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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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Multi-Level Library Advocacy
Why do we do advocacy internationally, when the most critical decisions about libraries are taken at the national or local levels?
Read moreA positive approach to promoting information integrity
A particularly welcome trend in the past year at the United Nations has been evidence of growing recognition of the importance of knowledge and information in the achievement of wider policy goals.
Read moreOnes to Watch in 2024: 6 Library Advocacy Issues to Keep an Eye on in 2024
Advocacy is about making libraries part of other people’s agendas, ensuring that those who take decisions about us (and those who influence them) see why our institutions and profession matter.
Read moreThe UN General Assembly Resolution on Culture and Sustainable Development: What’s Changed?
In the first part of this two-part series looking at the UN General Assembly’s Resolution on Culture and Sustainable Development, passed on 19 December, we looked at key overall takeaways from the text that could help libraries and others in our efforts to get culture recognised fully recognised and integrated into planning.
The second part looks back to the previous such Resolution, from 2021, in order to get a clearer idea of what has changed between the two. While many elements are simply copy and pasted from one text to the next, each revision does offer an opportunity to reflect new thinking and approaches. Through this, we can get an idea of how the discourse on culture is evolving over time.
Read moreIFLA celebrates Open Access Week 2023
International Open Access Week is upon us! The theme of 2023 is Community over Commercialization. Libraries are places of community, and – as has been meme’d online, possibly tracing back to Neil Gaiman – are one of the few public spaces people can visit without being expected to buy something. ‘The default setting of libraries […]
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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.
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