As Chair of the Committee of IFLA’s International Advocacy Programme, on the 12th of October, I participated in the kick-off of the Train the Trainers workshop on the contribution libraries can make to development agendas, principally the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The International Advocacy Programme (IAP) is a new IFLA capacity…
On the 24th of October, in Oslo, Norway, I was honoured to attend and take part in an important and interesting Assembly co-chaired by Alberto Martinelli (ISSC President) and Gordon McBean (ICSU President) where main goal was the approach on whether to take an in-principle decision to pursue a merge between the two organizations. Following…
On the 14th of August, I had the honour of opening the commercial exhibition at the IFLA WLIC 2016, IFLA’s annual Congress, which was held in Columbus, Ohio this year, and which included 100m2 of commercial space and 86 exhibitor stands. These exhibitors, are representatives from the industry’s suppliers of library services on regional…
As I mentioned a few days ago, over the next couple of weeks I’ll be introducing, on my website, the Guest Keynote Speakers at the President-Elect Session Librarians: The Gears of the Motors for Change at WLIC 2016 in Columbus, Ohio on the 18th of August. The second professional is Dr Maria-Carme Torras, member of the IFLA Professional Committee,…
On the 18th of August, in the framework of the IFLA World Library and Information Congress, I will be presenting and mediating a session on how librarians can and should be the gears of the motors for change. During the session called “Librarians: Gears of the Motors for Change”, together with librarians and librarian associations…
This has been a huge step towards achieving universal literacy! A big thanks to the huge effort made by the OMPI (WIPO) and the 20 member states that ratified the Marrakesh Treaty, turning it into an International Treaty. Now, we must work towards implementing it and encouraging other member states to ratify and implement it…
On the 15th of June I had the pleasure of participating in the IFLA/ALA Webinar: “Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new librarians”. Below is a list of videos and presentations from the webinar. Via this link you can access the recordings in Adobe Connect and, by clicking on any of the titles below,…
IFLA continues to work on the exceptions and limitations of author rights in libraries, documentation centres and archives. The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights in its thirty-second session (SCCR/32), have discussed extensively the exceptions and limitations of copyright at international level and have prepared reports for IFLA and other members. Since 2014, IFLA…
Transcript of the speech given by IFLA’s President Elect during the signing of the agreement in Montevideo, 27th April 2016. Today is a bright and shiny day. Thank you for inviting us to the ULAC’s General Conference. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) welcomes the signing of this agreement with the…
From the 17th to the 23rd of April, we experienced an incredible week for the library associations sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Panama City became the epicentre of interest in the world library sector, holding three big IFLA events and a series of activities, which brought together 76 professionals from 30 associations, 19…
