The importance of meaningful access to information - presentations from the IFLA side-event at the 2023 WSIS Forum

Abstract

These are the three presentations from the IFLA side-event at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2023, focused on the importance of meaningful access to information. This looked to highlight how far the internet has delivered on progress in different areas where access to information has the potential to have a major positive impact on development, and what more needs to be done to realise this. Presentations come from Maria Garrido (Technology and Social Change Group, University of Washington), Jeannette Frey (Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne) and Nerisa Kamar (Information Africa Organisation)