A Corto di libri

The IFLA Section on Metropolitan Libraries (MetLib)has the pleasure to announce the 2nd IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Short Film Award for 2017, sponsored by the Free Library of Philadelphia. The award is part of “A Corto di libri”, a contest for short films about libraries and librarians, organized by Associazione Italiana Biblioteche (AIB). The contest has three […]

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Stream STEAM into Sydney

Thank you all for your interest in STEAM into Sydney, the seminar offered as part of the IFLA Public Libraries Standing Committee’s mid-term meeting in Sydney next week. We were overwhelmed with the response from the public library community worldwide to present at this seminar and also to be part of it. Sadly many of […]

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Check me out! Human libraries and unique circulating collections, from art to technology petting zoos

IFLA’s Section on Acquisition and Collection Development, Section on Metropolitan Libraries and Section on Public Libraries invite you to submit a proposal for their joint programme at the 83rd IFLA World Library and Information Congress to be held in Wrocław, Poland, 19-25 August 2017. The Sections intend to explore a new trend in public libraries which […]

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Libraries’ democratic role

        This year it there will be five Library Conferences in Sweden and the topic of libraries democratic role will be on the agenda at all of them. Our society has changed over the past year and of course the role of public libraries also. The political map of the world is […]

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        Hi, I have been a Library Director in Hässleholm’s municipality,Sweden now, for over 3 years now. I have many times been thinking about these questions: How long time does it take to prepare for making big changes or development in a Library organization? What do you think? What kind of experience […]

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Nordic News

        Here comes blog number 2 from Sweden or shall I say from Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark and Sweden ). One advantage of speaking Swedish and live in Scandinavia is that you can understand and read Norwegian and Danish if you really want to do it. Of course the Swedish talking people in […]

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Public libraries as place makers in today’s cities: urban development, resiliency and social equity

IFLA’s Metropolitan Libraries Section (MetLib) is seeking submissions for its main program at the 83rd IFLA World Library and Information Congress to be held in Wrocław, Poland, 19-25 August 2017 with the theme Public libraries as place makers in today’s cities: urban development, resiliency and social equity. The Section intends to explore how public libraries of […]

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