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The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the global voice of the library and information profession.
#COP30 is here! Culture, Education & Info Integrity are on the Action Agenda—more ways for #Libraries to get involved
💚 We’ll share ideas & resources to turn into action.
🌿 Follow, share, & join the conversation!
🤝 Let’s make a difference for our communities.
Read more https://tr.ee/X4wk7k
#ACENow
💚 We’ll share ideas & resources to turn into action.
🌿 Follow, share, & join the conversation!
🤝 Let’s make a difference for our communities.
Read more https://tr.ee/X4wk7k
#ACENow
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#COP30 is here! Culture, Education & Info Integrity are on the Action Agenda—more ways for #Libraries to get involved
💚 We’ll share ideas & resources to turn into action.
🌿 Follow, share, & join the conversation!
🤝 Let’s make a difference for our communities.
Read more https://tr.ee/X4wk7k
#ACENow
💚 We’ll share ideas & resources to turn into action.
🌿 Follow, share, & join the conversation!
🤝 Let’s make a difference for our communities.
Read more https://tr.ee/X4wk7k
#ACENow
How can we be stronger, bolder, together?
#IFLA Presidents Vicki McDonald and Leslie Weir explored what the world needs from #libraries through webinars, WLIC sessions, and global video contributions.
Find key insights and resources to continue the conversation: https://tr.ee/LYnIHJ
#IFLA Presidents Vicki McDonald and Leslie Weir explored what the world needs from #libraries through webinars, WLIC sessions, and global video contributions.
Find key insights and resources to continue the conversation: https://tr.ee/LYnIHJ
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
How can we be stronger, bolder, together?
#IFLA Presidents Vicki McDonald and Leslie Weir explored what the world needs from #libraries through webinars, WLIC sessions, and global video contributions.
Find key insights and resources to continue the conversation: https://tr.ee/LYnIHJ
#IFLA Presidents Vicki McDonald and Leslie Weir explored what the world needs from #libraries through webinars, WLIC sessions, and global video contributions.
Find key insights and resources to continue the conversation: https://tr.ee/LYnIHJ
What does it mean to be a leader in #libraries?
We asked our WLIC Emerging Leaders grant recipients to put together their ideas and come up with a definition
Find out what they said, and read more about the discussions at our dedicated session at #WLIC2025 in Astana! https://tr.ee/uaoueq
We asked our WLIC Emerging Leaders grant recipients to put together their ideas and come up with a definition
Find out what they said, and read more about the discussions at our dedicated session at #WLIC2025 in Astana! https://tr.ee/uaoueq
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
What does it mean to be a leader in #libraries?
We asked our WLIC Emerging Leaders grant recipients to put together their ideas and come up with a definition
Find out what they said, and read more about the discussions at our dedicated session at #WLIC2025 in Astana! https://tr.ee/uaoueq
We asked our WLIC Emerging Leaders grant recipients to put together their ideas and come up with a definition
Find out what they said, and read more about the discussions at our dedicated session at #WLIC2025 in Astana! https://tr.ee/uaoueq
Libraries represent a key multi-function infrastructure for achieving social development
Meet the librarians who will be taking this message to the World Summit on Social Development on 4-6 November in Doha, Qatar! https://tr.ee/kTyu34
#SocialSummit2025
Meet the librarians who will be taking this message to the World Summit on Social Development on 4-6 November in Doha, Qatar! https://tr.ee/kTyu34
#SocialSummit2025
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Libraries represent a key multi-function infrastructure for achieving social development
Meet the librarians who will be taking this message to the World Summit on Social Development on 4-6 November in Doha, Qatar! https://tr.ee/kTyu34
#SocialSummit2025
Meet the librarians who will be taking this message to the World Summit on Social Development on 4-6 November in Doha, Qatar! https://tr.ee/kTyu34
#SocialSummit2025
The #IFLA Professional Council is looking for four passionate individuals to join the IFLA Journal Editorial Committee for 2026–2029. 🌍✍️
Read more and apply: https://bit.ly/476SE6F
Read more and apply: https://bit.ly/476SE6F
October 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The #IFLA Professional Council is looking for four passionate individuals to join the IFLA Journal Editorial Committee for 2026–2029. 🌍✍️
Read more and apply: https://bit.ly/476SE6F
Read more and apply: https://bit.ly/476SE6F
Coming full circle at #WLIC2027 🟢
A century after 15 library associations first came together in Edinburgh to establish #IFLA, we will return to the UK to celebrate 100 years of global #library work.
Read the full statement https://tr.ee/ePvIBm
#IFLA100
A century after 15 library associations first came together in Edinburgh to establish #IFLA, we will return to the UK to celebrate 100 years of global #library work.
Read the full statement https://tr.ee/ePvIBm
#IFLA100
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Coming full circle at #WLIC2027 🟢
A century after 15 library associations first came together in Edinburgh to establish #IFLA, we will return to the UK to celebrate 100 years of global #library work.
Read the full statement https://tr.ee/ePvIBm
#IFLA100
A century after 15 library associations first came together in Edinburgh to establish #IFLA, we will return to the UK to celebrate 100 years of global #library work.
Read the full statement https://tr.ee/ePvIBm
#IFLA100
The #IFLA Open Science & Scholarship Advisory Committee celebrates Open Access Week 2025 🌐✨
This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, highlights the critical role of #libraries in supporting researchers’ rights, open infrastructures, and information literacy.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/47nhiyU
This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, highlights the critical role of #libraries in supporting researchers’ rights, open infrastructures, and information literacy.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/47nhiyU
October 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The #IFLA Open Science & Scholarship Advisory Committee celebrates Open Access Week 2025 🌐✨
This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, highlights the critical role of #libraries in supporting researchers’ rights, open infrastructures, and information literacy.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/47nhiyU
This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, highlights the critical role of #libraries in supporting researchers’ rights, open infrastructures, and information literacy.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/47nhiyU
#OpenScience is key to a stronger, sustainable, inclusive world. Building on the #PactForTheFuture, the UN #OpenScience #OpenScholarship conference explores next steps. #IFLA will highlight libraries’ role: https://tr.ee/begzQW
October 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
#OpenScience is key to a stronger, sustainable, inclusive world. Building on the #PactForTheFuture, the UN #OpenScience #OpenScholarship conference explores next steps. #IFLA will highlight libraries’ role: https://tr.ee/begzQW
Libraries inspire and empower communities—but equity matters.
Join IFLA’s MCULTP & the Free Libraries Network on 31 Oct, 3pm UTC, to discuss caste discrimination in libraries and how to address it: https://tr.ee/CoQ62l
Join IFLA’s MCULTP & the Free Libraries Network on 31 Oct, 3pm UTC, to discuss caste discrimination in libraries and how to address it: https://tr.ee/CoQ62l
October 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Libraries inspire and empower communities—but equity matters.
Join IFLA’s MCULTP & the Free Libraries Network on 31 Oct, 3pm UTC, to discuss caste discrimination in libraries and how to address it: https://tr.ee/CoQ62l
Join IFLA’s MCULTP & the Free Libraries Network on 31 Oct, 3pm UTC, to discuss caste discrimination in libraries and how to address it: https://tr.ee/CoQ62l
IFLA SG Sharon Memis, at #MONDIACULT2025:
“Let us not overlook the power of the most democratic of cultural institutions—#libraries. They are where cultural rights come to life.”
Thank you @unesco.org for making spaces for #IFLA and for championing culture, knowledge, & equitable access for all.
“Let us not overlook the power of the most democratic of cultural institutions—#libraries. They are where cultural rights come to life.”
Thank you @unesco.org for making spaces for #IFLA and for championing culture, knowledge, & equitable access for all.
October 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
IFLA SG Sharon Memis, at #MONDIACULT2025:
“Let us not overlook the power of the most democratic of cultural institutions—#libraries. They are where cultural rights come to life.”
Thank you @unesco.org for making spaces for #IFLA and for championing culture, knowledge, & equitable access for all.
“Let us not overlook the power of the most democratic of cultural institutions—#libraries. They are where cultural rights come to life.”
Thank you @unesco.org for making spaces for #IFLA and for championing culture, knowledge, & equitable access for all.
Ten years ago, governments underlined the importance of #accesstoinformation in achieving the 2030 Agenda
Our new report looks at how #knowledge and #information are featuring in implementation, as reported on in 38 Voluntary National Reviews
Find out more: https://tr.ee/XLPNlC
Our new report looks at how #knowledge and #information are featuring in implementation, as reported on in 38 Voluntary National Reviews
Find out more: https://tr.ee/XLPNlC
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ten years ago, governments underlined the importance of #accesstoinformation in achieving the 2030 Agenda
Our new report looks at how #knowledge and #information are featuring in implementation, as reported on in 38 Voluntary National Reviews
Find out more: https://tr.ee/XLPNlC
Our new report looks at how #knowledge and #information are featuring in implementation, as reported on in 38 Voluntary National Reviews
Find out more: https://tr.ee/XLPNlC
🎉 Happy Birthday, #IFLA!
Today, we celebrate not just #libraries, but the vibrant cultures they protect, share, and inspire worldwide.
Check out our latest newsletter, themed “Celebrating Cultures”
🔗 mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-5-n...
Today, we celebrate not just #libraries, but the vibrant cultures they protect, share, and inspire worldwide.
Check out our latest newsletter, themed “Celebrating Cultures”
🔗 mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-5-n...
September 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🎉 Happy Birthday, #IFLA!
Today, we celebrate not just #libraries, but the vibrant cultures they protect, share, and inspire worldwide.
Check out our latest newsletter, themed “Celebrating Cultures”
🔗 mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-5-n...
Today, we celebrate not just #libraries, but the vibrant cultures they protect, share, and inspire worldwide.
Check out our latest newsletter, themed “Celebrating Cultures”
🔗 mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-5-n...
Stay in the loop with #IFLA — now on #Substack!
Subscribe to get updates, insights, and more, online anytime, anywhere! tr.ee/8arcKC
Subscribe to get updates, insights, and more, online anytime, anywhere! tr.ee/8arcKC
September 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Stay in the loop with #IFLA — now on #Substack!
Subscribe to get updates, insights, and more, online anytime, anywhere! tr.ee/8arcKC
Subscribe to get updates, insights, and more, online anytime, anywhere! tr.ee/8arcKC
Our Graphic Designer is out at her local #library today...
This image was supposed to look inspiring. Luckily, #IFLA members are the real heroes of the library field 💪 join them by becoming a member! bit.ly/45K2Pxn
P.S.: We also have a membership deal ongoing! 😉
This image was supposed to look inspiring. Luckily, #IFLA members are the real heroes of the library field 💪 join them by becoming a member! bit.ly/45K2Pxn
P.S.: We also have a membership deal ongoing! 😉
September 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Our Graphic Designer is out at her local #library today...
This image was supposed to look inspiring. Luckily, #IFLA members are the real heroes of the library field 💪 join them by becoming a member! bit.ly/45K2Pxn
P.S.: We also have a membership deal ongoing! 😉
This image was supposed to look inspiring. Luckily, #IFLA members are the real heroes of the library field 💪 join them by becoming a member! bit.ly/45K2Pxn
P.S.: We also have a membership deal ongoing! 😉
Qatar National Library, home of the IFLA’s Regional Office for the #MENA, hosted a workshop celebrating Qatar's contribution to the #IFLA Library Map of the World with discussions centred on measuring and demonstrating the impact of #library services.
See how it went tr.ee/RUQAUf
See how it went tr.ee/RUQAUf
September 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Qatar National Library, home of the IFLA’s Regional Office for the #MENA, hosted a workshop celebrating Qatar's contribution to the #IFLA Library Map of the World with discussions centred on measuring and demonstrating the impact of #library services.
See how it went tr.ee/RUQAUf
See how it went tr.ee/RUQAUf
Network usage fees don't just threaten freedom of #AccessToInformation but could impose new costs on digital libraries and repositories
Our new statement, building on our previous position on #NetNeutrality, calls for governments to reject calls for this tax on sharing
Read more here: tr.ee/vUuuoO
Our new statement, building on our previous position on #NetNeutrality, calls for governments to reject calls for this tax on sharing
Read more here: tr.ee/vUuuoO
September 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Network usage fees don't just threaten freedom of #AccessToInformation but could impose new costs on digital libraries and repositories
Our new statement, building on our previous position on #NetNeutrality, calls for governments to reject calls for this tax on sharing
Read more here: tr.ee/vUuuoO
Our new statement, building on our previous position on #NetNeutrality, calls for governments to reject calls for this tax on sharing
Read more here: tr.ee/vUuuoO
📚 Thinking of joining #IFLA?
Now’s the time! Sign up between September and December to unlock amazing benefits and take advantage of our end-of-year membership offer
Join today and keep making a difference!
bit.ly/45K2Pxn
Now’s the time! Sign up between September and December to unlock amazing benefits and take advantage of our end-of-year membership offer
Join today and keep making a difference!
bit.ly/45K2Pxn
September 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
📚 Thinking of joining #IFLA?
Now’s the time! Sign up between September and December to unlock amazing benefits and take advantage of our end-of-year membership offer
Join today and keep making a difference!
bit.ly/45K2Pxn
Now’s the time! Sign up between September and December to unlock amazing benefits and take advantage of our end-of-year membership offer
Join today and keep making a difference!
bit.ly/45K2Pxn
Digital technologies have brought exciting new possibilities to enable access and use; however, the transition from buying to licensing has also brought practices that pose serious questions about what #libraries are and can do
See our statement tr.ee/j2zmAQ
See our statement tr.ee/j2zmAQ
September 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Digital technologies have brought exciting new possibilities to enable access and use; however, the transition from buying to licensing has also brought practices that pose serious questions about what #libraries are and can do
See our statement tr.ee/j2zmAQ
See our statement tr.ee/j2zmAQ
#MONDIACULT2025 will set the global agenda for culture.
Join #IFLA and @creativecommons.bsky.social and a line-up of incredible speakers, in this virtual Side Event to explore the intersection of #CulturalRights and the #Digital environment.
Register now! bit.ly/4mBGCaG
Join #IFLA and @creativecommons.bsky.social and a line-up of incredible speakers, in this virtual Side Event to explore the intersection of #CulturalRights and the #Digital environment.
Register now! bit.ly/4mBGCaG
September 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#MONDIACULT2025 will set the global agenda for culture.
Join #IFLA and @creativecommons.bsky.social and a line-up of incredible speakers, in this virtual Side Event to explore the intersection of #CulturalRights and the #Digital environment.
Register now! bit.ly/4mBGCaG
Join #IFLA and @creativecommons.bsky.social and a line-up of incredible speakers, in this virtual Side Event to explore the intersection of #CulturalRights and the #Digital environment.
Register now! bit.ly/4mBGCaG
Culturally informed, culturally grounded, culturally powered?
#IFLA was happy again to contribute an analysis of the place of #culture in Voluntary National Reviews #VNRs of implementation of the #SDGs to the #Culture2030Goal Campaign
Learn more here: tr.ee/FWJcFP
#IFLA was happy again to contribute an analysis of the place of #culture in Voluntary National Reviews #VNRs of implementation of the #SDGs to the #Culture2030Goal Campaign
Learn more here: tr.ee/FWJcFP
September 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Culturally informed, culturally grounded, culturally powered?
#IFLA was happy again to contribute an analysis of the place of #culture in Voluntary National Reviews #VNRs of implementation of the #SDGs to the #Culture2030Goal Campaign
Learn more here: tr.ee/FWJcFP
#IFLA was happy again to contribute an analysis of the place of #culture in Voluntary National Reviews #VNRs of implementation of the #SDGs to the #Culture2030Goal Campaign
Learn more here: tr.ee/FWJcFP
Help shape the future of the #library field with IFLA
Serve as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Standards (2025–2027) or contribute to the upcoming Advisory Committee on Ethics for multiple roles
Nominations close 26 Sep, 15:00 UTC
Standards call: tr.ee/LIemtj
Ethics call: tr.ee/qAeBqk
Serve as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Standards (2025–2027) or contribute to the upcoming Advisory Committee on Ethics for multiple roles
Nominations close 26 Sep, 15:00 UTC
Standards call: tr.ee/LIemtj
Ethics call: tr.ee/qAeBqk
August 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Help shape the future of the #library field with IFLA
Serve as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Standards (2025–2027) or contribute to the upcoming Advisory Committee on Ethics for multiple roles
Nominations close 26 Sep, 15:00 UTC
Standards call: tr.ee/LIemtj
Ethics call: tr.ee/qAeBqk
Serve as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Standards (2025–2027) or contribute to the upcoming Advisory Committee on Ethics for multiple roles
Nominations close 26 Sep, 15:00 UTC
Standards call: tr.ee/LIemtj
Ethics call: tr.ee/qAeBqk
Congratulations to the #IFLA 2025 DUIA awardees! 👏
4 Professional Units were recognised at #WLIC2025 for:
🏆 Membership Engagement & Leadership Development
🏆 Quality & Impact of Work
🏆 Effective Communication
🏆 Overall Achievement
Read more about their work: tr.ee/KwtvRF
4 Professional Units were recognised at #WLIC2025 for:
🏆 Membership Engagement & Leadership Development
🏆 Quality & Impact of Work
🏆 Effective Communication
🏆 Overall Achievement
Read more about their work: tr.ee/KwtvRF
August 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Congratulations to the #IFLA 2025 DUIA awardees! 👏
4 Professional Units were recognised at #WLIC2025 for:
🏆 Membership Engagement & Leadership Development
🏆 Quality & Impact of Work
🏆 Effective Communication
🏆 Overall Achievement
Read more about their work: tr.ee/KwtvRF
4 Professional Units were recognised at #WLIC2025 for:
🏆 Membership Engagement & Leadership Development
🏆 Quality & Impact of Work
🏆 Effective Communication
🏆 Overall Achievement
Read more about their work: tr.ee/KwtvRF
Curious about how the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2025 (#WLIC2025) is unfolding in Astana, Kazakhstan?
We’ve got you covered with our daily highlights
👉 Day 1 Highlights 2025.ifla.org/day-one-high...
👉 Day 2 Highlights 2025.ifla.org/day-two-high...
Stay tuned for more!
We’ve got you covered with our daily highlights
👉 Day 1 Highlights 2025.ifla.org/day-one-high...
👉 Day 2 Highlights 2025.ifla.org/day-two-high...
Stay tuned for more!
August 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Curious about how the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2025 (#WLIC2025) is unfolding in Astana, Kazakhstan?
We’ve got you covered with our daily highlights
👉 Day 1 Highlights 2025.ifla.org/day-one-high...
👉 Day 2 Highlights 2025.ifla.org/day-two-high...
Stay tuned for more!
We’ve got you covered with our daily highlights
👉 Day 1 Highlights 2025.ifla.org/day-one-high...
👉 Day 2 Highlights 2025.ifla.org/day-two-high...
Stay tuned for more!
#Copyright & #library funding are two sides of the same coin 🪙
Library associations can play a key role in building capacity and confidence, and in moving the dial on legislation and policy.
Our latest research underlines that associations of all sizes and geographies can get involved tr.ee/AGPUSs
Library associations can play a key role in building capacity and confidence, and in moving the dial on legislation and policy.
Our latest research underlines that associations of all sizes and geographies can get involved tr.ee/AGPUSs
August 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#Copyright & #library funding are two sides of the same coin 🪙
Library associations can play a key role in building capacity and confidence, and in moving the dial on legislation and policy.
Our latest research underlines that associations of all sizes and geographies can get involved tr.ee/AGPUSs
Library associations can play a key role in building capacity and confidence, and in moving the dial on legislation and policy.
Our latest research underlines that associations of all sizes and geographies can get involved tr.ee/AGPUSs
Open science & scholarship are at the top of the agenda for many libraries around the world
Since 2024, #IFLA has had a dedicated advisory committee focused on these, led by Fiona Bradley
Find out about what they have achieved in their first time & what they see lying ahead! tr.ee/eQWUhi
Since 2024, #IFLA has had a dedicated advisory committee focused on these, led by Fiona Bradley
Find out about what they have achieved in their first time & what they see lying ahead! tr.ee/eQWUhi
August 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Open science & scholarship are at the top of the agenda for many libraries around the world
Since 2024, #IFLA has had a dedicated advisory committee focused on these, led by Fiona Bradley
Find out about what they have achieved in their first time & what they see lying ahead! tr.ee/eQWUhi
Since 2024, #IFLA has had a dedicated advisory committee focused on these, led by Fiona Bradley
Find out about what they have achieved in their first time & what they see lying ahead! tr.ee/eQWUhi