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
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
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
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 and Literacy & Reading Section
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
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 Europe
Advocating for Public Libraries in Europe
Date: 19 August
Location: Rotterdam Public Library, Rotterdam, Netherlands
26. Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Division Committee
Librarying SDGs: sharing experiences for progress
Date: 19 & 20 August 2023
Location: De Bibliotheek , Rotterdam, Netherlands