IFLA HeadquartersBello, Muhammad M.Simpson, Betty J.Gupta, SushmaFoskett, Douglas J.Ojedokun, AyokuChisenga, JustinHolm, EinarMathews, GrahamWillars, DaphneYin, Li2025-06-172025-06-171998-030340-0352https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/4093This issue of the IFLA Journal offers diverse international perspectives on library development, user education, and access to information. Topics include literacy promotion in developing countries, distance learning, rural library outreach, and national information policies. Case studies from Africa and Asia highlight the role of libraries in community empowerment and lifelong learning. Discussions on cataloguing practices, preservation concerns, and digital technologies reflect the global challenges libraries face in serving diverse populations. Emphasizing collaboration and innovation, the issue underlines the importance of libraries as agents of social change and essential infrastructure for education and democratic participation worldwide.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 servicesFlagship PublicationInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)