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Active Ageing Learning Market: Enabling People as the Sustainable Re-sources for the Society
No full textThere are a total of 12 districts in Taipei City, Taiwan. Senior Active Learning Centers are established for the respective districts, and 6 of which are organized by Taipei Public Library.
Among these establishments, the Senior Active Learning Demonstration Center of Daan has been promoting the Active Ageing Learning Market with reference to the spirit of the SDGs since 2022. With the civic participation via i-Voting and the philosophy of self-directed learning combined, it put the participants back in the driving seat for learning.
The program was inspired by the idea of crowdfunding platform. First, the active senior readers propose their thoughts and wishes for courses. After discussions and voting, the courses that pass the threshold of second will then have resources matched by the Center for course opening. Also, participants are empowered as lecturers or teaching assistants to further give back to the society.
The program not just promotes older workforce reutilization, drawing retired individuals to serve as lecturers or teaching assistants, but also keeps tabs on the post-curriculum development of participants and invites them to be the brand ambassadors to the Center following the concept of brand management, so as to attract more people to the community of lifelong learning
Minutes of Business Meeting 2, 9 September, 2021
No full textMinutes of Business Meeting 2. Topics included discussion of action plan, ongoing activities, new activities for action plan, and next mid-term meeting
Regional Advocacy Priorities Study Results 2023
No full textThis 2023 edition of the Regional Advocacy Priorities Study explores library advocacy priorities and activities globally and regionally. It sheds light on where libraries around the world are focused in their advocacy, and how they are working to achieve their goals. It is designed to be the catalyst for conversations about how we can strengthen the voice of libraries, globally, regionally and nationally
Citizen Science Library Project for a Sustainable Future in Balkan Countries
No full textCitizen-Enhanced Open Science in Southeastern Europe Higher Education Knowledge Hubs, broadly known as CeOS_SE, is an on-going project (2022-2025) funded by the EU Erasmus+ Pro¬gram. This project strives to raise awareness about Citizen Science (CS), mainstream practices in Southeastern European (SE) countries, monitor performance and processes in CS implementation, document and publicly share best practices in a FAIR way and engage non-expert groups. It also empowers academic libraries in SE countries to develop further as knowledge hubs by ups-killing staff in the area of building connections between OS and CS, transfer knowledge and promotion of good CeOS practices. In accordance with these objectives, CeOS_SE engages Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus and Serbia in the partnership. University Library Belgrade (UNILIB), as one of the 8 full-fledged partners, aims to assist the convergence among countries of this region, by networking with associated partners from Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzego¬vina and Republic of North Macedonia. Based on the conducted survey of academic librarians in the Balkans, UNILIB mapped the OS and CS landscape in terms of knowledge level, practices, and policies, as well as engagement with actors external to the HEIs. As a result, the Roadmap on CeOS in the Balkans was created
IFLA Code of Ethics and Conduct for the Members of the Governing Board (2023)
No full textThis Code of Ethics and Conduct has been drawn up for members of the Governing Board within the context of approved Statutes, Rules of Procedure, and Core Values. It outlines a set of fundamental principles to help the Governing Board define what is right, fair, just and good for IFLA in meeting its mission and purpose. The objective of this Code is to ensure that high standards of behavior are observed by all IFLA Governing Board members in their roles as directors of IFLA
Realising SDGs through Library Networking in India : Empowering Libraries, Inspiring Users through Pioneering work of DELNET
No full textThe Poster provides enriching insights about the pioneering and pathbreaking work of DELNET-Developing Library Network, a resource sharing Library Network in India connecting about 8100 Institutions across the country. It is operational for past more than 30 years. It is a not-for-profit organisation which is working relentlessly with a missionary zeal to promote information accessibility and affordability among the Indian Libraries and its Users. Through the Poster, the presenters have highlighted the splendid contributions of DELNET in fulfilling SDGs 3,4, 9, 10, 16 and 17 by strengthening and building connections among the vast network of its member libraries in India. The poster highlights the various information & knowledge resources and services offered by DELNET. A survey was conducted among the member institutions to ascertain the role of DELNET in fulfilling the SDGs through its library networking activities. DELNET provides access to more than 40 million records physically available in member institutions besides a huge repository of other resources. DELNET is offering the Interlibrary Loan services which are most popular among the Indian Libraries. The DELNET services are accessible 24/7 to its member institutions and the membership charges are highly nominal which remains unchanged for past more than 20 years
Ethics and AI in the Dutch public library sector
No full textEach year the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) systems is increasing, with virtually no sector of society unaffected. AI's implications can be far-reaching, and may also cause concern as questions remain about safety, privacy and autonomy. Public libraries are and should be trusted safe havens for all members of society, regardless of their technical abilities and acumen, and therefore it is imperative that libraries formulate policies, guidelines and procedures on how AI can be integrated into their systems.
NBD Biblion and KB National Library of the Netherlands conducted research into the various aspects of AI that affect the Dutch public library sector and how libraries can retain autonomy and fulfil their mission, while not shying away from the use of modern and emerging technologies. In a series of expert meeting, a diverse group of stakeholders was invited to discuss the intersection of ethics, libraries and AI.
In this poster, we present some of the key findings of the research and a roadmap of how NBD Biblion, KB and Dutch public libraries plan to proceed to achieve an ethically responsible and safe integration of AI in the library sector
The Influx of Refugees in the United States and Libraries Housing of Religious Documents- Preserving, Protecting, Disseminating, and Conducting Interreligious Dialogues with Refugees
No full textThe intricacy of the persistent influx of refugees is a worldwide concern for the United Nations (UN) and the United Nations High Commissioner to Refugees (UNHCR)—too often people have been forced to flee from their homes due to conflicts, persecution and various humanitarian crises. The UNHCR indicated that there were 108.4 million people who were forcibly displaced globally, with 35.3 million of them being refugees, in 2022. Also, there were over 3 million refugees who have resettled in all 50 states in the United States of America, since 1975. In 2022, the U.S. admitted 25,400 refugees and, in 2023, President Joe Biden is projected to admit an estimated total of 125,000 refugees in the U.S.3, Therefore, this exploratory study examines the following: how can libraries better serve the continuing influx of refugees’ communities in the United States by housing religious documents, preserve, protect and disseminate them to refugees? And, how can libraries encourage the implementation of interreligious dialogue for refugees in their communities where they can share their experiences, skills and creativity? — This will enable libraries to increase universal awareness of the messages of peace in their collections and to better provide access to help refugees to learn about their religious roots. The United Nations 1946 Resolution 59 (1) stipulated that “[f]reedom of information is a fundamental human right and is the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the United Nations is consecrated.” Plus, the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 18 indicated that “[e]veryone has the right to freedom of thought...and religion; this right includes...either alone or in community with others...to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.” Thus, refugees have the rights to practice their religion, to have access to religious documents and the right to interreligious dialogue. This research study employed content analysis and observational methodologies to review profuse literature, studies, the UN, UNHCR and U.S reports, treaties, protocols, conventions and declarations on refugees’ protection policies and procedures. This study found that libraries in the United States are failing their responsibilities to house religious documents, preserve, protect and disseminate information to refugees. Also, the findings show that libraries can properly serve refugees communities through interreligious dialogue via focus group discussions and interviews in order to shed light on refugees’ experiences, skills and creativity. This study hopes to shed light on libraries’ inexistence of housing of religious documents, and preserve, protect, disseminate and conduct interreligious dialogues with refugees, which is a crucial point for Sustainable Development
“Reading School”: recovering learning in the post-COVID
No full text"Reading School" is an action of the School Libraries Network, the National Reading Plan 2027 and the Directorate-General for Education that makes part of the 21|23 School+Plan (“Plano 21I23 Escola+”). This plan, which is the responsibility of the Portuguese Ministry of Education, was designed to support the recovery of learning that was compromised by the pandemic.
The 21|23 School+ Plan is organised in 3 areas: Teaching and learning, Supporting educational communities and Knowing and assessing. The "Reading School" integrates the first area and provides schools with the means to support their students: a special budgetary allocation and the assignment of time credit for setting up a team responsible for the project (between 5 and 12 hours).
The "Reading School" action, for which 716 schools have applied, and which will end in July 2023, aims to work on reading in a systematic and diversified way, under the supervision of the school library. When applying, schools selected between 3 and 6 of the following activities:
Classroom guided reading;
Personal reading project;
Time to read and think!;
Home lending of books;
I always have a book with me!;
Reading teams/volunteers
National Electronic Library (KAZNEB) electronic resource of cultural and scientific heritage of Kazakhstan
No full textKazakhstan National Electronic Library (KazNEB) was established in 2007. The electronic library became the first library state project and made a significant contribution to the development of Kazakhstani content on the Internet. All libraries of the country, state and public organizations, individual authors take part in filling and expanding the electronic fund of KazNEB. Currently, the content consists of over 70,000 documents. There are users from 100 countries of the world.
Significance of KazNEB: Preservation and digitalization of the national cultural heritage; Accessibility of digital resources regardless of distance or time; Contributes to the enhancement of scientific research; Promotes education and culture by providing a wide range of educational materials and information resources.
Electronic services of KazNEB: Free access to full texts without authorization and user registration; Displaying documents in collections by subject, document type, period, author; Simple, advanced, full-text search, refinement of search results; Simultaneous search in online catalogs of libraries in Kazakhstan.
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