UNESCO Cluster Office for the Gulf States and Yemen and Qatar National Library, the IFLA’s Preservation and Conservation Center for the A...

I represented IFLA at the United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) conference that was held in Durban in November. UCLG is the global vo...

I was delighted to be invited to attend the ICDL (International Conference on Digital Landscape) 2019 conference in New Delhi in November...

The IFLA annual congress is always a wonderful time to learn new things, meet new and old friends and progress our agenda. This year in A...

Changsha is an historical city situated in the Hunan Province of China. It is a modern, vibrant place with a strong economy and was the h...

The Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) held its annual conference in Noumea, New Caledonia, 27-29 June. Ar...

This is part 3 of 3 posts on the I&J Network conference. Day 2 of the conference was conducted in three parallel tracks: Data, Content an...

This is part 2 of 3 posts on the Internet & Jurisdiction Network Conference held in Berlin 3-5 June. The Internet & Jurisdiction Global S...

This blog is part 1 of 3 posts devoted to the I&J Network conference. I recently attended the third conference of the Internet & Jurisdic...

The IFLA President’s meeting, Motors of Change: Libraries and Sustainable Development in Buenos Aires last week launched the new Developm...

I represented IFLA at three professional events while I was in Russia last week. At the round table in St Petersburg we discussed library...

When the invitation to visit Russia arrived, I was wondering what it would be like. We had visited St Petersburg in 2005. We were require...

In my time in the library field there have been special public librarians and libraries that have caused us to change our thinking and re...

My first calendar year as President-elect of IFLA has been amazing. I’ve been able to meet so many friends and colleagues and hear what g...

I was invited to attend the RAILS (Research Applications in Information and Library Studies) conference held at Monash University, Melbou...

Connected Actions, Collective Vision: Libraries Transforming Society, Quezon City, 20-23 November. I was delighted to be the keynote spea...

I wasn’t sure whether to publish this - and then I heard Anne Summers, noted Australian writer, journalist, leading feminist, editor and ...

The theme of the 16th Indonesia Library Association National Congress held in Surabaya 9 – 11 October was Transforming the Library, Trans...

ALIA and the Newcastle Regional Library sponsored this symposium on 30 October at the historic Newcastle City Hall. The presentations sta...

Life after LIFE: New Horizons for the Municipal Libraries in Turkey was the final convening for the Turkish Libraries for Everyone progra...