Vol. 4, No. 1: The 2024 Milestones Ahead Issue 📍

2024: New Year, new milestones await!

January 2024 —  Vol. 4, No. 1 View in your browser → THE 2024 MILESTONES AHEAD ISSUE Welcome to our first newsletter of 2024!     Usually in our newsletters, we look back at just a selection of the things our Federation has achieved over the previous month.   But this time, to mark the start of the year, we're looking forward! There is the New Year's message from our President, Vicki McDonald, setting out the key themes that will mark 2024 for IFLA, as well as exciting announcements about our Information Futures Summit in September and October and next steps in preparing our new strategy.   Then, you can read on for a selection of articles sharing ideas about upcoming events and topics in different areas of our work, as well as just some of the opportunities for you to get involved. Happy reading and thank you for joining us in 2024. ✨ A New Year's message from IFLA President Vicki McDonald Happy New Year to you all! I hope that all of you who were celebrating had the opportunity to rest and re-energise, and wish everyone involved in IFLA an exciting, rewarding and positive 2024. Near the end of last year, I shared a message to mark 100 days since I and my colleagues on the Governing Board took up our mandates. I was proud to be able to talk about what we have already achieved against the goals I set out back in Rotterdam, but also conscious of the work still to come. Now we are at the start of 2024, I wanted to share more about what you can expect from IFLA this year, and how this will bring us closer to where we want to be. Vicki McDonald IFLA President 2023-2025 Read the New Year's message → IFLA Information Futures Summit 2024: save the date! IFLA is proud to announce the Information Futures Summit, hosted by IFLA President Vicki McDonald, and under the theme Stronger Together. Join us from 30 September to 2 October 2024 in Brisbane, Australia. Read on → Your input needed! Help define change pathways for the IFLA Strategy 2024-2029 Thanks to the input of our members and volunteers, IFLA's Governing Board took a first key step towards our new Strategy at its last meeting, leading to a set of 10 suggested change pathways. We are now seeking your input on these – the priorities that will guide the preparation of our Strategy 2024-2029. Get involved → POLICY AND ADVOCACY Key advocacy dates in 2024: January – August  As we enter 2024, we're happy to share the latest edition of our regular forward look into key dates and events in the next few months for library advocacy. These are opportunities to get involved in wider conversations, and underline how essential libraries are for success across the full range of development goals. Take a look through, and think where you want and could be able to get involved!   Take part → Get involved with cultural policy and advocacy in 2024 The past few years have held major milestones in cultural policy. The historic Mondiacult Declaration in 2022 resulted in the launch of several initiatives to translate the goals of the Declaration into actions. Learn more → How to get involved with climate empowerment in 2024  Over the past years, IFLA has been working to raise awareness within the library field on Action for Climate Empowerment – and we have seen some real progress! For the first time, contributions both from IFLA and generally from the library field were included in the summary report on ACE implementation, which informed the deliberations at COP28. Read more → Libraries, advocacy and digital affairs – 10 things to look out for in 2024  2023 was already a year of significant digital policy developments. The rapid development of AI and many other emerging technologies gave rise to an acceleration of regulation, much of which had implications for the library and information field. Because of this, we believe that 2024 will be a pivotal year for advocating for meaningful and inclusive access to information, and ensuring that the global voice of libraries remains strong. Find out more → Ones to watch in 2024: Six library advocacy issues to keep an eye on in 2024  Advocacy is about making libraries part of other people's agendas, ensuring that those who take decisions about us (and those who influence them) see why our institutions and profession matter.  Learn more → Copyright priorities in 2024: What do the experts say?  Copyright rules have a key impact on the work of libraries, shaping how we acquire, manage, and enable people to use knowledge. It is also an evolving issue, with new laws and regulation always under discussion, in response to technological, political and economic change.  Continue reading → PROFESSIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT New IFLA Professional Report: Document delivery and resource sharing: global perspectives  The Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section (DDRS) Standing Committee is proud to share its recent open access publication, "Document Delivery and Resource Sharing: Global Perspectives". This comprehensive guide covers various aspects of operational resource sharing, including background, systems overview, copyright, technology, content management, and operations. Funded by the European Union's HERMES project, the publication aims to create open-source software and a training manual for librarians. Download here → Check out these recently published newsletters from IFLA's Professional Units and Advisory Committees IFLA Information Technology Section (IT) TILT – Trends and Issues in Library Technology IFLA Library Services for Multicultural Populations (MCULTP) IFLA Libraries for People with Special Needs (LSN) IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) IFLA Advisory Committee on Standards - IFLA Standards Newsletter OPEN CALLS Call for submissions: 2024 IFLA PressReader International Marketing Award The IFLA Section on Management and Marketing is delighted to launch this year's International Library Marketing Award continuing once again its partnership with award sponsor PressReader. The award is given to the library that demonstrates the best marketing activity to increase awareness and usage of their offer or services, through creative, results-oriented marketing projects or campaigns. Deadline: 20 February 2024 Apply now → UPCOMING EVENTS 15 February Knowledge Rights 21: Normalising open norms: Findings from the CIPPM study on experiences of implementing flexible copyright exceptions around the world Knowledge Rights 21 15 March 2024 mid-year Seminar at the University of Hawai'i IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section (LBES) 11 April Artificial Intelligence and Libraries: Transforming information access and discovery IFLA Information Technology (IT) Section and IFLA Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group (AI SIG) 29-31 May Connect, Collaborate, Create: Advancing library associations and partnerships to future-proof our profession IFLA Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) and the Nazarbayev University Library and the Association of University Libraries NEW MEMBERS IFLA warmly welcomes the following new members: National Library of Mauritius – Mauritius Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Biblioteca Central – Colombia University of Limpopo, Turfloop Campus Library – South Africa University of New South Wales, University Library – Australia We look forward to your engagement and involvement! 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