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!

Curious about how the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2025 (#WLIC2025) is unfolding in Astana, Kazakhstan? We’ve got you covered with our daily highlights 👉 Day 1 Highlights 2025.ifla.org/day-one-high... 👉 Day 2 Highlights 2025.ifla.org/day-two-high... Stay tuned for more!

#Copyright & #library funding are two sides of the same coin 🪙 Library associations can play a key role in building capacity and confidence, and in moving the dial on legislation and policy. Our latest research underlines that associations of all sizes and geographies can get involved tr.ee/AGPUSs

August Newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 8: Uniting Knowledge, Building the Future – Now Available! This special #WLIC2025 edition is designed to help you set the tone for next week’s Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan! Explore it here: mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-5-n...

Open science & scholarship are at the top of the agenda for many libraries around the world Since 2024, #IFLA has had a dedicated advisory committee focused on these, led by Fiona Bradley Find out about what they have achieved in their first time & what they see lying ahead! tr.ee/eQWUhi

#IFLA has joined partners #Archives #Museums across the cultural sector to endorse the Four Digital Rights for Memory Institutions — empowering #libraries in the #digitalage. Learn more tr.ee/SqyJ6R #InternetArchive #DigitalRights #MemoryInstitutions #PreserveOurPast #FutureOfKnowledge

Have you seen the latest #IFLA newsletter on strengthening #partnerships? Access your copy through the link in our bio or by commenting "news" below to receive a direct link! Happy reading 🤝 mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-5-n...

🎉 Big news: @ifla.org endorses the 4️⃣Rights for Memory Institutions! The #FutureKnowledge podcast features the #ProtectOurFutureMemory campaign. Hear from IFLA, @libereurope.bsky.social, Aruba & others: futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/ www.internetarchive.eu/news/ Join: ourfuturememory.org

#IFLA selects #Busan, #Southkorea to host the 2026 World Library and Information Congress. We look forward to welcoming you there! #WLIC2026 Read IFLA's press release: tr.ee/Nnk5ml

The past year has seen both new recognition of the importance of knowledge and information for development and new attacks on the key infrastructures for delivering this, #libraries See #IFLA's new statement on Defending Inclusive Knowledge Societies bit.ly/44FsPrL — Time to act!

🔥 Join us this Thu, 10 July (9:30-11:30 CEST), for a discussion on ‘Regulating Innovation in the Digital Environment-Towards a Digital Knowledge Agenda’ Hear KR21's perspective from Stephen Wyber (@ifla.org‬) at this hybrid event by ILEO (uni LUISS) & @volteuropa.org www.linkedin.com/posts/knowle...

#Library services & values are too valuable not to be protected and promoted! We're relaunching the Advoc8 series – blogs highlighting areas where our policy and #advocacy work is focusing each month, as well as wider discussions & events where libraries have a unique take! bit.ly/4nA5xwk

Would you like to learn more about how your #library 🫵 can partner with post offices and other actors for #digitalinclusion? Join IFLA and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) at the WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025, either on-site or remotely. Register here: bit.ly/3IabTlE #wsis20 #WSIS2025

The latest #IFLA newsletter is out: Vol. 5, No. 5: Innovating through #digitalaccess Happy reading! 📖🌐 mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-5-no-6

#Sustainability #Inclusion #Knowledge Three topics, both at the core of the theme for this year's United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development #HLPF and which are uniquely connected through the power of #libraries! Read more bit.ly/3Tbqv6I

From strategy to structure, impact to inspiration — what defines great leadership in #libraries? Our webinar dives into the global Learning to Lead study, featuring over 60 leadership programmes worldwide, plus tips & takeaways from the #IFLA handbook. youtu.be/xGUEPGbhijY

Mark #WorldRefugeeDay with #IFLA , Mortenson Center for International Library Programs (UIUC) & @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social in this webinar, where we examine IFLA's Guidelines for Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons & hear how #libraries are being transformed into inclusive spaces bit.ly/3I3X2cl

From #WLIC2025 and Congress planning to key governance updates, the #IFLA Governing Board meets online on 20 June to move forward on priorities for 2025 and beyond. See what's on their agenda: bit.ly/3Twmytm

Don’t miss your chance to be part of the Libraries Boosting Connectivity project! Whether you're a small rural library or a national institution, your input matters. Help us understand how #libraries are adapting to the #digitalage by completing the survey bit.ly/4hjsVuL Learn more: bit.ly/3YypFo3

Missed our webinar on #libraries, #copyright, and #AI? The recording is now available! Explore how two new #IFLA copyright statements can support library advocacy, covering essential principles and the latest debates around AI and copyright law. Watch it here: youtu.be/lKY858b0ChY