(via Nancy Bolt, IFLA section chair) The ILFA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Section Library Services to People with Special Needs has been working on Guidelines for Library Services to Displaced Populations. These Guidelines cover library service to refugees, immigrants, migrants, and asylum seekers. These Guidelines are now ready for global review. A Google Drive link…
Category: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
Call for Applicants: ALA Representative to IFLA’s Academic and Research Libraries Committee (Deadline May 4)
(via Michelle Twait, Gustavus Adolphus College) ACRL invites applicants to serve as the ALA representative to the Academic and Research Libraries IFLA standing committee for the 2019- 2023 term. To apply as an ALA representative to IFLA, submit the materials detailed below to Michelle Twait (mtwait@gustavus.edu), CLS Chair, no later than Friday, May 4. Completed “Request…
IFLA Releases Annual Report
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions recently released its annual report for 2014. (The organization has not yet come out with a report for 2015.) The IFLA has members from every continent except Antarctica; just under half are from Europe, and institutions make up two-thirds of members. It strives to make information as…