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The Wars by Timothy Findley

4 min 13 years ago / Literature, Banned Books Advent Calendar / Soundtrack : English

Banned books: 1st December UBC University Librarian and IFLA president Ingrid Parent presents The Wars (1977) by Timothy Findley. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on […]

Banned books TEASER

1 min 13 years ago / Advertisements, Literature, Library Issues, Banned Books Advent Calendar / Soundtrack : English

The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression) have together created the world’s first Banned Books video calendar. […]

IFLA today 2011 – Day 3

5 min 14 years ago / Education, International Co-operation and IFLA / Soundtrack : English

Introducing one of the five different tracks at this year’s IFLA World Library and Information Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Claire Germain, Radu Popa and Teresa Miguel open up […]

IFLA today 2011 – Day 2

3 min 14 years ago / Education, International Co-operation and IFLA / Soundtrack : English

Introducing one of the five different tracks at this year’s IFLA World Library and Information Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ngian Lek Choh opens up the track of users […]

Libraries now – a film about Helsinki and libraries

3 min 14 years ago / Library services, Library channel, Library Issues, Education, Library Services Presented, International Co-operation and IFLA / Soundtrack : music / Subtitle cc: English

The World Library and Information Congress 2012, 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, will take place in Helsinki, Finland. The theme of the congress is Libraries now – Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering! […]

Henning Mankell’s thoughts about illiteracy

3 min 15 years ago / Literature, Author Interviews and Reading Tips, Education, International Co-operation and IFLA / Soundtrack : English

Henning Mankell visited Gothenburg’s University Library during IFLA conference. In this interwiev he speaks about illiteracy. Read more: Henning Mankell web page Interviewer: Kirsi Luukkanen Filming and editing: Tuomas Lipponen […]

Henning Mankell speaks about libraries

21 min 15 years ago / Literature: recommended, Author interviews, Library channel, Literature, Author Interviews and Reading Tips / Soundtrack : English

Henning Mankell visited Gothenburg’s University Library during IFLA conference. In this informal discussion Henning Mankell told about his experiences of Africa and the meaning of free access to information. In this […]

Alli A. S. Mcharazo tells about Tanzanian libraries

13 min 15 years ago / Education, International Co-operation and IFLA / Soundtrack : English

Alli A. S. Mcharazo, Director General of The Tanzania Library Service Board, visited the IFLA conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. He tells about his work and Tanzanian libraries in this interview. […]