The highlight of the month was our General Assembly, held on 8 July. This offered an opportunity to present the work of our Federation. IFLA President Leslie Weir chaired, sharing a report on her engagement, including IFLA's Sustainable Futures Journey. This has been shared as her July Message.
Leslie travelled to New York to participate in an American Library Association side-event held in the margins of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum, as well as meeting with the Canadian Ambassador, UN Library and partners.
Leslie also attended the American Library Association's Annual Congress, alongside IFLA Secretary-General Sharon Memis, both sharing updates about IFLA's work and engaging members and colleagues.
In turn, Sharon participated in the LIBER Conference in Trondheim, and went to Paris for Wikimania, alongside our partners at the Wikimedia Foundation.
IFLA has been active at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum meetings in Geneva, which have also included the Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
We are grateful to all those who shared their inputs to support the Governance Structure Health Check, which took place from February 2025 to March 2026. The recommendations and information about next steps are available on our website.
Our work to build our capacity to support business development, both in IFLA and across the field, is progressing. If you know of consultants who can help accelerate this further (or are one yourself!) let us know by 12 August.
