Is yours a six star library? To find out we’d like to introduce you to a new public library evaluation tool, LRE Library Ranking Europe. This project is being undertaken by retired Librarians Maija and Mats Berndston who argue that ‘in order to measure the quality and the standard of a public library from a citizen and […]
Read moreThe hunt is once again on to discover the world’s best public library. In 2015, the Danish Agency for Culture will again have the honour of presenting the Systematic Public Library of the Year Award sponsored by Systematic with prize$US 5,000. Applications close on 15 June 2015. The prize will be awarded to a library that has […]
Read moreOften it takes everyday people to really bring issues home to local legislators. That’s the thinking behind the American Library Association’s Ilovelibraries.org initiative. One of the features on the Ilovelibraries.org site is a library value calculator (What’s your library worth?) that visitors can use to determine how much they would pay for library materials and […]
Read moreThe Seminar ‘New uses of the public library’, held on 26 February 2015 in the functions room of the Design Museum of Barcelona and organised by the Barcelona Provincial Council Library Services Management Office with the cooperation of the Barcelona Libraries Consortium and the IFLA’s Public Libraries and Library Buildings and Equipment sections, provided a […]
Read moreOur friends at Metlib have reminded us that registrations are open for their 47th Conference in Zürich! With the theme Reaching Limits – Crossing Borders, the conference will be hosted by Pestalozzi-Library in Zürich, Switzerland, May 3-8. The unmissable programme includes four sessions with 10 speakers from Europe, North America and Asia, 8 visits to […]
Read moreThe IFLA Public Libraries Section is excited to announce a Satellite Meeting to be hosted by the City of Cape Town Library Service and the Western Cape Provincial Library Services on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 August 2015 in conjunction with the 81st IFLA General Conference and Assembly. Public library services around the world have […]
Read moreMembers of IFLA’s Public Libraries Section are packing their bags in readiness for the upcoming Mid-Term meeting in Barcelona. As part of the Mid-Term the Barcelona Provincial Council in collaboration with the Consortium of Libraries of Barcelona and IFLA’s Public Libraries and Buidldings and Equipment Sections have developed a one day symposium New uses of […]
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