June 30, 2023 – We, the Canadian bodies undersigned, are united in our concern that Dubai has been selected by the Governing Board to be the host of the World Library and Information Congress for 2024. While we fully acknowledge that a range of considerations has been weighed by the Governing Board, we do not […]
Category: IFLA
Christina de Castell elected IFLA Vice-Chair North America 2021–2023
Christina de Castell, Chief Librarian & CEO, Vancouver Public Library, has been elected to the IFLA regional division committee and will be serving as the Vice-Chair for North America for 2021–2023. These Committees – a key innovation in IFLA’s governance review – have a mandate not only to strengthen the voice of regions within IFLA, […]
Congrats to GVPL for their IFLA International Marketing Award
Greater Victoria Public Library (Canada) is the 2nd place winner of the IFLA Press Reader International Marketing Award 2020 for their campaign Change Your Mind. GVPL decided that it was time to Change Your Mind, using an integrated brand strategy to transform the way people think about libraries in Greater Victoria and well beyond. Submissions […]
IFLA President’s Meeting – April 7-8 / TORONTO
Participate in the interactive IFLA President’s Meeting planned for April 7-8 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto including tours and receptions with library leaders from around the world both the day before and after the meeting. Registration fee is $200. Canadian. With the theme Call to Action: Building the Change Agenda for the Information Profession, […]
Lyon Declaration Update
I trust that all of you are well. The recent IFLA World Library and information Congress in Cape Town has just concluded, and the Lyon Declaration was rightly praised as a great success. In the coming weeks we will be sending out more information on the new framework, the SDGs and their targets, and also […]
Report from a Representative at the IFLA Access to Digital Content Meeting
Please find attached a short report prepared by Christina deCastell. Christina is on the CULC/CBUC eBook Task Force and maintains the blog linked to CULC on the same topic. Paul Whitney was also there as a Representative of IFLA, as was Victoria Owen from Canada. Summary of IFLA Access to Digital Content Expert Meeting November […]
CULC/CBUC Member Briefing – Copyright Legislation and Supreme Court Rulings
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 @ 1:00 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific; 2 pm Atlantic) Teleconference Access: HAS BEEN EMAILED TO CEO MEMBERS FOR USE WITHIN THEIR INSTITUTION Speaker: Paul Whitney, former City Librarian, Vancouver Public Library and recognized Copyright Expert Moderator: Catherine Biss, Chair, CULC/CBUC and CEO, Markham Public Library As most are aware Bill […]
Paul Whitney Re-elected to IFLA Governing Board
IFLA ELECTION 2011-2013 The results of the IFLA elections for President-Elect and Governing Board for the term 2011-2013 have just been announced. Paul Whitney, consultant and former chief librarian of the Vancouver Public Library, was re-elected for a second term on the IFLA Governing Board with the second highest number of votes of all candidates. […]