October 6, 2020
AfLIA and IFLA in recognition of the possibilities created by AfCFTA for the negotiation of an Intellectual Property Protocol for the Free Trade Area have written to His Excellency, Mr. Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA), Africa Trade House, Accra Ghana.
October 2, 2020
Join AfLIA virtually to promote Media and Information Literacy in Africa by enrolling in the 2020 Global Media and Literacy Week: 5-day free Call to Action course.
October 1, 2020
AfLIA, partnering with CILIP, invites all to submit chapter proposals for a book themed "Digital Literacy, Inclusivity and Sustainable Development in Africa"
September 24, 2020
24TH SEPTEMBER 2020 The Wikipedia in African Libraries Project (#WikiAfLibs) aims to produce an adapted curriculum to train at least 300 LIS professionals (from about 30 African countries), who will be able to carry out community outreaches and help their different user communities to be adept at using Wikipedia for learning, research […]
September 21, 2020
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 – News in brief The AfLIA President, Mr. Mandla Ntombela has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer/Director, South African Library for the Blind (SALB). He is moving from Msunduzi Municipality Library where he has held sway as the City Librarian. Mr. Ntombela believes that inclusive library and information services […]
September 16, 2020
On the 12th September 2020, the African Library & Information Associations and Institutions - AfLIA won an award at the Ghana Development Awards, for the organization's contributions to the growth and development of education.
September 15, 2020
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 As teaching and learning increasingly move online due to the COVID-19 crisis, the digital and educational divide in Africa is steadily widening as many students lack access to the Internet and household computers/Internet enabled devices and are unable to join classes or complete assignments online. This hinders access to […]
September 15, 2020
AfLIA and Creative Commons partners to celebrate the International Day for Universal Access to Information through a panel discussion to explore how the fields of Open science, Open education and in general Open access can help libraries fulfil their mission and foster knowledge exchange in Africa for sustainable development.
September 15, 2020
The Advancing Library Visibility in Africa Project shares updates on learning from our research on African Libraries in Development Perceptions and Possibilities
September 13, 2020
AfLIA has signed on Prof. Rosemary M. Shafack as the Curriculum Development Consultant (CDC) for the Wikipedia in African Libraries Project, sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation.
September 12, 2020
Following a recently signed MOU between AfLIA and Mentor Without Borders, both partners are currently collaborating with AfLIA to train young librarians in web development, mobile development or artificial intelligence/machine learning.
September 11, 2020
The AfLIA Little by Little Donation Campaign begins Monday, Sept 14-18, 2020. Prepare to donate as we join hands to build African Librarians. ALL online donations up to $50 on our GlobalGiving platform will be matched at 50%!
Donation page - https://bit.ly/33o7Bzc
September 8, 2020
September 8th is the International Literacy Day. Since 1966, the Day has been set aside by UNESCO to highlight the importance of literacy. This year's theme is "Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond"
August 31, 2020
AfLIA opens the Call for the 2021 Conference Papers, Ignite Talks, Posters and Big Ideas Podium proposals.
August 23, 2020
AfLIA has signed on Alice Kibombo as a Wikipedian in Residence to actualize the AfLIA/Wikipedia project of training at least 10 librarians each from 30 African countries.
August 20, 2020
On 18 August 2020, over 2,300 learners from 17 African nations were celebrated at a virtual convocation organized by Commonwealth of Learning, Canada (COL) and Coursera in collaboration with implementing partners across Africa.
August 16, 2020
AfLIA is excited to announce that a virtual convocation to celebrate graduates of the COL-Coursera Workforce Recovery Programme will be held on 18th August 2020 at 16pm GMT.
August 10, 2020
AfLIA and Emerald Publishing presents a webinar series on Open Science and Libraries
Webinar 1: What is Open Science?
25th August 2020. @ 10AM GMT | 11AM WAT | 12pm CAT | 1PM EAT
Webinar 2: Institutional and National Repositories in Africa and possibilities of centralized data repositories in Africa.
1st September 2020. @ 10AM GMT | 11AM WAT | 12pm CAT | 1PM EAT
Webinar 3: Research Data Management: Practices and present challenges.
8th September 2020. @ 10AM GMT | 11AM WAT | 12pm CAT | 1PM EAT
August 10, 2020
AfLIA, in partnership with Emerald Publishing is holding a three-part webinar series on Open Science, Repositories and Research Data Management. Registration is recurring and open till the eve of the last webinar.
July 31, 2020
Highlights of the survey results now available. Tracking responses of African Libraries to COVID-19 crisis: Highlights of results
July 31, 2020
With grant support from the Wikimedia Foundation, AfLIA's Wikipedian in Residence and Curriculum Development Consultant will adapt the OCLC curriculum to the African context and train librarians from all library types in 30 African countries.
July 22, 2020
AfLIA invites applications from African Librarians working in all Library types to participate in the 3rd Cohort of the 9-month AfLIA Leadership Academy. The Leadership Academy aims at supporting middle-level managers in African libraries of all types to be proactive, well-grounded and innovative leaders in their Libraries and user communities.
July 21, 2020
ABADCAM donates vital items to the University of Bamenda and the Catholic University of Central Africa as part of efforts to help the fight against COVID-19
July 6, 2020
AfLIA is pleased to announce that it has received a grant of $54,098 from Wikimedia Foundation.
July 6, 2020
Job Opening: Curriculum Development Consultant for Wikipedia/AfLIA project for African Librarians
July 6, 2020
Job Opening: Wikipedian in Residence for Wikipedia/AfLIA project for African Librarians
June 29, 2020
A free webinar on E-Resources during COVID-19: copyright and licensing issues.
June 25, 2020
Learn all about #AfLibWk campaign's key stats, outcomes, top contributors
June 12, 2020
Enhance your employability through the COL-Coursera Workforce Recovery Program, a fully sponsored online learning opportunity for the unemployed, library users and students. Apply now!!
June 11, 2020
June 11, 2020 Overview Libraries all over the continent are feeling the impact of COVID-19 pandemic as services and programmes are reconfigured while resources and efforts are geared towards understanding the facts about the crisis, providing information services on the pandemic and keeping the library spaces free from the virus. Presently, many […]