IFLA Repository
The IFLA Repository was established to collect and disseminate works by the global IFLA community. Here you can explore IFLA Standards, key publications, core documents and much more. Items in the repository are integrated with our main website, IFLA.org, as “Resources” and displayed in a separate Resources page of the website, as well as in relevant unit or topic pages.
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39th General Council and Executive Board Meeting, Grenoble, 1973 [photographs]
(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 1973-09) International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
Group photographs from August–September 1973 featuring delegates and speakers at the 39th Session of the IFLA Council and from the IFLA Executive Board meeting in Grenoble, France. Captions read: "Speakers at the Opening Session of the 39th General Council Meeting, Grenoble, August 27, 1973 [L to R] C. Wijffels, R. Pierrot, E. Dennery, J. Fontanet, H. Liebaers, H. Dubedout, P. Lázár, H. Arntz" and "IFLA Executive Board Meeting, Sept. 1, 1973 [L to R] H. C. Campbell, M. E. Gill, C. Reedijk, R. Vosper, H. Liebaers, P. Havard-Williams, Ms L. Gvishiani, G. Pflug, Ms. E. Jacobs, Ms M. Wijnstroom, J. Letheve, W. R. H. Koops"
IFLA 1977: World Congress of Librarians, Brussels, Belgium [photograph]
(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 1977-09) International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
IFLA Staff member Dia van Vliet at the "Fifty Years of IFLA" display during the 1977 IFLA World Congress of Librarians in Brussels, Belgium. Verso reads: "IFLA Staff in action, Brussels, 1977 (Dia van Vliet)"
Learing to lead: a scan of global library field practice
(2025-01-17) Saleh, Emad Eisa; Alsereihy, Hassan A.; Ismail, Heba Mohammed; Hassan, Rasha Essmat
Leadership in libraries and related fields plays a crucial role in creating an innovative and productive environment. It affects the operational effectiveness of libraries and their capacity to adjust, develop, and meet the changing needs of their communities. A major focus for IFLA is ensuring that emerging leaders have opportunities to gain experience and recognition. As a result, IFLA is keen to provide its members with a reference document that outlines the types of leadership programmes available, highlighting their commonalities, differences, and evidence of impacts where possible. The Learning to Lead: A Scan of Global Library Field Practice is the firstof-its-kind IFLA publication, aiming to provide a representative and comprehensive overview of leadership programmes run by library associations, libraries, museums, archives, and related organisations. It identifies their objectives, methods, and impact data, as well as key features and commonalities. It also aims to support library associations and libraries in their own decision-making about leadership programmes, and enable IFLA to make strategic decisions regarding its future leadership initiatives.
Minutes of meeting: Acquisition and Collection Development Section, 10 September 2024
(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2024-09-10) IFLA Acquisition and Collection Development Section Standing Committee
Marrakesh Monitoring Report 2025
(2025-01-16) International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
This is the latest update of IFLA's Marrakesh Monitoring Report, which surveys available information about legislation in place that implements the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with visual impairments, notably highlighting how far countries have adopted the most permissive rules possible, in order to maximise access to information and so tackle the book famine.