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The Argentine Library of Congress welcomes foreign interns within the context of the agreement with FLACSO Ecuador

10 December 2023

    A key role of IFLA as the international organisation for libraries is to facilitate exchange between colleagues around the world. As part of its 2021-2023 action plan, the Regional Division Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean committed to facilitate 'pasantías' or job-shadowing schemes to allow people to spend time seeing how libraries in different countries in the region work. The results are now in! 

    From: Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Division

    Meet the world at the World Library and Information Congress - regional sessions this year

    5 August 2023

      IFLA's global reach and geographical diversity will be on show at this year's World Library and Information Congress, in particular through the sessions organised by our Regional Council and Regional Division Committees. Each Committee has worked hard to prepare exciting open sessions, complemented by open business meetings, and our new Hubs Results Session, sharing views from our WLIC 2023 Regional Hubs. 

      From: Asia-Oceania Regional Division

      Call for candidates for a co-opted member of the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Division Committee - Convocatoria de candidatos a miembros cooptados del Comité de la División Regional de América Latina y el Caribe

      3 July 2023

        Candidacies are welcomed for 1 position as co-opted member of IFLA’s incoming Latin America and Caribbean Regional Division Committee. La candidatura es bienvenida para un  (1) puesto como miembro cooptado del Comité de la División Regional de América Latina y el Caribe de la IFLA.

        From: IFLA Strategy 2019-2024

        IFLA Regional Division for Latin America and the Caribbean (IFLA LAC) to hold its Mid-Term Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico 

        9 February 2023

          The Mid-Term Meeting of IFLA LAC Regional Division will be held on February 27-28 in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. In addition, an International Advocacy Seminar on "Transformation and Empowerment of Libraries in Latin America and the Caribbean” will be held on March 1 at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. 

          From: Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Division

          Successful 3rd meeting of the Network of Parliamentary Libraries for Latin America and the Caribbean

          13 October 2022

            The Third Meeting of the Network of Parliamentary Libraries for Latin America and the Caribbean was held at the Congress of the Argentine Nation on September 19-21, 2022. Authorities of libraries and information agencies of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico and Uruguay shared experiences and proposals on different activities. The legislatures of the Argentine provinces were also part of the event.

            From: Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Division

            Bibliotecas y desigualdad. El papel de la cooperación regional en la construcción de sociedades justas y sostenibles

            4 October 2022

              Sesión Abierta de la División América Latina y el Caribe (IFLA LAC RDC) durante el WLIC 2022, Dublín, Irlanda, el 26 de julio de 2022. La sesión tuvo por título “Bibliotecas y desigualdad. El papel de la cooperación regional en la construcción de sociedades justas y sostenibles” el cual coadyuva con que la pandemia Covid-19 ha puesto en evidencia el desarrollo e implementación de múltiples acciones teóricas y empíricas de carácter informativo en las que el cambio de paradigma para ampliar, compartir e intercambiar información es un tema de atención global.

              From: Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Division

              IFLA's Regional Division Committees participate at their first IFLA World Library & Information Congress in 2022

              22 July 2022

                IFLA's Regional Division Committees will participate at their first IFLA World Library & Information Congress (WLIC) 2022 scheduled for Dublin, Ireland. They have prepared exciting Open sessions and are more than ready to share views and ideas on strengthening library advocacy at the regional evidence. Join their Open sessions to get to know what is happening in the world of libraries across all the regions of the world.

                From: Asia-Oceania Regional Division

                Library advocacy tales: securing long-term funding for community libraries in Argentina

                6 July 2022

                  In the first of an occasional series focused on successful advocacy initiatives by libraries around the world, we look to Argentina, where a recent decision saw a commitment to funding community libraries for 50 years. To find out more about what was achieved, and how, we interviewed the Chair of IFLA's Regional Division Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, Alejandro Santa.

                  From: Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Division

                  An alliance for libraries, books and reading in Latin America and the Caribbean: memorandum of understanding signed with CERLALC

                  25 May 2022

                    On the occasion of the mid-term meeting of IFLA’s Regional Division Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, a memorandum of understanding was signed between IFLA and CERLALC, the Centre for the Promotion of Books and Reading in Latin America and the Caribbean. This provides a framework for deeper cooperation between our organisation, in support of shared goals.

                    From: Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Division

                    Libraries Engage at the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

                    8 April 2022

                      IFLA Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Division Committee (IFLA LAC RDC) sent one of its members as a representative to the 5th Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and Caribbean on Sustainable Development, held on 7-9 March online and in San José, Costa Rica. The Forum organised by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), as a hybrid event, and was chaired by Costa Rica.

                      From: Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Division