IFLA HeadquartersAlemna, Anaba A.Bergen, SiriGoulding, AnneWilliamson, KirstyIfidon, Sam E.Martin, AlanStreatfield, DavidRoberts, LealaRowley, JenniferLarsen, JesperParker, StephenShimmon, Ross2025-06-162025-06-162002-070340-0352https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/4077This issue of the IFLA Journal explores global perspectives on library and information services, with a strong focus on information literacy, user behavior, and service development. Articles examine literacy initiatives in Australia and Ghana, professional roles in Norway, and public library use in the UK. Case studies also discuss information provision in Nigeria and decision-making processes within libraries. Contributions highlight how libraries are addressing educational and technological challenges through user-centered services, strategic planning, and professional adaptation. Collectively, the issue reflects international efforts to enhance access to information and foster lifelong learning across diverse social and institutional contexts.enUK: Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, and only as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the Publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency (www.cla.co.uk/). US: Authorization to photocopy journal material may be obtained directly from SAGE Publications or through a licence from the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (www.copyright.com/). Inquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to SAGE.LibrarianshipInformation servicesLibrary servicesIFLA Journal. July 2001Flagship PublicationInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)