ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND INTERNET Universities and high private or public schools in Côte d’Ivoire are increasingly creating libraries to support teachers and students in their university studies and research. The creation of these academic and research libraries encourages the employment of professionals in the information sciences. Côte d’Ivoire has a national association which is […]
Read moreThe Academic and Research Libraries Section (ARL), with generous sponsorship by Ex Libris and SAGE, is offering THREE (3) Attendance Grants for the IFLA Congress in Kuala Lumpur 2018 to an information professional from each of these regions: • Africa • Latin America • Asia/Pacific region What does the Attendance Grant Cover? Each grant covers […]
Read moreKnowledge Management Section Joint with Academic and Research Libraries Section and Rare Books and Special Collections Section are pleased to invite you to submit a paper for their Open Session. Deadline: 2 February 2018. Full details are available here: https://2018.ifla.org/cfp-calls/knowledge-management-with-academic-and-rare-books-section
Read moreAccess to information and data is a pre-requisite for development and a fundamental human right which can support sustainable development. Greater availability to information and data will also lead to more informed decision making and improved allocation of resources. Without access to information and data we risk wasting money and effort by reinventing the wheel […]
Read moreAt the 2017 IFLA WLIC in Wroclaw, Poland, the Academic & Research Libraries committee once again hosted its popular Hot Topics session. The session, which was attended by more than 180, opened with provocative lightning talks by three committee members, each of whom posed questions to the attendees. The program then moved to table discussions […]
Read moreAfter using Millennium (formerly Innopac) for more than two decades, all eight government funded university libraries in Hong Kong (known as JULAC libraries) decided in June 2016 to adopt a new shared integrated library system (ILS) on cloud platform for collection management and innovative service delivery, which is the first of its kind in […]
Read moreRestructuring for relevance: the restructuring of a South African research-led university library The higher education system in South Africa is poised for significant change. However, that change is a double edged sword. On the one hand, there is the positive change with regard to pedagogy, rapid growth of commensurate technology, the accelerated transition to interdisciplinary […]
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