Content tagged Archives

AVMS meetings: You are more than welcome to join the AVMS Section meetings, if you want to know more about what we do, or if you are considering becoming a member...

News - 4 August 2019

Tags: Archives

On 17 May 2019, after several years of discussion, the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market was published in the official journal of the European Union. It enters into...

News - 18 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Associations, Conservation, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Cultural heritage, Digital Humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digitisation, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

For those of you coming to Athens, please join us at our SIG business meeting: Sunday 25 August 2019 from 13.45 – 15.45 in Business Room 4 of the conference venue.  The IFLA...

News - 17 June 2019

Tags: Archives, Library history, Library History

​It’s time to look back at a of week global discussions on copyright at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). There were useful new reports and materials, signs of consensus...

News - 9 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Policy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The IFLA SIG Library History decided to partner with a Section for IFLA 2019 in Athens and the Section on Genealogy and Local History (Genloc) agreed.  As you can see from the Call for Papers...

Event - 6 March 2019

Tags: Access to knowledge, Archives, Congress, Genealogy, Genealogy and Local History, Greece, History of Librarianship, Library history, Library History, Local History, Library History

The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, joined by the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and the Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC), invite interested...

News - 7 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, accessibility, Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia, Best practice, Collection development, Collections, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital Humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Information technology, Open Source, Preservation, Profession, Resource discovery, Risk assessment, Society, Usability

The papers from our successful WLIC 2018 conference session 'National Libraries and Social Media - Meeting the Challenges of Acquiring, Preserving and Proving Long-Term Access' are now...

News - 1 November 2018

Tags: Acquisitions, Archives, Digital preservation, Preservation, Social Media, National Libraries

The 2018 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage will take place on October 27, and has the theme “Your Story is Moving”.   Here is what UNESCO says about the theme...

News - 2 October 2018

Tags: Access to knowledge, Archives, Associations, Cultural heritage, Digital Humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Education, Open Access, Preservation, Resource discovery, Society

The Rwanda Archive and Library Services Authority (RALSA) is responsible for preserving and sharing the country’s documented cultural heritage. The institution gives access to those who seek...

Event - 13 February 2018

Tags: Archives, Rwanda, Seminar, Africa

27th October is the UNESCO´s World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2017 This year’s theme is "Discover, remember and share" UNESCO and their World Day for...

News - 12 October 2017

Tags: Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia, Collection development, Communication, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Knowledge management, Preservation, Audiovisual and Multimedia

Annual Report 2017-2018 [in PDF] Annual Report 2016-2017 [in PDF]

Publication - 14 September 2017

Tags: Archives, Conferences, Cultural heritage, History of Librarianship, Library history, Library History, Annual reports, Library History

Action Plan 2018-2019 [in PDF] Action Plan 2017-2018 [in PDF]

Publication - 14 September 2017

Tags: Action plans, Archives, Conferences, Cultural heritage, History of Librarianship, Library History, Library History

That news publication has changed dramatically since the advent of the Internet and the Web is no news to anyone. There are many examples of established news organizations that have either stopped...

Informational Page - 2 July 2017

Tags: Archives, legal deposit, Newspapers, Preservation, News Media

Digital technologies offer rich opportunities to collect, preserve and make the world’s knowledge available. But to make the most of these collections, libraries and archives need the...

News - 7 June 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Archives, Copyright, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA will be represented at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) next week. Talk of copyright is normally...

News - 6 May 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Copyright, Copyright reform, Cultural heritage, Development, Digital resources, Freedom of information, Information policy, International cooperation, Policy, Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR), WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

      We are excited to announce the second installment of this year’s webinar series “New Librarians Global Connection: best...

Event - 4 April 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia, Benchmarking, Best practice, Databases, design, Digital divide, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Information technology, International cooperation, Internet access, Knowledge management, user design, user experience, ux, Webinar, New Professionals

The Library Buildings & Equipment Standing Committee and the Acquisition and Collection Development Standing Committee are looking for papers that highlight how public, academic and research...

News - 20 December 2013

Tags: Access to information, architecture, Archives, books, Buildings and equipment, Collections, Library as place, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, storage, Technology, Library Buildings and Equipment

Theme: Rare and special collections in the Asian or Oceanian context Deadline for Proposals: 28 February 2013 The full call for papers is available on the IFLA WLIC 2013...

News - 16 January 2013

Tags: Archives, Collections, Rare Books and Special Collections

Theme: Images Lost and Found - Innovative Approaches to the Discovery and Use of Visual Materials Found in Rare Books, Manuscripts and Special Collections Deadline for Proposals: 18 January...

News - 4 December 2012

Tags: Archives, Collections, Cultural heritage, Digital resources, Indexing, Resource discovery, Art Libraries

Jazz is a universal language of freedom and creativity.  UNESCO's International Jazz Day is intended to raise awareness in the international community of the virtues of jazz as an...

News - 27 April 2012

Tags: Archives, Cultural heritage, Audiovisual and Multimedia

In 2004, Chile recommended that the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) undertake a review of the current state of...

Publication - 14 April 2011

Tags: Archives, WIPO, Drafts, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

News - 28 June 2010

Tags: Archives, Guides, Library associations

Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments & Sites (LAMMS) The five international organisations for cultural heritage, IFLA (libraries), ICA (archives), ICOM (museums), ICOMOS (monuments...

Informational Page - 30 November 2009

Tags: Archives, Audiovisual and multimedia, Collaboration, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, International cooperation, International-NGOs