Dear Colleagues,

 

Greetings from the IFLA Regional Office for Asia and Oceania. Hope everyone is having a good start to the new year of 2019.

 

2          We have good news from IFLA. IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) is providing conference grants for 40 participants to attend the 85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly in Athens, Greece from 24 to 30 August 2018. The grant is available to librarians and library workers from all library types. The application must be a member of his/her national library association. They are giving priority to first time attendees to the WLIC. Details of the grants are appended below.

 

3          We strongly encourage you to take this opportunity to submit your applications before the deadline of 20 March 2019. Successful candidates will be notified by the end of April 2019. Do note that there is an early bird discount for registration made before the deadline of 15 May 2019.

 

 

 

IFLA is pleased to announce an expanded range of conference participation grants for our IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2019, 85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, in Athens, Greece.

 

With generous support from a variety of sources, grants and awards are available every year to help delegates attend IFLA WLIC, providing financial support to cover congress registration and/or other costs (travel, accommodation, daily expenses). 

 

This year, we are pleased to introduce a special grant in honour of Margreet Wijnstroom, the first female Secretary General of IFLA whose real passion was to expand IFLA’s global engagement and redefine librarianship in the developing world.

 

In addition, we are grateful to the International Librarians Network (ILN) for giving opportunities to librarians in need of support to attend the Congress in Athens. 

 

While some grants focus on certain regions or career stages, others are open to all. Be sure to read through the descriptions, check the eligibility criteria for each of the grants and apply for the most suitable one for better success!

 

Check out the latest calls for applications: 

 

• IFLA WLIC Participation Grants 2019
• New Professionals WLIC Attendance Grant 2019 (NEW!)
• Margreet Wijnstroom Grant for attending the IFLA WLIC 2019 (NEW!)
• International Librarians Network IFLA WLIC Grant 2019 (NEW!)
• Dr Shawky Salem Conference Grant (SSCG) 2019 

 

See the full list of grants on the IFLA WLIC 2019 website.

 

Thank you.

Best regards,

Janice Ow
for Manager, IFLA Regional Office for Asia and Oceania

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

Greetings from the IFLA Regional Office for Asia and Oceania. Hope everyone is having a good start to the new year of 2019.

 

2          We have good news from IFLA. IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) is providing conference grants for 40 participants to attend the 85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly in Athens, Greece from 24 to 30 August 2018. The grant is available to librarians and library workers from all library types. The application must be a member of his/her national library association. They are giving priority to first time attendees to the WLIC. Details of the grants are appended below.

 

3          We strongly encourage you to take this opportunity to submit your applications before the deadline of 20 March 2019. Successful candidates will be notified by the end of April 2019. Do note that there is an early bird discount for registration made before the deadline of 15 May 2019.

 

 

 

IFLA is pleased to announce an expanded range of conference participation grants for our IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2019, 85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, in Athens, Greece.

 

With generous support from a variety of sources, grants and awards are available every year to help delegates attend IFLA WLIC, providing financial support to cover congress registration and/or other costs (travel, accommodation, daily expenses). 

 

This year, we are pleased to introduce a special grant in honour of Margreet Wijnstroom, the first female Secretary General of IFLA whose real passion was to expand IFLA’s global engagement and redefine librarianship in the developing world.

 

In addition, we are grateful to the International Librarians Network (ILN) for giving opportunities to librarians in need of support to attend the Congress in Athens. 

 

While some grants focus on certain regions or career stages, others are open to all. Be sure to read through the descriptions, check the eligibility criteria for each of the grants and apply for the most suitable one for better success!

 

Check out the latest calls for applications: 

 

• IFLA WLIC Participation Grants 2019
• New Professionals WLIC Attendance Grant 2019 (NEW!)
• Margreet Wijnstroom Grant for attending the IFLA WLIC 2019 (NEW!)
• International Librarians Network IFLA WLIC Grant 2019 (NEW!)
• Dr Shawky Salem Conference Grant (SSCG) 2019 

 

See the full list of grants on the IFLA WLIC 2019 website.

 

Thank you.

Best regards,

Janice Ow
for Manager, IFLA Regional Office for Asia and Oceania

 

ილია ჭავჭავაძის საწერი მაგიდა ეროვნულ ბიბლიოთეკას გადაეცა

ეროვნულ ბიბლიოთეკას უნიკალური ექსპონატი - ილია ჭავჭავაძის საწერი მაგიდა - გადაეცა საჩუქრად. ეს უნიკალური ნივთი ბიზნესმენმა დავით ჩაჩანიძემ და ეროვნული ბიბლიოთეკის ტრადიციულმა შემომწირველმა გიორგი რურუამ შესწირეს ეროვნულ ბიბლიოთეკას. მაგიდა ილია ჭავჭავაძის მემორიალურ კაბინეტში დაბინავდა.

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​IFLA is pleased to announce an expanded range of conference participation grants for our IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2019, 85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, in Athens, Greece.

With generous support from a variety of sources, grants and awards are available every year to help delegates attend IFLA WLIC, providing financial support to cover congress registration and/or other costs (travel, accommodation, daily expenses). 

This year, we are pleased to introduce a special grant in honour of Margreet Wijnstroom, the first female Secretary General of IFLA whose real passion was to expand IFLA’s global engagement and redefine librarianship in the developing world.

In addition, we are grateful to the International Librarians Network (ILN) for giving opportunities to librarians in need of support to attend the Congress in Athens. 

While some grants focus on certain regions or career stages, others are open to all. Be sure to read through the descriptions, check the eligibility criteria for each of the grants and apply for the most suitable one for better success!

Check out the latest calls for applications: 

• IFLA WLIC Participation Grants 2019

• New Professionals WLIC Attendance Grant 2019 (NEW!)
   
• Margreet Wijnstroom Grant for attending the IFLA WLIC 2019 (NEW!)
   
• International Librarians Network IFLA WLIC Grant 2019 (NEW!)
   
• Dr. Shawky Salem Conference Grant (SSCG) 2019 

See the full list of grants on the IFLA WLIC 2019 website.

LIBER welcomes news that negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council have agreed a final compromise text for the European Union’s Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. The proposed Directive, which has been nearly three years in the making, contains many positive developments for Europe’s library, education and research community. Notably, it…

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After thirty months of discussion, there was provisional agreement yesterday on the EU’s draft Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. While there have been marked steps forwards for libraries, the text retains provisions that pose serious threats to freedom of access to information and freedom of expression.

The European Union’s draft Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market is the result of years of discussion, with the overall aim to update Europe’s rules to reflect technological change.

The original proposal, made in September 2016, includes provisions in a number of key areas for libraries, notably on text and data mining, education, preservation and use of works which are no longer commercially available.

Furthermore, in response to concern about the major place of internet platforms in the modern copyright economy, sought to find ways of strengthening the bargaining position of rightholders.

Library Efforts Bear Fruit

Two and a half years on, representatives of the European Parliament, led by rapporteur Axel Voss MEP, and of the EU’s Member States, have come to a provisional deal. This will be submitted for approval to the European Parliament as a whole and Member States in the coming weeks.

On the basis of available materials, it is clear that work by Europe’s libraries and cultural heritage institutions has paid off.

The exception allowing for text and data mining has been expanded and made simpler, with anyone with legal access to a work able to mine it. Research institutions will be able to do this in any circumstances, while others will have this right as long as the rightholder has not explicitly stated otherwise.  

Provisions on education have been simplified, ensuring stricter conditions on when licensing can override the exception for illustration for teaching. A preservation exception gives libraries more space to digitise works, including through cross-border networks, for preservation purposes.

Significantly, in those situations where there is no collective management organisation with the powers to offer licences, libraries will be able to benefit from an exception to allow them to digitise and make available out-of-commerce works.

Key Problems Remain

Yet there is also the bad. While Article 11 (which grants copyright in short snippets of news) explicitly does not include scientific publications, it still risks harming smaller services which provide a major contribution to media and information literacy efforts, while strengthening the hand of major players.

Similarly, Article 13, which effectively obliges internet platforms to screen all user content before it is uploaded – effectively making users guilty until proven innocent – will not apply to educational and scientific repositories. However, by placing strict controls on sites that people have come to rely on for communication and creativity, represents a major step backwards.

Here too, the new rules will tend to favour pre-existing major platforms with the resources and tools to apply the new rules, at the expense of smaller ones. Steps to protect libraries and library activities are welcome, but the overall direction of these provisions runs counter to library values.

While we await a final version of the agreed text, it appears clear that if the Directive is passed in its current form, Europe’s governments and representatives will be guilty of consolidating the power of major players and harming freedom of access to information.

See IFLA's collection of resources on the copyright reform for more.

DuraSpace presents a Community Webinar, DSpace Docker for Repository Managers: Running Any Version of DSpace from your Desktop

On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 11:00 AM ET (convert to your timezone), join Terry Brady, Georgetown University Library and Pascal Becker, The Library Code, when they present, “DSpace Docker for Repository Managers: Running Any Version of DSpace from your Desktop.”

In 2018, the DSpace development team packaged DSpace to be run with Docker. This made it possible to start any version of DSpace from your desktop with a simple command line call.  The use of Docker has created a more flexible development environment for DSpace contributors. Docker also offers great potential for repository managers which will be the focus of this webinar.  Topics will include:

• What is a Docker image and what images have been published for DSpace
• How to install Docker
• How to launch DSpace 6 and DSpace 7 using Docker
• How to participate in DSpace testing using Docker

If you are a repository manager who is interested in previewing new DSpace functionality or would like to become more involved in DSpace development or are a potential DSpace contributor who would like to learn how you can get started with the project, we encourage you to attend.  Time will be reserved at the end of the presentation for your questions.

Space is limited and pre-registration is required.

Register today!

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Registration for the ILDS2019 Conference is now open. The conference will be held in Prague on 9th – 11th October 2019. Don't miss this great event. 

We invite you once more to contribute to the program and submit a summary of your proposal no later than 31 March 2019. Please visit the ILDS2019 website for further information.   

Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL) and the Evidence for Global and Disaster Health SIG (E4GDH) are joining forces to run an open session on exploring, testing and evaluating ways to transfer skills within our profession and with our communities. The theme of the session is Active and interactive learning and development strategies to extend LIS practice: the need for new skills to meet the challenges of our world.

Please visit the Call for Papers and submit your proposal by 15 March 2019.

While the IFLA Guidelines for CPD consider the different roles of learners, employers, educators and trainers, this session at the WLIC in Athens specifically focuses on YOU, the learner.

Visit the Call for Papers for the CPDWL Open Session: Navigating your own professional development: Effective use of the 2016IFLA Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development.  Please submit your proposal by 15 March 2019.

Do you know someone who has made an outstanding contribution to IFLA or to international librarianship? IFLA’s Honours and Awards recognise those who have given significant service and made distinguished contributions to the profession.

Bestowed annually by the IFLA Governing Board, IFLA Honours and Awards are a great opportunity to acknowledge a colleague whose efforts you admire and respect. 

The Call for Nominations is out now.  Don’t delay!

FAQ

Who can make a nomination? All authorised representatives of Members and Personal Affiliates

When will the presentations be made? Presentations are made during the World Library and Information Congress

How do I make a nomination? Please download your nomination form found at the bottom of this page and send back to us.

DEADLINE: 22 February 2019
late submissions shall not be considered

Honorary Fellow

Honorary Fellow is IFLA's highest award, and is conferred on the basis of merit on a person who has delivered long and distinguished service to IFLA. It may not necessarily be awarded every year. A nomination for Honorary Fellow is required to be supported by at least three nominators who are current IFLA Members. Nominations must include evidence to support any claims against the criteria. A nomination must be accompanied by at least two written referee reports. Referees should not also be nominators, and at least one referee should be an IFLA Member. Referees should address the nominee's suitability for the award, in relation to the criteria and may provide further information relevant to the award if desired.

In making its decision, the Executive Committee will examine only the evidence provided by the nominators and the two referee reports submitted with this nomination. The evidence and referee reports you provide should be based on the following required criteria:

1. Length of service to IFLA;
2. Type(s) of service to IFLA;
3. Outstanding achievements within that service to IFLA; and
4. Service that has brought distinction to IFLA in the international arena.

IFLA Medal

IFLA Medal is conferred on a person who has made a distinguished contribution either to IFLA or to international librarianship. It is also anticipated that one medal would be awarded each year, to a nominee from the country hosting the IFLA WLIC.

A nomination for the IFLA Medal is required to have at least two nominators who are current IFLA Members. A nomination must include evidence to support any claims of the nominee's distinguished contribution either to IFLA or to international librarianship. Each nomination shall be accompanied by at least two written referee reports. Referees should not also be nominators, and at least one referee should be an IFLA Member.

In making its decision, the Executive Committee will examine only the evidence provided by the nominators and the two referee reports submitted with this nomination. The evidence and referee reports you provide should be based on the following required criteria

1. Length of service to IFLA or the profession;
2. Nature of the distinguished contribution to IFLA or to international librarianship;
3. Significance of that contribution to IFLA or to international librarianship.

IFLA Scroll of Appreciation

IFLA Scroll of Appreciation is awarded annually by the IFLA Governing Board to the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) National Committee for that year.  Additionally, any Member may nominate an individual who has given distinguished service to IFLA. Staff, including core activities staff, is eligible for nomination.

In making its decision, the Executive Committee will examine only the evidence provided by the nominator.

The evidence provided should be based on the following required criteria:

1. Length of service to IFLA;
2. Nature of the service to IFLA;
3. Significance of that service to IFLA, and its impact on IFLA.

The Executive Committee of the Governing Board considers all nominations in committee and in confidence. The Executive Committee bases its decisions only on the evidence submitted with the nominations and any further evidence sought from the nominees or referees.

The Executive Committee and the Secretary General shall not enter into correspondence on individual nominations. Only successful nominations will be published.

Wherever possible honours and awards shall be announced and conferred at the annual WLIC.

NOMINATION FORMS:

• Honorary Fellow [DOC] | [PDF]
• IFLA Medal [DOC] | [PDF]
• IFLA Scroll of Appreciation [DOC] | [PDF]

Nominations for awards to be conferred in 2019 are invited, in confidence, on this form which may be sent by email as an attachment, by FAX, or post:

email: ifla@ifla.org

FAX: +31 70 3834827

Post:

HONOURS and AWARDS
IFLA
P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
The Netherlands

EIFL has signed a renewal agreement with EBSCO Information Services for the EBSCO eBook Academic Subscription Collection.

EIFL has signed a renewal agreement with EBSCO Information Services for the EBSCO eBook Academic Subscription Collection.

On January 24, 2019 LYRASIS and DuraSpace announced their intent to merge, to form a robust new home for Community-Supported Programs and Services.

Since then the Boards and staffs of LYRASIS and DuraSpace have been engaged in a due diligence fact-finding process aimed at gathering and synthesizing feedback from stakeholders to aid in leadership’s decision-making.

To date, DuraSpace Executive Director Erin Tripp has met with the Fedora Steering Group, VIVO Leadership Group, DSpace Leadership Group, Certified DuraSpace Partners of DSpace, and began meeting with individual platinum and gold members to share information and answer questions. We will also be holding an open informational webinar:

“Amplifying Impact: LYRASIS and DuraSpace Town Hall Meeting”

• • Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 12:00pm ET
  • Information
  • Register here

We hope our members and stakeholders will  join this online event. A recording will be made available following the live event. Also, If you are part of a community of practice or community governance group we encourage you to compile questions and feedback on behalf of the group and share it with us. Feel free to send to Erin Tripp, Executive Director, DuraSpace at etripp@duraspace.org and/or Robert Miller, CEO, LYRASIS at robert.miller@lyrasis.org by Friday, February 22.

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EIFL and Namibia Library and Archives Service (NLAS) have entered into a partnership to strengthen continuous professional development of public librarians by building training skills of a group of librarians, who will become trainers within the NLS network of public libraries.

The partnership will build capacity of public librarians to use digital technology effectively and confidently in services that are relevant to their communities, and to provide technology training in their communities.

Theme: “Let’s Change Now: Libraries Driving Sustainability”
Proposals must be submitted by 1 March 2019 and selected presenters will be notified by 31 March 2019.

Call for Paper

ENSULIB would like to remind you also that applications for the IFLA Green Library Award 2019 must be submitted before 1 April 2019.

The LYRASIS and DuraSpace Boards announced their “Intent to Merge” the two organizations on January 24, 2019. Both the LYRASIS and DuraSpace Boards are currently in the due diligence phase to investigate the merger, and want to include their communities to discuss the future, answer questions and share feedback.

Join us for a Town Hall meeting with Robert Miller, CEO of LYRASIS and Erin Tripp, Executive Director of DuraSpace. Robert and Erin will review how the organizations plan to come together to create a sustainable, innovative, global community with additional benefits for members and users. Please join us for these updates and a Q&A session directly following.

Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 12:00 PM ET

Register prior to the session. Please submit the registration form and you will receive an email with detailed login information a few days prior to the event. If the session fills up a recording will be made available online following the session.

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წიგნის - ეგნატე გაბლიანი - ქართული ეთნოგრაფიული მემკვიდრეობა - წარდგენა

21 თებერვალს 17:00 საათზე საქართველოს პარლამენტის ეროვნული ბიბლიოთეკის საგამოფენო დარბაზში გაიმართება წიგნის - ეგნატე გაბლიანი - ქართული ეთნოგრაფიული მემკვიდრეობა - წარდგენა.

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13 დეკემბერს 17:00 საათზე ეროვნულ ბიბლიოთეკას უნიკალური ექსპონატი - ილია ჭავჭავაძის საწერი მაგიდა გადაეცემა საჩუქრად.

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The EU draft Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market is reaching the end game. In the run up the European elections in May this year, the Commission, Council and Parliament are having to agree the final wording of this new Directive. As reported by LIBER recently two articles remain extremely controversial – Article…

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