LOOKING AHEAD: CYPRUS’ EU PRESIDENCY Today marks the opening ceremony of @cy2026eu.bsky.social (Jan-June). The opportunity to make a real difference is here, and KR21 is ready to help seize it! 🔗 KR21 identifies 4 areas where progress is possible: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/2... #CY2026EU

Just released! #Libraries Empowering Society Through Digital Literacy (#IFLA/ De Gruyter Brill 2025) dives into how libraries are shaping a digitally literate society. Edited by Heather Todd, Prudence W. Dalrymple, Luisa Marquardt & Ning Zou. https://tr.ee/daJvcY

Our last #IFLA newsletter for 2025 is now out! Vol. 5, No. 12: Showcasing our year mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-5-n...

Season's greetings! The #IFLA Governing Board and the Headquarters team want to share a special thanks to all our #members and #volunteers for their dedicated work and support throughout the year. We wish you all a joyful holiday season!

The #IFLA Trend Report isn’t just for #libraries planning ahead! It sparks key questions for IFLA and the future of #InternationalLibrarianship. See our community survey summary: https://tr.ee/saBqWj

The latest #IFLA Journal explores the changing world of librarianship and how #libraries support communities through trauma-informed practice, mental wellness, and strong policy work on information rights and accessibility. Get your copy! 📚🌍 https://tr.ee/uC8txt

Few institutions match #libraries in advancing inclusion, labour market integration, and fighting poverty. #IFLA showcased this at the #UN World Summit on Social Development—catch delegate insights here: tr.ee/ujpKWu and read more: tr.ee/xdjkXI

📢 Registration now open for the IFLA #WLIC2026 in Busan, South Korea! Be an Early Bird and Save! Make sure to check for our available group discounts. Stay tuned as we announce speakers, sessions, and much more over the upcoming months. See you in Busan between 10-13 August 2026! tr.ee/xFrrOy#WLIC2026

Join #IFLA before 2025 wraps up! ✅ Secure 2025 rates for 2026 membership ✅ 25% off Busan Congress registration ✅ Discount for all staff (institutions) or members (associations) bit.ly/member-year-end-offer#IFLA💚

💌 A special delivery for #InternationalVolunteerDay! To our #IFLA volunteers, your dedication sends ripples across our global #library community. 📬 See your message here youtu.be/eaVJYq3sBo0

IFLA's Governing Board is meeting this week in The Hague, for its first in-person meeting since August On the agenda: #WLIC, finance, membership, sustainability, reporting and strategic focus Find out more in our news story: https://tr.ee/k7KjOu

The latest #IFLA newsletter is out! Read Vol. 5, No. 11: Taking Climate Action - mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-5-n... is now available!

Curious about how #libraries are shaping the future of #AI learning? Our latest report is out—explore the insights and download it from our repository! https://bit.ly/4pos7YS

What does teaching #InternationalLibrarianship look like today? Ahead of #IFLA100, we asked the field about current #LIS education. Our new report shows how this teaching builds critical thinking, reflective practice, and key soft skills. Read more: tr.ee/TihCrw

BREAKING: New KR21-supported Greek report on access to & reuse of scientific information by HEAL-Link! The authors outline how a fragmented system hampers #researchers and chart a path to a competitive Greek #research ecosystem based on 4 principles. 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/g...

Aligned with the #COP30 Action Agenda on #InformationIntegrity for #ClimateChange, we’re mobilising #libraries! 🌍 Use our self-assessment tools to check your climate info efforts and see how to level up. Start here: https://tr.ee/e4QDYn #ActionAgendaSolutions #MutirãoCOP30 COP30 Brasil

Our #TrendReport highlights trends that are shaping the future of #knowlege and #information But what do they mean for #IFLA and how we work – as a professional community, as a voice for #libraries, as a capacity builder? Share your ideas via our survey by 30 November! https://tr.ee/x272za

The #MarrakeshTreaty could unlock access to books for people with print disabilities, but gaps in implementation hold it back. Brazilian librarians call for change, and we highlight ways the treaty’s promise is being undermined: https://tr.ee/4EZM5t

Landmark #COP30 declaration targets climate #disinformation: tr.ee/QtkYow 🌿 Expands access to reliable climate info 📚 Invites #libraries to integrate this into #ACE work 🌍 See if your country signed! And check out the new climate #FakeNews poster: tr.ee/23tmA5

New @unesco.org IFAP Issue Brief, developed with @ifla.org: Empowering Libraries for an Inclusive Digital Future 🌍 highlights how 2.8M #libraries and millions of #librarians are bridging the digital divide and expanding access for all. Read more: bit.ly/4472lzY

#COP30 is here! Culture, Education & Info Integrity are on the Action Agenda—more ways for #Libraries to get involved 💚 We’ll share ideas & resources to turn into action. 🌿 Follow, share, & join the conversation! 🤝 Let’s make a difference for our communities. Read more https://tr.ee/X4wk7k#COP30#Libraries#ACENow

How can we be stronger, bolder, together? #IFLA Presidents Vicki McDonald and Leslie Weir explored what the world needs from #libraries through webinars, WLIC sessions, and global video contributions. Find key insights and resources to continue the conversation: https://tr.ee/LYnIHJ

What does it mean to be a leader in #libraries? We asked our WLIC Emerging Leaders grant recipients to put together their ideas and come up with a definition Find out what they said, and read more about the discussions at our dedicated session at #WLIC2025 in Astana! https://tr.ee/uaoueq

Libraries represent a key multi-function infrastructure for achieving social development Meet the librarians who will be taking this message to the World Summit on Social Development on 4-6 November in Doha, Qatar! https://tr.ee/kTyu34 #SocialSummit2025

In our October 2025 Issue, we highlight how libraries worldwide are championing #equality and shaping more inclusive, just societies. mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-5-n...

The #IFLA Professional Council is looking for four passionate individuals to join the IFLA Journal Editorial Committee for 2026–2029. 🌍✍️ Read more and apply: https://bit.ly/476SE6F

Coming full circle at #WLIC2027 🟢 A century after 15 library associations first came together in Edinburgh to establish #IFLA, we will return to the UK to celebrate 100 years of global #library work. Read the full statement https://tr.ee/ePvIBm#WLIC2027#IFLA#library#IFLA100

The #IFLA Open Science & Scholarship Advisory Committee celebrates Open Access Week 2025 🌐✨ This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, highlights the critical role of #libraries in supporting researchers’ rights, open infrastructures, and information literacy. Learn more: https://bit.ly/47nhiyU

Whether you joined us in Astana or couldn’t make it to #WLIC2025, now’s your chance to relive the moments! 🌍 Catch up on 4 live broadcast sessions plus exclusive bonus recordings of key sessions and award highlights from this year's #IFLA Congress. ✨ Watch now: tr.ee/TmE7UU

🔓 The 100% #OpenAccess vision requires more than just agreements! Join our 5-week campaign (starting #OAWeek) to build this foundation

Nos complace anunciar que el Informe de Tendencias de la #IFLA ya está disponible en español. Esta edición amplía el acceso al análisis global de las tendencias que están dando forma al futuro de las #bibliotecas y de los profesionales de la información 📖 https://www.ifla.org/trend-report/

#OpenScience is key to a stronger, sustainable, inclusive world. Building on the #PactForTheFuture, the UN #OpenScience #OpenScholarship conference explores next steps. #IFLA will highlight libraries’ role: https://tr.ee/begzQW

Libraries inspire and empower communities—but equity matters. Join IFLA’s MCULTP & the Free Libraries Network on 31 Oct, 3pm UTC, to discuss caste discrimination in libraries and how to address it: https://tr.ee/CoQ62l

#IFLA was busy at @unesco.org #MONDIACULT2025. We: 🌎 Helped the #Culture2030Goal Campaign launch our culture goal first draft 📣 Highlighted how #libraries uphold #CulturalRights 💖 Advocated for #libraries with our local members and volunteers Read on tr.ee/gnhZTt

IFLA SG Sharon Memis, at #MONDIACULT2025: “Let us not overlook the power of the most democratic of cultural institutions—#libraries. They are where cultural rights come to life.” Thank you @unesco.org for making spaces for #IFLA and for championing culture, knowledge, & equitable access for all.

Ten years ago, governments underlined the importance of #accesstoinformation in achieving the 2030 Agenda Our new report looks at how #knowledge and #information are featuring in implementation, as reported on in 38 Voluntary National Reviews Find out more: https://tr.ee/XLPNlC

🎉 Happy Birthday, #IFLA! Today, we celebrate not just #libraries, but the vibrant cultures they protect, share, and inspire worldwide. Check out our latest newsletter, themed “Celebrating Cultures” 🔗 mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-5-n...

Will you be joining #IFLA at #MONDIACULT2025 to highlight how #libraries drive peace 🕊️, climate action 🌿, connection 🤝, and cultural rights ❤️? tr.ee/Xy8mI5

@wikimediafoundation.org signed the Statement on the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions! The organisation behind projects, like #Wikipedia, knows better than that preserving & sharing knowledge depends on strong digital rights. #ProtectOurFutureMemory www.internetarchive.eu/2025/09/26/w...

Stay in the loop with #IFLA — now on #Substack! Subscribe to get updates, insights, and more, online anytime, anywhere! tr.ee/8arcKC

Our Graphic Designer is out at her local #library today... This image was supposed to look inspiring. Luckily, #IFLA members are the real heroes of the library field 💪 join them by becoming a member! bit.ly/45K2Pxn P.S.: We also have a membership deal ongoing! 😉

Qatar National Library, home of the IFLA’s Regional Office for the #MENA, hosted a workshop celebrating Qatar's contribution to the #IFLA Library Map of the World with discussions centred on measuring and demonstrating the impact of #library services. See how it went tr.ee/RUQAUf

Network usage fees don't just threaten freedom of #AccessToInformation but could impose new costs on digital libraries and repositories Our new statement, building on our previous position on #NetNeutrality, calls for governments to reject calls for this tax on sharing Read more here: tr.ee/vUuuoO

📚 Thinking of joining #IFLA? Now’s the time! Sign up between September and December to unlock amazing benefits and take advantage of our end-of-year membership offer Join today and keep making a difference! bit.ly/45K2Pxn

Digital technologies have brought exciting new possibilities to enable access and use; however, the transition from buying to licensing has also brought practices that pose serious questions about what #libraries are and can do See our statement tr.ee/j2zmAQ

#MONDIACULT2025 will set the global agenda for culture. Join #IFLA and @creativecommons.bsky.social and a line-up of incredible speakers, in this virtual Side Event to explore the intersection of #CulturalRights and the #Digital environment. Register now! bit.ly/4mBGCaG

Culturally informed, culturally grounded, culturally powered? #IFLA was happy again to contribute an analysis of the place of #culture in Voluntary National Reviews #VNRs of implementation of the #SDGs to the #Culture2030Goal Campaign Learn more here: tr.ee/FWJcFP

Help shape the future of the #library field with IFLA Serve as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Standards (2025–2027) or contribute to the upcoming Advisory Committee on Ethics for multiple roles Nominations close 26 Sep, 15:00 UTC Standards call: tr.ee/LIemtj Ethics call: tr.ee/qAeBqk

Congratulations to the #IFLA 2025 DUIA awardees! 👏 4 Professional Units were recognised at #WLIC2025 for: 🏆 Membership Engagement & Leadership Development 🏆 Quality & Impact of Work 🏆 Effective Communication 🏆 Overall Achievement Read more about their work: tr.ee/KwtvRF

IFLA’s new statement, Defending Inclusive Knowledge Societies, addresses attempts by both state and non-state actors to undermine the role of our institutions and profession is now available in all 7 #IFLA official languages!