Content tagged Information technology

IFLA IT Section standing committee members will meet online on Friday March 19th, at 8.am (EDT timezone). Past, ongoing and future actions by the section members and by sponsored Big Data SIG will...

News - 12 March 2021

Tags: Information technology, Meetings, Members, Information Technology

Every February, libraries around the world support and take part in the Safer Internet Day campaign - to raise awareness and organise learning opportunities to help young people navigate the...

News - 9 February 2021

Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, Information literacy, Information technology, Safer Internet Day

Every February, many countries celebrate and organise events dedicated to Safer Internet Day. A wide range of stakeholders – from parents and educators, to libraries, media professionals,...

News - 9 February 2021

Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, Information literacy, Information technology, Internet governance, Safer Internet Day

On 18th and 19th november took place online the joint session of IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section 87 people from almost every regions of the world (Asia and Oceania, Europe,...

News - 17 November 2020

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, eBooks, Information technology, Preservation, Information Technology

Following the 2nd session of the open webinar series previously annouced, you can now have access to the video- and audiorecording and the presentations slides taken from the presentation made by...

News - 30 October 2020

Tags: 4IR, 4th Industrial Revolution, Automation, Big data, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Information literacy, Information society, Information technology, Knowledge management, Library and information profession, Library theory and research, Information Technology

Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/97410567178?pwd=SUdmTjVEUG1sZGhCa2xrQmE4YlZEQT09 Passcode: 593934 [PDF version fo the Agenda] IFLA IT Section...

Event - 10 August 2020

Tags: Big data, Information technology, Meeting, Information Technology

E-government – the use of ICT to deliver public services and conduct government operations – aims not only to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the public sector, but also to...

News - 24 July 2020

Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, Digital inclusion, Government information, Information technology

Postpone by Marco Verch under Creative Commons 2.0   Because of COVID-19 pandemy and resulting health and economic situation, IFLA and Irish organization committee...

News - 26 June 2020

Tags: Conferences, Information technology, Meetings, Information Technology

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) invite you to attend a live and interactive information...

Event - 4 May 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Digitisation, Information technology, Webinar, Information Literacy

The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section and Metropolitan Libraries Section invites interested professionals from any library to submit a short (10 minutes or less) video or multimedia work for...

News - 3 February 2020

Tags: Access to information, Accessibility, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Communications, Cultural heritage, Digital libraries, Education, Electronic resources, Freedom of information, Information technology, International cooperation, Library outreach, Library services, Open access, Metropolitan Libraries

Dear colleagues, We are delighted that many of our section members will be able to join us for the 85th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Athens, Greece, and...

Informational Page - 4 August 2019

Tags: Best practices, Children, Digital inclusion, Digitisation, Electronic collections, Information literacy, Information technology, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and the Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC), invite interested...

News - 7 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Best practices, Collection development, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Information technology, Library and information profession, Library collections, Open source, Preservation, Resource discovery, Risk assessment, Society, Usability

AVMS section meetings You are more than welcome to join the AVMS Section meetings, if you want to know more about the work or if you consider to become a member. Our first meeting...

News - 31 July 2018

Tags: Accessibility, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Cataloguing, Digital resources, Education, Electronic collections, Information technology, Library collections, Malaysia, Open Session, Preservation, Section meeting

The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the Information Technology Section, invite interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held during IFLA WLIC in...

News - 1 December 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Acquisitions, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Cataloguing, Classification and indexing, Collection development, Communities of practice, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Electronic resources, Games, Information technology, Knowledge management, Library buildings and equipment, Library collections, Library outreach, Library services, Lifelong learning, Preservation, Success stories, Young adults

Libraries in the sky: large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections IFLA RBSCS mid-term conference, National Library of Norway...

Event - 27 November 2017

Tags: Conference, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Information technology, Intellectual property, International cooperation, Library collections, Norway, Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections

This presentation, a link at the end, was used at the workshop on Video production. Informing, communicating and disseminating knowledge using audio-visual content during WLIC2017 in Wroclaw,...

Publication - 7 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Communications, Communities of practice, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Freedom of information, Information technology, Open source, Professional development, Social inclusion, Resource Guides

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

The primary goal of the Satellite Meeting is to engage the international scholarly community in a conversation leading to a better understanding of the challenges that the new requirements for the...

Event - 19 June 2017

Tags: Data, Information professionals, Information technology, Poland, Satellite Meeting, Information Technology

This two-days pre-conference will attempt to explore the current work in the creation, implementation and use of discovery tools from the perspective of information technology experts and the...

Event - 19 June 2017

Tags: Information professionals, Information technology, Library marketing, Library outreach, Library services, Poland, Reference services, Resource discovery, Satellite Meeting, Information Technology

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 resources, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Document delivery, Education, Education and training, Electronic collections, Electronic document delivery, Electronic resources, Information Literacy Section, Information technology, Internet access, Poland, School Libraries Section, Audiovisual and Multimedia

Do library patrons get the best information for the topic they are looking for? Do they have the skills needed to use Wikipedia as part of a research process that helps with learning and...

News - 20 September 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Information society, Information technology, Knowledge society

Data in libraries: the big picture A very promising satellite meeting co-organised with the IT section, the ARL section and the Big Data SIG will take place in Chicago University library...

News - 8 August 2016

Tags: Information technology, Linked Data

Lubuto Library Partners (LLP) in Zambia employed digital technology to create engaging, accessible means of teaching children to read in their mother languages.  LubutoLiteracy lessons are an...

Informational Page - 10 June 2016

Tags: Access to information, Children, Education, Information literacy, Information technology, Internet access, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

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, Communications, digital library, Digital resources, E-learning, Information literacy, information seeking behaviour, Information technology, promoting library, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

IFLA has co-signed a letter calling for universal, open, secure, and affordable broadband connectivity, with full protection of human rights. The letter to Finance Ministers, who are meeting today...

News - 13 April 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, broadband, connectivity, Democracy, Development, Digital divide, Information literacy, Information policies, Information technology, International cooperation, Internet access, Knowledge society, sustainable development goals, LDP (Library Development Programme)

There's still time to submit an abstract for IFLA WLIC 2016 (Columbus, Ohio, USA, 13-19 August 2016) on the theme of Improving the discoverability of AV and Multimedia by transforming raw data...

News - 9 February 2016

Tags: Access to information, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Cataloguing, Electronic resources, Information technology, United States of America

About The Big Data Special Interest Group (SIG) was proposed during WLIC 2014 (Lyon) and petitioned for during WLIC 2015 (Cape Town), mainly in response to the findings of the...

IFLA Group or Activity - 13 January 2016

Tags: Information technology, Special Interest Groups, Big Data

The Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, Information Technology and Classification and indexing Sections invite you to submit an abstract for IFLA WLIC 2016 (Columbus, Ohio, USA, 13-19 August 2016...

News - 9 November 2015

Tags: Access to information, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Cataloguing, Digital resources, discoverability of AV and Multimedia, Electronic resources, Information technology, linked open data, transforming raw data, United States of America, Audiovisual and Multimedia

      We are excited to announce the second installment of this year’s webinar series “New Librarians Global Connection: best...

Event - 4 April 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Benchmarking, Best practices, Databases, design, Digital divide, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Information technology, International cooperation, Internet access, Knowledge management, user design, User experience, ux, Webinar, New Professionals

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

Linked Data beginner or expert? Librarian geek? If you're interested in making Linked Open Data happen in your environment, this conference is for you. Hosted at the Bibliothèque...

Event - 15 December 2013

Tags: France, Information technology, Linked data, Satellite Meeting, Linked Data

Theme: Special Spaces for Special Collections The Library Buildings & Equipment and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Standing Committees together with the Preservation and...

News - 29 November 2013

Tags: Collection development, Conferences, Copyright, Democracy, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Document delivery, Electronic collections, Electronic document delivery, Electronic resources, Guidelines, Information policies, Information technology, Intellectual property, Library Buildings and Equipment

This was the 3rd open session of the Semantic Web SIG (SWSIG). The session started with a short introduction by Emmanuelle Bermès, convenor of the group. The premises of a Semantic...

News - 28 August 2013

Tags: Information technology, Linked Data

Professor Dr. Michael Seadle, Director of the Berlin School for Library and Information Science, Dean of the Faculty of Arts I, & Chair of the Commission on Research Ethics at Humboldt-...

News - 31 July 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Disadvantaged persons, Information professionals, Information technology, Singapore, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Join us for our satellite meeting on "User Interaction based on Library Linked Data" on August 16th. Venue : Programme Zone, 1st floor, Jurong Regional Library, Singapore...

News - 20 July 2013

Tags: Information technology, Linked Data

The Information Technology Section is pleased to announce the July 2013 issue of its newsletter Trends and Issues in Library Technology. Once again the IT Section has an interesting...

News - 15 July 2013

Tags: Information technology, Inter-Library Loans, Open Source, Information Technology

The December 2012 issue of the IFLA IT Section (Trends and Issues in Library Technology) has a great range of articles covering all aspects of library and information technology....

News - 31 December 2012

Tags: Information technology, Information Technology

The December 2012 issue of the IFLA IT Section (Trends and Issues in Library Technology) has a great range of articles covering all aspects of library and information technology....

Informational Page - 31 December 2012

Tags: Access to information, Digital repositories, Digitisation, Electronic collections, Electronic document delivery, Electronic resources, Information technology, Intellectual property

Slides from the Semantic Web SIG meeting during IFLA's 78th WLIC in Helsinki are now available. Presentations include  Emmanuelle Bermes : Welcome and introduction to Semantic Web...

News - 4 September 2012

Tags: Information technology, Linked Data

OCLC hosted a round table on Linked Data on the IFLA Congress premises on Monday 13th of August 2012. The round table was moderated by Richard Wallis from OCLC, and also included Neil Wilson from...

News - 14 August 2012

Tags: Information technology, WLIC 2012

The Semantic Web SIG invites any interested IFLA attendee to join the open session on Wednesday, 13:45 in session room 6. Like last year, the Semantic Web SIG session will be an open time for...

News - 14 August 2012

Tags: Information technology, WLIC2012

The Information Technology standing committee has a number of events planned for the upcoming IFLA World Library and Information Congress at the 78th IFLA World Library and Information Congress11-...

News - 7 July 2012

Tags: Information technology

The Library Linked Data incubator group from W3C released their final deliverables in october 2011.The deliverables include : - the main final report, - a use case report -and a...

News - 5 March 2012

Tags: Information technology, Linked Data

The SWSIG first met during IFLA's 77th congress in Puerto Rico, August 2011. The slides from this first meeting are available online: included is a report on the Library Linked Data incubator...

News - 3 March 2012

Tags: Information technology, Linked Data

  For the last four years Mick Fortune, consultant and blogger at RFID: Changing Libraries for Good, has been running an annual survey of UK libraries’ use of RFID. Last year’...

News - 19 January 2012

Tags: Information technology, RFID, RFID

For the Classification & Indexing Section Open Session we invite presentations showing new and innovative ways of providing subject access to users from all types of libraries –...

News - 10 January 2012

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Children, Classification and indexing, Conferences, Digital resources, Electronic collections, Electronic document delivery, Electronic resources, Finland, Indexing, Information technology, Library collections, Metadata, Online public access catalogues, Resource discovery, Subject Analysis and Access

On 5 December 2011 IFLA’s Professional Committee (PC) confirmed the establishment of the Semantic Web Special Interest Group. This SIG resides under IFLA’s IT Section, which is to...

News - 6 January 2012

Tags: Information technology, Linked Data

NOTE: The Linked Data Special Interest Group was discontinued in August 2019. Please refer to the IFLA Information Technology Section for subject matter related to Linked Data...

IFLA Group or Activity - 22 December 2011

Tags: Information technology, Semantic Web, Linked Data

NOTE: The Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Special Interest Group was discontinued in April 2014. Please refer to the IFLA Information Technology Section for subject matter related to RFID...

IFLA Group or Activity - 22 December 2011

Tags: Information technology, RFID

The IT Section has established an RFID working group.  The role of this working group will be to review, discuss and publicise developments in RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) for...

Informational Page - 17 August 2011

Tags: Information technology, RFID, Information Technology

I'm very pleased to announce a two hours panel slot (Wednesday, 17th August, 13.45 till 15.45, Session Room 104) during the 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly as kick off in this field....

News - 16 August 2011

Tags: Information technology, Information Technology

The newsletter is published twice-yearly in PDF and can be read at: Information Technology Section Newsletter July 2011  This newsletter contains news on our programme in Puerto...

News - 18 July 2011

Tags: Information technology, Information Technology

The IT Section is pleased to announce the latest issue of the Newsletter - December 2009. The latest issue of the IFLA ITS Newsletter features the following articles: IT Section...

News - 22 December 2009

Tags: Information technology, Intellectual property, Internet access, Knowledge management, Open access, Open source, Preservation, Information Technology

TechSoup for Libraries is a project of TechSoup Global, a nonprofit organization devoted to making technology and technology education available and affordable to nonprofits and libraries all...

News - 2 November 2009

Tags: Information technology, Nonprofits, Public Libraries

The Knowledge Management, Parliamentary Libraries and Information Technology sections combined to present an interesting cross-disciplinary session at the IFLA congress in Milan in August...

Informational Page - 6 October 2009

Tags: Information technology, Knowledge management, Knowledge Management, Presentations

The IFLA IT Section collaborated with the Statistics and Preservation and Conservation section today to present a very interesting series of papers on statistics in the context of...

News - 24 August 2009

Tags: Information technology, Information Technology / Research, Information Technology

Features: Digital Libraries: · :  A Leading Library of The Digital Age·  Web 2.0: Creating and Using Personas for Digital Library Service in Web2.0 era·...

News - 4 July 2009

Tags: Information technology

The IFLA Information Technology standing committee welcomes the new members elected for the term 2009-2013: Jonas Ahlberg Head, IT Department National Library of Sweden...

News - 4 July 2009

Tags: Information technology

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Publication - 12 June 2009

Tags: Access to information, Databases, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Information technology, Annual reports, Information Technology

2021 The 2021 World Library and Information Congress will be held online. See IFLA annoucement. 2020 World Library and Information Congress has been cancelled because of...

Informational Page - 12 June 2009

Tags: Big data, Conferences, Information technology, Information Technology

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)

The Information Technology (IT) Section promotes best practices in computing technology as applied to libraries and information services.     Major activities...

Informational Page - 31 March 2009

Tags: Information technology, Information Technology