Content tagged Social inclusion

The Zimbabwe Library Association and IFLA have prepared a joint submission for the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review of the country. Drawing on the experiences of the library...

News - 20 July 2021

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Disadvantaged persons, Human rights, Open access, Social inclusion, Universal Periodic Review, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

By Ms Siti Aisyah Binte Abdul Nasir, Deputy Head (Children & Teens) | Programmes and Exhibitions, Archives and Libraries Group, National Library Board, Singapore In Singapore, the...

Informational Page - 22 May 2021

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Best practices, Capacity building, Children, Conceptual models, Digital libraries, E-learning, eBooks, Education, Education and training, Internet access, Library as place, Library collections, Library outreach, Library services, Lifelong learning, Social inclusion, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults

The IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto, last updated in 1994, proclaims UNESCO's belief in the public library as a living force for education, culture and information, and as an essential...

News - 23 March 2021

Tags: Advocacy, Peace, Policy, Social inclusion, Society, Public Libraries

New tools have been added in the page dedicated to the Relindial Cartonera Project. Guidelines and flyers in German Language are now available and can be downloaded.

News - 24 February 2021

Tags: Education and training, Immigrants, Interreligious Dialogue, Libraries for development, Meetings, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Peace, Publications, recycling, Refugees, Social inclusion, Sustainability, Sustainable development, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue

The United Nations has underlined the role of libraries in extending connectivity and building skills, ahead of discussions about how digital technologies can advance social development....

News - 8 February 2021

Tags: Access to information, Digital inclusion, Social inclusion, sustainable development goals

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...

News - 5 November 2020

Tags: Literacy, Mexico, Reading, Social inclusion, UNESCO World Book Capital

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Queering Information: LGBTQ+ Memory, Interpretation, Dissemination A Special Issue of The International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion (...

Informational Page - 3 September 2020

Tags: LGBTQ archives, LGBTQ librarianship, LGBTQ library outreach, LGBTQ library resources, LGBTQ library services, LGBTQ library services. LGBTQ library programming, LGBTQ museums, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Social inclusion

It has been more than 5 years since the Relindial Cartonera project was launched. Odile Dupont has drawn up a retrospective and statistics which are available in English and in French on the page...

News - 22 July 2020

Tags: Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Education, Interreligious Dialogue, Multicultural populations, Social inclusion, Sustainability, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue

UNESCO’s International Coalition of Inclusive and Sustainable Cities (ICCAR) hosted an international webinar on 20 April 2020 addressing racism, discrimination and exclusion in the time of...

News - 21 April 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Cooperation, Disadvantaged persons, Human rights, Immigrants, Information literacy, Library as place, Library services, Library services to people with disabilities, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Refugees, Social inclusion, Library Services to People with Special Needs

IFLA attended the 58th Session of the UN Commission on Social Development on 10-19 February 2020. With a specific focus for the first time on homelessness, it provided an opportunity to highlight...

News - 15 April 2020

Tags: Disadvantaged persons, Homelessness, Libraries and homelessness, Marginalised populations, Social inclusion, United States of America, Library Services to People with Special Needs

IFLA attended the 58th Session of the United Nations Commission on Social Development in New York on 10-19 February 2020, which focused on homelessness. Genilson Geraldo, Brazil, attended...

Publication - 15 April 2020

Tags: Homelessness, Libraries and homelessness, Marginalised populations, Social inclusion, United States of America, Reports, Library Services to People with Special Needs

The IFLA/ UNESCO Public Library Manifesto has been an important achievement since it was first ratified in 1994. The Manifesto proclaims UNESCO's belief in the public library as a...

News - 23 March 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Best practices, Cooperation, Democracy, Development, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Information society, Knowledge management, Libraries for development, Library and information profession, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library collections, Library outreach, Library services, Members, Policy, Social inclusion, Society, Public Libraries

As a partner NGO of UNESCO, we will attend the meeting of civil society observers with the members of the Bureau of the Committee on 11 February to advocate for the role of libraries in the...

Event - 10 February 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Conference, Cultural heritage, Digital humanities, France, Marginalised populations, Multicultural populations, Preservation, Social inclusion, Society

Call for papers In keeping with the thematic focus of the next World Library Information Congress, "Inspire, Engage, Enable and Connect", the IFLA SIG Relindial...

News - 16 January 2020

Tags: Best practices, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Cultures, Dialogue, Human rights, Multicultural populations, Peace, Religions, Social inclusion, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue

Loving the Rural Community Children with Open Spaces for ICT in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges The incorporation of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) to enhance children...

Informational Page - 4 August 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Best practices, Children, digital gap, digital skills, Digitisation, Education, empowerment, Internet access, Nigeria, Social inclusion, Young adults

​The World Day of Social Justice focuses on the steps that need to be taken to ensure that globalisation and change benefits everyone. The new opportunities brought should give all who can the...

Publication - 20 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Minority groups, SDG 8, Social inclusion, Society, Sustainable development, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

The IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) and Management and Marketing Section is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour session at the next IFLA General...

News - 5 February 2019

Tags: Library marketing, Management, New professionals, Social inclusion, Society, Women’s issues, New Professionals

HABITAT, a platform which gathers every 20 years to shape the future of human settlements, has issued its Quito Declaration on sustainable cities and human settlements for all – the...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Development, Digital divide, Social inclusion, Briefings, LDP (Library Development Programme)

In keeping with the thematic focus of the next World Library Information Congress, “Libraries: Dialogue for Change”, the IFLA SIG Relindial propose a session. It will be organised on...

News - 11 January 2019

Tags: Best practices, Collection development, Communications, conflict, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Democracy, Dialogue, Education, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Heritage, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Peace, Religion, RELINDIAL, resentment, Social inclusion, Society, Sustainability, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue

2015-2016 IFLA LGBT SIG Annual Report

Publication - 2 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Benchmarking, Best practices, Cataloguing, Censorship, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Guidelines, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library collections, Lifelong learning, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Net neutrality, Peace, Performance indicators, Resource discovery, Social inclusion, User experience, Women’s issues, Young adults, Annual reports, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

2016-2017 IFLA LGBT SIG Annual Report

Publication - 2 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Benchmarking, Best practices, Cataloguing, Censorship, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library collections, Lifelong learning, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Net neutrality, Peace, Performance indicators, Resource discovery, Social inclusion, User experience, Women’s issues, Young adults, Annual reports, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

Click here for the complete 2017-2018 IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG Annual Report.

Publication - 26 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Advocacy, Communications, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Democracy, Development, Disadvantaged persons, Education, Education and training, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Guidelines, Human rights, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Library buildings and equipment, Library outreach, Library services, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Networking, New professionals, Performance indicators, Privacy in libraries, Professional development, Risk assessment, Social inclusion, Staffing, Annual reports, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

Click here for the complete 2018-2019 IFLA LGBTQ+ SIG Action Plan. Objectives of Professional Unit 2018-19: 1. Provide guidelines for LGBTQ+ library services and collections around...

Publication - 26 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Action plans, Advocacy, Benchmarking, Best practices, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Guidelines, Human rights, Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ library services, Libraries for development, Library and information science education, Library as place, Lifelong learning, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Net neutrality, Peace, Performance indicators, Resource discovery, Social inclusion, User experience, Women’s issues, Young adults, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

You can now view Clare O’Hanlon’s presentation, “A continuum of LGBTIQA+ community engagement in libraries: From collections and cataloguing to book displays, bathrooms and...

News - 30 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Australia, Bibliotherapy, Cataloguing, Collection development, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Human rights, LGBTQ library outreach, LGBTQ library resources, LGBTQ library services, LGBTQ library services. LGBTQ library programming, Library collections, Library outreach, Library services, Malaysia, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Reading, Reference services, Resource discovery, Social inclusion, Women’s issues, Young adults, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

IFLA LGBTQ Users SIG is not hosting a conference session at WLIC2018 because of the human rights situation for LGBTQ+ people in Malaysia.   Instead, please enjoy this video...

News - 24 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Australia, Collection development, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom to read, Human rights, LGBTQ library outreach, LGBTQ library programming, LGBTQ library resources, LGBTQ library services, LGBTQ library services, Library as place, Library collections, Library outreach, Library services, Malaysia, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Peace, Reference services, Social inclusion, Women’s issues, Young adults, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

For around half of the world’s population, Internet connectivity is not a reality. Often, this is simply because there are no cables, or a good enough mobile signal, where they live...

News - 20 February 2018

Tags: Access to information, Internet access, Social inclusion, United States of America

Introduction The IFLA Section for Library Services to People with Special Needs (LSN) focuses on those persons who, because of their living conditions and/or physical, mental, or cognitive...

Publication - 27 October 2017

Tags: Guidelines, Homelessness, IFLA standards, Libraries and homelessness, Social inclusion, Standards, Library Services to People with Special Needs

This presentation, a link at the end, was used at the workshop on Video production. Informing, communicating and disseminating knowledge using audio-visual content during WLIC2017 in Wroclaw,...

Publication - 7 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Communications, Communities of practice, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Freedom of information, Information technology, Open source, Professional development, Social inclusion, Resource Guides

The Guidelines for Library Services to People Experiencing Homelessness are published and available. Minutes from meetings Cape Town 2015 (PDF) Berlin 2016 (PDF) (HTML...

Informational Page - 17 August 2017

Tags: Disadvantaged persons, Displaced persons, Marginalised populations, Social inclusion, Library Services to People with Special Needs

This annual report is based on the LSN 2014 – 2019 Strategic Plan and relates to activities from September 2015 to August 2016 Our action plan for 2016-2017 is available on our...

Publication - 17 August 2017

Tags: Library services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired, Social inclusion, Annual reports, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Summary of LSN Action Plan Progress March, 2017 The IFLA Section, Library Services to People with Special Needs (LSN), submitted an action plan to IFLA with five objectives. ...

Publication - 17 August 2017

Tags: Action plans, Library services to people with disabilities, Social inclusion, Library Services to People with Special Needs

On World Refugee Day, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions wishes to highlight the richness and vibrancy of an inclusive and open society by reminding how...

News - 20 June 2017

Tags: Immigrants, Multicultural populations, refugee, Social inclusion, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Call for Papers IFLA LGBTQ Users SIG CFP 2017 Libraries. Solidarity. Society. Intersectionality For IFLA WLIC 2017 (19-25 Aug 2017) we’ve chosen...

News - 19 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Conferences, Disadvantaged persons, Immigrants, Library services to people with disabilities, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Social inclusion, Women’s issues, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

Regional Standing Committee for Asia & Oceania Section (RSCAO) invites you to submit a proposal for a presentation at its Open Session in Wroclaw, Poland in August 2017. Theme: "...

News - 10 January 2017

Tags: A & O Section, Call for Papers, Conference, IFLA 2017, Social inclusion, Society, Asia and Oceania

Theme: “Library associations in solidarity with civil society” The IFLA Management of Library Associations Section invites proposals to be presented at a two-hour session at...

News - 6 December 2016

Tags: Associations, Best practices, Call for Papers, civil society, Democracy, IFLA 2017, Information policies, Library outreach, MLAS, Policy, Social inclusion, Society, Management of Library Associations

The LSN session this year focuses on library services to persons experiencing homelessness from different perspectives, including the users perspective. It is also part of the work on developing...

News - 12 August 2016

Tags: Children, Conferences, Disadvantaged persons, Displaced persons, Social inclusion, Library Services to People with Special Needs

Nos es grato el compartir el enlace al archivo del evento en línea, “Servicios Bibliotecarios para Inmigrantes y Refugiados” el cual se presentó el 31 de marzo de 2016....

News - 19 May 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Professional development, Refugees, Social inclusion, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

​ يسرنا مشاركة الرابط للتسجيل الخاص بالندوة التعليمية الإلكترونية «الخدمات المكتبية المُوجّهة للمهاجرين واللاجئين» التي عُقدت في 31 مارس 2016م. وقد شارك قسم «الإفلا...

News - 19 May 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Professional development, Refugees, Social inclusion, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

We are pleased to share a link to an archive recording of our “Library Services to Immigrants and Refugees” webinar which took place on 31 March 2016. IFLA Continuing Professional...

News - 19 May 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Professional development, Refugees, Social inclusion, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

IFLA LGBTQ Users SIG CFP 2015 Developing Equitable Access for LGBTQ Library Users                   According to...

News - 16 December 2014

Tags: Access to information, Acquisitions, Advocacy, Best practices, Censorship, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of information, International cooperation, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Social inclusion, Society, Success stories

Queer Library Alliance: Global Reflections and Imaginings Call for Papers Editors: Rae-Anne Montague and Lucas McKeever  Publisher: Library Juice Press International...

News - 16 December 2014

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Best practices, Communities of practice, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Disadvantaged persons, Freedom of information, International cooperation, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, Social inclusion, Society, Women’s issues, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

9 – 13 June 2014, Botkyrka, Sweden All over Europe public libraries work to improve literacy. With the purpose to create a network of public libraries and librarians on the topic of...

News - 5 February 2014

Tags: Literacy, Social inclusion, Society, Sweden, Library Services to Multicultural Populations

The goal of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) special interest group is to adress the information needs of LGBTQ+ community members related to library services,...

IFLA Group or Activity - 13 January 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Capacity building, Censorship, Classification and indexing, Collection development, Communities of practice, Data management, Digital inclusion, Education and training, Freedom of expression, Guidelines, Human rights, Indexing, LGBTQ library services, Library as place, Library collections, Library marketing, Library outreach, Library services, Library theory and research, Lifelong learning, Marginalised populations, Minority groups, Multicultural populations, New professionals, Privacy in libraries, Professional development, Reading, Social inclusion, Staffing, Subject analysis, Women’s issues, Young adults, Special Interest Groups, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

The Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section and Education invites proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour session in the next IFLA General Conference on August 2014 in...

News - 27 November 2013

Tags: Collection development, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Education and training, Electronic collections, Multicultural populations, Policy, Social inclusion, Library Services to Multicultural Populations

The program will start with presentations to introduce access technology products, software and devices. Participants will then visit a "Technology Petting Zoo," where people (companies...

Event - 30 May 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Acquisitions, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Best practices, Digital divide, Digital resources, Disadvantaged persons, Education, Education and training, Electronic document delivery, Electronic resources, Library services to people with disabilities, Programme, Services to the visually impaired, Singapore, Social inclusion, Library Services to People with Special Needs