1. Introduction: The International Federation of Library Associations in addition to Institutions (IFLA) is an independent association that represents libraries in addition to library associations about the world. At an international conference of librarians in addition to booklovers inwards Prague inwards 1926 a proposal to position an international commission amongst representatives of national library associations was accepted. This was acted upon during the British Library Association conference inwards Edinburgh, Scotland on thirty September, 1927, when an international library in addition to bibliographic commission was created past times the instance associations from xv countries. IFLA was registered inwards the Netherlands inwards 1971. The get upward was changed to International Federation of Library Associations in addition to Institutions inwards 1976. Its headquarter is located at The Royal Library, the National Library of the Netherlands, inwards The Hague. IFLA’s website, formerly known every bit IFLANET is available over spider web at (http://www.ifla.org/).
2. Aims in addition to Objectives: The federation is an independent non-governmental in addition to not turn a profit making professional person organization. In 2004, the Governing Board decided to endorse a novel model for IFLA's operations, the 3 pillars that are supported past times the infrastructure offered past times the Federation's governance structures, its website in addition to its Headquarters (HQ) inwards The Hague. These 3 pillars are- Society Pillar, Professional Pillar, in addition to the Members’ Pillar.
a) The Society Pillar: It focuses on the role in addition to touching on of libraries in addition to information services inwards lodge in addition to the contextual issues that status in addition to constrain the environs inwards which they operate across the world. Those issues are addressed currently through FAIFE, CLM, Blue Shield, in addition to the advocacy inwards the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in addition to other arenas.
b) The Profession Pillar: It focuses on the issues covered past times the long established Core Activities - ALP, ICADS (webmaster: formerly known every bit ICABS), PAC, UNIMARC - in addition to the Sections in addition to Divisions. They prevarication at the heart of our professional person exercise in addition to assist libraries in addition to information services to fulfil their purposes in addition to to shape responses to the needs of the clients inwards a apace changing global environment.
c) The Members Pillar: It is of course of educational activity cardinal to IFLA. It includes the services they offering to members, management of their membership of IFLA, conferences in addition to publications. We must move together to brand IFLA to a greater extent than vibrant in addition to attractive in addition to beneficial for members throughout the world.
The aims of IFLA are to:
i) Promote high standards of provision in addition to delivery of library in addition to information services;
ii) Encourage widespread agreement of the value of goodness library & information services;
iii) Represent the interests of the members throughout the world.
3. Organization: The governing construction of IFLA has been revised in addition to came into forcefulness inwards 2001. The General Council of Members is the supreme governing body, consisting of delegates of voting Members. It commonly meets every yr during the annual conference. The Governing Board is responsible for the managerial in addition to professional person management of IFLA inside guidelines approved past times Council. The Governing Board meets at to the lowest degree twice every year, in 1 lawsuit at the fourth dimension in addition to house of the annual World Library in addition to Information Congress. The Executive Committee has executive responsibleness delegated past times the Governing Board to oversee the management of IFLA betwixt meetings of this Board inside the policies established past times the Board. It is the duty of the Professional Committee to ensure coordination of the move of all the IFLA units responsible for professional person activities, policies in addition to programmes (Sections, Core Activities, Special Interest Groups).
4. Membership: Till 2014, IFLA have got 1500 Members or hence inwards 150 countries about the world. IFLA has 2 primary categories of voting members: Association Members in addition to Institutional Members. Besides these, it has also Honorary Members (Honorary Presidents, Honorary Fellows, IFLA Medal). Over the years the membership has been expanded to include private libraries, library schools in addition to other appropriate institutions every bit good every bit personal affiliates.
2. Aims in addition to Objectives: The federation is an independent non-governmental in addition to not turn a profit making professional person organization. In 2004, the Governing Board decided to endorse a novel model for IFLA's operations, the 3 pillars that are supported past times the infrastructure offered past times the Federation's governance structures, its website in addition to its Headquarters (HQ) inwards The Hague. These 3 pillars are- Society Pillar, Professional Pillar, in addition to the Members’ Pillar.
a) The Society Pillar: It focuses on the role in addition to touching on of libraries in addition to information services inwards lodge in addition to the contextual issues that status in addition to constrain the environs inwards which they operate across the world. Those issues are addressed currently through FAIFE, CLM, Blue Shield, in addition to the advocacy inwards the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in addition to other arenas.
b) The Profession Pillar: It focuses on the issues covered past times the long established Core Activities - ALP, ICADS (webmaster: formerly known every bit ICABS), PAC, UNIMARC - in addition to the Sections in addition to Divisions. They prevarication at the heart of our professional person exercise in addition to assist libraries in addition to information services to fulfil their purposes in addition to to shape responses to the needs of the clients inwards a apace changing global environment.
c) The Members Pillar: It is of course of educational activity cardinal to IFLA. It includes the services they offering to members, management of their membership of IFLA, conferences in addition to publications. We must move together to brand IFLA to a greater extent than vibrant in addition to attractive in addition to beneficial for members throughout the world.
The aims of IFLA are to:
i) Promote high standards of provision in addition to delivery of library in addition to information services;
ii) Encourage widespread agreement of the value of goodness library & information services;
iii) Represent the interests of the members throughout the world.
3. Organization: The governing construction of IFLA has been revised in addition to came into forcefulness inwards 2001. The General Council of Members is the supreme governing body, consisting of delegates of voting Members. It commonly meets every yr during the annual conference. The Governing Board is responsible for the managerial in addition to professional person management of IFLA inside guidelines approved past times Council. The Governing Board meets at to the lowest degree twice every year, in 1 lawsuit at the fourth dimension in addition to house of the annual World Library in addition to Information Congress. The Executive Committee has executive responsibleness delegated past times the Governing Board to oversee the management of IFLA betwixt meetings of this Board inside the policies established past times the Board. It is the duty of the Professional Committee to ensure coordination of the move of all the IFLA units responsible for professional person activities, policies in addition to programmes (Sections, Core Activities, Special Interest Groups).
4. Membership: Till 2014, IFLA have got 1500 Members or hence inwards 150 countries about the world. IFLA has 2 primary categories of voting members: Association Members in addition to Institutional Members. Besides these, it has also Honorary Members (Honorary Presidents, Honorary Fellows, IFLA Medal). Over the years the membership has been expanded to include private libraries, library schools in addition to other appropriate institutions every bit good every bit personal affiliates.
5. Functions in addition to Activities: The issues mutual to library in addition to information services about the reason are the draw of piece of work concern of the IFLA Core Activities. The objectives in addition to projects of the Core Activities relate to the Federation's Programme in addition to the priorities of the Divisions in addition to Sections are directed past times the Professional Committee. Some of the major heart programmes are given below.
a) Action for Development through Libraries Programme (ALP): The ALP Programme was launched inwards 1984 at the IFLA Conference inwards Nairobi, Kenya, in addition to was the dependent champaign of intensive give-and-take betwixt 1987 in addition to 1989. It was farther developed in addition to defined during 1990 in addition to 1991 every bit a particular projection in addition to is fully operational always since. The get upward of the Programme was originally "Advancement of Librarianship Programme", but inwards 2004 it was changed to "Action for Development through Libraries Programme". However, the acronym all the same remains every bit "ALP". The mission of ALP is to farther the library profession, library institutions in addition to library in addition to information services inwards the developing countries of Africa, Asia in addition to Oceania, Latin America in addition to the Caribbean.
b) Preservation in addition to Conservation (PAC): IFLA Core Activity on Preservation in addition to Conservation (PAC) was officially created during the IFLA annual conference inwards Nairobi inwards 1984 to focus efforts on issues of preservation in addition to to initiate worldwide cooperation for the preservation of library materials. The PAC programme was effectively launched inwards Vienna during the 1986 Conference on the Preservation of Library Materials co-organized past times the Conference of the Directors of National Libraries, IFLA in addition to UNESCO.
c) IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Digital Strategies (ICADS): ICADS is a articulation alliance of IFLA in addition to the Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL). The alliance was established inwards August 2008 every bit a successor to ICABS (IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards) which was established every bit a national libraries first inwards 2003.
d) International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD): In 1961, at the International Conference on Cataloguing Principles held inwards Paris, stress was position on the ask of standardization inwards bibliographic description. To solve the problem, International Meeting on Cataloguing Expert (ICME) was sponsored past times IFLA in addition to held inwards Copenhagen inwards 1969. The coming together formed a commission to study the work of standardization inwards bibliographic description. The commission submitted its study at a coming together held inwards Liverpool inwards 1971 which is known every bit International Standard Bibliographic Description (Monograph) {ISBD (M)}.
e) Universal Machine Readable Catalogue (UNIMARC): There emerged a number of touchstone bibliographic tape formats such every bit UKMARC, INTERMARC, USMARC, etc whose paths diverged owing to dissimilar national cataloguing practices in addition to requirements. Recognizing that at that spot is a ask for the establishment of international format for the telephone commutation of bibliographic data, IFLA, the department on cataloguing in addition to mechanization, took the first to develop international MARC format which would have got the tape created inwards whatsoever MARC format. As a result, the start version of Universal Machine Readable Catalogue (UNIMARC) appeared for monograph in addition to series inwards 1977 to facilitate the international telephone commutation of bibliographic information inwards auto readable form. UNIMARC follows the ISO communication format ISO-2709 (1981). Succeeding to the IFLA UBCIM Core Activity, the IFLA UNIMARC Core Activity (UCA) was established inwards 2003 amongst the responsibleness for the maintenance in addition to evolution of the Universal MARC format (UNIMARC).
f) Standardization: IFLA has standardized international loan asking cast inwards 1935 in addition to has been progressively revising it since then. IFLA developed in addition to published inwards 1974 the International Standard Bibliographic Description for Monographic Publication [ISBD (M)] every bit the reason for rules of description of monographic cloth inwards AACR-II. In 1975 IFLA in addition to the Joint Steering Committee for the revision of AACR - (JSC/AACR) jointly developed General International Standard Bibliographic Description [ISBD (G)]. It serves every bit a framework for the description of all types of publication.
g) Seminars, Conference in addition to Workshop: IFLA regularly holds “World Library in addition to Information Congress: IFLA General Conference in addition to Assembly” in addition to Regional Meetings. IFLA’s full general conferences are large-scale conference. In 1961 IFLA holds the international conference on cataloguing principles inwards Paris.
h) Fellowships, Funds in addition to Grants: IFLA administers a number of Grants in addition to Scholarships to enable the aspiring library in addition to information professionals from all over the reason to heighten their grooming in addition to to render funding for novel in addition to exciting projects inwards the champaign of librarianship. Such programmes include Guust Van Wesemael Literacy Prize, IFLA International Marketing Award, Jay Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship, Margreet Wijnstroom Fund, Dr Shawky Salem Conference Grant (SSCG), etc.
i) Cooperation: IFLA has Formal Associate Relations amongst United Nations Educational, Scientific in addition to Cultural Organization (UNESCO), observer status amongst the United Nations, associate status amongst the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) in addition to observer status amongst the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in addition to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). In 1999, it established observer status amongst the World Trade Organization (WTO). It has also offered consultative status to a number of non-governmental organizations operating inwards related fields, including the International Publishers Association (IPA). It is also a fellow member of the International Council on Archives (ICA), International Council of Museums (ICOM), the International Council on Monuments in addition to Sites (ICOMOS), in addition to the International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS). Again, till 2009 to a greater extent than than 25 corporations inwards the information manufacture have got formed a working human relationship amongst IFLA nether its Corporate Partners scheme.
j) Mailing Lists in addition to Forum: Sympa software provides spider web access to IFLA’s lot of mailing lists. IFLA also serves every bit an international forum for librarians in addition to advises international bodies relating to library in addition to information science. It provides proficient advice in addition to assistance inwards the planning in addition to evolution of library services.
k) Publication: Each number of IFLA Journal (Quarterly) covers tidings of electrical flow IFLA activities in addition to articles selected to reverberate the multifariousness of the international information profession ranging from liberty of information, preservation, services to the visually impaired in addition to intellectual property.
Council Report (biennial) records IFLA's achievements inwards 5 key areas: access to information, the electronic environment, preservation in addition to conservation, services in addition to standards in addition to professional person development. The IFLA publications series include such titles every bit Intelligent library buildings, in addition to adapting marketing to libraries inwards a changing worldwide environment. The IFLA Professional Reports series characteristic reports of professional person meetings in addition to guidelines to best practice. Recent reports include Proceedings of the IFLA/UNESCO pre-conference seminar on populace libraries in addition to Guidelines for easy-to-read materials.
Besides the above, many IFLA groups (Divisions, Core Activities, Sections in addition to Special Interest Groups) have got their ain newsletters. Some are produced regularly, others solely look sporadically. Each yr the proceedings of the World Library in addition to Information Congress, IFLA General Conference in addition to Assembly are made available on the IFLA website. It also publishes International Cataloguing in addition to Bibliographic Control (ICBC) Journal, IFLA Directory, International cataloguing, reason directory of administrative libraries, reason directory of map collection, LIBRI- Library journal.
IFLA’s previous programme includes Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC) launched inwards 1973, International MARC Programme (IMP) established officially inwards 1983, Universal Availability of Publication (UAP) taken upward inwards 1973, etc.
6. Conclusion: IFLA advises libraries on matters such every bit interlibrary loan practices, copyright laws, library edifice design, in addition to evolution of legal deposit regulations that title national libraries to have copies of every move registered for copyright inwards their respective countries. It also stimulates cooperation amid writers, scholars, publishers, in addition to libraries, in addition to it assists librarians inwards promoting literacy in addition to universal access to knowledge. In addition, IFLA advocates the formation of a worldwide information network.
India is represented inwards the Executive Board of IFLA. In October, 1985 Indian Library Association (ILA) organised the IFLA’s regional seminar on Universal Availability of Publication (UAP) inwards New Delhi. Indian Library Association (ILA) also hosted 58th General Conference of IFLA inwards New Delhi from August 30-Septermber 5, 1992.
a) Action for Development through Libraries Programme (ALP): The ALP Programme was launched inwards 1984 at the IFLA Conference inwards Nairobi, Kenya, in addition to was the dependent champaign of intensive give-and-take betwixt 1987 in addition to 1989. It was farther developed in addition to defined during 1990 in addition to 1991 every bit a particular projection in addition to is fully operational always since. The get upward of the Programme was originally "Advancement of Librarianship Programme", but inwards 2004 it was changed to "Action for Development through Libraries Programme". However, the acronym all the same remains every bit "ALP". The mission of ALP is to farther the library profession, library institutions in addition to library in addition to information services inwards the developing countries of Africa, Asia in addition to Oceania, Latin America in addition to the Caribbean.
b) Preservation in addition to Conservation (PAC): IFLA Core Activity on Preservation in addition to Conservation (PAC) was officially created during the IFLA annual conference inwards Nairobi inwards 1984 to focus efforts on issues of preservation in addition to to initiate worldwide cooperation for the preservation of library materials. The PAC programme was effectively launched inwards Vienna during the 1986 Conference on the Preservation of Library Materials co-organized past times the Conference of the Directors of National Libraries, IFLA in addition to UNESCO.
c) IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Digital Strategies (ICADS): ICADS is a articulation alliance of IFLA in addition to the Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL). The alliance was established inwards August 2008 every bit a successor to ICABS (IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards) which was established every bit a national libraries first inwards 2003.
d) International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD): In 1961, at the International Conference on Cataloguing Principles held inwards Paris, stress was position on the ask of standardization inwards bibliographic description. To solve the problem, International Meeting on Cataloguing Expert (ICME) was sponsored past times IFLA in addition to held inwards Copenhagen inwards 1969. The coming together formed a commission to study the work of standardization inwards bibliographic description. The commission submitted its study at a coming together held inwards Liverpool inwards 1971 which is known every bit International Standard Bibliographic Description (Monograph) {ISBD (M)}.
e) Universal Machine Readable Catalogue (UNIMARC): There emerged a number of touchstone bibliographic tape formats such every bit UKMARC, INTERMARC, USMARC, etc whose paths diverged owing to dissimilar national cataloguing practices in addition to requirements. Recognizing that at that spot is a ask for the establishment of international format for the telephone commutation of bibliographic data, IFLA, the department on cataloguing in addition to mechanization, took the first to develop international MARC format which would have got the tape created inwards whatsoever MARC format. As a result, the start version of Universal Machine Readable Catalogue (UNIMARC) appeared for monograph in addition to series inwards 1977 to facilitate the international telephone commutation of bibliographic information inwards auto readable form. UNIMARC follows the ISO communication format ISO-2709 (1981). Succeeding to the IFLA UBCIM Core Activity, the IFLA UNIMARC Core Activity (UCA) was established inwards 2003 amongst the responsibleness for the maintenance in addition to evolution of the Universal MARC format (UNIMARC).
f) Standardization: IFLA has standardized international loan asking cast inwards 1935 in addition to has been progressively revising it since then. IFLA developed in addition to published inwards 1974 the International Standard Bibliographic Description for Monographic Publication [ISBD (M)] every bit the reason for rules of description of monographic cloth inwards AACR-II. In 1975 IFLA in addition to the Joint Steering Committee for the revision of AACR - (JSC/AACR) jointly developed General International Standard Bibliographic Description [ISBD (G)]. It serves every bit a framework for the description of all types of publication.
g) Seminars, Conference in addition to Workshop: IFLA regularly holds “World Library in addition to Information Congress: IFLA General Conference in addition to Assembly” in addition to Regional Meetings. IFLA’s full general conferences are large-scale conference. In 1961 IFLA holds the international conference on cataloguing principles inwards Paris.
h) Fellowships, Funds in addition to Grants: IFLA administers a number of Grants in addition to Scholarships to enable the aspiring library in addition to information professionals from all over the reason to heighten their grooming in addition to to render funding for novel in addition to exciting projects inwards the champaign of librarianship. Such programmes include Guust Van Wesemael Literacy Prize, IFLA International Marketing Award, Jay Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship, Margreet Wijnstroom Fund, Dr Shawky Salem Conference Grant (SSCG), etc.
i) Cooperation: IFLA has Formal Associate Relations amongst United Nations Educational, Scientific in addition to Cultural Organization (UNESCO), observer status amongst the United Nations, associate status amongst the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) in addition to observer status amongst the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in addition to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). In 1999, it established observer status amongst the World Trade Organization (WTO). It has also offered consultative status to a number of non-governmental organizations operating inwards related fields, including the International Publishers Association (IPA). It is also a fellow member of the International Council on Archives (ICA), International Council of Museums (ICOM), the International Council on Monuments in addition to Sites (ICOMOS), in addition to the International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS). Again, till 2009 to a greater extent than than 25 corporations inwards the information manufacture have got formed a working human relationship amongst IFLA nether its Corporate Partners scheme.
j) Mailing Lists in addition to Forum: Sympa software provides spider web access to IFLA’s lot of mailing lists. IFLA also serves every bit an international forum for librarians in addition to advises international bodies relating to library in addition to information science. It provides proficient advice in addition to assistance inwards the planning in addition to evolution of library services.
k) Publication: Each number of IFLA Journal (Quarterly) covers tidings of electrical flow IFLA activities in addition to articles selected to reverberate the multifariousness of the international information profession ranging from liberty of information, preservation, services to the visually impaired in addition to intellectual property.
Council Report (biennial) records IFLA's achievements inwards 5 key areas: access to information, the electronic environment, preservation in addition to conservation, services in addition to standards in addition to professional person development. The IFLA publications series include such titles every bit Intelligent library buildings, in addition to adapting marketing to libraries inwards a changing worldwide environment. The IFLA Professional Reports series characteristic reports of professional person meetings in addition to guidelines to best practice. Recent reports include Proceedings of the IFLA/UNESCO pre-conference seminar on populace libraries in addition to Guidelines for easy-to-read materials.
Besides the above, many IFLA groups (Divisions, Core Activities, Sections in addition to Special Interest Groups) have got their ain newsletters. Some are produced regularly, others solely look sporadically. Each yr the proceedings of the World Library in addition to Information Congress, IFLA General Conference in addition to Assembly are made available on the IFLA website. It also publishes International Cataloguing in addition to Bibliographic Control (ICBC) Journal, IFLA Directory, International cataloguing, reason directory of administrative libraries, reason directory of map collection, LIBRI- Library journal.
IFLA’s previous programme includes Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC) launched inwards 1973, International MARC Programme (IMP) established officially inwards 1983, Universal Availability of Publication (UAP) taken upward inwards 1973, etc.
6. Conclusion: IFLA advises libraries on matters such every bit interlibrary loan practices, copyright laws, library edifice design, in addition to evolution of legal deposit regulations that title national libraries to have copies of every move registered for copyright inwards their respective countries. It also stimulates cooperation amid writers, scholars, publishers, in addition to libraries, in addition to it assists librarians inwards promoting literacy in addition to universal access to knowledge. In addition, IFLA advocates the formation of a worldwide information network.
India is represented inwards the Executive Board of IFLA. In October, 1985 Indian Library Association (ILA) organised the IFLA’s regional seminar on Universal Availability of Publication (UAP) inwards New Delhi. Indian Library Association (ILA) also hosted 58th General Conference of IFLA inwards New Delhi from August 30-Septermber 5, 1992.
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