IFLA HeadquartersBattin, PatriciaFriend, Frederick J.Wuest, RuthMason, Marilyn GellChaudhry, Abdus SatarLynden, Frederick C.Pinion, Catherine F.de Vries, HannaClements, David W.G.Johnson, Ian M.2025-06-182025-06-181993-070340-0352https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/4111This issue explores the global transformation of libraries, focusing on access, preservation, and the impact of technology. Topics include document delivery systems, automation tools, publication pricing, and copyright issues. It highlights the evolving roles of national and metropolitan libraries within international networks and emphasizes improved access to UNESCO publications. Collectively, the articles reflect IFLA’s commitment to addressing emerging challenges in the library field and fostering global cooperation through innovation, data use, and policy development.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)