Content tagged Special Interest Groups

Library Publishing, in an increasing number of mostly electronic forms and formats, has been on the rise over this decade. Buzz and excitement surround a growing assumption that ...

IFLA Group or Activity - 11 March 2019

Tags: Special Interest Groups, Library Publishing

Evidence for Global and Disaster Health [E4GDH] provides a significant opportunity for libraries, under the leadership of IFLA and its Global Vision agenda, to play a critical role in supporting...

IFLA Group or Activity - 2 February 2018

Tags: Disaster preparedness, Risk reduction, Special Interest Groups, Evidence for Global and Disaster Health

Digital Humanities (DH) / Digital Scholarship (DS) is a key theme and professional focus identified in the 2013 IFLA Trend report, and is relevant to IFLA's mission. The IFLA...

IFLA Group or Activity - 7 March 2017

Tags: Knowledge Management, Special Interest Groups, Digital Humanities – Digital Scholarship

About The Big Data Special Interest Group (SIG) was proposed during WLIC 2014 (Lyon) and petitioned for during WLIC 2015 (Cape Town), mainly in response to the findings of the...

IFLA Group or Activity - 13 January 2016

Tags: Information technology, Special Interest Groups, Big Data

As part of our professional commitment to provide access to information, librarians are charged to support the full range of users’ informational needs including those of lesbians, gay,...

IFLA Group or Activity - 13 January 2014

Tags: Special Interest Groups, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Users (LGBTQ)

RELINDIAL, the Religions: Libraries and Dialogue Special Interest Group is dedicated to libraries serving as places of dialogue between cultures through a better knowledge of religions....

IFLA Group or Activity - 19 November 2012

Tags: Special Interest Groups, Religions: Libraries and Dialogue

NOTE: The National Information and Library Policy Special Interest Group was discontinued in August 2019. Please refer to the IFLA National Libraries Section for subject matter related...

IFLA Group or Activity - 10 January 2012

Tags: Special Interest Groups, National Information and Library Policy

NOTE: The Linked Data Special Interest Group was discontinued in August 2019. Please refer to the IFLA Information Technology Section for subject matter related to Linked Data...

IFLA Group or Activity - 22 December 2011

Tags: Information technology, Semantic Web, Special Interest Groups, Linked Data

Scope The consideration of the role of humanity in climate change and the notion of sustainable development are core concerns of society, and consequently of libraries.

IFLA Group or Activity - 11 May 2009

Tags: Conservation, Preservation, Special Interest Groups, Environment, Sustainability and Libraries

Scope This Special Interest Group is the continuation (as of 2009) of the former Library History Section. It aims to be the means within IFLA by which professionals specializing in all...

IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009

Tags: Library history, Special Interest Groups, Library History

Scope Access to Information Network-Africa = Reseau d’acces a l’information en Afrique (ATINA/RAIA) - an IFLA Special Interest Group sponsored by Africa Section - is a global...

IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009

Tags: Acquisitions, Africa, Access to Information Network - Africa (ATINA), Special Interest Groups

Scope Activities of the Special Interest Group will include: Curriculum development for LIS School in the Developing Countries Exchange of expertise and experience...

IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009

Tags: Special Interest Groups, LIS Education in Developing Countries

IFLA’s New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG), founded in 2004, is an open global network for library and information science (LIS) new professionals and supporters...

IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009

Tags: Library and information profession, motivation, Networking, New professionals, Special Interest Groups, New Professionals

Scope Women play a crucial role in realising basic human rights for all and in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's). Meeting the information needs of women is a major...

IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009

Tags: Women’s issues, Special Interest Groups, Women, Information and Libraries

Scope This Special Interest Group wants to be a forum for those who work in the realm of international relations to develop tools and networks and to advocate for their work both within...

IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009

Tags: International cooperation, Special Interest Groups, National Organizations and International Relations (NOIR)