Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, will attend the 16th General Assembly (GA) of OpenAIRE, which takes place in hybrid format. Iryna will attend remotely. 

A not-for-profit organization, OpenAIRE A.M.K.E. was established by 16 organizations - including EIFL - to ensure a permanent open scholarly communication infrastructure to support European research.

We are happy to share the fourth version of the EIFL Digital Research Literacy Training Programme Outline for Librarians, which is available for download in PDF or you can view it online. 

We are happy to share the fourth version of the EIFL Digital Research Literacy Training Programme Outline for Librarians, which is available for download in PDF or you can view it online. 

We are happy to share the fourth version of the EIFL Digital Research Literacy Training Programme Outline for Librarians, which is available for download in PDF or you can view it online. 

Britt-Marie Wideberg, Manager of the EIFL Licensing Programme, analyzes the amount of research published in open access in 2024 by authors from EIFL partner countries to find out how EIFL-negotiated open access agreements are making a difference.  

Britt-Marie Wideberg, Manager of the EIFL Licensing Programme, analyzes the amount of research published in open access in 2024 by authors from EIFL partner countries to find out how EIFL-negotiated open access agreements are making a difference.  

Britt-Marie Wideberg, Manager of the EIFL Licensing Programme, analyzes the amount of research published in open access in 2024 by authors from EIFL partner countries to find out how EIFL-negotiated open access agreements are making a difference.  

Britt-Marie Wideberg, Manager of the EIFL Licensing Programme, analyzes the amount of research published in open access in 2024 by authors from EIFL partner countries to find out how EIFL-negotiated open access agreements are making a difference.  

Edward Elgar Publishing has added the Elgar Advanced Introductions: Law collection of textbooks to its agreement with EIFL, providing free access to the platform for institutions in 30 EIFL partner countries. 

Edward Elgar Publishing has added the Elgar Advanced Introductions: Law collection of textbooks to its agreement with EIFL, providing free access to the platform for institutions in 30 EIFL partner countries. 

Edward Elgar Publishing has added the Elgar Advanced Introductions: Law collection of textbooks to its agreement with EIFL, providing free access to the platform for institutions in 30 EIFL partner countries. 

Edward Elgar Publishing has added the Elgar Advanced Introductions: Law collection of textbooks to its agreement with EIFL, providing free access to the platform for institutions in 30 EIFL partner countries. 

Ugne Lipeikaite, EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme Impact Manager, will join this webinar on using outcome measurement to improve library services. 

The webinar is organized by the Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association. Registration is open, and is free for all.

Ugne Lipeikaite, EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme Impact Manager, will join this webinar on using outcome measurement to improve library services. 

The webinar is organized by the Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association. Registration is open, and is free for all.

Ugne Lipeikaite, EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme Impact Manager, will join this webinar on using outcome measurement to improve library services. 

The webinar is organized by the Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association. Registration is open, and is free for all.

Open science training is taking off in our partner countries. We conducted a survey of our partner national library consortia, and are delighted to report that last year over 10,000 researchers, students, research administrators and librarians were trained in open access and open science by the consortia or their member libraries.

Open science training is taking off in our partner countries. We conducted a survey of our partner national library consortia, and are delighted to report that last year over 10,000 researchers, students, research administrators and librarians were trained in open access and open science by the consortia or their member libraries.

Open science training is taking off in our partner countries. We conducted a survey of our partner national library consortia, and are delighted to report that last year over 10,000 researchers, students, research administrators and librarians were trained in open access and open science by the consortia or their member libraries.

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.