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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): Facts
IFLA Facts and Time line
IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
IFLA founded on: 30 September 1927
The place where IFLA was first found: Edinburgh, Scotland
IFLA was registered in the Netherlands in 1971.
IFLA headquarters is at The Hague, Netherlands from 1971
IFLA celebrated 75th birthday at a conference in Glasgow, Scotland in 2002.
Guidelines on Information Literacy for Life Long Learning drafted by IFLA
Code of Ethics for Librarians and Information workers drafted by IFLA
“Guidelines for library services to persons with Dyslexia” prepared by IFLA
IFLA’s programme for capacity building of library associations is named as BSLA (Building Strong Library Associations)
UNIMARC was developed under the umbrella of IFLA
FRBR is developed by IFLA
Action for Development through Libraries Programme (ALP) is an initiative of IFLA
The full form of the acronym FAIFE (IFLA) Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression
National Information Policy/National IT Strategies NIP/NITS by IFLA
For every 3000 persons there should be one public library and India with 1.2 billion population requires 3,30,000 libraries ? Suggested by IFLA
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