7. Local History and Genealogy Section
Innovative approaches in engaging people with local history and genealogy
Date: 17-18 August 2023
Location: KU Leuven Libraries, Leuven, Belgium
8. Information Technology Section
Agile methodology in libraries: innovations in library projects
Date: 18 August 2023
Location: Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
9. Evidence for Global and Disaster Health Special Interest Group
It’s getting hot in here! Information professionals and open science in a time of climate change.
Date: Friday 25 August 2023
Location: Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
10. LGBTQ Users Special Interest Group and Management and Marketing
‘The Library is open’: creating safe working environments for LGBTQ+ library employees and marketing supportive LGBTQ+ services
Date: 17-18 August 2023
Location: Government of the Netherlands, The Hague, The Netherlands
Call for Proposals
11. School Libraries Section
The school library standards in the digital age
Date: Saturday 19 August 2023
Location: TBC
12. Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section and Public Libraries Section
Libraries as Actors of Climate Empowerment (ACE)
Date: Saturday 19 August 2023
Location: Bibliotheek LocHal, Tilburg, The Netherlands
13. Library and Research Services for Parliaments
38th Pre-Conference of the Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section of IFLA
Date: Thursday 17 August & Friday 18 August 2023
Location: Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, The Hague, The Netherlands
14. Library History Special Interest Group
Preserving our origins: Approaches to the organization, curation, and historiography of the record of national and international organizations in libraries, information, and documentation.
Date: Thursday 17 August (afternoon), Friday 18 August (Full day), Saturday 19 August (morning)
Location: Mundaneum, Mons, Belgium
15. Art Libraries Section
Art Libraries: Big idea, difficult questions
What is the future as a result of the changes in digital technologies in the last 25 years, in the form of communications and exhibitions.
Date: 17-19 August, 2023
Location: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
16. Library Publishing Special Interest Group
The Global Impact of Library Publishing
Date: 19 August 2023
Location: Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Royal Library of the Netherlands), The Hague, The Netherlands
17. Knowledge Management Section
Perspectives on Global Knowledge Management Training and Education
Date: 19 August 2023
Location: Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
19. National Libraries Section and Preservation and Conservation Section
Strengthening libraries emergency preparedness and response
Date: 17 – 18 August 2023
Location: OBA Congres, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
20. Rare Books and Special Collections Section and Indigenous Matters Section
Empire, Indigeneity, and colonial heritage collections: confronting difficult pasts, enabling just futures.
Date: 18-19 August 2023
Location: University of Leiden Library, Leiden, The Netherlands
21. Libraries for Children and Young Adults
Young Children’s Journeys into Reading: Early Literacy Stories
Date: 19 August 2023
Location: The National Library of the Netherlands and the Children’s Book Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands
22. Bibliography Section, Cataloguing Section and Subject Analysis and Access Section
Universal Bibliographic Control at the crossroads: the challenges of unifying IFLA bibliographic standards
Date: 18 – 19 August 2023
Location: KBR, Brussels, Belgium
23. Information Literacy Section
Working Together to Develop Digital Literate Learners
Date: 18 August 2023
Location: Technische Universiteit Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
24. New Professionals SIG
IFLAcamp#9
Date: 18 – 19 August 2023
Location: Goethe Institut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
25. Regional Division Committee Sub-Saharan Africa
Librarying SDGs: sharing experiences for progress.
Date: 19 August
Location: Rotterdam Public Library, Rotterdam, Netherlands
26. Regional Division Committee Europe
Advocating for Public Libraries in Europe
Date: 19 August
Location: Rotterdam Public Library, Rotterdam, Netherlands