August 3, 2023
This page catalogues various publications of AfLIA and its strategic partners
July 19, 2023
Highlights and Winners of the 4th African Librarians Week (AfLibWk4.0)
June 24, 2023
. AfLIA invites you to participate in a virtual consultation session to deliberate on issues covered in the current draft of the Guidelines (Draft 3.0) and share your perspectives as a library and information professional.
May 29, 2023
28 MAY 2023 AfLIA welcomes 2023-2025 Governing Council and first female president at the 5th AfLIA Conference and 7th African Library Summit The 5th AfLIA Conference and 7th African Library Summit held at the Erata Hotel in Accra- Ghana, marked a significant milestone for the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions […]
May 10, 2023
The AfLIA LIS Education and Training Section invites you attend a virtual preconference workshop on "The IFLA Guidelines for Professional LIS Education Programmes: Consideration and Application in Africa", 22, 2023; 10:00 -13:00 (GMT - Accra).
April 13, 2023
Applications are open for the AfLIA post-conference Workshop on Library Publishing. Successful applicants will receive full sponsorship
April 10, 2023
The AfLIA NBA South Africa powered Early Literacy Development Course - outcome and experiences from cohort 1
April 9, 2023
Introducing Champions for the 4th African Librarians Week 1Lib1Ref campaign
March 27, 2023
Check out the details of our upcoming webinars for the African Librarians Week and book your spot now! This year, we are projecting "African Knowledge to the World."
February 20, 2023
AfLIA, in conjunction with OERAfrica is hosting a webinar on the topic "Openness, the public good and African librarians" on Thursday, 23rd February, 2023 by 9.30am.
February 16, 2023
AfLIA partners Figshare to promote open data awareness and participation in Africa
February 15, 2023
AfLIA invites all paid-up members to nominate candidates to serve as 2023-225 Governing Council members
January 31, 2023
AfLIA invites all library and information professionals and stakeholders within the African Library Sector to participate in a virtual launch ceremony for the African Librarysites platform.
January 23, 2023
AfLIA is excited to announce that registration is now open for enrolment in the AfLIA Wikidata Online Course. Participation is open to all librarians and other information professionals in Africa. This project is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation.
December 31, 2022
Registration now open for the 5th AfLIA Conference & 7th African Library Summit.
December 6, 2022
Introducing the African Librarysites platform: a continental source of consolidated library location data for development
December 5, 2022
AfLIA’s Library Education and Training Institution Section (LETIS), in collaboration with the LIS Department of the University of Western Cape, is organizing a hands-on virtual workshop 8-9 December 2022 to train information professionals on data librarianship and research data management skills.
November 21, 2022
AfLIA partners with NBA to implement UNESCO OER Recommendations
November 21, 2022
AfLIA has taken on four experienced Wikimedians to lead the charge in developing a learning framework (curriculum, modules and learning materials} for a Wikidata course and train English and French course participants, taking into cognisance their digital skills set, internet facilities/penetration, African meanings, values and learning milieu in the continent.
October 15, 2022
AfLIA’s Library Education and Training Institution Section (LETIS) is organizing a free webinar on November 3, 2022 to introduce information professionals to data librarianship as well as capacitate information practitioners with research data management skills through hands-on workshops.
August 27, 2022
In keeping with the International Literacy Day, AfLIA is organizing a webinar on the topic "An introduction to Wikisource - the free digital library". Participation is free
August 17, 2022
This webinar aims at probing the understanding of OER by African librarians, the uptake in different countries in Africa as well as challenges experienced or envisaged.
August 10, 2022
The 5th AfLIA Conference and 7th African Library Summit - AfLIA opens the Call for papers, ignite talks, posters and big ideas proposals.
August 7, 2022
Join AfLIA, on the International Youth Day 2022, for a discussion that interrogates social constructs within the African communitiess that libraries can build upon for creating intergenerational solidarity.
August 2, 2022
The President of the African Library and Information Association and Institutions, Mr. Alim Garga, embarked on a three-day working visit to Libreville, Gabon, at his own cost, to meet and interact with Gabonese library and information institutions and professionals from May 23-27, 2022. The visit was occasioned as part of AfLIA’s partnership and membership mobilization strategy to promote the continental association.
July 5, 2022
AfLIA is looking for a course facilitator to work remotely but closely with the Course Manager/Facilitator and the AfLIA team for seven months to create a learning framework (curriculum, modules and learning materials) in French for the AfLIA/Wikidata course.
July 1, 2022
AfLIA is organizing a webinar series on 13-14 July, 2022 to discuss how libraries can be pivotal in fighting this existential threat and how these institutions of knowledge and heritage can be protected in times of disasters.
June 23, 2022
AfLIA is looking to fill the position of Curriculum Development Consultant for a 2-months contract under the project "Promoting open knowledge practices in African Libraries through WikiData" .
June 20, 2022
AfLIA is looking for a competent trainer to fill the position of Wikidata Course Manager/Facilitator.
June 17, 2022
Join our discussants from Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and the moderator from Ghana as they dive deep and share their impactful experiences of the recently concluded Early Literacy Development course which exposed them to possibilities and pathways in early literacy development.