- 1. A new Strategy for Romanian Public Libraries
- (Newsflash)
- The National Association of Public Libraries and Librarians from Romania just released its brand new Development Strategy - 22th of January, 2015. One of the chapters aims towards building a common information ...
- Created on 25 January 2015
- 2. Say NO to the closure of Greek Public Libraries
- (SOS)
- ... about closure and merging of public libraries in Greece, institutions that exist for decades serving local communities, providing services to all citizens, regardless their age, educational level, gender, ...
- Created on 22 July 2013
- 3. Cross-European survey to measure users’ perceptions of the benefits of ICT in public libraries - Final Report
- (Documents)
- Public libraries across the European Union (EU) have long played an important role in communities by providing free access to information, guidance from trained librarians, and public meeting space. As ...
- Created on 15 May 2013
- 4. What to expect from libraries in the 21st century: Pam Sandlian Smith at TEDxMileHigh
- (TEDx)
- Why do we still need libraries in the age of digital, real-time information? In this emotional talk, Pam Sandlian Smith shows how she works to use the library as a hub for community-based knowledge creation ...
- Created on 20 November 2019
- 5. Get a read on this -- libraries bridging the digital divide: Andrew Roskill at TEDxCharleston
- (TEDx)
- Entrepreneur, Andrew Roskill, advocates for the public library of the future, a bustling, multi-purpose techno center that, in cutting edge communities, already exists and thrives. Andrew Roskill, Technoogy ...
- Created on 20 November 2019
- 6. Open source search engine for Finnish libraries and museums
- (Newsflash)
- ... source is that it enables organisations to work together to develop a system without limits, contracts or procedures." The engine itself is also made publicly available. The service will be taken in ...
- Created on 08 November 2013
- 7. IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 1994
- (Policies and advocacy)
- ... culture and information. The public library, the local gateway to knowledge, provides a basic condition for lifelong learning, independent decision- making and cultural development of the individual ...
- Created on 09 July 2013
- 8. The library is not a place, it’s a concept. Bill Ptacek at TEDxCalgary
- (TEDx)
- ... calgarii au acces la cunoștințe, informații, cultură și povești, Bill Ptacek, CEO al Bibliotecii Publice Calgary, revoluționează o instituție îndrăgită de 104 ani pentru a crea cea mai bună bibliotecă ...
- Created on 20 November 2019
- 9. Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)8 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on Big Data for culture, literacy and democracy
- (Recommendations)
- ... recommendations of the Committee of Ministers to the member States: Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)2 on the internet of citizens; Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)16 on measures to promote the public service ...
- Created on 29 September 2017
- 10. SAVE THE NATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL LIBRARY “I.C. PETRESCU” !
- (Call for)
- ... supplemented, the National Pedagogical Library “I.C. Petrescu” is a public specialized library with legal personality and of national importance, alongside the great libraries of Romania. Subordinated ...
- Created on 14 January 2014
- 11. Europeana celebrates 5 years
- (Newsflash)
- Europeana has reached another milestone towards 2015: 5 years of existance and 30 milion resources. Europeana aggregates the digital collections of roughly 2.300 galleries, libraries, museums, and archives ...
- Created on 27 November 2013
- 12. Open Access to science and data = cash and economic bonanza
- (Newsflash)
- ... open science through the whole programme. The rule will be open access to all publications that come out of it. We start with requiring open access to research data, too. And we are asking national funding ...
- Created on 20 November 2013
- 13. Faster, smarter and richer. Reshaping the library catalogue
- (Newsflash)
- ... ---Call for papers and posters is closing on Friday 15th November--- The value of cataloguing and “real” library data is a crucial issue in a time when the growing number of electronic publications ...
- Created on 14 November 2013
- 14. European Parliament Written Declaration 0016/2013 - MEPs need to vote
- (EU Agendas)
- European Parliament Written Declaration 0016/2013 (registered on the 7th of October 2013) recognises the essential services offered by public libraries in communities across the EU which provide opportunities ...
- Created on 11 November 2013
- 15. EIFL-PLIP Innovation Award 6
- (Newsflash)
- Creative use of ICT in public libraries CALL OPEN: 9 September to 30 October 2013 Are you offering an innovative service that uses information and communication technology (ICT) creatively – that ...
- Created on 15 October 2013
- 16. Dynamic Action Plan for the EU co-ordination of digitisation of cultural and scientific content
- (EU Actions Plans)
- ... and scientific knowledge resources are a unique public asset forming the collective and evolving memory of our diverse societies. Resource discovery, accessibility, usability, interoperability authenticity, ...
- Created on 12 July 2013
- 17. MICHAEL - Multilingual Inventory of Cultural Heritage in Europe
- (EU Projects)
- ... partnership between France, Italy and the UK to deploy a cultural portal platform that was developed in France. MICHAEL Plus then extended the MICHAEL project to the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, ...
- Created on 12 July 2013
- 18. Vienna Declaration
- (Policies and advocacy)
- ... Society. Accordingly, EBLIDA and NAPLE Forum call on the European Commission to make progress through the following four recommendations: 1. White paper “Public Libraries in the Knowledge Society”: ...
- Created on 09 July 2013
- 19. Europeana – the case for funding: tweet #AllezCulture
- (Call for)
- ... Vice President of the Commission. 3. Europeana makes Europe’s culture available for everyone. In 2012, all 20m Europeana records were released under a Creative Commons Zero public domain dedication ...
- Created on 13 June 2013
- 20. EIFL wins WSIS 2013 Project Prize for excellence
- (Newsflash)
- ... recognition of public libraries as partners in development. Internet and communication technologies are changing our lives, but there are many people, especially in developing and transition countries, ...
- Created on 14 May 2013