Content tagged Africa
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- Rights Retention: Exploring How the Plan S Strategy Could Apply Globally (Latin America and the Caribbean)
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
- Rights Retention: Exploring How the Plan S Strategy Could Apply Globally (MENA and Sub-Saharan 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
- Building Back Better for Libraries in Africa: An Interview
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
- Securing SDG Success in Africa through Youth
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
- Access to Information for African Development: 10 Principles for the African Continental Free Trade Area
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
- IFLA Engages at WIPO General Assembly
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)
- Celebrating Africa Day 2020
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
- A Clear Contribution: Libraries Engage at African SDG Forum
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
- Accelerating Development, Transforming Lives in Africa: IFLA Promotes Libraries at African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
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
- IFLA Secretary General Urges Africa’s Governments to Engage Libraries in Development Efforts
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)
- 3rd Roundtable of Ministers Responsible for Public Libraries in Africa
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)
- Outcomes of the second WIPO regional seminar: #Copyright4Libraries in the African Region
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)
- Supporting Sustainable Development Globally: Libraries at the UN Regional Forums
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)
- Placing Libraries at the Heart of Connectivity Strategies
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)
- Webinaire de l'IFLA sur la réunion régionale africaine de l'OMPI
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
- IFLA webinar on the WIPO African regional meeting
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
- Africa Section Midterm Meeting 2019
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
- 19th APLESA Conference
Further details can be found on the APLESA website.
Event - 10 January 2019
Tags: Africa, Conference, Library and Research Services for Parliaments
- Inaugural Annual African Parliamentary Researchers Conference 2019
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
- Inaugural Annual African Parliamentary Researchers Conference 2019
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
- IAP Project Report: Portuguese speaking Africa (2018) "Awareness Creation, Advocacy and relevant Data Collection Strategies for UN 2030 Agenda"
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)
- Scholarly Communication in Asia & Africa
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
- Africa Can Lead: IFLA Addresses African Ministers
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
- Libraries on the Development Agenda in 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
- African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development
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
- Hot Topics 2015 - Library support for researchers
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
- Congratulations to IYALI 2018 Participants
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)
- Shared History, Shared Challenges, Shared Efforts – Preserving Francophone African Heritage
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)
- IFLA Global Vision Middle East lands in Alexandria, Egypt
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
- IFLA Global Vision Africa passes the torch to MENA region
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
- IFLA Global Vision Africa lands in Yaoundé, Cameroon
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
- IFLA Global Vision North America passes the torch to Africa
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 Global Vision Regional Workshop: Middle East
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 Global Vision Regional Workshop: Africa
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
- Access to Legal Knowledge Workshop (Kampala, Uganda)
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
- Treaty of Marrakesh – Implementation Picking up Pace in Africa
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)
- Second BSLA workshop held in Francophone Africa
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)
- 22nd Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Libraries Association (SCECSAL 2016)
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
- International Advocacy Programme Africa Meeting
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 WIL 2015 Congress activities
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
- Latest News on Cape Town Book Project: what will happen at IFLA conference
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
- Upcoming events for the Art Libraries Section at IFLA WLIC 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa
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
- IFLA High-level meeting sets the advocacy agenda for libraries in Africa
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
- IFLA Africa Section Satellite Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa
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
- Women, Information and Libraries SIG satellite meeting in Pretoria, South Africa
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
- Call for Papers: IFLA Art Libraries Section
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
- Lyon Declaration Support from P & C Section Standing Committee
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
- Strategy, partnerships in focus at BSLA regional convening for associations in Africa
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)
- International Leaders Programme: Report on the African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF)
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)
- Gateway to the world
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
- Library Services to Indigenous Populations: Case Studies
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
- 7th Pan-African Reading for All Conference
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
- 2nd Unisa Conference on Reading Promotion and Storytelling for Children
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
- Fourth announcement: Stellenbosch Symposium / IFLA Presidential Meeting 2010
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
- Train the Trainers Workshop on HIV/AIDS and the role of the librarian in Ibadan, Nigeria
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)
- Reading for All Conference
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
- Africa Section Newsletter
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
- Anonymous Classics: African Literature (2005)
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
- Access to Information Network - Africa (ATINA) Special Interest Group
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