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Curious about the future of #AI in literacy? 🤖📚
See the highlights from the LILAC Conference at Sheffield University and explore the IATUL OER platform for open learning resources
https://tr.ee/JEzJhZ
New report highlights how libraries are adapting to the digital world 🌐📚
Coming soon: a pilot site with open-access country profiles + digital metrics to boost global comparison and collaboration.
Learn more: https://tr.ee/Es6hru
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We’re hiring at #IFLA!
Looking for your next opportunity to make an impact? Check out these open roles at our headquarters in The Hague and apply by 15 April 2026:
✨ Communications Officer https://tr.ee/4Cy6o0
✨ Policy and Projects Officer https://tr.ee/7WiXg4
Explore what's new and exciting at #IFLA in our March 2026 newsletter! 📬
https://mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-6-no-3
In light of increasing hostilities affecting Iran, the Gulf Region and the Eastern Mediterranean, #IFLA expresses deep concern for the growing humanitarian impact and the heightened risks to the region’s rich and diverse cultural heritage.
Read the full statement tr.ee/KWFi13
One week left to participate in our IFLA 100 Logo Competition!
Submit your proposal by 31 March for a chance to win a free IFLA WLIC 2027 Registration or up to EUR 500 toward an IFLA Membership!
🎥 Meet the authors behind the #IFLA100 centenary publication with @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
In November 2025, contributors gathered at IFLA Headquarters to shape this milestone volume marking 100 years since 1927.
Watch the interview series: tr.ee/qsW6kJ
More on the publication: tr.ee/uK6FPU
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💡 Got an idea that showcases the innovation and impact of #libraries?
Apply for support from the IFLA Impact and Innovation Fund and help drive meaningful, lasting change across the global library field https://tr.ee/oLfSSm
📅 Deadline: 19 April 2026
Out now: The first edition of the #IFLA Journal for 2026!
Volume 52, No. 1 (March 2026) is a special issue dedicated to Indigenous Knowledge, centring Indigenous authority, voice, and agency in #libraries, #archives, and #museums.
Learn more and download your copy: https://tr.ee/clCTB3
#UNESCO new report Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity explores how #culture is evolving amid tech, social & political shifts.
See what it means for #libraries and how #CulturalPolicy recognises our role in upholding #CulturalRights for all: tr.ee/CshCAp
To celebrate #IFLA100, we’re launching our Li-Sci-Fi (Library #ScienceFiction) short story competition — with Mary Robinette Kowal as celebrity judge.
Details: tr.ee/NcXPwt
Deadline: 1 September 2026.
IFLA announces call for nominations for honours and awards with medal, laurel wreath, and scroll icons on green background.
Do you know an individual who has made a remarkable impact on #IFLA or the global #library field?
Nominations are now open for IFLA’s Honours & Awards! 🏆✨
Submit your nomination here: bit.ly/4baCAmm
Libraries and #UniversalService & Access Funds share a goal: meaningful internet access for all 🌍
In 66 countries, nearly half already involve libraries in USAFs, with ~30% more potential.
bit.ly/4aIPerm
We do produce research, but we definitely don't have all the answers.
So we are sharing them with the global field, in case answers already exist, or there are students, researchers or others interested in working with us to find answers!
bit.ly/4tT3oim
Tall red and white communication tower against a clear blue sky with text about the IFLA Weak Signals Report 2026.
What’s next for libraries? 🔍
IFLA’s new Weak Signals Report brings together insights into developments across our field that have the potential to become trends in the future
Explore the report here: https://bit.ly/4s7XF6z
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Our latest #IFLA newsletter issue is out!
Learn more about what's happening in the #IFLA community by visiting mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-6-n...
LAUNCHING: Safeguard Access, Empower Europe – An Action Plan to #LetLibrariesBeLibraries
#Libraries face a silent crisis: they are being written out of the digital age. KR21 says it's time to write them back in.
📄 Download: www.knowledgerights21.org/wp-content/u...
#eLending #eBooks #eBookSOS
Now open: Applications for the 2026 IFLA/James Bennett Public Library of the Year Award 🌍📚
This award celebrates newly built public #libraries that combine inspiring design, sustainability, innovation, and community impact.
Apply now & put your library on the world stage
tr.ee/C5b41K
Close-up of a hand reading Braille text on a beige page, symbolizing accessibility in the Marrakesh Monitoring Report 2026.
128 countries have now signed up to the #MarrakeshTreaty
But have they implemented it fully into their own laws?
Our latest, expanded, Marrakesh Monitoring Report shares the data: tr.ee/yLE56f
WEBINAR ALERT | 19 FEBRUARY (11H CET)
ENABLING #LIBRARIES, GUARANTEEING RIGHTS
Join us for the official launch of KR21's 9-point Action Plan: "Safeguard Access, Empower Europe - An Action Plan to #LetLibrariesBeLibraries."
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/w...
#eBooks #eBookSOS #eLending
Three women standing in front of a Busan 2026 conference poster promoting grants for WLIC 2026 in South Korea.
A new round of #WLIC2026 grants is now open — & you might be eligible! ✨
These grants are designed to support #library & information professionals from diverse backgrounds in attending #IFLA’s flagship global conference in Busan, South Korea.
📌 Submit your application today: https://tr.ee/FCe61s
Vibrant poster for the IFLA 100th Anniversary Logo Competition. Colorful paint splashes surround text inviting design submissions with incentives.
IFLA turns 100 in 2027!
To celebrate #IFLA100, we are launching a logo competition and invite the global library and information community to participate.
🗓 Submissions: 30 Jan – 31 Mar 2026
🏆 Prize: 500 EUR towards an IFLA membership or free #WLIC2027 registration
tr.ee/ldMSRA
Two women converse in front of a map with colourful pins. The image appears on the cover of the IFLA Newsletter, January 2026, Vol. 6, No. 1.
Discover what's new at #IFLA in our first newsletter issue of the year!
mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-6-n...
A 2025 highlight 📍
#IFLA at #WSIS+20, reaffirming a #Library Powered, people-centred internet.
▶️ Voices from around the world reflect on 20 years of #WSIS & the future of inclusive, development-focused internet governance tr.ee/sK50qO
FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! 1 WEEK TO ANSWER #ERAACT CONSULTATION
Respond by 23 Jan: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
Consultation guide by KR21 project partners @ifla.org, @libereurope.bsky.social & @sparc-eu.bsky.social
kr21.info/era-act-cons...
Watch the 10 Dec webinar: youtu.be/1q41ej37llY
#ERA
Announcement of James Bennett as the new sponsor for the IFLA Public Library of the Year Award 2026 on a blue gradient background.
It is with great pride we announce that James Bennett has stepped into the role of sponsor of the #IFLA PLOTY, a globally recognised celebration of the world’s most inspiring new public libraries, where design excellence meets genuine community impact
https://tr.ee/fCRhFi
📣 Research libraries - Your input matters!
The #ERAAct public consultation remains open for one more week (Deadline: 23 January). We urge our library community to take part in the consultation and share their feedback: libereurope.eu/article/public-consultat...
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Be part of the conversation following the @unesco.org-IFAP Issue Brief and help make digital inclusion a reality 🌐
Join our interactive webinar on an inclusive digital future with Member States, IFLA members & #libraries worldwide.
📅 28 Jan | 🕒 15:00–16:00 CET
🔗 tr.ee/UI1pON
Poster for 'The Librarians' screening and Q&A. Features a stylised book image with a red curtain background, inviting virtual or in-person attendance
🎬 Limited spots available!
You’re invited to a special screening of The Librarians (2025), a powerful documentary on censorship in the U.S.
You can attend either in person or virtually! Visit tr.ee/E3nOxC for more information and registration
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
