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Public Libraries Section

The Mobile Libraries Section merged with Public Library Section in August 2005 Mobile Libraries Section Archive

The Section of Public Libraries provides an active international forum for the development and promotion of public libraries which serve the whole community in the context of the information society and ensure free and equal access to information at the local level.

Strategic Plan

2008-2009
2006-2007
2004-2005 (Revised version)
2004-2005

Projects

Meeting User Needs in Public Libraries - Are you?

• A checklist for best practice
  (Updated: July 2008)

IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Guidelines For Development Marketing and Translation Strategy
(Updated: August 2007)

The role of Public Libraries in lifelong learning; a Project under the section of Public Libraries, IFLA

IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto, 1994

Available in various languages

Publications

Bibliotecas públicas, archivos y museos: tendencias de colaboración y cooperación
Alexandra Yarrow, Barbara Clubb y Jennifer-Lynn Draper
La Haya, oficina central de la IFLA, 2009. – 50 p. 30 cm.
(Informes Profesionales de la IFLA: 113) (Spanish translation of IFLA Professional Report 108)
ISBN 978-90-77897-36-2
ISSN 0168-1931

Bibliothèques publiques, archives et musées : Tendances en matière de collaboration et de coopération
Alexandra Yarrow, Barbara Clubb et Jennifer-Lynn Draper.
The Hague, IFLA Headquarters, 2008. – 60p. 30 cm.
(Rapports professionnels de l’IFLA : 109)
(French translation of IFLA Professional Report 108)
ISBN 978-90-77897-29-4
ISSN 0168-1931

Public Libraries, Archives and Museums: Trends in Collaboration and Cooperation
Alexandra Yarrow, Barbara Clubb and Jennifer-Lynn Draper.
The Hague, IFLA Headquarters, 2008. – 53p. 30 cm.
(IFLA Professional Reports: 108)
ISBN 978-90-77897-28-7
ISSN 0168-1931

The Public Library Service: the IFLA/UNESCO Guidelines for Development
(Available in various languages)

The Role of Libraries in Lifelong Learning

National Information Policy/National IT Strategies - A Survey

Public Library Acts

Acts on Library Services

Newsletters

• Issue no. 35, May 2008
• Issue no. 34, April 2007
• Issue no. 33, March 2006
• Issue no. 32, August 2005
• Issue no. 31, February 2005
• Issue no. 30, July 2004
• Issue no. 29, February 2004
• Issue no. 28, July 2003
• Issue no. 27, February 2003
• Issue no. 26, July 2002
• Issue no. 25, February 2002
• Issue no. 24, July 2001
• Issue no. 23, January 2001

Membership brochure

• Join an exciting IFLA section now!
• Joignez maintenant une passionnante section d'IFLA!

Annual Reports

2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2000

Conferences and Seminars

• 2008: Call for Papers for Satellite meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 5-7 August 2008
  Theme: Navigating with youth: In this technological era, how can public libraries attract and keep their young clientele?
• 2007: Call for Papers - Division III. Libraries Serving the General Public
  Theme: Social Inclusion - how can public libraries embrace the challenge of reaching out to serve all people in their community?
  World Library and Information Congress: August 2007, Durban, South Africa
• 2003-2004
• 1997-2002

Minutes

• 2008: Mid-year Meeting in Odense, Denmark
• 2007: Durban, South Africa, August
• 2007: Mid-year meeting, Mülheim, Germany
• 2006: Seoul, Korea, August
• 2006: Mid-year meeting, Oklahoma City, USA, March
• 2005: Oslo, Norway, August
• 2005: Mid-year meeting, Barcelona, Spain, February
• 2004: Buenos Aires, Argentina, August
• 2004: Spring meeting, Sweden, March
• 2003: Berlin, Germany, August
• 2003: Spring meeting, Bologna, March
• 2002: Glasgow, Scotland, August
• 2002: Spring meeting, Singapore, March
• 2001: Boston MA, USA, August
• 2000: Jerusalem, Israel, August
• 2000: Spring meeting, Paris, France, March

Useful Addresses

• Standing Committee Members

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