Annual Report 2017-2018: Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section

Abstract

The Annual Report records the Section's achievements and progress in relation to the Action Plan for the last year. These are the activities that were completed during the year: 1. Stage the Section’s annual IFLAPARL satellite meeting The 2018 IFLAPARL one-day pre-conference was held was held in Kuala Lumpur's Convention Centre on the 24th of August. The theme was 'Transforming parliamentary libraries and research services to meet changing clients’ needs' 2. The Section organised 2018 WLIC session "Transforming Library & Research Services for Parliamentary Impact." The Section also cooperated with other IFLA sections to arrange a popular knowledge café on how continuous learning can prepare information professionals for the future, as well as a session with government libraries on evidence-based policy making and supporting UN sustainable development goals as well as a presentation on the use of the Guidelines for Parliamentary Research Services. 3. Communication to members: The Section issued two issues of the newsletter translated by the Mexican Chamber of Deputies into Spanish. The Section reviewed its web pages updating content and fixing broken links. 4. The Section facilitated a discussion on best practice and standards for ethics in parliamentary libraries and research services and published related checklists on the Section webpage