Vol. 3, No. 2: Partnerships 🤝

Librarians are natural cooperators! Read on to find out how different parts of our field are working together.

February 2023 — Vol. 3, No. 2 View in your browser → THE PARTNERSHIPS ISSUE Librarians are natural cooperators! Not only do we work with each other, but we are also active in building connections and collaborations with other actors, in other sectors, in order to achieve our goal of literate, informed and participatory societies. Through these, we achieve more than we ever could on our own, making it possible to offer new services, in new ways, to new audiences. And it can also be a lot of fun! Read the full editorial → IFLA ELECTIONS There are just three days to go until nominations close for IFLA's elections 2023. If you're interested in bringing your energy, insights and experience to the work of the global library field – and bringing the benefits of engagement back to your personal and professional lives – now is the perfect time roll up your sleeves and get involved! The incoming President-elect, Treasurer and Governing Board members will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our federation, alongside the Regional and Professional councils, Advisory Committees, Professional Sections, SIGs and Review Groups. Are you new to the process? Please take a look at our elections guide for more information about how to ensure that your candidacy is valid. Deadline: 24 February 2023, 17:00 CET. Read more → Getting started with an IFLA SIG Magdalena Gomulka, Convenor of IFLA's New Professionals Special Interest Group (SIG) encourages those beginning their IFLA journey to look to a SIG of interest as a starting point. Read more about the value of getting involved in one of the 12 IFLA Special Interest Groups below. Read more → Magdalena Gomulka IFLA's New Professionals Special Interest Group (SIG) IN THE FIELD IFLA President Barbara Lison was guest of honour at the study days organised in Paris and Lyon, France, by the Bibliothèque Publique d'Information and the Ecole nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques, on 16-17 January. The IFLA Governing Board as a whole will meet on 27 February, after which we will be happy to share an update on their work – keep an eye on the IFLA website for more! Read more → Libraries and Partnerships Libraries already do a lot for development on their own. But they can do even more as part of partnerships with a wide variety of actors, making unique contributions. This article focuses on examples taken from the IFLA Library Map of the World. Read more → IFLA Trend Report Update 2022 We are happy to publish the latest update of the IFLA Trend Report! Co-authored by the emerging leaders who attended our World Library and Information Congress last year, it's full of ideas for how we – as a field and as a federation – can make ourselves ready not just to face, but to make the best of the future. Read more → POLICY AND ADVOCACY Call for Articles: UNESCO Memory of the World SCEaR Newsletter Special Issue on Press Freedom and Documentary Heritage UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day (3 May) acts as a reminder of the importance of respecting commitments to freedom of the press. It calls for reflection on how these freedoms were achieved, evaluation of the current state of press freedom around the world, and remembrance of those journalists who have lost their lives in pursuit of providing access to information. Deadline: 20 March 2023 Read more → Marrakesh Monitoring Report: 2023 Update The Marrakesh Treaty, signed almost 10 years ago, provides an opportunity to lift unnecessary barriers to access to information for people with disabilities, but are governments taking this up? Read more → Why the right of access to information matters for development IFLA has made a submission to a call by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression for evidence around the link between this freedom and sustainable development. Our submission highlights the importance of freedom of access to information, and the role of libraries in making this meaningful and universal. Read more → Time to deliver: Culture 2030 Goal campaign statement on the follow-up to MONDIACULT 2022 The Culture 2030 Goal campaign, of which IFLA is a member, has urged UNESCO Member States to make good on their commitment to promote an explicit culture goal in future development frameworks, as made in the declaration from MONDIACULT 2022. The campaign's zero-draft for a culture goal provides an excellent starting point. Read more → Coming up in 2023... We're happy to share further insights and key dates to help you in your planning for the rest of the year. In particular, we how now published looks ahead on how libraries can engage in efforts to address the climate emergency, as well as in internet governance. You can also find our list of key advocacy events and opportunities. Libraries and the climate emergency in 2023 > Libraries and the internet in 2023 > Advocacy forward look > PROFESSIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT Partners in library publishing Library Publishing is part of a broader range of scholarly communication activities driven and managed by librarians in all types of libraries including national, state, academic, and public as well as learned societies. Library Publishing advances the open scholarship agenda globally via the production of journals, monographs, and other publication outputs on a predominately open access basis. Library publishing programmes have strong EDI missions while strengthening bibliodiversity in the international scholarly communication landscape. The IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group (LIBPUB) was established in 2018 at WLIC in Kuala Lumpur with the aim of advancing the burgeoning field of library publishing through advocacy, knowledge sharing, and building connections and collaborations between librarians globally. Read more → Partners in metadata In alignment with our February newsletter theme, partnerships, we explore the relationship between IFLA's metadata Sections – Bibliography (BIB), Cataloguing (CAT) and Subject Analysis and Access (SAA) – how these IFLA sections are related and work together, and how their work intersects with the work of IFLA's Review Groups: Bibliographic Conceptual Models (BCM), ISBD, LIDATEC, and UNIMARC. We also highlight their individual Section projects, which contribute globally to the area of the bibliographic universe. We speak to the Chairs of these Sections to learn more about their work: Mathilde Koskas, Bibliography; Vincent Boulet, Cataloguing; and Athena Salaba, Subject Analysis and Access. Read more → The definition from ENSULIB "What is a Green Library?" is now available in 25 languages We are glad to report that the definition from the IFLA ENSULIB Section "What is a Green Library?" is now available in 25 languages. Read more → Resource Sharing: A Key Pillar of Open – final conference of the HERMES Project Save the date for the final conference of the HERMES project on resource sharing, bringing together librarians, researchers, students and advocates for a knowledge commons in order to share tools, learn lessons, and identify future needs in the field of resource sharing. The conference takes place on 18 April 2023 at the National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague, with training on 19 April. Read more → OPEN CALLS & PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IFLA Policy and Research Officer: Digital affairs Ready to make your mark at the interface of libraries and digital issues? As the Digital Affairs Officer, you will focus on questions related to freedom of access to information in the digital era, including internet governance and regulation, the promotion and protection of rights online, and internet universality. Closing date: 5 March 2023. Read more → Knowledge Rights 21 request for proposals: National initiatives 2023 Do you have a great idea for a project that would unlock progress towards concrete legal and policy reforms in favour of 21st century access to research, education culture in Europe? Apply now to be a Knowledge Rights 21 national initiative! Read more → Knowledge Rights 21 requests for proposals: Research exceptions, technological protection measures Do you have a great idea for a project that would unlock progress towards concrete legal and policy reforms in favour of 21st century access to research, education culture in Europe? Apply now to be a Knowledge Rights 21 national initiative! Deadline: 7 March 2023 Read more → CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: IFLA 2023 HONOURS AND AWARDS Do you know someone who has made an outstanding contribution to IFLA and/or to the global library field? IFLA's Honours and Awards recognise those who have given significant service and made distinguished contributions to the profession. Deadline: 28 February 2023 Read more → REGIONAL FOCUS Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria On behalf of IFLA, I want to send strength and courage to our colleagues in Türkiye and Syria, in the wake of the terrible destruction and the sufferings of the people created by the recent earthquakes. I feel for the people in these countries who have lost not only their homes and belongings but also many people who were close to them. IFLA President Barbara Lison Read more → IFLA Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Division (IFLA LAC RDC) to hold its Mid-Term Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico The Mid-Term Meeting of IFLA LAC Regional Division will be held on February 27-28 in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. In addition, an International Advocacy Seminar on "Transformation and Empowerment of Libraries in Latin America and the Caribbean" will be held on March 1 at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. Read more → IFLA's Europe Regional Division at the 10th ANKOSLink International Conference IFLA's Europe Regional Division Committee (IFLA EU RDC) was represented at the 10th ANKOSLink International Conference held under the theme of "Inequality and Sustainability in Access to Information" in Antalya (Türkiye) on 21-24 November 2022. Read more → WLIC 2023 UPDATE Satellite Meetings Every year, a number of IFLA Professional Units (Sections and Special Interest Groups) organise unique Satellite Meetings prior to or just after the IFLA World Library and Information Congress. These 1-2 day meetings are held either in the host country or in countries in the surrounding region. Eleven satellite meetings are already published on the conference website, follow the link below to learn more. Read more → Conference Programme Let's work together, Let's Library" is the 2023 conference theme chosen by the Dutch National Committee in 2020 in the context of the theme of past president Christine McKenzie (IFLA President 2019-2021). To align the WLIC programme with the current President's theme, IFLA Governing Board added the sub-theme "Building a sustainable future through the SDGs". The pandemic demonstrated that libraries are societal actors: libraries are the mirror, they are the heart and they are the catalyst of social progress. What is the role of libraries in building a sustainable future? What are the key issues libraries face? and what can their key areas of impact be? Along with IFLA's Professional Units, we will tackle these tough questions together. Keep your eyes out for the forthcoming calls for proposals and papers, these will be published on the conference website as they are confirmed. Read more → Register → IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Award 2023 Applications for Public Library of the Year Award 2023 open today! The award honours new public libraries and is presented to a public library anywhere in the world that has best managed to combine open and functional architecture with sustainable and creative IT solutions and has included both digital developments and local culture. Deadline: 23 April 2023 Read more → Typical Dutch! When visiting another country, it's good to know one or two things about the local customs and cuisine. To help you get started with your cultural immersion, the Dutch National Committee has listed some typical - and delicious - traditions below. Read more → Call for volunteers — last chance! We are looking for volunteers who have the time, dedication and enthusiasm to assist us to deliver a successful WLIC Congress in Rotterdam! As a volunteer, you get free registration, and more importantly, you have an amazing opportunity to meet and network with fellow librarians from all over the world. Deadline: 28 February 2023 Read more → Follow the WLIC social media accounts below to ensure you don't miss any updates! UPCOMING EVENTS 2-3 March (Hybrid) AI in Focus: Artificial Intelligence and Libraries – IFLA Mid-term meeting Singapore 2023 IFLA Information Technology Section and AI Special Interest Group 9 March Student-Created Media: Designing Research, Learning, and Skill-Building Experiences IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section (AVMS) 15 March Providing New Insights in the Fields of Genealogy and Local History in Asia IFLA Local History and Genealogy Section 30 March IFLA Division C Webinar Series for LIS Students – Sustainable Development Goals in the View of LIS Students IFLA Division C NEW MEMBERS IFLA warmly welcomes the following new members: Ajman University – United Arab Emirates ASCEL Association of Senior, Children's and Education Librarians – United Kingdom Cultural Foundation of National Bank of Greece – Greece Peace Palace Library – Netherlands Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario – Colombia Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. 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