IFLA Government Libraries Blog

An Innovation Award for Libraries Offering e-Government Services

government-libraries — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:51:16 +0000

EIFL, through the Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP), is offering an Innovation Award for Contributing to Open Government. The criteria of selection include only to public or community libraries located in a transition or developing country. Ideally, the libraries which enter the competition are working in alliance with government agencies in offering e-government services or facilitating participatory democracy at local level.

Call for Panelists: Government Libraries as Voices for Open Government

government-libraries — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:56:39 +0000

Open government is the core issue for the session we are organising for the next IFLA World Library and Information Congress - WLIC 2013. We invite proposals for roundtable discussion topics for a two-hour programme.

Call for Papers: Information for Development Action: Governments, Civil Society and Libraries

government-libraries — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:38:23 +0000

The IFLA World Library and Information Congress will be held in Singapore this year. As in past events, the Government Libraries Section will be sponsoring some activities during the Congress. One of them is the session "Information for Development Action: Governments, Civil Society and Libraries", which is mainly organised by the Government Information and Official Publications Section.

Guidelines for Government Libraries translated into Arabic

government-libraries — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:44:37 +0000

As we did with other languages, our Guidelines for Libraries of Government Departments have been translated into Arabic. This time, Miss Maria El Kady was in charge of the translation, with the coordination of Fatima Alloul, Corresponding Member of the IFLA Government Libraries Section.

Cuba: II Congress on Health and Disasters

government-libraries — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:13:41 +0000

The II Congress on Health and Disasters, organised by the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, will be held in Havana on March 20-22, 2013. The objetives are placed in the intersection between disaster risk management and public health: increase in good practices and lessons learned, and the promotion of new alternatives for international cooperation. Since the congress will have a multidisciplinary approach, information professionals are also invited to participate. Topics covered include information management during phases of natural disasters, information literacy and disaster risk management in libraries.

Open Data Sevilla

government-libraries — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:34:31 +0000

It is not a surprise to find open data events nowadays. One such event took place a few days ago in Seville, Spain. The II meeting on open government & open data (II jornadas en gobierno abierto y open data Sevilla) was organised by Opendata Seville Group and Universidad Pablo Olavide. The purpose was to promote transparency, public information access and participation from the open government standpoint.

Malawi: CSFLIP Seminar and General Meeting

government-libraries — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:10:35 +0000

The Civil Service Forum for Library and Information Personnel (CSFLIP) will hold a two day Seminar and General Meeting to be held at Mponela Agricultural Conference Hall, Malawi, from 13th to 14th December, 2012. The theme of the Seminar is “Libraries are engine for Climate Change Information and Knowledge”.

My IFLA WLIC 2012 Experience

government-libraries — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:50:56 +0000

Each conference experience is unique. A huge event such as IFLA World Library and Information Congress, is not an exception. On this ocassion, María del Carmen Díez-Hoyo, member of the IFLA Government Libraries Section, gives us her impressions gained from the last congress held in Helsinki. Three years have passed since I had been to an annual [...]

Successful events in Helsinki! Lyon will receive WLIC 2014!

government-libraries — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:39:34 +0000

Our activities in Helsinki have been successful! We have had many attendees and the sessions and meeting have been participative. At the closing session, Lyon (France) has been announced as the venue for WLIC 2014!

Access to Digital Case Law in the United States: A Historical Perspective

government-libraries — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:05:33 +0000

Legal information arena will also be covered in our session at IFLA Annual Congress. Dr. Xiaohua Zhu will provide a historical perspective on the access rights to case law information in digital formats in the United States, focusing on the intertwined socio-technical factors as well as the major actors, including the government, information providers, libraries, and public interest groups, who have shaped and changed the access rights.