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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Whose Knowledge, Whose Rules? Adapting Canada’s Indigenous Data Governance for Taiwan’s Libraries
(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2026-10-14) Chang, Wayland
For Taiwan’s sixteen officially recognized indigenous peoples, their oral traditions, ceremonial knowledge, and linguistic heritage sit in libraries across Taiwan, stored and circulated largely without community input. This ongoing project analyzes why this problem persists and what can be done about it. Its findings so far reveal that the frameworks designed to help are in fact part of the aforesaid problem. Two widely applied indigenous data governance frameworks exist: CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics) and Canada’s OCAP® (Ownership, Control, Access, Possession). Both argue that communities should govern their own cultural information, but both were built for settler-colonial contexts where indigenous peoples hold formal treaty rights. Taiwan’s indigenous communities have survived different successive colonial histories and now function under domestic law built on entirely different legal foundations. Canada serves as the most effective comparison case with OCAP® origin’s there and Canada’s indigenous rights system being among the world’s most developed. Yet, direct application fails. Most critically as the CARE’s Authority to Control assumes tribal sovereignty structures that simply is not applicable in Taiwan’s legal system. This ongoing project thus builds an effective practical, locally grounded framework that libraries across East and Southeast Asia can actually apply.
Dartmouth OSCARRs: Celebrating Open Scholarship and Reproducibility
(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2026-10-14) Linden, Lilly E.; Bobak, Carly; Mikecz, Jeremy; Vitale, Elaina
The Dartmouth Open Scholarship Commitment Award for Reproducible Research (OSCARRs) creates an opportunity to highlight academic celebrities, who show an unwavering commitment to open scholarship and reproducibility despite the time and care such work takes. The run up to the award includes workshops on everything from consistent file naming to creating efficient and reusable code for cloud-computing needs and are open to anyone in the community. These sessions also highlight the FAIR, CARE, and FAIREST principles, encouraging members of our community to reflect on these principles. The award ceremony itself is organized by a small group of collaborators from the Dartmouth Libraries and Research Computing who coordinate the call for applications, recruit and communicate with reviewers, and create and maintain a rubric used to review submissions for the award. The award ceremony includes a panel discussion with our top applicants, who have been thrilled to see their work recognized and to have the opportunity to connect with others in the community who value the effort involved in creating and maintaining open research processes. This program is encouraging a pipeline of mentoring at Dartmouth to support open research culture, and ensure global access to cutting edge research and research workflows.
NSTL Intelligent Literature Services
(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2026-10-14) Xia, Chunzi; Liu, Yao
Our research in recent years has centered on unlocking the full value of AI-empowered research to boost the efficiency, depth and innovation potential of academic exploration. Unlike traditional keyword-based retrieval methods that suffer from limited accuracy and contextual deficiency, our work enables smarter research search through advanced semantic and contextual understanding of academic resources, allowing researchers to capture essential information beyond literal text matches. Furthermore, our research focuses on facilitating efficient knowledge acquisition by rapidly locating, synthesizing and integrating scattered academic information, and delivering targeted, valuable insights to streamline researchers’ knowledge sorting and learning process. Beyond efficient information retrieval and knowledge digestion, our core research also lies in providing robust innovation support for academic research: by leveraging AI technologies to mine massive research data, we are able to uncover hidden correlations, potential rules and emerging research trends within disciplinary knowledge systems, which effectively inspires novel research perspectives and creative ideas to drive continuous academic innovation.
Beyond Reading: Empowering Students to Transform School Culture through School Libraries
(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2026-10-14) Kim, Joeun
School libraries play a vital role in fostering not only reading habits but also student agency and a positive school culture. This poster presents an innovative school library project in which students became active creators and promoters of reading experiences through book curation and outdoor library activities. Students selected meaningful books, designed promotional materials, organized reading spaces, and facilitated participation among their peers. These student-led initiatives encouraged voluntary reading, strengthened social connections, and enhanced the visibility of the school library as a collaborative learning hub. The project also incorporated the values of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing inclusion, community engagement, and sustainable learning practices. The findings suggest that when students are empowered to lead library programs, they move beyond being passive readers and become active contributors to school culture. This approach demonstrates how school libraries can serve as dynamic spaces that promote participation, collaboration, and social responsibility while supporting lifelong learning.
Guidelines for Inclusive Library Services for Persons with Print Disabilities
(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2026-10-14) Miller, Danielle; Youssef, Yasmine
The Guidelines for Inclusive Library Services for Persons with Print Disabilities provide comprehensive guidelines for libraries seeking to offer inclusive and accessible services. It outlines practical strategies for improving access to physical and digital spaces, building inclusive collections, and utilizing accessible formats such as braille, large print, audio, and digital texts. Emphasizing Universal Design and the right to read, the guidelines address the needs of individuals who are blind, visually impaired, dyslexic, or physically unable to read standard print. Key topics include assistive technologies, accessible communication, inclusive programming, and metadata standards for discoverability. The guidelines aim to inspire all types of libraries to embrace equity and participation, and offer concrete examples and tools to implement effective, user-centered services. They support the global effort to end the “book famine” and advocate for meaningful engagement with persons with print disabilities in all aspects of library service planning and delivery.