Vol. 2, No. 10: Urban Development 🏡

Serving as a gathering place for the exchange of ideas and the sharing of experiences, the library draws people together, helping to forge community..

October 2022 — Vol. 2, No. 10 View in your browser → Sustainable Urban Development and Libraries The UN's Sustainable Development Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable – succinctly describes the core role of public libraries. The recently updated IFLA Public Library Manifesto is a framework that aligns with the objectives of SDG 11 and provides both an advocacy and evaluation framework in support of urban development. Public libraries are accessible and welcoming to all, supporting diverse populations and recent immigrants in personal growth and skill development, health, education and literacy, early childhood learning, leisure pursuits, and civic engagement. Serving as a gathering place for the exchange of ideas and the sharing of experiences, the library draws people together, helping to forge community while also serving as a safe space that frequently becomes a cornerstone of urban redevelopment. Read the full editorial → Leslie Weir, Chair Division A IN THE FIELD IFLA's President, Barbara Lison, spoke at the World Summit of Local and Regional Governments in Daejeon, South Korea on 10-14 October, underlining the role of libraries and culture in inclusive urban development. She also spoke at the international conference on "The disasters of war - Why save culture" held in Tortona, Italy, on 23-24 September.  Meanwhile, IFLA Governing Board member Jonathan Hernandez Perez spoke at the UNESCO MONDIACULT culture ministerial meeting. More about this below! FROM THE GOVERNING BOARD IFLA's Governing Board met online on 27 September and discussed a range of issues, including follow up from our General Assembly, our Plan for Securing IFLA's Future and more. Find out more in our summary of the key points from the meeting. Read more → PROFESSIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT Health and Biosciences Libraries + IFLA Strategy In the spirit of partnership, this month IFLA features the IFLA Health and Biosciences (HBS) Section and their partner the IFLA Evidence for Global Disaster and Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group in the Units + Strategy recognition series, for their collaborative efforts not only with each other, but with several external medical and health-related information organisations. Read about what they've been doing and what they've got planned for 2022-2023 below! Read more → Evidence for Global and Disaster Health + IFLA Strategy Sponsored by the IFLA Health and Biosciences Section, the IFLA Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group works to promote and strengthen the roles that librarians play in times of disaster and in response to global health challenges. Read more → HBS and E4GDH partner as Evidence Ambassadors for Evidence-based Healthcare Day 2022 Today, 20 October 2022 is World Evidence-based Healthcare Day (EBHC). Occurring during Health Literacy Month, EBHC is an opportunity to highlight the ways that evidence-based health literacy can support global healthcare efforts. Check out the IFLA Health and Bioscience (HBS) Section and Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group Ambassador vlogs: Read more → World Statistics Day – October 20 In celebration of World Statistics Day, IFLA Statistics and Evaluation Section and Big Data Special Interest Group focus on the relevance of library data and statistics. Statistics and Evaluation Section In today's library, we may feel as though we are constantly looking for better ways to capture data that truly describes the services and programming we provide, the relevance of our collections, and the individual and societal impact of libraries. Catch up with IFLA's Statistics and Evaluation Section who provides an interview from the field on five questions about library statistics. Read more → Justine Wheeler Assessment Librarian University of Calgary, Libraries & Cultural Resources in Calgary, Canada Big Data Special Interest Group World Statistics Day is celebrated around the globe on 20 October quinquennially, first celebrated in 2010. The theme of the third World Statistics Day was "Connecting the world with data we can trust", reflecting the importance of trust, authoritative data, innovation and public good in national statistical systems. The celebration of World Statistics Day is a global collaborative endeavour, organised under the guidance of the United Nations Statistical Commission. See what Patrick Cher, Convenor of IFLA's Big Data Special Interest Group has to say about why Big Data matters to libraries. Read more → POLICY AND ADVOCACY IFLA Brought the Voice of Libraries to the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2022 IFLA's core message at MONDIACULT 2022 was a call to policymakers, including ministers of culture from around the world, to look to library associations and institutions as partners in realising the potential of culture to leave no one behind. We stressed that, through its transversal impact across the development agenda, culture is critical for achieving sustainable development goals. Read more → October 2022 IFLA Journal: Special issue on FAIFE and Intellectual Freedom The October 2022 issue of IFLA Journal was developed in collaboration with the IFLA Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) to mark the 20th anniversary of the IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom. Read more → Nurturing Trust through Media and Information Literacy: Get Involved in UNESCO Global MIL Week 2022 Every year, the UNESCO Global Media & Information Literacy (MIL) Week (24-31 October) helps raise awareness of the need for an international effort towards helping all people become informed consumers and creators of information and media. Read more → IFLA Submits Contribution to the UN Global Digital Compact Consultation Every year, the UNESCO Global Media & Information Literacy (MIL) Week (24-31 October) helps raise awareness of the need for an international effort towards helping all people become informed consumers and creators of information and media. Read more → Mind the Gap: Libraries Combatting Inequalities, Within and Between Communities Urban October 2022 – which started with World Habitat Day yesterday, and ends with World Cities Day at the end of the month, focuses on how we can realise the potential of cities and human settlements to be drivers of sustainable development. Read more → Mobilising for intellectual Freedom: Interview with the Observatory on Censorship of the Italian Library Association In the first of an occasional series about how national library associations are addressing questions around freedom of access to information and freedom of expression, we asked the Italian Library Association (AIB) about their experiences, and the lessons they can share. Read more → WLIC 2023 IFLA and the Rotterdam National Committee are delighted to announce that online registration for WLIC 2023 will open early next month! For now, we suggest you save the date in your agenda - 21-25 August 2023 - and follow the WLIC social media accounts below to ensure you don't miss any updates! LIBRARY MAP OF THE WORLD Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, social, human, and economic development. Urban planning, transport systems, water, sanitation, waste management, disaster risk reduction, access to information, education and capacity-building are all relevant issues to sustainable urban development, set out in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11. Explore our SDG Stories to learn how different library programmes from around the world help governments make cities and human settlement inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Learn how the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) Library's resources and services increase output of institution's urbanisation research. Read how the Hamburg Public Library System, Bücherhallen Hamburg, through its 'Dialogues for Integration', Dialog in Deutch, programme help refugees find their way in Germany. REGIONAL FOCUS Catch up with library news across the Asia-Oceania region IFLA's Regional Office for Asia and Oceania proudly presents the latest issue of the IFLA Asia & Oceania Regional Newsletter. Read more → A Librarian's School of Internet Governance Experience This year, Nina Nakaora from Fiji, a member of IFLA's Asia and Oceania Regional Division Committee, took part in the Asia-Pacific School of Internet Governance. Find out about her experience and how she benefitted from being involved. Read more → Successful 3rd meeting of the Network of Parliamentary Libraries for Latin America and the Caribbean The Third Meeting of the Network of Parliamentary Libraries for Latin America and the Caribbean was held at the Congress of the Argentine Nation on September 19-21, 2022. Authorities of libraries and information agencies of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico and Uruguay shared experiences and proposals on different activities. The legislatures of the Argentine provinces were also part of the event. Read more → Missed the regional sessions at WLIC? Watch the webinars of IFLA's Asia-Oceania and Middle East and North Africa Regional Division Committees and learn all about their open sessions at IFLA WLIC in Dublin. Watch now → Libraries and inequality: The role of regional cooperation in building fair and sustainable societies Revisit highlights from the Open Session of IFLA's Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Division Committee during WLIC 2022 in Dublin. Read more (English) → Sigue leyendo (Español) → OPEN CALLS Knowledge Rights 21: National Coordinators Applications are still welcome for the position of national coordination for the European countries mentioned in the call on the Knowledge Rights 21 website.We currently have vacancies for National Coordinators and open calls for National Initiatives. Read more → IFLA MEMBERSHIP Become a Member Now and Have Your Say in IFLA's Future Did you know that if you join now as an IFLA member or affiliate you pay at the 2022 rate and your fee will cover your membership for the rest of the year and all of 2023? It's true, and there's more if you join now! Join today → NEW MEMBERS IFLA warmly welcomes the following new members: National Library of Palestine – State of Palestine The Bar of Ireland, The Law Library – Ireland Jisc Services Ltd – OpenAthens – United Kingdom Comité Ivoirien du Bouclier Bleu – France / Bouclier Bleu France | Association reconnue d'intérêt général We look forward to your engagement and involvement! UPCOMING EVENTS 1 - 31 October International School Library Month IASL 24 - 31 October Global Media and Information Literacy Week — in person (Nigeria) and online UNESCO 25 October Fighting back the Infodemic: CPD opportunities and initiatives for LIS professionals CPDWL Section 26 October Book Digitisation, Online Access and Lending: What Infrastructure is Needed for Success? Knowledge Rights 21 1 November IFLA ENSULIB Webinar Series — Neighbourhood Science: Working Locally to Confront Global Challenges IFLA ENSULIB 2 November IFLA ARL Webinar Series: The call to action – academic libraries responses to the SDGs IFLA ARL 9 November Where Do We Meet? Perspectives from Software Developers and Subject Specialists on Creating Machine Learning Projects IFLA SAA 9 November Out in the Open: How the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Library is Leading Open Science Knowledge Rights 21 21 November How do we fix eBook markets? A discussion on the future of libraries and authorship Knowledge Rights 21 To the events calendar → SOCIAL SPOTLIGHT Want to get featured here? Don't forget to use the #WeAreIFLA hashtag! Update your preferences / Unsubscribe