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IFLA 2016 National Committee Fellowship Grant Announced!

 

The IFLA 2016 National Committee, through generous donations from the North American library community, will offer up to 50 full fellowships to librarians from outside North America (U.S. and Canada) to attend the IFLA 2016 Congress in Columbus, Ohio.

The fellowship will cover travel, accommodation, a per diem food allowance, and conference registration fees. Priority will be given to younger professionals with a minimum of 5 years experience in the field of libraries who do not usually attend IFLA Conferences.
More information on the Application Process can be found on the Congress Website.

BSLA Learning Materials for Workshop

Material for the BSLA Learning Materials for Workshop is now available at:

Module 5a: School Libraries on the agenda 

‘This sub-module is a part of the IFLA Building Strong Libraries Associations (BSLA) Programme. The sub-module focuses on the role of School Libraries and their associations with particular reference to functions in communicating, marketing, and advocacy for the increased importance of school libraries. The sub-module draws on several communication tools by library associations. School library relationships and communications exist within varierty of context, which then impact library initiatives’.

Nota Bene: To have access to the material you’ll have to subscribe to the IFLA Learning site. When clicking on Module 5a: School Libraries on the agenda you’ll be directed to the inlog page.

Members

As for 16-9-2015 for the Section there are:

  • 19 Institutional members
  •  1 International Association
  • 27 National organisations
  • 13 Personal affiliates

This total of 60 members represents 37 countries.

As you don’t have to be an IFLA member to subscribe to the Mailing list, there are 281 persons subscribed to:

SCHOOL-L: The purpose of the list will be for better communication between the members of the section and to disseminate minutes, newsletters, etc throughout the group.