Annual Report 2015-2016: Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section

Abstract

The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments (IFLAPARL) had an active year during the period September 2015 to August 2016. The Section completed the following activities that were aligned with its Action Plan for the year: Annual Satellite Pre-conference hosted by the Library of Congress in Washington, DC USA; Capacity Building Workshop in Washington, DC; “Meeting the needs of parliamentary clients: a knowledge sharing session” at the WLIC in Columbus, Ohio; , The National Assembly of Zambia/Inter-Parliamentary Union Capacity Building Workshop: on building digital repositories using DSpace. The workshop took place 13-17 June 2016; the Guidelines for Parliamentary Research Services were distributed at regional meetings of parliamentary librarians; innovative use of technology in parliaments and libraries comments included in the 2016 World e-Parliament Report