Author: Jim O’Donnell, Arizona State University, United States IFLA’s section for Academic and Research Libraries is proud to be organizing and hosting a satellite conference in Rotterdam, on the Friday and Saturday before WLIC 2023, on Inclusiveness through Openness. This satellite is a collaboration with Erasmus University Library,  Continuing and Professional Development and Workplace Learning […]

Author: Marisa King, Secretary, ARL Section, IFLA, New Zealand While reading through the latest country trends reports provided by Academic and Research Libraries (ARL) Section members from across the globe, three words come to mind: Open, open and open. In fact, I can’t put it better than the writer of this abstract for ARL’s upcoming […]

Author: Lily Y. Ko, Head, Learning Services, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, Hong Kong SAR, The People’s Republic of China The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a universal plan of action for equality, prosperity, peace and partnership. It contains 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. I learnt about […]

Author:  Shaharima Parvin, Senior Assistant Librarian, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh Library and information science (LIS) professionals have been incorporating emerging technologies in service innovation and sustainability. Many legacy sectors, including libraries, have been transforming their services and resources through the digital revolution, to fulfill patron’s expectations. Involvement in the Open Access (OA) movement by Library and […]

Author: Olga Einasto, PhD, University of Tartu Library, Estonia Young people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s are called the Zoomer generation or the Zoomers. They are also known as Digital Natives, the 5G- and @generation, referring to their deep connection with the internet and digital devices.     Statistically, this generation forms […]

Author: Cécile Quach, Library Curator, Gallica Studio Project Manager, BnF As part of the four hundredth anniversary of Molière’s birth in 2022, LITTE_BOT is a theatrical chatbot which embodies Dom Juan from Molière. If you come to Paris, why not drop by the recently reopened historic site Richelieu of the French National Library (Bibliothèque nationale de […]

Author: Danitza Coronel, La Paz, Bolivia I am Bolivian and my dream of attending an IFLA Congress began five years ago in the city of Bogotá, Colombia, when I was serving as a full-time missionary in philanthropic work. One day in the Fontibón Park, I saw that while some children practiced skating, their mothers were […]