Here is a thread of shared experiences and impressions from participants of the first edition of AfLibWk, which was compiled from an evaluation form that was sent out at the end of event.

Speech delivered by the Mr. Mandla Ntombela, President of AfLIA on 23rd April, 2020 to launch the African Librarians Week (#AfLIbWk) Campaign. 

News in brief Libraries as Gardens is a creative project that seeks to geolocate and map, on a global scale, the before, during and after of the coronavirus lockdown, through personal audio recordings of the stories of people about their libraries and gardens that they tell in their homes during the pandemic. […]

Como bibliotecários, temos o dever de tornar acessíveis todas as informações relevantes sobre o Coronavírus em todas as formas e formas, para benefício e proteção de nossos usuários e comunidades, sem causar pânico indevido.

En tant que bibliothécaires, nous avons le devoir de rendre accessibles toutes les informations pertinentes sur le Coronavirus, sous toutes ses formes, pour le bénéfice et la protection de nos utilisateurs et de nos communautés, sans provoquer de panique excessive.

AfLIA, in collaboration with the African Parliamentary Institute of Yaounde - IPAY, organized a 2-day practically-oriented training workshop for over 40 Parliamentary Librarians and Archivists from the 4-5th March 2020 in Yaoundé - Cameroon, to equip them with requisite knowledge and skill sets in research, digital curation of legislative materials and the use of mobile apps for real-time information services to parliamentarians and other stakeholders so as to enable them effectively and efficiently support the work of parliament.

As librarians, we owe it as a duty to make accessible all relevant information about the Coronavirus in all shapes and forms for the benefit and protection of our users and communities, without causing undue panic.

Participants of AfLIA Leadership Academy Cohort 2 from Kenya, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe will be joining other Librarians at Public Library Association Conference, PLA 2020, Nashville, Tennessee. USA.

AfLIA and the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit behind Wikipedia, have partnered through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on training African librarians to use and contribute to Wikipedia through webinars, trainings, and a preconference session at the AfLIA 2021 Conference in Accra, Ghana. 

AfLIA invites applications from librarians working in all Library types to participate in the 3rd Cohort of the 9-month AfLIA Leadership Academy due to begin with an online mini-symposium in August 2020.

AfLIA, in partnership with IPAY, Yaounde, gladly announces that registration is progress for the inaugural Training Workshop for all African Parliamentary Librarians. The workshop will take place 4-5th March 2020 at the National assembly of Cameroon, Reunification Boulevard, Yaoundé 3, Street 3053, Cameroon.

AfLIA has signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding with the South African Institute for Distance Education - Saide and Open Educational Resources Africa - OER Africa to bridge competency gaps of Librarians in Africa by providing training and training resources on tertiary-level Open Educational Resources, Open Licensing and Open Access.

AfLIA - the trusted voice of the African library and information community, has announced a new partnership with the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) as part of the successful Working Internationally for Libraries programme, funded by the Arts Council England.

AfLIA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IPAY Training Institute which is a Cameroon based, Pan-African and bilingual institute that trains parliamentarians, parliamentary staff and private individuals.

The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH) is pleased to announce the 4th CARLIGH International  Conference of the Consortium which will be held at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Ghana from Monday 13th to Friday 17th July 2020.

The Executive Director, AfLIA, Dr. Helena Asamoah-Hassan on behalf of the Governing Council and the entire membership of AfLIA has congratulated Mr. Kepi Madumo on his recent appointment as the National Librarian and CEO of National Library of South Africa.