This is the second contribution from our grant winners about their experiences at the IFLA WLIC 2025 in Astana! This post is by Lucan Lopez Eugenio, currently working as a librarian at the University Library, University of the Philippines Diliman. I am deeply grateful and overjoyed to have been selected as one of the six […]

This is the first contribution from our grant winners about their experiences at the IFLA WLIC 2025 in Astana! This post is by Ángel Guzmán Contreras, MA, who is currently pursuing his PhD in Library and Information Studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Just as the young and ambitious city of Astana aspires […]

This post was generously contributed by Professor Adefunke Sarah Ebijuwa, University Librarian at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Nigeria, and a Member of the IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Section. Introduction I often say that working in a university library in Nigeria isn’t for the faint-hearted, but leading one at a university of […]

This post was generously contributed by Jannatul Islam Muna, a Library Circulation Officer, and Shaharima Parvin, a Senior Assistant Librarian, both of whom are with the East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. In this rapidly transforming era, where the world is shifting from the digital age to Artificial Intelligence (AI), we can now see the impact […]

This exciting and humorous post is by  Jérôme FRONTY, Senior curator, Music department, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France, [email protected] As the Astana, Kazakhstan, IFLA Congress is nearing,    and as I’m preparing myself to leave the (fantastic) IFLA ARL Section after two terms, and taking over a new position at IFLA as Division Chair […]

This post is by Mimi Calter, Vice Provost & University Librarian, Washington University in St Louis, and IFLA/ARL Committee Chairperson. IFLA’s 2025 election season is now completed, and I am pleased to announce the full roster of members for the IFLA Academic & Research Libraries standing committee for 2025-27. The committee has seven continuing members […]