WLIC 2023 Braindate, IFLA Networks, and Accessibility Metadata
16 October 2023What do the three have in common? At WLIC in Rotterdam, during an impromptu meeting facilitated by Braindate, a group of WLIC attendees came together to discuss their shared interest in accessibility metadata. Accessibility metadata is information recorded about the accessibility features and hazards that are important for users with disabilities or special needs. This metadata allows a user to know how accessible a resource is before they borrow, download, or buy a resource.
CoS at WLIC 2023: Sessions about IFLA Standards
15 July 2023The Advisory Committee on Standards (CoS) welcomes you to its sessions during the World Library and Information Congress in Rotterdam, 20-25 August 2023.
Subscribe now to the new IFLA Standards Newsletter
30 March 2023Read and subscribe to the new IFLA Standards Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 1 released in March 2023!
Until March 31, Invitation for World-wide Review of LRMoo, the object-oriented formulation of the IFLA Library Reference Model
25 February 2023The LRMoo Working Group of the Bibliographic Conceptual Models Review Group is pleased to invite your responses in the world-wide review of LRMoo.
CoS at WLIC 2022: Sessions about standards
25 July 2022Common Practices Published in IFLA Repository
22 July 2022Release of the 2021 Update to the 2011 Consolidated Edition of the ISBD
25 May 2022The IFLA ISBD Review Group is pleased to announce the release of the 2021 Update to the 2011 Consolidated Edition of the ISBD.
IFLA Namespaces launched
7 July 2020This site allows for linked data access to various IFLA Standards.
Committee on Standards Call for Papers for IFLA WLIC 2020, Dublin, Ireland
29 January 2020Theme: IFLA Standards and Professional Practices in Conversation
Just released: two new IFLA Standards
29 August 2019Just endorsed by the Professional Committee: Guidelines on Public Internet Access in Libraries and Guidelines for Setting Up a Digital Unification Project
Transforming libraries? The impact of IFLA Standards
31 May 2018Transformation is one of the big themes at the IFLA 2018 World Library and Information Congress. Come along to the Committee on Standards open session to hear more about the impact of recently published IFLA Standards and the issues that challenge our thinking about standards development.
Meetings of the Committee on Standards in Poland
1 August 2017The IFLA Committee on Standards will meet during the WLIC in Poland.
Meetings of LIDATEC in Poland
1 August 2017LIDATEC will meet on Thursday 24 August in Poland, during the WLIC.
New IFLA Standard now available
16 August 2016IFLA Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development: Principles and Best Practices are now available
IFLA Committee on Standards: WLIC 2014 Call for papers
10 January 2014WLIC 2012: Committee on Standards open session
2 July 2012The IFLA Committee on Standards will hold an open session in Helsinki on Thursday 16th August during the WLIC 2012. All are welcome to attend to give their input and suggestions to the Committee on Standards and to hear more about what the Committee plans to do.
New IFLA Committee on Standards
16 January 2012The committee will coordinate standards work within and beyond IFLA and support standards activities in IFLA professional units, principally in sections.