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In IFLA’s advocacy work, two recurring phenomena point to a key challenge that we need to overcome.
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A First Look at Results from IFLA’s Climate Survey – Add your input!
IFLA’s climate empowerment surveys have received several hundred responses from libraries and dozens of responses from library associations. Early results show that libraries are approaching climate communication and education in a variety of ways, the majority of which center activities which encourage community-building and learning at all ages. Take a first look a the results here.
Read moreIFLA Brings Library Voices to Discussions on Open Culture, AI
What does Open Culture mean for libraries, creators, and consumers? 2022’s UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT resulted in a declaration that affirmed culture as a global public good. This means States have recognised the benefit that culture can and should bring to all, and governments’ role in providing clear […]
Read moreReports from the Eurasian Academic Libraries Conference 2022 (Astana, Kazakhstan)
Recently, I was honored to deliver one of three keynote addresses at Nazarbayev University’s 11th Eurasian Academic Libraries Conference (EALC) in Astana, Kazakhstan. The conference theme was Open Access to Knowledge and Libraries: Achievements and Trends. Often in my work with IFLA I’m engaged with developing copyright policy, focusing on where things are going wrong and […]
Read moreThe 10-Minute International Librarian #94: Explain how you support research and innovation
An over-used phrase about the nature of innovation is that we can see so far today because we are standing on the shoulders of giants. These giants are the thinkers and innovators of the past, who have written down their ideas and insights in books, articles and other documents. It follows that libraries, with their […]
Read moreThe 10-Minute International Librarian #93: Raise your ambitions
The way we think about our actions is often determined by the way we see the world.
Read moreTake Part in World Environment Day 2022: Build and share your Earth Action Number
On World Environment Day (June 5), the Only One Earth campaign calls “collective, transformative action on a global scale to celebrate, protect and restore our planet”. This campaign, led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and hosted in 2022 by Sweden, is the largest international day focussed on the environment. This year’s call to […]
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