IFLA HeadquartersKurata, KeijiOcholla, Dennis N.Maina, J. M.Andersen, JackSkouvig, LauraGoulding, AnneRowley, JenniferParker, StephenShimmon, Ross2025-06-172025-06-172000-070340-0352https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/4082This issue of the IFLA Journal presents global research on evolving roles of libraries in society, particularly focusing on information literacy, public policy, and historical perspectives. Articles analyze library education in Kenya, the development of information policies in Japan, and the professional discourse in library and information science. Contributions also examine how libraries adapt to new social expectations and technologies, using case studies from Asia, Africa, and Europe. The issue highlights how libraries are not only adapting to the digital environment but are also shaping cultural, educational, and political change in diverse regional 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 servicesFlagship PublicationInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)