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Designing the Libraries of Tomorrow - How a Danish Music Library works with music in the digital age
No full textThis is the presentation given by Niels Mark of Odense City Library during the IFLA-IAML webinar for World IP Day 2025. See more about the event here: https://www.ifla.org/news/keeping-the-music-playing-world-ip-day-recording-available
IFLA Statement on Core Principles on Libraries and Copyright
No full textThis statement frames IFLA’s work on copyright, and in particular that of the Advisory Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters. It complements existing IFLA materials and work related to copyright, not least concerning Open Access and access for persons with print disabilities, as well as IFLA statements on other issues, such as freedom of access to information and freedom of expression
Minutes of Meeting: Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section, 20 August 2024
No full textMinutes of the LPD Business Meeting 1 held in Washington, DC on 20 August 2024. The meeting included updates from Division D, planning for future activities, and an in-depth discussion on revising the section’s mission and goals
IFLA Strategy 2024-2029
No full textআইএফএলএ’র ২০২৪-২০২৯ কৌশল ফেডারেশনকে তার শতাব্দীর পরর্বতী পর্যায়ে নিয়ে যাবে এবং জাতিসংঘের ২০৩০ এজেন্ডার প্রায় শেষ প্রান্তে পৌঁছে দেবে। এই দুটি মাইলফলক আমাদের দীর্ঘমেয়াদী লক্ষ্যের উপর গুরুত্ব দিতে উৎসাহিত করে, আমরা কেমন বিশ্ব দেখতে চাই তা নিয়ে একটি স্পষ্ট ধারণা গড়ে তোলে এবং সেই বিশ্ব গঠনে গ্রন্থাগার ও আইএফএলএ কী ভূমিকা রাখতে পারে, তা নির্ধারণ করে।
আইএফএলএ’র ২০২৪-২০২৯ কৌশল গঠিত হয়েছে সদস্য ও স্বেচ্ছাসেবকদের অংশগ্রহণের জরিপ ও পরামর্শের মাধ্যমে, যা আইএফএলএ সম্পর্কে তাদের বর্তমান ধারণা এবং ভবিষ্যৎ নিয়ে তাদের আকাঙ্ক্ষাগুলো বোঝার চেষ্টা করেছে। এই কৌশল পরিকল্পনা কোনও নির্দিষ্ট দিকনির্দেশনা দেয় না, বরং একটি ব্যাপ্ত কাঠামো প্রস্তাব করে, যা আমাদের পেশার যেকোনো ব্যক্তি বা প্রতিষ্ঠান তাদের নিজস্ব পরিকল্পনা তৈরি করতে ব্যবহার করতে পারে। এটি আমাদের কাঙ্ক্ষিত বিশ্বের একটি স্পষ্ট দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি প্রদান করে, এবং একটি “পরিবর্তনের তত্ত্ব” তুলে ধরে, যা ব্যাখ্যা করে আইএফএলএ কীভাবে গ্রন্থাগারগুলোকে সেই লক্ষ্যে পৌঁছাতে সহায়তা করতে পারে। এটি আইএফএলএ’র পরিকল্পনার জন্য একটি স্থায়ী রেফারেন্স হিসেবে কাজ করবে, অগ্রগতি পরিমাপের জন্য একটি কাঠামো হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হবে এবং অন্যান্য ক্ষেত্রে কৌশলগত পরিকল্পনা তৈরিতে একটি সম্ভাব্য মডেল হিসেবে ভূমিকা রাখতে পারে। এটি এমনভাবে তৈরি করা হয়েছে যাতে আইএফএলএ’র আন্তর্জাতিক ফেডারেশন হিসেবে প্রকৃত স্বরূপ প্রতিফলিত হয় যেখানে বিভিন্ন সংস্কৃতি, ভাষাভিত্তিক সম্প্রদায়, ভৌগোলিক অঞ্চল এবং অভিজ্ঞতা সম্পন্ন মানুষদের একত্রিত করা হয়, একটি প্ল্যাটফর্ম প্রদান করা হয় এবং সবার জন্য কার্যকর ফলাফল নিশ্চিত করা হয়
Libraries and Climate Brief
No full textThis summary draws from the report, State of Library Engagement in Climate Communication and Education, by Aaron Redman PhD. This research was commissioned by IFLA and supported through a grant from Gates Foundation via Stichting IFLA Global Libraries in 2024. It examines responses from a survey carried out by IFLA and the Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education (MECCE) Project.
It highlights key findings from this research and shares recommendations and calls to action to further the engagement of libraries in climate action. Library professionals can use this to power their own advocacy on the role of libraries in environmental sustainability and as inspiration for further action
Minutes of Meeting: Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section, 06 March 2025
No full textThe DDRS Standing Committee met on March 6th, 2025 and evaluated the latest webinar held on the 5th of March reflecting on the take away of the ILDS 2024 conference that was held in Baku on 2-3-4 December 2024. The 3 participants grants recipients benefited from the conference and the people they met and spoke about each own's take away for own library. The 6th webinar will be held in May 2025, with Delnet from India and Andy Appleyard will be the moderator. The date is yet to be decided. The WLIC2025 proposal for DDRS was accepted and the planning committee will be meeting to refine the entire proposal and work on shaping the session's main theme the Sustainability of the IFLA Voucher. The search for host for the ILDS2026 is still open, and todate no bid was received. Members agreed to contact institutions they know to encourage them to host. Chair made some updates on the elections, for DDRS there are 15 seats and 16 candidates. The DDRS Action Plan was updated on time, with the completion of the webinar series, the ILDS2024 conference, only the guidelines are still in working progress. Carmen Lomba Chair of the RSCVD Committee shared updates on RSCVD webinar and current state. On March 13th a RSCVD webinar will be held for the Bodleian Library
Action Plan 2023-2025: Advisory Committee on Standards
No full textThe Committee's action plan contains five actions which lead to a self-contained output, such as a statement, research report, guidelines or similar. They represent a contribution to the goals of the IFLA Strategy 2019-24, drawing on the Committee’s own strengths, either alone or in cooperation with other IFLA units or external partners. It also describes three actions involving engagement with different global processes, usually in the context of an intergovernmental organisation. Recognising the often slow pace of this work, the emphasis is on the practical steps – from advice to research and mobilisation of the library field – which can contribute to progress
Minutes of meeting: IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group, 30 April 2025
No full textThe LIBPUB Committee meeting held on 30 April 2025 covered updates on committee membership, progress on transitioning from SIG to Section status, preparations for WLIC 2025, the announcement of the LPC/IFLA LIBPUB International Scholarship, planning for upcoming events such as the Open Textbooks initiative, developments in the blog series, and a tribute to the late Nodumo Dhlamini for her contributions to open science in Africa
Renewing the German National Library’s Linked Open Data Ecosystem: Challenges and Opportunities
No full textSince 2010 the German National Library provides the German National Bibliography and the authority file GND (Gemeinsame Normdatei) as Linked Data. Following years of development and growth, the service has reached a point where it is challenging and complex to implement further adjustments.
This presentation will begin by introducing our Linked Open Data ecosystem, including an overview of the data and publication workflows. We will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the workflows and software.
We present our approach to renew the Linked Data Service step-by-step. The key aspects of this process are to automate and adapt in order to achieve a higher quality of data and service. Some steps that were previously completed manually have already been replaced by automated processes. Continuous integration is a crucial element in the new setup. Our objective is to automate the majority of the data production workflow, allowing us to dedicate our resources to quality assurance. We implement a central point for conversion rules embedded in SHACL shapes. The SHACL Shapes are used for quality assurance purposes and are used to automatically generate a documentation of the data production process. At present we are extracting further rules from the existing production process to close gaps in its documentation and quality assurance.
To enhance the overall service quality of our data service we aim to improve the findability, accessibility, interoperability and reusability (FAIR) by providing a SPARQL service. Currently, we are evaluating available SPARQL engines.
Overall, we are working to improve the data production through the extraction and adaptation of rules for automated quality assurance and documentation generation, as well as the usability of the service regarding its FAIR properties by providing a SPARQL service in the future.
Note about the author:
Tracy Arndt is responsible for the Linked Data Service of the German Nation Library (DNB