Content tagged Digitisation
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(These results include any available translations of the original English documents.)
- Professional Unit Virtual Event - Preservation of Digital Complex Objects
On 18th and 19th november took place online the joint session of IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section 87 people from almost every regions of the world (Asia and Oceania, Europe,...
News - 17 November 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Data management, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, eBooks, Information technology, Preservation, Information Technology
- A Look Ahead to the 2020 Internet Governance Forum
Between 2 and 17 November, the first fully-virtual Internet Governance Forum will bring together stakeholders from around the globe. IFLA continues to engage – and encourages libraries to...
News - 2 November 2020
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Digital divide, Digital inclusion, Digitisation, Freedom of expression, IGF, Internet access, Internet governance, Internet Governance Forum, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Emerging International Voices: IFLA Joins with Goethe Institut to Promote the Library Thought Leaders of the Future
IFLA is proud to announce a new partnership with the Goethe Institut – Emerging International Voices – bringing together active, engaged and connected emerging leaders from around the...
News - 24 September 2020
Tags: Digital libraries, Digitisation, New Professionals
- National Library of Chile celebrates Día del Patrimonio Cultural at Home
Día del Patrimonio Cultural (National Cultural Heritage Day) is celebrated in Chile on the last Sunday of May. Usually, national monuments and institutions across the country are...
News - 10 June 2020
Tags: Chile, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA Responds to UN Consultation on Cultural Rights and Climate Change
The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights invited stakeholders, including IFLA, to provide input for a report on the threat of climate change to culture, heritage and cultural...
News - 6 May 2020
Tags: Access to information, Capacity building, Change management, Conservation, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Digital divide, Digitisation, Human rights, Peace, Policy, Preservation, Risk assessment, Risk Register, Preservation and Conservation
- Webinar on 'Information literacy: Knowing the right news in the digital age'
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) invite you to attend a live and interactive information...
Event - 4 May 2020
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Digitisation, Information technology, Webinar, Information Literacy
- Assess Progress on Preservation and Access to Documentary Heritage
Our documentary heritage represents humanity’s ideas, imagination, innovation and cultural expressions – it is the memory of the world. We must act to preserve this heritage, and also...
News - 19 March 2020
Tags: Advocacy, Best practices, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Policy, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Memory Institutions from Arab Region Trained on Collection Management and Documentation Techniques
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Qatar National Library, as the IFLA Regional Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Center for Arab countries and the...
News - 11 March 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital humanities, Digitisation, Jordan, Library collections, Lifelong learning, Meetings, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Rapport: Consultation International sur la sauvegarde, l’accessibilité et la promotion des manuscrits anciens du Sahel
Le Bureau régional de l'UNESCO à Dakar au Sénégal, a organisé du 22 au 24 janvier 2020 une consultation internationale sur la sauvegarde, l’...
News - 10 March 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Mali, Meetings, Networking, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA Represented at the UNESCO International Consultation on the Safeguarding, Accessibility and Promotion of Ancient Manuscripts from the Sahel
The UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal organised this international consultation, held January 22-24, 2020 in in the Malian capital, Bamako. IFLA was represented at this sub-...
News - 10 March 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Mali, Meetings, Networking, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Qatar National Library Presents Conservation Training Course in the Levant Region
Experts from libraries, cultural institutions and museums from across the Levant participated in a four-day training program, held from 3 to 6 February, organized by Qatar National Library in...
News - 27 February 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Education and training, Meetings, Preservation
- WLIC 2020 joint session with Preservation and Conservation Section
Since begining of 21st century IT development have brought new forms of e-books and complex objects for renewed and enhanced user / reader experience. These innovative cultural...
News - 13 January 2020
Tags: Access to information, Accessibility, Best practices, Development, Digital divide, Digital inclusion, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Library collections, Preservation
- Call for Papers: 2020 IFLA International News Media Conference in Mexico City, Mexico
Conference theme Capture and Preservation of Born Digital News Media / Acopio y preservación de documentos de origen digital de medios de comunicación Hosted by the...
News - 25 November 2019
Tags: Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Newspapers, Preservation, News Media
- Second Inter-regional Conference for the Memory of the World
Representatives from IFLA will attend the Second Inter-regional Conference for the Memory of the World to speak on our work towards preserving and providing access to Digital Heritage....
Event - 2 November 2019
Tags: Conference, Conferences, Conservation, Cooperation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digitisation, Guidelines, International cooperation, Preservation, Republic of Korea
- Teaching Digital Skills in Rural Nigeria
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
- Biblo.dk – the Danish Online Community for Children
Biblo.dk is owned and created by the Danish public libraries. This is a national online community for tweens aged 7-14 (target group 8-12), where the children’s own content is in the...
Informational Page - 4 August 2019
Tags: Children, Digital inclusion, digital library services, Digitisation, Reading, reading campaign, Reading promotion, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults
- Digital collection of Students' Picturebooks
Digitization and online tools provide opportunities for school librarians to actively include their users in creating new library collections. One such example is Digital Collection of Students...
Informational Page - 4 August 2019
Tags: Best practices, Children, Collection development, Digital inclusion, Digital libraries, digital skills, Digitisation, Education and training, Electronic collections, empowerment, Lifelong learning, school libraries, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults
- Newsletter August 2019
Dear colleagues, We are delighted that many of our section members will be able to join us for the 85th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Athens, Greece, and...
Informational Page - 4 August 2019
Tags: Best practices, Children, Digital inclusion, Digitisation, Electronic collections, Information literacy, Information technology, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults
- European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market: what it is about and why libraries should care
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 exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digitisation, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- European copyright reform: resources
The first major reform of Europe's copyright system in almost 20 years aims to update the law for the digital age. In addition to affecting libraries and library users across Europe, it also...
Publication - 20 December 2018
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Digital humanities, Digital preservation, Digitisation, E-learning, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Europe, Licensing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications
- Background Paper on Extended Collective Licensing
The IFLA background paper on extended collective licensing presents examples of extended collective licensing systems under several jurisdictions. Reports from Canada, China, France, Germany, the...
Publication - 7 August 2018
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Digitisation, Licensing, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Libraries Promote Culture, Social Cohesion, Digital Empowerment: Open Letter to the Bulgarian EU Presidency
Libraries and the Bulgarian EU Presidency share the same goals – a stronger, more cohesive Europe, built on creativity, innovation and inclusion. Every day, libraries across the continent...
News - 10 January 2018
Tags: Access to information, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Making Digital Durable: IFLA Celebrates First International Digital Preservation Day
The Internet – and digital technologies more generally – has massively reduced the costs of producing and sharing information. It has allowed for an explosion of creativity, allowing...
News - 30 November 2017
Tags: Digital preservation, Digitisation, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Libraries in the sky: large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections
Libraries in the sky: large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections IFLA RBSCS mid-term conference, National Library of Norway...
Event - 27 November 2017
Tags: Conference, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Information technology, Intellectual property, International cooperation, Library collections, Norway, Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections
- Resources
On this page we will highlight preservation and conservation resources. You can send us (cultural.heritage@ifla.org) relevant resources. IFLA's preservation survey results (2016...
Informational Page - 18 January 2017
Tags: Conservation, Digital preservation, Digitisation, Library collections, Preservation
- New Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for digital preservation
IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre which will focus on digital preservation and digital sustainability. The new PAC Centre is based at the...
News - 31 May 2016
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Digitisation, PAC Centres, Preservation, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Motores para el Cambio: Primer Encuentro Iberoamericano Sobre Derecho de Autor y Tratado de Marrakech
IFLA and la Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación in Argentina will hold a meeting to discuss copyright reform on October 28 and 29 in Buenos Aires. Motores para el Cambio: Primer Encuentro...
Event - 22 October 2015
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Copyright, Copyright reform, Digitisation, Freedom of information, IFLA LAC, Marrakesh Treaty, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Folkeverkstedet: Making a workshop for the people of Oslo, Norway
The overall aim of Oslo Public Library MakerSpace is to bring new forms of knowledge production into the library, through creating space that is available for anyone who wants to come to the...
Informational Page - 16 June 2015
Tags: 3D printing, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Children, Communications, Cooperation, Development, Digitisation, Education, Information literacy, Library as place, MakerSpace, Networking, Young adults, Libraries for Children and Young Adults
- CRL Report on Stockholm Workshop
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has just released the conference outcomes from Stockholm. The report and outcomes posted on the event page recaps the discussion from the productive...
News - 21 May 2015
Tags: Digitisation, Newspapers, Preservation, Sweden, News Media
- Women, Information and Libraries SIG satellite meeting in Pretoria, South Africa
The IFLA Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group (WIL) in cooperation with the University of South Africa (UNISA) Library and the UNISA Women’s Forum have the great pleasure...
Event - 7 April 2015
Tags: Access to knowledge, Africa, Beijing +20 event, Digitisation, Satellite Meeting, UN post-2015 sustainable development goals, women issues, Women, Information and Libraries
- Guidelines for Planning the Digitization of Rare Book and Manuscript Collections
Digitization guidelines have proliferated in many forms over the last fifteen years, and all of them reflect a set of best practices that continues to evolve. These guidelines attempt to...
Publication - 3 September 2014
Tags: Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Guidelines, Standards, Rare Books and Special Collections
- IFLAcampLab 2014
registration (EN+RU) | program plus latest updates: EN / RU We are happy to invite you to IFLAcamp Library Creative Laboratory: “A Hero of Our...
Event - 14 March 2014
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Associations, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Conference, Conferences, Cooperation, Copyright, Cultural heritage, cycling, Development, Digital divide, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Education and training, IFLAcampLab, Information professionals, Information technology, International cooperation, Knowledge society, Library as place, Library collections, Library history, Meetings, Members, Networking, New professionals, NPSIG, Policy, Professional development, Russian Federation, unconference, New Professionals
- IFLA welcomes US Court decision on legality of Google Books digitization; cautions against growing digital information divide for libraries elsewhere
As an organization committed to the principle of freedom of access to information, and the belief that equitable access to information is vital to the educational and cultural well-being of...
News - 25 November 2013
Tags: Access to information, Digital divide, Digitisation, Google Books, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Statement of Principles on Global Cross Sectoral Digitisation Initiatives
IFLA is pleased to join with ICA, CCAAA, ICOM, ICOMOS and ICSTI in adopting the CDNL recommendations of Principles on Global Cross Sectoral Digitisation Initiatives. This long-term vision...
News - 31 January 2013
Tags: Digitisation, LAMMS
- Statement of Principles on Global Cross Sectoral Digitisation Initiatives
[MS Word] | [PDF] The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the International Council on Archives (ICA), the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual...
Publication - 31 January 2013
Tags: Digitisation, Digitisation, LAMMS, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites, Statements
- IFLA IT Newsletter Dec 2012 - Trends and Issues in Library Information Technology
The December 2012 issue of the IFLA IT Section (Trends and Issues in Library Technology) has a great range of articles covering all aspects of library and information technology....
Informational Page - 31 December 2012
Tags: Access to information, Digital repositories, Digitisation, Electronic collections, Electronic document delivery, Electronic resources, Information technology, Intellectual property
- Digitisation projects and best practice
Newspaper digitisation projects worldwide ICON survey on newspaper digitisation projects Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives United States - National...
Informational Page - 13 August 2012
Tags: Best practice, Digitisation, Digitisation, programmes, projects, recommendations, News Media
- Crowd sourcing
A new buzz-word came up in the context of digitizing millions of newspaper pages: "crowd sourcing". If you want to learn more about it and why libraries should take a serious look at this...
News - 16 July 2012
Tags: Australia, Digitisation, Trove, News Media
- Background Paper on e-Lending (2012)
As part of its work on the 2011-2012 Key Initiatives, the IFLA Governing Board appointed a working group to draft a background paper on digital lending. At its April meeting the IFLA Governing...
Publication - 11 May 2012
Tags: Copyright, Digital resources, Digitisation, Electronic resources, Intellectual property, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements
- UNESCO endorses the IFLA Manifesto for Digital Libraries
[العربية ] The Hague/Paris UNESCO has endorsed the IFLA Manifesto for Digital Libraries at its General Conference 2011. The Manifesto provides principles to assist libraries in...
News - 13 December 2011
Tags: Access to information, Digitisation, Preservation, Digital Libraries, Press Release
- Latest IFLA IT Section newsletter released - July 2010
The latest issue of the IFLA ITS Newsletter has three feature articles: "India: the Digital Repository at IICT", "Digital Library Inter-operability" and "...
News - 6 July 2010
Tags: Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Freedom of information, Knowledge management, m-libraries, Open source, RFID, social networking, Information Technology
- About Digital Libraries
Library users increasingly expect everything to be immediately available on the web, free of charge at each point of service and coupled with the assurance of permanent access. At a cross-cultural...
Informational Page - 29 March 2010
Tags: Access to information, Cross-cultural cooperation, Digital strategies, Digitisation, Users, Digital Libraries
- Digital Libraries
Vision statement: To employ the fullest potential of digital technology in partnership with users by enabling seamless and open access to all types of information without limits to...
IFLA Group or Activity - 29 March 2010
Tags: Access to information, Cross-cultural cooperation, Digital strategies, Digitisation, Users, Digital Libraries, Joint Activities
- Mid-Term Meeting in Moscow
Preliminary programme Wednesday, March 3: Workshop on the Digital collections development 10.00 – 10.15: Greetings by Dr. Victor Fedorov,...
Event - 3 February 2010
Tags: Acquisitions, Collection development, Digital resources, Digitisation, Electronic collections, Electronic resources, Library collections, Midterm Meeting, Russian Federation, Acquisition and Collection Development
- Digital Library Futures Conference – and the future of digital libraries within IFLA
Summary and follow up On Tuesday 25 August, IFLA’s Professional Committee, together with the Italian Government organized a one day conference on Digital Library Futures...
News - 15 September 2009
Tags: Digital preservation, Digitisation, Preservation, Users, Digital Libraries
- IFLA Statement to the European Commission hearing on the Google Book Settlement
On Monday 7th September IFLA participated in a hearing in Brussels on the Google Book Settlement organised by the European Commission. IFLA, along with EBLIDA and LIBER, and other library...
News - 10 September 2009
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Announcement, Copyright, Digitisation, Google Book Settlement, Intellectual property, Statement, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Preservation and Conservation Section & Core Activity Satellite Conference
There will be 2 days of presentations that highlight particular aspects and issues related to Preservation. The first day will feature preservation and conservation activities in several...
Event - 20 May 2009
Tags: Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Satellite Meeting, Preservation and Conservation
- Guidelines for Digitization Projects for collections and holdings in the public domain
Digital technology opens up a totally new perspective. The World Wide Web holds millions of websites and the Internet is the market place for research, teaching, expression, publication and...
Publication - 31 March 2009
Tags: Digital preservation, Digitisation, Guidelines, Preservation and Conservation