Tag Archive for 'Cape Town'

Satellite Presentations now Available

How quickly does time go? It’s only just over a month since the wonderful IFLA Public Libraries satellite in Cape Town hosted by our friends and colleagues from the City of Cape Town Library Service and the Western Cape Provincial Library Service. It was a truly inspirational 2 days – […]

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Gift a Book and Change a Life

Are you coming to the IFLA Congress in Cape Town this August? If so make a little more room in your suitcase and bring a book to change a life. Delegates are being asked to share the joy of reading and discovery through books with Cape Town’s children and youth! […]

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Are you coming to the Public Libraries satellite in Cape Town?

Public library services around the world have reached the cross-roads. Collection formats and community needs continue to evolve at a rapid pace. Technology plays a major role providing people with access to information; bringing library staff out from behind the desk to engage with users and delivering programs and activities, […]

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Technology facilitating access to information: libraries for development

The Public Libraries Section together with the Information Technology  Section, Asia and Oceania Section and the Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section are seeking proposals for papers to be presented at a session  Technology facilitating access to information: libraries for development during the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Cape […]

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Announcing the Public Library Satellite, Cape Town

We’re excited! After months of discussions the Public Libraries Section is delighted to announce that we will be hosting a Professional Development in Cape Town this August in partnership with the City of Cape Town Library Service and the Western Cape Provincial Library Services. The two day workshop Public Libraries […]

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Technology facilitating access to information- Call for Papers

IFLA’s Information Technology, Public Libraries and  Asia and Oceania Sections together with the Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section are seeking proposals for papers to be presented at a session during the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Cape Town, South Africa 15-21, August 2015. Libraries (and research centres) play a […]

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So much choice!

The IFLA Professional Committee has just released details of the approved programs for the 81st IFLA General Conference and Assembly in Cape Town next August. The Public Libraries Section is partnering with: Library Service for People with Special Needs to present Public Library Service to the Socially Isolated:  Homeless, Incarcerated, […]

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