Content tagged Africa

A key area of discussion in efforts to promote Open Access is the topic of rights retention. This focuses on the possibility for researchers to avoid signing away all their rights to publishers,...

Event - 10 January 2021

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Africa, Open access, Open science, Rights retention, Webinar

A key area of discussion in efforts to promote Open Access is the topic of rights retention. This focuses on the possibility for researchers to avoid signing away all their rights to publishers,...

Event - 10 January 2021

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Africa, Open access, Open science, Rights retention, Webinar

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only highlighted old and created new challenges for the library field, but also opens an opportunity for change, if we can seize it. We interviewed Damilare Oyedele...

News - 1 December 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Africa, Digital inclusion

IFLA was present at the 3rd African Youth SDGs Summit in Accra, Ghana, on 4-5 November. IFLA’s representative, Damilare Oyedele, shared the below report. ​Young people across Africa...

News - 19 November 2020

Tags: Access to information, Africa, Development, SDGs, sustainable development goals

The negotiation of the Intellectual Property Protocol of the African Continental Free Trade Area offers an opportunity to shape laws across the continent to support education, research and...

News - 1 October 2020

Tags: Access to knowledge, AfCFTA, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, trade agreements

From 21 to 25 September 2020 the General Assembly of WIPO- the World Intellectual Property Organization – took place in hybrid mode in Geneva and online. IFLA worked alongside partners to...

News - 28 September 2020

Tags: Accessibility, Africa, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA is celebrating Africa Day 2020, highlighting the contribution that Africa's libraries make to the continent's development, as well as highlighting the ideas, resources and...

News - 25 May 2020

Tags: Access to information, Africa, African Union 2063 Agenda, Development, Library Map of the World, sustainable development goals, Africa

Libraries were well represented at the African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development on 24-27 February. Through formal sessions, intense advocacy and a successful side-event, library speakers...

News - 6 March 2020

Tags: Access to information, Africa, sustainable development goals, UN 2030 Agenda

Having access to information and the skills to use it can unlock development potential, and make the difference in achieving the SDGs. At the first of five regional fora on sustainable development...

News - 25 February 2020

Tags: Access to information, Africa, sustainable development goals

At the Third Roundtable Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Libraries in Africa, IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner underlined the scope for libraries to deliver on the goals set out in...

News - 3 December 2019

Tags: Access to information, Africa, African Union, Development, SDGs, sustainable development goals, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Faced with some of the world's most acute development challenges, Africa needs to draw on all of its innovative potential.  Information - and equitable access to it - will play a...

Event - 23 October 2019

Tags: Access to information, Africa, Conference, Development, SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

By Denise Nicholson, CLM Expert Advisor African countries have very different copyright laws, all at various stages of development and/or review. Some countries have very outdated...

News - 27 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ In preparation for global meetings on the SDGs in July and September, IFLA has been active at the regional level. The message: that at all levels, and across the 2030 Agenda, libraries...

News - 18 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Africa, Asia and Oceania, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries, Development and the United Nations 2030 Agenda, SDGs, Sustainable development, LDP (Library Development Programme)

IFLA has submitted comments on two sets of plans to boost internet access in Africa, underlining the importance of including libraries. By doing this, governments not only support affordable...

News - 4 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Africa, Digital inclusion, Internet access, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Des lois de droit d’auteur modernes et équilibrées sont essentielles à la réalisation de la mission d'intérêt public des biblioth...

Publication - 7 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...

Publication - 6 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

12 February 2019: Capacity building Workshops  1. Creative commons licenses in libraries The session is about 2 hours long and will be delivered by Ms. Hala Essalmawi,...

Event - 18 January 2019

Tags: Africa, Committee members and associates, communication, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Creative commons licenses, Information Technology, marketing Libraries, Midterm Meeting, Africa

Further details can be found on the APLESA website.

Event - 10 January 2019

Tags: Africa, Conference, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Further information about the conference is available here while the registration form can be downloaded here. Please note that completed registration forms must be submitted by 15th February 2019...

Event - 10 January 2019

Tags: Africa, Conference, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

The Parliament of Kenya will be hosting the Inaugural Annual African Parliamentary Researchers Conference 2019 from 18th to 22nd March, 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Conference will be based on...

News - 10 January 2019

Tags: Africa, Conference, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

IFLA's training materials on Libraries and Agenda 2030 and SDG's, used in a workshop connecting librarians from Portuguese speaking countries in Africa What were your goals? ...

News - 19 September 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Africa, Capacity building, Development, IAP, Libraries for development, Portuguese, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

At the 2018 World Library and Information Congress in Kuala Lumpur, SOCRS held an open program on scholarly communication. The program featured papers from across Asia and Africa.  The main...

News - 4 September 2018

Tags: Africa, Asia and Oceania, Bibliometrics, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, eBooks, Electronic resources, Open access, Professional development, Scholarly communications, Serials and Other Continuing Resources

The 2nd meeting of African ministers responsible for libraries took place on 5-6 July in Durban, South Africa. IFLA President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón and Secretary...

News - 8 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Africa, Copyright exceptions and limitations, sustainable development goals, Africa

As primarily public institutions, libraries depend strongly on support from their governments, both in terms of laws and funding. Ensuring that those in power recognise and build on the potential...

Event - 4 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Africa, Africa, Conference, Global Vision, Library Map of the World, sustainable development goals, Africa

The fourth African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development is the last of a set of five regional meetings which have taken place in preparation for the UN High Level Political Forum. It provides...

Event - 1 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Africa, Conference, Development, Internet access, Sustainable Development Agenda, Africa

Riding the "cycle": librarians facilitating research Peter Sidorko Collections and content centered stewardship as an important paradigm in library services supporting the...

Publication - 1 May 2018

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Academic and research libraries, Africa, WLIC2015, Conference proceedings

IFLA has partnered with EIFL-PLIP and AfLIA to support 15 participants in the second Young African Library Innovators initiative (IYALI) programme. IYALI is a peer learning and...

News - 26 April 2018

Tags: Africa, Asia and Oceania, Development, Young African Library Innovators initiative (IYALI), LDP (Library Development Programme)

The countries of French-speaking Africa have a rich and diverse history. Much of this is recorded not through books or manuscripts, but through a vibrant tradition of oral history and know-how....

News - 14 December 2017

Tags: Africa, oral heritage, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)

See Also: IFLA Global Vision Africa passes the torch to MENA region From 21 to 22 May, distinguished representatives from the Middle East and North...

News - 24 May 2017

Tags: Africa, Egypt, IFLA Global Vision, MENA

After the exciting start of IFLA's Global Vision Regional Workshops earlier this month in North America, our journey continued to Africa and now on to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)...

News - 19 May 2017

Tags: Africa, Cameroon, IFLA Global Vision

See Also: IFLA Global Vision North America passes the torch to Africa From 14 to 15 May, African library community leaders representing 37 countries...

News - 15 May 2017

Tags: Africa, Cameroon, IFLA Global Vision

On 3-4 May 2017, IFLA held a successful Global Vision Regional Workshop in North America at the iconic Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Representatives from national, state and regional...

News - 12 May 2017

Tags: Africa, Cameroon, IFLA Global Vision

IFLA is launching a series of regional workshops on 21 and 22 May 2017 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt that are a part of a larger initiative, the IFLA Global Vision...

Event - 2 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Egypt, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting, MENA

IFLA is launching a series of regional workshops on 14 and 15 May 2017 at the Djeuga Palace Hotel in Yaoundé, Cameroon that are a part of a larger initiative, the IFLA Global...

Event - 2 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Cameroon, IFLA Global Vision, Meeting

On December 6 & 7, 2016, IFLA’s Law Library Section in cooperation with the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) and William S. Hein & Co., organized a workshop on Open...

Publication - 27 March 2017

Tags: Africa, Open access, Publications, Law Libraries

The need to combat the ‘book famine’ for the blind, visually impaired, and other people with print disabilities was at the heart of the drive to pass the Treaty of Marrakesh. With the...

News - 5 August 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Africa, Copyright, Marrakesh Treaty, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The IFLA Building Strong Library Associations Programme (BSLA) supports projects in Africa, Asia and Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean. BSLA offers a strategic and...

News - 24 June 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Africa, BSLA, Cameroon, Cooperation, Development, Meetings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The 22nd Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Libraries Association (SCECSAL XXII) will be held on 25-29 April in Ezulwini, Swaziland. It is organised by SWALA (...

Event - 29 April 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Africa, Conference, Development, Eswatini, Sustainability, Africa

As a Key Initiative in IFLA's Capacity Building Strategic Direction, the International Advocacy Programme aims to give the library sector the capacity to create and promote a favourable policy...

Event - 20 January 2016

Tags: Africa, International Advocacy Programme, Meeting, International Advocacy Programme

IFLA Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group Report to IFLA Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) IFLA WLIC, Cape Town, 15 – 21 August 2015...

Publication - 15 August 2015

Tags: Africa, Reports, Women, Information and Libraries

The Book Donation Box will be at the LIASA Stand in the South African Hub at the exhibition, stand G110.  Donated books for children can be dropped off there from Sunday afternoon to...

News - 12 August 2015

Tags: Africa, Children, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Turning the Tables: Documenting Art in a Global Context, Open session, Thursday 20 August (13:45 - 15:45 Auditorium 2) Chair: Sandra Ludig Brooke (United States) 1...

News - 7 August 2015

Tags: Africa, Conferences, Art Libraries

From the 20 - 22 July IFLA hosted a high- level meeting in Windhoek, Namibia in partnership with the Namibia Library and Information Service, as part of the International Advocacy Programme. The...

News - 30 July 2015

Tags: Advocacy, Africa, Namibia

Africa Section invites participation to the its Satellite Meeting hosted by University of South Africa (UNISA) Parow Campus, Cape Town The UN is in a process of determining its future...

Event - 7 April 2015

Tags: Access to information, Africa, Africa, Emerging African Societies, Post-2015 Development Agenda, Satellite Meeting, sustainable development goals, Regions

The IFLA Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group (WIL) in cooperation with the University of South Africa (UNISA) Library and the UNISA Women’s Forum have the great pleasure...

Event - 7 April 2015

Tags: Access to knowledge, Africa, Beijing +20 event, Digitisation, Satellite Meeting, UN post-2015 sustainable development goals, women issues, Women, Information and Libraries

Turning the Tables: Documenting Art in a Global Context Recent years have seen growing, worldwide interest in the visual arts and material culture of Africa, Latin America, the Near East...

News - 18 January 2015

Tags: Access to information, Africa, Art Documentation, Global Visual Culture, Art Libraries

Response from IFLA’s Preservation and Conservation Section to the Lyon Declaration Rationale The Preservation and Standing Committee of IFLA (DIVISION II–...

News - 28 November 2014

Tags: Africa, freedom and literacy, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation

The first regional convening as part of IFLA's expanded Building Strong Library Associations programme was held February 11-14 2014 in Kumasi, Ghana. Matilda Amissah-Arthur,...

News - 19 February 2014

Tags: Africa, Associations, Building Strong Library Associations. BSLA, LDP (Library Development Programme)

Report on the African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) 23-16 September 2013 Nairobi, Kenya  1. Introduction The AfIGF held its Second Annual face-to-face Forum at the...

News - 19 November 2013

Tags: Africa, IGF, Internet access, Internet Governance Forum, kenya, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The documentary film Gateway to the World takes place in Namibia’s capital city Windhoek, Katutura suburban area. In the film, two young library users are followed around the...

News - 31 October 2013

Tags: Africa, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Audiovisual and Multimedia

Segenat Children and Youth Library, Mekelle, Ethiopia This online book was developed with the following goals: To provide librarians around the world with a reference...

Publication - 31 May 2013

Tags: Africa, Australia, Canada, Case studies, China, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Indigenous peoples, Information professionals, Librarianship, Mexico, Multicultural populations, Pakistan, South Africa, Uganda, United States of America, Publications, Indigenous Matters

The Pan African Reading for All Conference takes place every two years and represents the largest and most prestigious international literacy conference in Africa.  Teachers, researchers,...

Event - 4 February 2011

Tags: Africa, Africa, Conference, Literacy, Reading, Reading, Literacy and Reading

From 6 - 8 October 2010 the 2nd Unisa Conference on Reading Promotion and Storytelling for Children will take place at the University of South Africa in Pretoria. This will be accompanied by a...

Event - 13 September 2010

Tags: Africa, Conference, Literacy, Literacy, Reading, UNISA, Literacy and Reading

With just over two weeks to go and with only a few available places remaining, this is the final reminder for interested parties to register for the Stellenbosch  Symposium / IFLA Presidential...

News - 7 February 2010

Tags: Africa

On Friday, July 31, 15 librarians representing each region of Nigeria attended the FAIFE  "Train the Trainers" session for HIV/AIDS and the Role of the Librarian. The...

News - 19 August 2009

Tags: Africa, Education, Nigeria, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Literacy for Community Based Socio-economic Transformation and Development is the title of the 6th Pan-African Reading for All Conference and is being organized by the International Reading...

Event - 11 August 2009

Tags: Africa, Africa, Event, Literacy, Literacy, Reading, Literacy and Reading

No. 56 December 2019 No. 55 July 2019 No. 54 December 2018 No. 53 July 2018 No. 52 December 2017 No. 51 June 2017 No. 50 Decrmber 2016...

Publication - 25 April 2009

Tags: Africa, Newsletter, Africa, Newsletters

A list of uniform titles for African epics, Anonymous Classics: African Literature: Epics and Assimilated, has been drafted for the Working Group on Anonymous Classics by Nadine Boddaert. This is...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Africa, Cataloguing, Publications

Scope Access to Information Network-Africa = Reseau d’acces a l’information en Afrique (ATINA/RAIA) - an IFLA Special Interest Group sponsored by Africa Section - is a global...

IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009

Tags: Acquisitions, Africa, Access to Information Network - Africa (ATINA), Special Interest Groups