Research Knowledge and Information: Research Support Service to All

In an effort to expand the SocSci partnerships and network of practice, we are launching a new blog post series “Social Science Libraries and Librarians Through the IFLA Global Lens”. This series will showcase the work of library professionals around the world, and the first one will be Dr. Muhammad Yousuf Ali from Karachi, Pakistan. […]

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Attending the WLIC-2023: Participation and Discussions

Post by Abby Moore, Chair, Social Sciences Section (2023—2025) September, 2023 I attended IFLA 2023 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands this summer and, as always, the congress was well organized, informative, innovative, and fun. After a quick weekend in Amsterdam, I traveled to Rotterdam by train and arrived Sunday before the main congress started. What I […]

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SSLS planning for the 2021-23

On the 10th of September, 2021, the IFLA Social Sciences Libraries Section held their Business Meeting II of (in ZOOM format). Donatus Düsterhaus, the Convenor of the Religions: Libraries and Dialogue Special Interest Group, sponsored by the Social Science Libraries Section, presented a brief resume of the session Facing the future: working together to improve […]

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Facing the future: working together to improve the interreligious dialogue

The session, organised by RELINDIAL – Religions: Libraries and Dialogue Special Interest Group (sponsored by the Social Science Libraries Section), was titled “Facing the future: working together to improve the interreligious dialogue” and was held on Wednesday the 18th of August. The programme – due to the concept of our SIG – fitted well into […]

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“August 23, 2018: Workshop on text mining and the HathiTrust Research Center at the IFLA in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.

Are you attending the IFLA 2018 World Library and Information Congress? Join us at Dr. Abdul Latiff Library at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia) on August 23, 2018 for a day-long text mining workshop for librarians hosted by the IFLA Social Science Libraries Satellite Meeting. This workshop will be led by instructors […]

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