Information Conference in Lyon 2...

News - 19 December 2013

Tags: Education and training, France, Education and Training

The IFLA Library History Special Interest Group invites papers to be presented at its open session during IFLA WLIC 2014 in Lyon, France. Theme: Building a global network:...

News - 10 December 2013

Tags: Conferences, Education and training, International cooperation, Library theory and research, Library History

The IFLA Section for Library and Research Services for Parliaments wanted to understand more about the benefits that participants got from attending the annual preconference and/or the main IFLA (...

Publication - 6 December 2013

Tags: Communication, Education and training, Meetings, Professional development, Publications, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

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

The program will start with presentations to introduce access technology products, software and devices. Participants will then visit a "Technology Petting Zoo," where people (companies...

Event - 30 May 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Acquisitions, Audiovisual and multimedia, Best practice, Digital divide, Digital resources, Disadvantaged people, Education, Education and training, Electronic delivery, Electronic resources, Programme, Services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired, Singapore, Social inclusion, Library Services to People with Special Needs

The revised IFLA education guidelines are now available on the IFLA SET website.  These guidelines replace the last significant revision in 2000 and incorporate the inclusion of material in...

News - 11 January 2013

Tags: Education, Education and training, Education for librarianship , Guidelines, Education and Training

Applications are now invited from LIS students around the world for the 5th IFLA/ekz LIS Student Paper Award. This award aims to encourage LIS students to submit papers for this year's...

News - 10 January 2013

Tags: Education, Education and training, Education for librarianship , ekz, student awards, Education and Training

The January 2013 issue of the SET Bulletin is now available.  In this issue you can read about a range of exciting initiatives happening in the world of LIS education.   The main...

News - 10 January 2013

Tags: bulletin, Education, Education and training, Education for librarianship , Newsletter, Education and Training

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

News - 6 December 2012

Tags: Education, Education and training, Indigenous knowledge, library training, Multicultural populations, multiculturalism, Singapore, Library Services to Multicultural Populations

What competences are needed for heritage librarians, and how can they be taught? The management of heritage collections requires a unique mix of knowledge and skills, including expertise in...

Publication - 28 November 2012

Tags: Conservation, Education and training, Education for librarianship , Heritage Librarians, Publications, Rare Books and Special Collections

“New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations“ “New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations“ is a...

News - 25 March 2012

Tags: E-Learning, Information professionals, Lifelong learning, New professionals, New Professionals, webinar, New Professionals

The satellite conference will be held immediately prior to the World Library and Information Congress in Helsinki, Finland, August 2012. See: pre-conference website Venue Klaipeda,...

News - 1 March 2012

Tags: Communities of practice, Conferences, Cooperation, Education and training, Information professionals, Public Libraries

Information literacy meets E-learning: Let's talk about interconnections and outcomes. Over the past ten years, there has been a growing awareness about the potential role of E-learning...

Informational Page - 8 December 2011

Tags: E-Learning, Information literacy

IFLA Directory of E-Learning Programs The Section for Education and Training (SET) has been granted EUR 2000 to fund the first stage of the development of the IFLA Directory of E-Learning...

Informational Page - 20 July 2011

Tags: E-Learning, Education, Education and training, Education for librarianship , Electronic delivery, Professional development, Education and Training

The IFLA Online Learning Platform was officially soft launched by IFLA President Ellen Tise on December 8 2010. The launch was held during the Governing Board meeting held at IFLA Headquarters in...

News - 13 December 2010

Tags: Associations, BSLA, Building Strong Library Associations, E-Learning, Education and training, LDP (Library Development Programme)

  ICL Communitas Launched: A Web Resource for Teaching and Learning International and Comparative Librarianship Through International Collaboration   Look at...

News - 10 August 2010

Tags: Education and training

IFLA LIS Student Paper Award 2010 Presentation of the winner of the 2nd IFLA LIS Student Paper Award 2010 Thur 12 August 2010, 09:30 - 10:45 Gotheborg, IFLA Press Conference

News - 12 July 2010

Tags: Education and training

Report Survey on quality assurance models in Library and Information Science (LIS) programs

Publication - 12 July 2010

Tags: Education and training, Publications

IFLA/FAIFE Workshop facilitators (Paul Sturges, Marta Terry and Shane Godbolt) and KEN-AHILA members visit Oloishobor Dispensary, Ngong District, Kenya during the pilot workshop on ‘...

News - 9 March 2010

Tags: Access to information, Education and training, Health information, Workshops, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

 This volume comprises papers prepared for the 8th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development (Bologna, Italy, 18-20 August 2009). Within the broad theme of creating a positive...

News - 2 September 2009

Tags: Education and training, Information professionals, New professionals, Professional development

2018: January | 2017: January | July 2016: January | July 2015: July | January 2014: July | January 2013: July | January...

Publication - 18 May 2009

Tags: Education and training, Education for librarianship , Newsletters, Education and Training

NOTE: The E-Learning SIG was disbanded in December 2012.  E-Learning web pages will be archived and no longer maintained. E-learning is a significant feature of education and training...

IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009

Tags: E-Learning, E-Learning