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 […]
June 9, 2020
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.
May 23, 2020
From 24th to 30th May 2020, the first African Librarians Week, #AfLibWk kicks in! African library and information professionals will be adding accurate and reliable sources to articles on Wikipedia.
May 18, 2020
A free webinar by African Association of Universities and AfLIA, themed: "Supporting Academic Libraries in the COVID-19 Era". The webinar is scheduled to hold on 19 May, 2020 at 11:00am GMT.
May 4, 2020
Speech delivered by the Mr. Mandla Ntombela, President of AfLIA on 23rd April, 2020 to launch the African Librarians Week (#AfLIbWk) Campaign.
April 28, 2020
Springer has generously made available over 400 scientific books for free for educators, students and academics affected by coronavirus lockdown to help support higher education institutions around the world during the global lockdown. Attached is a link to tons of great materials, especially in statistics, machine learning and data science. DOWNLOAD FULL […]
April 22, 2020
AfLIA is supporting librarians with information about platforms that can aid the provision of online services as the impact of the COVID19 pandemic intensifies.
April 20, 2020
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. […]
March 31, 2020
AfLIA believes that as managers of information, African librarians cannot afford to stay on the side lines and act unconcerned while fakenews about COVID19 continues to spread. This is the time for librarians to play their part by disseminating correct, reliable, relevant information that will make Africans concerned without instigating panic and bursting myths and disinformation that can help the pandemic wax strong in the continent.
March 25, 2020
AfLIA and the Wikimedia Foundation has put together a 4-part webinar series aimed at building the knowledge and capacity of African Librarians to progressively participate in the #1lib1ref campaign, among others
March 20, 2020
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.
March 20, 2020
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.
March 9, 2020
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.
February 28, 2020
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.