The IFLA Governing Board and Irish National Committee have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 World Library and Information Congress (WLIC).
Satellite Meetings
Every year, a number of IFLA Professional Units (Sections and Special Interest Groups) organise unique Satellite Meetings prior to or just after the IFLA World Library and Information Congress.
These 1-2 day meetings are held either in the host country or in countries in the surrounding region.
1. Cancelled!
Date: 12-13 August 2020 |
2. School LibrariesDate: 14 August 2020 |
3. Art LibrariesOf what is past, and passing, and to come”: art library networks in transition Date: 14 August 2020 |
4. Cancelled!
Date: 12-13 August |
5. Health and Biosciences Libraries joint with Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH)Health literacy: libraries and communities working together for health & wellbeing Date: 14 August 2020 |
6. Environment, Sustainability and Libraries joint with Preservation and ConservationEnvironmentally inspiring and engaging buildings, research, education and library services Date: 12-13 August 2020 |
7. Local History and Genealogy joint with Asia and OceaniaChallenges and Opportunities for Genealogy, Local History and Regional Memory Fields in Libraries and Other Memory Institutions in a Highly Mobile Society Date: 12-13 August 2020 |
8. Cancelled!
Date: 12-13 August 2020 |
9. Library Services to Multicultural populationsEngaging and empowering library workers from diaspora communities Date: 12-13 August 2020 |
10. Cancelled!
Date: 14 August 2020 |
11. Cataloguing joint with Committee on StandardsRDA 2020 Date: 12 August 2020 |
12. Cataloguing joint with VIAF CouncilAuthority control and Identity management 2020 Date: 13 August 2020 |
13. Library Theory and Research joint with Social Science Libraries and IFLA JournalInternational Research in LIS: Challenges and Opportunities Date: 13-14 August |
14. Cancelled!
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15. New ProfessionalsIFLAcamp #8 (unconference) Date: 13-14 August |