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IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2017
19—25 August 2017 | Wrocław, Poland
About IFLA
To advance the interest of its
members, IFLA:
• furthers accessibility, protection, and
preservation of documentary cultural
heritage;
• supports a library and information
profession which anticipates and
responds to the needs of communities
worldwide;
• drives high standards in library and
information services and professional
practices;
• encourages widespread understanding
of the value and importance of high
quality library and information services in
the public, private and voluntary sectors;
• promotes libraries as vital institutions
that enhance people’s lives through
equitable access to knowledge and
information.
IFLA does this by creating strategic alliances;
enhancing professional education; developing
professional standards; disseminating best
practice and advancing relevant scientific and
professional knowledge. It is committed to
enabling all members of the Federation to engage
in, and benefit from, its activities without regard
to citizenship, disability, ethnic origin, gender,
geographical location, language, political
philosophy, race or religion.
IFLA embraces the principles of freedom
of access to information, ideas and works
of imagination and freedom of expression
embodied in Article 19 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, and that people,
communities and organisations need universal
and equitable access to these for their social,
educational, cultural, democratic and economic
well-being.
The Royal Library, the national library of the
Netherlands, in The Hague, generously hosts
our headquarters.
IFLA is the international organisation for library and information associations,
institutions and librarians in the user communities they serve throughout the world.
It is the trusted global voice of the library and information community, and drives
equitable access to information and knowledge for all.