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Item type: Item , IFLA Journal. October 2025 [Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI): Transforming Global Librarianship](2025-10-01) Cox, Andrew M.; Wang, Xuemao; Mercer, Kate; Weaver, Kari D.; Mehlenbacher, Ashley Rose; Virdi, Makhan; Ali, Muhammad Yousuf; Richardson, Joanna; Bui, Thuy Thanh; Do, Son Hong; Dinh, Ly Dieu; Hossain, Zakir; Biswas, Md Sakib; Khan, Nadim Akhtar; Khan, Ghalib; Martínez-Camacho, Humberto; Saavedra-Alamillas, César; Pacheco-Mendoza, Josmel; Machin-Mastromatteo, Juan D.; Molaudzi, Amogelang Isaac; Ngulube, Patrick; Hamad, Faten; Shehata, Ahmed; Buitrago-Ciro, Jairo; Samokishyn, Marta; Moylan, Rachel; Hernández Pérez, Jonathan; Bakare-Fatungase, Oluwabunmi; Firdawsi, Carmel; Tella, Adeyinka; Jatto, Esther Oluwayemi; Ajani, Yusuf Ayodeji; Wilson, Thomas D.; Antunes Nogueira, Leticia; Thordarson Moltubakk, Stine; Fagervik, Andreas; Langfeldt, Inga Buset; Simmons, Zalaya; Bruce, Charlotte; Thomas, Samuel; Lacey, Patricia; Marsh, Wendy; Rosenberg, Scott; Duval, Daphne; Elsawy, Elsayed; Elseadawy, Yousry; Attia, Sarah; Wang, Bing; Zhang, Cecilia; Khamo; Ye, Shuqi; Rao, Nina; O’Riordan, Simon; Coulis, Jonathan; Cifuentes-Silva, Francisco; Astudillo, Hernán; Labra Gayo, Jose Emilio; Jhan, PJ; Sreekumar, MG; Kuriakose, Rosemary; Witt, Steve W.This special issue of IFLA Journal (Vol. 51, No. 3) is dedicated to the theme Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Global Librarianship. Bringing together eighteen original contributions from around the world, the issue examines how AI is reshaping library services, information literacy, policy, and professional practice across diverse contexts. Articles range from studies of AI literacy among students in South Asia, Latin America, and China, to explorations of generative AI applications in cataloguing, digital preservation, public health, and indigenous knowledge. The issue also engages with pressing debates about ethics, equity, and the global gaps in AI adoption and governance. Guest editors Andrew M. Cox (University of Sheffield, UK) and Xuemao Wang (Dean of Libraries, Northwestern University, USA) guide this timely collection, framing an emerging research agenda that positions AI as both a challenge and an opportunity for the future of librarianship worldwideItem type: Item , IFLA/IALL Working Party on Copyright and Libraries: Discussion Paper [1973](International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 1973-08-30) Wijnstroom, Margreet; IFLA/IALL Working Group on Copyright"On August 30, 1973, an open session was held at Grenoble, France, under the auspices of IFLA and IALL in conjunction with F.I.D., with the purpose of identifying those copyright problems currently affecting libraries and information centers throughout the world. It was the sense of the meeting that the library profession must develop a copyright position generally acceptable to its members..." [IFLA/IALL Working Document on Copyright, 1974]Item type: Item , IFLA/IALL Working Document on Copyright and Libraries [1974](International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 1974-05-23) IFLA/IALL Working Group on Copyright; Marke, Julius J.; International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA); International Association of Law Libraries (IALL)"The International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) and IFLA decided to join hands in establishing a Working Group on Copyright which would try to reach an international library point of view with regard to copyright problems as they concern libraries. [Chair of the Working Group] Prof. Julius J. Marke drafted...[this]...working document for the meeting of the Group during the [1974 IFLA] General Council meeting in Washington. He expounds in this discussion paper some specific issues of the copyright protection and ends with conclusions and recommendations. His paper...presents basic premises to be considered in identifying copyright problems currently affecting libraries and information centres and his draft recommendations." [IFLA Journal, 1(1), 47-55.]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.