EIFL and Open Book Publishers (OBP) have signed an agreement which will provide libraries that are members of library consortia in EIFL partner countries with free membership of the OPB Library Membership Programme for three years. 

OBP is a non-profit open access book publisher established by academics at the University of Cambridge to publish rigorously peer-reviewed monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

The agreement runs until 31st December 2027 and is open to library consortia in 33 EIFL partner countries - 

EIFL and Open Book Publishers (OBP) have signed an agreement which will provide libraries that are members of library consortia in EIFL partner countries with free membership of the OPB Library Membership Programme for three years. 

OBP is a non-profit open access book publisher established by academics at the University of Cambridge to publish rigorously peer-reviewed monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

The agreement runs until 31st December 2027 and is open to library consortia in 33 EIFL partner countries - 

EIFL welcomes the launch of a new WIPO toolkit that aims to provide guidance for national legislators on copyright provisions needed by libraries, archives and museums to preserve documents, films and other national treasures entrusted to their care. The launch (online and in person) took place in Bogota, Colombia on 2-3 September 2024.

EIFL welcomes the launch of a new WIPO toolkit that aims to provide guidance for national legislators on copyright provisions needed by libraries, archives and museums to preserve documents, films and other national treasures entrusted to their care. The launch (online and in person) took place in Bogota, Colombia on 2-3 September 2024.

EIFL welcomes the launch of a new WIPO toolkit that aims to provide guidance for national legislators on copyright provisions needed by libraries, archives and museums to preserve documents, films and other national treasures entrusted to their care. The launch (online and in person) took place in Bogota, Colombia on 2-3 September 2024.

Ugne Lipeikaite, Impact Manager, EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP), will share experiences of supporting innovation in public and community libraries in Africa during this webinar organized by the Metropolitan Technological University in Santiago, Chile. The webinar, titled ‘Public Libraries as a Driver for Social Innovation’, is part of the university’s DIG-UTEM 2024 webinar series.

Ugne Lipeikaite, Impact Manager, EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP), will share experiences of supporting innovation in public and community libraries in Africa during this webinar organized by the Metropolitan Technological University in Santiago, Chile. The webinar, titled ‘Public Libraries as a Driver for Social Innovation’, is part of the university’s DIG-UTEM 2024 webinar series.

Ugne Lipeikaite, Impact Manager, EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP), will share experiences of supporting innovation in public and community libraries in Africa during this webinar organized by the Metropolitan Technological University in Santiago, Chile. The webinar, titled ‘Public Libraries as a Driver for Social Innovation’, is part of the university’s DIG-UTEM 2024 webinar series.

Milica Ševkušić, EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator, will give a presentation at the 11th Conference on Scholarly Communication in the Context of Open Science – PUBMET 2024.

Milica Ševkušić, EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator, will give a presentation at the 11th Conference on Scholarly Communication in the Context of Open Science – PUBMET 2024.

Milica Ševkušić, EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator, will give a presentation at the 11th Conference on Scholarly Communication in the Context of Open Science – PUBMET 2024.

EIFL has signed a three-year renewal agreement with Infobase for Credo Reference Service: Academic Core, an online reference database with authoritative content from over 900 e-book titles,  with an emphasis on encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks, covering over 80 major subject disciplines and more than six million research concepts. 

EIFL has signed a three-year renewal agreement with Infobase for Credo Reference Service: Academic Core, an online reference database with authoritative content from over 900 e-book titles,  with an emphasis on encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks, covering over 80 major subject disciplines and more than six million research concepts. 

EIFL has signed a three-year renewal agreement with Infobase for Credo Reference Service: Academic Core, an online reference database with authoritative content from over 900 e-book titles,  with an emphasis on encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks, covering over 80 major subject disciplines and more than six million research concepts. 

EIFL has signed a three-year renewal agreement with Infobase for Credo Reference Service: Academic Core, an online reference database with authoritative content from over 900 e-book titles,  with an emphasis on encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks, covering over 80 major subject disciplines and more than six million research concepts. 

How do you envision a project and design library buildings and facilities that will not be delivered for several years? The past 18 months has shone a new light on the need for resilient and responsive buildings. What library services and programmes will be provided in the future? How are innovative approaches to the delivery of library services imagined, implemented and accommodated in new facilities? What are the facilities that will fit future services not yet in existence? What are the challenges and debates within the design team and stakeholders as the planning and preparation are undertaken? What works best and what processes should be used? What differences, if any, are there in building a new facility or re-using and adapting an old site? On October 5th join Traci Lesneski, Philip Kent and thought leaders from Australia, Canada and The Netherlands to consider these important issues.

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The following statement was issued by Secretary General Gerald Leitner, on behalf of IFLA on 25 August 2021.

IFLA has followed closely recent legislative developments in Hungary, and in particular the provisions passed in June which prohibit the portrayal of homosexuality or gender reassignment in children’s books.

As has been noted by commentators, the breadth of the law creates the possibility that libraries, in providing access to books for young users, are covered by these provisions. As such, this raises significant questions about the ability and responsibility of libraries to fulfil their mission to provide access to information for all.

IFLA stands by its Statement on Intellectual Freedom (1999), which underlines that library collections shall reflect the plurality and diversity of society, and that selection and availability of materials should be governed by professional considerations and not by political, moral and religious views. 

In parallel, IFLA also underlines the message of the IFLA-UNESCO Public Library Manifesto (1994), which stresses the need to provide information to all, reflecting their needs, and evolutions in society. It also emphasises that ‘collections and services should not be subject to any form of ideological, political or religious censorship, nor commercial pressures’.

The IFLA-UNESCO School Library Manifesto underlines these same points, in connection with the development of children.

In the light of this, IFLA stresses that libraries should not face rules that prevent or hinder them from giving access to works which reflect the experience of any part of the communities they serve – including LGBTQ+ users and their families – or pressure to do so. This includes measures that make it harder for readers – in particular young readers – to find works, or the use of marks or other signs that stigmatise their use of such works.

Such steps limit the ability of library and information professionals to make their own judgements, based on professionalism and an understanding of the needs of users, in order to support the development of all members of their communities.

In parallel, IFLA also voices its support for publishers, authors and booksellers who have fallen foul of these new provisions, and calls for an end to similar restrictions elsewhere.

Gerald Leitner
​IFLA Secretary General 25 August 2021

Download the statement from our publications page.