Milica Ševkušić, EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator, will take part in the webinar, ‘Towards Diamond Open Access in Western Balkans’, organized by the project 'Embedding RRI in Western Balkan Countries: Enhancement of Self-Sustaining R&I Ecosystems' (WBC-RRI.NET).

Computers and the internet have the potential to open up a world of educational and learning opportunities for school children. However, schools in Ghana face challenges in using digital technology: they have limited network connections, unreliable power and low numbers of devices. Some schools have no ICT infrastructure. 

Computers and the internet have the potential to open up a world of educational and learning opportunities for school children. However, schools in Ghana face challenges in using digital technology: they have limited network connections, unreliable power and low numbers of devices. Some schools have no ICT infrastructure. 

Computers and the internet have the potential to open up a world of educational and learning opportunities for school children. However, schools in Ghana face challenges in using digital technology: they have limited network connections, unreliable power and low numbers of devices. Some schools have no ICT infrastructure. 

Milica Ševkušić, EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator, will present at the Open Access Summit to be held at the Central European University in Vienna. 

The summit will bring together local and international experts to discuss challenges and opportunities in open access and open education. Ševkušić’s presentation is titled, ‘Quality vs. Prestige in Scholarly Publishing’.

Milica Ševkušić, EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator, will present at the Open Access Summit to be held at the Central European University in Vienna. 

The summit will bring together local and international experts to discuss challenges and opportunities in open access and open education. Ševkušić’s presentation is titled, ‘Quality vs. Prestige in Scholarly Publishing’.

Milica Ševkušić, EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator, will present at the Open Access Summit to be held at the Central European University in Vienna. 

The summit will bring together local and international experts to discuss challenges and opportunities in open access and open education. Ševkušić’s presentation is titled, ‘Quality vs. Prestige in Scholarly Publishing’.

Join us for an online meet-up of open science trainers, where  Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme (EIFL-OA) Manager, and Milica Ševkušić, EIFL-OA Project Coordinator will present updated EIFL resources for open science trainers. These are - 

Join us for an online meet-up of open science trainers, where  Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme (EIFL-OA) Manager, and Milica Ševkušić, EIFL-OA Project Coordinator will present updated EIFL resources for open science trainers. These are - 

Join us for an online meet-up of open science trainers, where  Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme (EIFL-OA) Manager, and Milica Ševkušić, EIFL-OA Project Coordinator will present updated EIFL resources for open science trainers. These are - 

EIFL will co-facilitate a regional webinar for editors and publishers of scholarly open access journals in seven countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia. The webinar is organized as part of the Horizon Europe project DIAMAS, in which EIFL is a partner. 

EIFL will co-facilitate a regional webinar for editors and publishers of scholarly open access journals in seven countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia. The webinar is organized as part of the Horizon Europe project DIAMAS, in which EIFL is a partner. 

EIFL will co-facilitate a regional webinar for editors and publishers of scholarly open access journals in seven countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia. The webinar is organized as part of the Horizon Europe project DIAMAS, in which EIFL is a partner. 

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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.

Dear Friends,    

We are pleased to share with you the August 2021 issue of the IFLA Asia & Oceania Regional Newsletter.  

On behalf of my team, I would like to express our deepest appreciation to all our article contributors and supporters.  

Click on the PDF below to access the amazing articles we have curated for you this time!  

Happy reading and stay safe!  

Best regards,

Ms Lin Li SOH

Manager | IFLA Regional Office 
Asia & Oceania
c/o National Library Board, Singapore

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