February 26, 2021
From March 8-12, we’re celebrating the BIG difference little acts of kindness can make! All week, when you donate up to $50, GlobalGiving
will match your generosity 50%
January 29, 2021
The African Chapter of the UN SDG Book club is readying for launch with UN and IPA working with APNET, ADEA, AfLIA, PAWA, Borders Literature Online, and PABA. The Book Club aims at helping children understand the SDGs through literary works.
January 15, 2021
AfLIA rejoices with Wikipedia, as it marks its 20th anniversary.
January 5, 2021
2021 Welcome message by AfLIA's President, Mandla Ntombela
January 4, 2021
L'AfLIA reçoit des candidatures pour le cours Wikipedia in African Libraries (#WikiAfLibs) - Cohorte 1.
AfLIA está a receber candidaturas para o curso Wikipedia nas Bibliotecas Africanas (#WikiAfLibs) - Coorte 1.
Date / Data limite: 14 de Janeiro de 2021 / 14 janvier 2021
January 4, 2021
AfLIA is receiving applications for Wikipedia in African Libraries (#WikiAfLibs) Course - Cohort 1.
Deadline: 14th January, 2021
November 15, 2020
After the Global MIL short course run by AfLIA, we are working with selected participants of the course to actualize their Action Plans. This will see the inculcation of media and information literacy skills to various communities across Africa.
November 4, 2020
AfLIA calls for pilot participants to test the Wikipedia in African Libraries (#WikiAfLibs) course. The Cohort will test the adapted OCLC curriculum from 16th November – 20th December, 2020. Apply now!
November 3, 2020
39 African Librarians awarded for successfully completing AfLIA 2020 Global MIL Week course
November 2, 2020
The future is bright and clear for any librarian who wants to diversify into information marketing. Read to know why....
October 15, 2020
OCTOBER 11, 2020 The theme for 2020 Open Access Week is – Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion. When you examine knowledge sharing through the lense of Equity and Inclusion, you ask who is being left behind or cast aside and unable to access knowledge and information […]
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