Conferences and Workshops

2020

World Library and Information Congress 2020 has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Preservation and Conservation Secion, together with the Information Technology Section, held a Professional Unit Vertual Event – Preservation of Digital Complex Objects, based on the program prepared for the cancelled open session. The video recording of the virtual event is availble on IFLA YouTube Channel,  at https://youtu.be/THoGhEBYGW0.

2019

World Library and Information Congress: 85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly 24-30 August 2019, Athens, Greece

• Theme: Forward Thinking to Lessen the Effects of Disasters 
• Theme: Data Challenges in Libraries   with Big Data SIG

Conference Programme: https://2019.ifla.org/conference-programme/

2018

World Library and Information Congress: 84^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
24-30 August 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Theme: Planning Digital Preservation: In for the Long Run

Conference programme: http://2018.ifla.org/conference-programme

2017

• IFLA PAC for French speaking Africa Conference: 17-19 November 2017, Dakar, Senegal. Here a report: https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/topics/cultural-heritage/documents/dakar_conference_-_final_report.pdf
• World Library and Information Congress: 83^rd IFLA General Conference and Assembly
  19-25 August 2017, WrocÅ‚aw, Poland
  Theme: Libraries: A Call to Action/Best practices in moving collections from the view of preservation and conservation
  with Rare Books and Special Collections

• Satellite Meeting
  15 August 2017
  Theme: New challenges for the preservation of documentary heritage
  with with the Association International Francophone des Bibliothécaires et Documentalistes (AIFBD) in collaboration with the Médiathèque Valais.

2016

World Library and Information Congress: 81^st IFLA General Conference and Assembly
13-18 August, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Theme: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Current State of Born Digital News
Information Technology, Preservation and Conservation and News Media Sections

2015

• World Library and Information Congress: 81^st IFLA General Conference and Assembly
  August 17-23, Cape Town, South Africa
  Theme: 10 years of development to collect preserve and access Web-Sites: Ready to go for everyone!?
  Preservation and Conservation with Information Technology Section
• Workshop Emergenza beni culturali mobili: prevenire e affrontare i rischi ricorrenti
  15 October, Milan, Italy
  Theme: EMERGENZA BENI CULTURALI MOBILI: PREVENIRE E AFFRONTARE I RISCHI RICORRENTI

2014

World Library and Information Congress: 80^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
16-22 August, Lyon, France
Theme: Keeping collections alive: Preventive conservation policy and practice

2013

World Library and Information Congress: 79^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
17-23 August, Singapore
Theme: Preserving for the future: Integrating physical and digital preservation

2012

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly

11-17 August, Helsinki Finland
Theme: Empowering staff through preservation training! How your library and users will reap the benefits
with IFLA SET

2011

World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
13-18 August, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Themes:

• The media is the message!” The convergence of media in rapidly changing societies from a user perspective as well as the demand for preservation
  with IFLA AVMS
• Education for Digital Curation
  with IFLA SET & Information Technology Sections

2010

• World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
  10-15 August, Gothenburg, Sweden
  Theme: Preservation and sustainability
  with IFLA PAC

• Satellite meeting
  Uppsala, Sweden 16-18 August
  Theme: New techniques for old documents. Scientific examination methods in the services of preservation and book history

2009

• World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
  23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy
  Theme: Dispersed cultural collections Preservation, reconstruction and access
  with IFLA Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

• Satellite meeting
  Rome, Italy 31 August – 2 September
  Theme: Conservation and preservation of library material in a cultural-heritage oriented context [PDF – English]

2008

• World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
  August 2008, Québec, Canada
  Theme: (1) Digital objects on physical carriers & (2) Preservation Infrastructures
  with IFLA PAC, Information Technology, IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards (ICABS) and Law Libraries

• Satellite meeting
  Ottawa, Canada 6-8 August
  Theme: Preserving Cultural Heritage into the 21st Century: Current perspectives and new directions

2007

World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
10-15 August, Durban, South Africa
Theme: Preservation in African collections: perspectives and case studies
with IFLA Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (see Session 139-1)

Previous years

• Preconference, Tokyo, 2006
• The 3-D’s of Preservation: Disasters, Displays, Digitization Symposium Bibliothèque nationale de France – Paris, 2006
• Proceedings of the Symposium
• Papers presented in Oslo & Mo i Rana, 2005
• Report on Open Sessions, Oslo 2005
• Papers presented in Buenos Aires, 2004
• Papers presented in Berlin, 2003
• PreConference in Berlin, 2003
• Papers presented in Glasgow, 2002
• Workshop in Boston, 2001