International

AL Video: Haitian Librarians Describe Destruction

At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, Françoise Beaulieu-Thybulle, director of National Library of Haiti, and Elizabeth Pierre-Louis, program director for...

Posted August 31, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: IFLA President Ellen Tise

At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, IFLA President Ellen Tise of South Africa shares what she’s learned from her first year as...

Posted August 31, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: The Value of International Activity

At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, Mexican Library Association President Jesus Lau talks about how his library has benefited from his international activities and how librarians can help...

Posted August 24, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

AL Video: 2010 Access to Learning Award

At the 2010 IFLA World Library and Information Congress, AL editor Leonard Kniffel talks to Ioannis Trohopoulos, director of the public library in Veria, Greece, which won the Bill and...

Posted August 24, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

News Story: New Youth Library in Ethiopia Makes Impossible Dream Reality

New library user in Mekele, Ethiopia.

The need in Ethiopia is great but the vision and perseverance of Yohannes Gebregeorgis is greater, which helps explain why a new library worthy of any developed country opened August 20 in Mekele, the first of its kind in this small and...

Posted August 23, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

News Story: New Youth Library in Ethiopia Makes Impossible Dream Reality

CNN Hero Yohannes Gebregeorgis dances with young admirers.

The need in Ethiopia is great but the vision and perseverance of Yohannes Gebregeorgis is greater, which helps explain why a new library worthy of any developed country opened August 20 in Mekele, the first of its kind in this small and...

Posted August 23, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

News Story: New Youth Library in Ethiopia Makes Impossible Dream Reality

Two new library lovers read aloud Tirhas Celebrates Ashende.

The need in Ethiopia is great but the vision and perseverance of Yohannes Gebregeorgis is greater, which helps explain why a new library worthy of any developed country opened August 20 in Mekele, the first of its kind in this small and...

Posted August 23, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More

Blog entry: IFLA in Gothenburg, Day 6: The Mechanics of Making an International Organization Tick

ALA delegates Molly Raphael, Keith Michael Fiels, James Neal, Roberta Stevens.

Everyone knows that the real IFLA action is in the divisions, sections, and committees; for that reason, the August 14 General Assembly of the 76th World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg...

Posted August 15, 2010 | Comments:  | Read More