Content tagged Public Libraries

The UNESCO-IFLA Public Library Manifesto was last updated and finalised on 29 November 1994. 29 November 2018 therefore marks the start of the Manifesto’s 25th year! First created in...

News - 29 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Public Libraries, public library manifesto, UNESCO, Public Libraries

The UNESCO-IFLA Public Library Manifesto, in its most recent edition, is entering its 25th anniversary year. To start the celebrations, IFLA has produced an article looking at the ways in...

Publication - 29 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Public Libraries, public library manifesto, UNESCO, Reports, Public Libraries

Twenty public librarians selected to be trainers within the Kenya National Library Service (knls) network will attend a two-day workshop on community needs assessment and library service...

Event - 23 November 2018

Tags: Community needs assessment, Kenya, Outcomes evaluation, Performance Measurement, Public Libraries, Workshop

The Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs, in association with the Tunisian Association of Public Libraries and the Tunisian Library and Book Librarians Association, is organizing an International...

Event - 11 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Development, Forum, IAP, Public Libraries, Tunisia, UN 2030 Agenda, UN SDGs, LDP (Library Development Programme)

This 2nd edition of the highly successful Global Library and Information Science presents an up-to-date review of international librarianship and library science through insightful and...

Publication - 3 January 2018

Tags: Academic libraries, IFLA, LIS Education, Public Libraries, school libraries, Publications

A conference for leaders of School Library Services and Public Library Services for Children & Young People The ASCEL (Association of Senior Children's and Education...

Event - 10 November 2017

Tags: ASCEL, Conference, Public Libraries, school libraries, services to children and young adults, United Kingdom

The Indian Public Library Movement (IPLM) is organizing the third edition of its annual conference on Public Libraries, India Public Libraries Conference (IPLC) 2017, from 03rd to 05th October,...

Event - 28 September 2017

Tags: Conference, Development, India, India Public Libraries Conference, Indian Public Library Movement, IPLC, IPLM, Public Libraries

Registration for the 2017 MetLib Conference is now open!  The event will be held from April 30, 5 pm, to May 5, noon, in Montréal, at the Grande Bibliothèque (475 De...

News - 2 December 2016

Tags: Canada, Conference registration, Conferences, Public Libraries, Metropolitan Libraries

The co-hosts are Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) and the City of Montréal. Participate in the programme! The programme will delve...

Event - 18 November 2016

Tags: Canada, Conference, Conferences, Partnerships, Public Libraries, Metropolitan Libraries

The Public Libraries Section has just begun the process of reviewing the IFLA Public Library Service Guidelines. Published in 2010 this 2nd edition is a valuable tool for decision makers world...

News - 9 November 2016

Tags: Australia, Best practice, evaluation, Fundraising, guidelines, outcomes, Public Libraries, Standards, Committee on Standards

Pestalozzi Bibliothek Reaching limits - Crossing borders Programme Sunday, May 3 18.00 Opening Event: Reception followed by apero / walking dinner...

Informational Page - 20 October 2016

Tags: Conferences, Public Libraries, Metropolitan Libraries

With eBooks becoming an ever more normal way of reading, it is high time that the law caught up with reality. Yet libraries frequently struggle to obtain the eBooks their users want. And...

News - 16 June 2016

Tags: Ebooks, elending, Public Libraries, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Principles on Public Access in Libraries were produced by the Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries and discussed by participants at the Internet Governance Forum in Joao Pessoa,...

Publication - 15 March 2016

Tags: Access to information, DC PAL, Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries, Public Access, Public Libraries, Publications

IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section (CPDWL) and the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) have partnered with the American Library Association (ALA)...

News - 28 February 2016

Tags: Immigrants, immigrants, Library Services, Minorities, Multicultural populations, Public Libraries, refugees, New Professionals

IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section (CPDWL) and the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) have partnered with the American Library Association (ALA)...

Event - 28 February 2016

Tags: Immigrants, immigrants, Library Services, Minorities, Multicultural populations, Public Libraries, refugees, Webinar, New Professionals

The 1st International Conference of Municipal Libraries of Aveiro Region (1ª Conferência Internacional Bibliotecas Municipais Região de Aveiro) will be held from 3-4 March 2016...

Event - 9 February 2016

Tags: Conference, Portugal, Public Libraries

India Public Libraries Conference (IPLC) 2016 is the second in the series supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve the lives of people by repositioning public libraries as...

Event - 2 February 2016

Tags: Conference, India, Public Libraries, Technology

Qatar National Library (QNL) is pleased to invite all librarians to register and participate in the upcoming Metropolitan Libraries (METLIB 2016) conference, to be held in Doha - Qatar,...

Event - 27 August 2015

Tags: Conference, Development, Public Libraries, Qatar, Metropolitan Libraries

Public Libraries are places that provide us with knowledge and information. Very often, we find ourselves limited in what we would like to offer and what we are able to offer our customers...

Event - 10 November 2014

Tags: Conference, Public Libraries, Switzerland, Metropolitan Libraries

The Statistics collate information from the member libraries including population, number of libraries and staff, budgets, acquisitions, fees, collections and materials, membership, visitors,...

Informational Page - 31 October 2013

Tags: Library Statistics, Public Libraries, Statistics and evaluation, Metropolitan Libraries

Theme: Accessibility: High Tech for Access” The program will start with presentations to introduce access technology products, software and devices. Participants will then...

News - 30 May 2013

Tags: equal access, Freedom of access to information, IFLA 2013, public access to health information, Public Libraries, Singapore, Library Services to People with Special Needs

IFLA is pleased to report that a new Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries has been approved by the Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). IGF Dynamic Coalitions are...

News - 13 March 2012

Tags: Access to information, Internet access, Internet Governance Forum, Public Libraries

The Sections invite case studies on the theme of collaboration between the two types of libraries that are mostly to be found in communities.  Theme: Friends or Foes – Public...

News - 31 December 2011

Tags: Partnerships, Public Libraries, Young adults, School Libraries

Congress track 5: Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new. Session Theme: Greening the Library in a sustainable way Programme: Going green in North American...

Event - 12 August 2010

Tags: Buildings, collections disposal, Environment, green libraries, North America, Open Session, Policy, Presentations, Programme, programmes, Public Libraries, speakers, Sustainability, Sustainability

Saturday the 14th, 11:45-13:45, Room F1-2 Congress track 5: Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new. Session Theme: Greening the Library in a sustainable way...

News - 12 August 2010

Tags: Buildings, collection disposal, conference programme, Environment, Policy, Presentations, Program, Public Libraries, Reading, speakers, Sustainability, Sustainability, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

We invite you to apply for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's annual Access to Learning Award, which recognizes the innovative efforts of public libraries and similar institutions outside...

News - 18 June 2010

Tags: Awards, Internet access, Public Libraries

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

A Train the Trainers Workshop on Internet Manifesto Guidelines was organized and held on March 22 and 23, 2009, in Lima Perú, before the celebration of International Seminar "Public...

News - 24 June 2009

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Internet access, Peru, Public Libraries, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting applications to its annual Access to Learning Award, which recognizes the innovative efforts of public libraries and similar...

News - 18 June 2009

Tags: Access to information, Announcement, Awards, Internet access, Public Libraries