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Libraries Preserving and Providing Access to Culture and Heritage in 2021

Memory, traditions, and creative expressions allow people to share their ideas and values with others. Here are some key areas relating to culture and heritage where IFLA plans to have an impact in 2021.

18 Januar 2021 | PAC (Preservation and Conservation), Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Disaster management, Disaster relief, Library as place, Lifelong learning, Multicultural populations, Multilingualism, Peace, Preservation, Risk assessment, Risk Register, Success stories, Sustainability

IFLA Engages with UNESCO and Partner NGOs at the International Conference of Non-Governmental Organisations

17 Dezember 2020 | Conferences, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Networking, Policy

IFLA observes the 15th Meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

15 Dezember 2020 | Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Risk Register

IFLA Signs Statement on the Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Nagorno-Karabakh Region

2 Dezember 2020 | Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites, Archives, Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Risk Register

Libraries in the Race to Zero November Dialogues

25 November 2020 | Environment, Sustainability and Libraries, Cultural heritage, Library as place, Sustainability

Libraries are an Important Component of Media and Information Literacy for All

10 November 2020 | Information Literacy, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Information literacy

Guadalajara named as World Book Capital 2022

The title of UNESCO World Book Capital 2022 will fall to Guadalajara, Mexico. From 23 April 2022, the city will host a year-long programme of events celebrating books, reading and libraries.

5 November 2020 | Literacy, Reading, Social inclusion, Mexico, UNESCO World Book Capital

Get into Global Media & Information Literacy Week 2020

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1 Oktober 2020 | Access to information, Cooperation, Information literacy, Knowledge society

IFLA releases 6 videos on Wikidata and Wikibase in Libraries

In February 2020, the IFLA received a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation to carry out a WLIC 2020 satellite event in Dublin. Due to developments related to COVID19, the project was transformed into 6 online discussions with professionals in order to discuss projects, issues, progress of Wikidata, Wikibase and bibliographic data in the field of libraries.

24 September 2020 | WikiCite, Wikipedia

IFLA Supports Local and International Efforts to Recover Libraries in Beirut

7 September 2020 | PAC (Preservation and Conservation), Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Disaster management, Disaster relief, International cooperation, Preservation, Lebanon

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