On August 30, 2019, the Vatican Library hosted a satellite IFLA conference on topics related to education for professionals, exactly 90 years after the first international conference was held in Rome, when the IFLA was officially named and its first statute was established. This paper was presented at the satellite conference to briefly summarize…

Since its beginning, IFLA has been concerned with education and training, creating guidelines and standards for educational quality. Ninety years after the first IFLA Conference, IFLA Satellite returned to the Vatican Library with the aim of stimulating a high-level conversation on the future of librarians. This article is a reflection on the…

In the context of an evolving digitally-oriented library and/or information science (LIS) discipline and framed by Andrew Abbott's Chaos of Disciplines theory, this article presents an epistemological overview of evolving competency requirements for a global digital information environment and the implications of this for future LIS education. In…

The publication in 2015 of new international school library guidelines was the culmination of a two-year process involving a wide network of contributors. The process was guided by the Joint Committee of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) School Libraries Section and the International Association of School Librarianship…

In 2001, the Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons (LSDP) Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), published the "International Resource Book for Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons." This publication is a seventy year retrospective which chronicles the history of the Section from 1931 to 2001.…

Several comprehensive information literacy (IL) standards have been developed worldwide for use in the education sector, specifically for students and teachers. Apart from the more generic International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) IL standards, such standards are more appropriate for their countries of origins. If these standards are…

Australian library and information science (LIS) courses are popular outside Australia, and Australia is a popular study destination for students in the region. This paper takes a comparative approach to attempt to determine whether ALIA (the Australian Library and Information Association)'s core curriculum for LIS education is appropriate outside…

Outlines the most likely options concerning the nature of the proposed association, its relationship to other bodies, and its role and method of operation. (Author/PF)

School librarianship is now recognized as a section of the International Federation of Library Associations. The section is to act as an international forum for communication with those interested in school library services and will plan projects to assist school library development throughout the world. (JAB)

Activities, philosophies and future plans of the International and Comparative Librarianship Group are described. (4 references) (SJ)

The developmental stages and first meeting of the Commonwealth Library Association (COMLA), which was inaugurated in November 1972, are discussed. (SJ)

This is a selective and informal report adapted from the American Library Association's report to the International Federation of Library Associations in August of 1972. (Author)

This list of library and documentation associations is in two parts: the first contains international associations arranged alphabetically by title, and the second groups national associations by country or territory. For the United States, the associations are arranged by states. Within each country or territory, listed in French alphabetical…

Briefly discusses the history of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) and the parts of the new statutes dealing with name change, statement of purposes, voting system, dues, and specific articles on international library associations and international organizations. (VT)