Minutes of Meeting: Management of Library Associations Section, 04 February 2025
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2025-03-20
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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
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The Management of Library Association Section (MLAS) held the Standing Committee Meeting on 4th February in a hybrid format (in-person and virtual) during the MLAS Mid-Term in Berlin, Germany from 3th to 4th February 2025. The Mid-Term which was chaired by Loida Garcia Febo, MLAS Chair, and hosted by Hella Klauser, MLAS SC and the German Library Association. Among the matters discussed during the meeting were updates from the IFLA Governing Board which include IFLA's Financial Sustainability; Final draft of IFLA's World Library Information Congress (WLIC) Review in which Loida through the IFLA Governing Board and Loy Jyoon, through geographical diversity are in the WLIC Steering Committee; IFLA Elections 2025 which was launched on 13 January; IFLA WLIC 2025 which will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan from August 18-22 ; Call for Expression of Interest (EOI) to host IFLA WLIC 2026; IFLA Trend Report which was released at the IFLA Information Futures Summit in Brisbane, Australia and IFLA Strategy 2024-2029. Hella gave an update on the MLAS Mid-Term which was held at the Berlin Public Library. Loida gave an update on 2025 MLAS Webinars which will be held form April to July 2025; MLAS Open Session and MLAS Business Meeting during IFLA WLIC 2025; Updates from New Professionals Special Interest Group and Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group.
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Building Strong Library Associations, Library associations, National library associations