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Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Local History and Genealogy Section, 15 September 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-09-15) IFLA Local History and Genealogy Section Standing CommitteeMinutes of the Standing Committee meeting of the Local History and Genealogy Section, held online on 15 September 2025 with 9 members present. The committee approved previous minutes, reviewed outcomes from the IFLA Congress and the successful Astana satellite meeting, and began planning for the 2026 Satellite Meeting in Seoul.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Management of Library Associations Section, Sunday, 17 August 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-08-17) IFLA Management of Library Associations Section Standing CommitteeThe MLAS Business Meeting was held in-person during the IFLA WLIC 2025 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Besides the current MLAS SC current members, MLAS incoming SC members, IFLA President, IFLA President-Elect, IFLA Secretary-General, IFLA External Affairs Director, and representatives of Library Associations also attended the meeting. The meeting among others reported on the achievements of MLAS Action Plan 2024-2025 which included the MLAS Building Strong Library Associations Initiatives with the six Regional Divisions Webinar Series, Advocacy Impact Evaluation Project Webinar; MLAS Mid-Term 2025 and MLAS SC Meeting in Berlin, Germany. There was a brainstorm session with MLAS members and guests and updates from IFLA President, IFLA President-Elect and IFLA Secretary General; a report on the IFLA Building Strong Library Associations Taxonomy Final Report. Recognition and appreciation to the 6 outgoing MLAS SC who have completed their term and welcoming the 6 incoming MLAS SC. An overview of the IFLA WLIC 2025 programme which include MLAS Open Session and Association Members Meeting.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Cataloguing Section, 17 August 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-08-17) IFLA Cataloguing Section Standing CommitteeThe following topics were included during the meeting, which took place in Astana, Kazakhstan (WLIC 2025): CAT's successfully completed section self-review; the Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC) status and next steps; discussion about the new WLIC model; website maintenance; the results of the International Cataloguing Principles (ICP) worldwide review; activities for the CAT 2025-2027 action plan.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section, 17 August 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-08-17) IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Standing Committee; Systad, JorunIFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Minutes of Business Meeting 1 held in Astana Kazakhstan on 17 August 2025. Helen Chan, Chair of the CPDWL Section welcomed standing committee and new members and provided details of the Section's participation at WLIC 2025 to include: Session 079: CPDWL & SAA – Jackpot or Jeopardy? Exploring AI and Subject Indexing; Session 095: CPDWL Open Session “Reimage Continuing Professional Development for SustAInable Futures”; Session 142: Knowledge Café—Uniting Colleagues in Building Our Future; CPDWL & M&M Coaching; Sessions 119, 184, 190, 191, 192, and 193. CPDWL's 14 working groups provided reports on their projects and events.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Professional Council, 22 August 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-09) IFLA Professional CouncilMinutes from the 22 August 2025 meeting of the IFLA Professional CouncilItem type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: IFLA Regional Council, 22 August 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-09-23) IFLA Regional CouncilThe first meeting of the Regional Council 2025-2027 was held physically on 22 August 2025 during WLIC 2025, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Items discussed during this meeting include a welcome by the Regional Council Chair, followed by updates from Regional Division Committee Chairs, President, Secretary General, Professional Council Chair and Headquarters. Additionally, there were tools presented to support the work of the Regional Council and Regional Units. Ways of working with other IFLA bodies were explored. Other matters discussed were: establishing priorities and defining an action plan; planning for future meetings; electing a Regional Council vice-chair; frequency and length of meetings; maximising the value of meetings.Item type: Item , Minutes of meeting: IFLA Regional Council, 16 August 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-09-23) IFLA Regional CouncilThe seventeenth meeting of the Regional Council 2023-2025 was held physically on 16 August 2025 during WLIC 2025, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Items discussed during this meeting include a video-welcome by the Regional Council Chair, followed by updates from Regional Division Committee Chairs, President, Secretary General, Professional Council Chair and Headquarters. Additionally, the Regional Council's Vice-Chair presented the summary of the work of the Regional Council as also presented to the Governing Board. The handover process and handover materials to the next Regional Council and Division Committees were discussed. Other matters discussed were the results of the Regional Professional and Advocacy Priorities Surveys, a final update on progress towards the Regional Council Action Plan, and a communications update.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: IFLA Regional Council, 1 July 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-09-23) IFLA Regional CouncilThe sixteenth meeting of the Regional Council 2023-2025 was held virtually on 1 July 2025. Items discussed during this meeting include welcome by the Regional Council Chair, followed by updates from Regional Division Committee Chairs, and Headquarters. Additionally, the handover process and handover materials to the next Regional Council and Division Committees were discussed. The Regional Council Chair presented papers presenting the learnings from RDC self-assessments and good practices in regional-professional collaborations. Final reports from RDCs, celebrating a successful mandate were also presented. Updates on IFLA governance processes (WLIC review, Code of Practice, Governance Structure Health Check), alongside updates on the handbook provisions on removing inactive members were presented and on the elections and data from 2025 elections. The agenda also included initial results from two surveys: Regional Advocacy Priorities Survey and Regional Professional Priorities Survey.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section, 17 August, 2025(International Federation of Library Association (IFLA), 2025-09-21) IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section Standing CommitteeThe seventeenth meeting of the Regional Council 2023-2025 was held physically on 16 August 2025 during WLIC 2025, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Items discussed during this meeting include a video-welcome by the Regional Council Chair, followed by updates from Regional Division Committee Chairs, President, Secretary General, Professional Council Chair and Headquarters. Additionally, the Regional Council's Vice-Chair presented the summary of the work of the Regional Council as also presented to the Governing Board. The handover process and handover materials to the next Regional Council and Division Committees were discussed. Other matters discussed were the results of the Regional Professional and Advocacy Priorities Surveys, a final update on progress towards the Regional Council Action Plan, and a communications update.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section, 17 August 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-08-17) IFLA Environment Sustainability and Libraries Section Standing CommitteeMinutes of the business meeting for the Environment, Sustainability and Libraries (ENSULIB) Section of IFLA, held on August 17th in Astana Kazakhstan.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Academic and Research Libraries Section, 7 and 10 July 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-09-16) IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Section Standing CommitteeIFLA Academic and Research Libraries Section Minutes of Business Meeting held on 7 & 10 July 2025.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section, 4 August 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-08-04) IFLA Environment Sustainability and Libraries Section Standing CommitteeMinutes of the business meetings held by IFLA's Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) on Zoom on August 4, 2025.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section, 17 August 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-08-17) IFLA Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section Standing CommitteeMinutes of Business Meeting One of August 17, 2025 including notification of new and continuing members, update on Guidelines for Inclusive Library Services for Persons with Print Disabilities, update on Action Plan, and updates and information from LPD members.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Rare Books and Special Collections Section, 4 March 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-03-04) IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Standing CommitteeMinutes from the IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Standing Committee Meeting, held via Zoom on 4 March 2025, 15.00-16.30 CEST.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Rare Books and Special Collections Section, 8 April 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-04-08) IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Standing CommitteeMinutes from the IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Standing Committee Meeting, held via Zoom on on 8 April 2025, 14.00-15.00 CEST.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Rare Books and Special Collections Section, 4 June 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-06-04) IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Standing CommitteeMinutes from the IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Standing Committee Meeting, held via Zoom on 4 June 2025, 15.00-16.00 CEST.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Rare Books and Special Collections Section, 7 May 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-05-07) IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Standing CommitteeMinutes from the IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Standing Committee Meeting, held via Zoom on 7 May 2025, 15.00-16.00 CEST.Item type: Item , Minutes of Meeting: Rare Books and Special Collections Section, 29 January 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-01-29) IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Standing CommitteeMinutes from the IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Standing Committee Meeting, held via Zoom on 29 January 2025, 15.00-17.00 CET.Item type: Item , Minutes of meeting: Acquisition and Collection Development Section, 23 June 2025(International Federation of Library Associatons and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-08-26) IFLA Acquisition and Collection Development Section Standing CommitteeThe agenda for the 23 June 2025 meeting included: Welcome and introductions (by Lilly Ho) 5 mins; Approval of minutes of ACD Business Meeting, 13 November 2024 (by Lilly Ho) 2 mins; Get to Know You (New Members Section) (by Lilly Ho) 15 mins; Scope of ACD and structure; IFLA Standing Committee members responsibilities; Existing members to share experience to incoming members; Officers (Chair, Secretary, Information Coordinator); Working Group co-leads: Open Access working group (Lidia and Michael), DEI working group (Anna and Nancy); Convenor of LIBPUB and LGBTQ Users Group; Other Standing Committee members; Q&A from incoming members; Division F updates (by Samira Zahra) 3 mins; ACD Section updates (by Lilly Ho) 5 mins; Election outcome: membership Status (incoming & outgoing); Outcome of Professional Section Committee Review; Review of ACD Guidelines; Highlights of 2023-2025 action plan (by Lilly Ho, David) 10 mins; Overview of current action plan and next steps; What needs to be finalized before the Congress? What should be carried forward to the next action plan? What areas require further review or discussion? IFLA WLIC updates 5 mins; ACD Open Session (Michael, Lidia); ACD Business Meeting (Lilly); ACD Social Activities (David); LGBTQ SIG updates (by Thomas) 3 mins; Library Publishing SIG updates (by Jane) 3 mins; ACD Activity (feedback on committee) with Whiteboard (Lilly, Elma) 6 mins; What could we improve or do better? What is already working well? Other business: Q&A 3 mins.Item type: Item , Minutes of meeting: Bibliography Section, 18 March 2025(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2025-08-29) IFLA Bibliography Section Standing CommitteeMinutes of Mid-Term Business meeting on March 18, 2025 covering topics including Chair's update, Section's Self-Study, Working groups developments (National Bibliographic Register (NBR), Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), Accessibility Metadata & Accessible Formats in NBs (AMAF), National Bibliographies and New Technologies (NT) and Topics in National Bibliographies Virtual Event Series (VES)), Initiatives and collaborations (IFLA Accessibility Metadata Network, Steering group for the strategic development of IFLA’s metadata standards), Communications update, and BIBS in WLIC 2025.