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 […]
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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 […]
Read full post…Understanding Your Library from the Inside Out: A Workshop in Library Ethnography for User Assessment – Social Science Libraries with Africa Section
This off-site workshop will focus on helping librarians to understand and use ethnographic research methods–long used for cultural anthropology research–to better understand their libraries, their users, and how their services and collections are used. Presenters: Lynne S. Connaway, Senior Research Scientist and Director of User Research at OCLC Celia Emmelheinz, […]
Read full post…The IFLA RELINDIAL SIG (Religions: Libraries and Dialogue Special Interest Group) and the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) welcome you to a timely discussion on Fostering Global Communication among Religions and Libraries. A majority of the world’s population professes to a faith tradition of their ancestors, their country or both. […]
Read full post…XIV INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF INFORMATION: International Conference Center of Havana, Cuba, from October 31 to November
The Institute of Scientific and Technological Information, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of the Republic of Cuba, is pleased to invite you to participate in the XIV International Congress of Information, Info’2016, which will be held October 31 – November 4, 2016 at the International Conference Center of […]
Read full post…XIV CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE INFORMACIÓN Palacio de Convenciones de La Habana, Cuba31 de octubre al 4 de noviembre del 2016
Alcance: El debate de las nuevas herramientas de gestión utilizadas por las organizaciones de información (centro de información, documentación, archivos, museos, bibliotecas) para asegurar su desempeño eficaz y eficiente; así como analizar vías que contribuyan a convertir cada vez más la información en un recurso indispensable para que estas organizaciones […]
Read full post…The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, (OHCHR) has endorsed the University of Namibia’s Human Rights and Documentation Centre, at Main Campus, to serve as a library depository. Although only officially inaugurated late last year, the repository is in full swing with regular legal and academic users. Ms […]
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