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 […]
Read moreAuthor: Roana Marie Flores of De La Salle University Libraries, Manila, Philippines It started with a dream. My twenty-year-old self knew and believed that one day I would be able to participate in IFLA’s World Library and Information Congress (WLIC). As for the how and when– I honestly didn’t have a clear plan. I just […]
Read moreAuthor: Roxanne Missingham, University Librarian, Australian National University Introduction Academic libraries are fundamental supporters of research activities in their institutions. The digital environment has opened up the collections and services so that they sit within reach in every lab and researchers’ desktop as a part of the research toolkit that supports research in every discipline. […]
Read moreAuthor: Yeo Pin Pin, Head of Research Services, Singapore Management University Libraries Academic libraries in Singapore support Open Access and Open Science trends in the world. Some of the trends can be seen in the ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit. Let me outline how we have supported these trends in Singapore. Open access repositories Starting from […]
Read moreAuthor: Ursula Arning (ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences; TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences) The goals of Open Access (OA) are to provide unrestricted access to scientific information and increase the visibility of scientific findings, thereby improving and facilitating the sharing of scientific knowledge worldwide. Writing an open access policy is an […]
Read moreAuthor: Jim O’Donnell, Arizona State University Ireland is a country that has worked very hard on building its brand around the world, as befits a small country with a rich tourism industry. As IFLA prepares at last to bring the World Library and Information Congress to Dublin this summer, we should remember to appreciate the Irish […]
Read moreAuthor: Bertil F Dorch. Library Director, University Library of Southern Denmark; Associate Professor, Department Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy Like the birds gathering around a pond in a story by poet Hans Christian Andersen – the ducks, chicken and swans of his fairytales – people from across the world of research libraries will gather around a […]
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