The Urban Libraries Council has just released a ULC Leadership Brief Building Connected Communities which focuses on how libraries are bridging the digital divide through free and open access to current and emerging technology and related resources. Libraries bridge the digital divide, build digital literacy skills, and improve the quality of life in communities. Building […]
Read moreIFLA’s Management and Marketing Section has announced the winners of the 13th IFLA BibLibre International Library Marketing Awards. This includes public libraries in Canada, Columbia and Australia. Altogether M&M received 71 applications from 26 countries, in 6 languages from all over the world. How fabulous. [2016 Winner!] Vancouver Public Library Inspiration Lab Launch Campaign – Canada […]
Read moreIt might be a cliché: the (female) cat-loving librarian. But I admit: I am one of them. So I want to give to my fellow librarians who also confirm this cliché some cat content as a valentine. A while ago I joined the Facebook group ALA Think Tank expecting to get into the most profound […]
Read moreDeutsche Version The Public Libraries Section has collected many examples of how public libraries have responded in practical ways on the refugee situation in Europe. I want to focus on one example since I work for the Central and Regional Library of Berlin. In 2015 about 79.000 refugees came to Berlin, 24 % refugees from […]
Read moreFebruary has long been a time to celebrate love (think Valentine’s Day), but increasingly it’s also a time for the community to demonstrate love for their library. In the UK the 6 February is National Libraries Day. Now in its fifth year, the annual celebration highlights the importance of libraries as vitally important public services which […]
Read moreThe IFLA Section on Metropolitan Libraries and AIB (Associazione Italiana Biblioteche) have the pleasure to announce A Corto di Libri, AIB/IFLA International Short Film Competition about Libraries for 2016. A Corto di Libri honors short films which focus on libraries and the profession of librarian. Four winners will be chosen in the Fiction, Documentary and […]
Read moreDeutsche Version At the end of December the Chaos Communication Congress (CCC) took place for the 32th time—this time again in Hamburg. The Chaos Computer Club calls it the „annual four-day conference on technology, society and utopia“. 12.000 hackers and computer experts came together to take part in about 130 lectures and workshops (see the […]
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