June 30, 2019
The African Library community marked this day by engaging children, who come from of all walks of life, through a number of innovative, educative and fun-based activities and programmes, while emphasizing the need for quality education and access to the basic necessities of life for every African child.
June 21, 2019
Overview Solid writing skills can improve your chances of being published, receive funding and advancing in your career. AfLIA, in collaboration with Emerald Publishing, comes your way again with another exciting webinar “Scientific & Research Writing and Publishing Skills for 21st century Librarians”. This all important webinar seeks to introduce the 21st […]
June 10, 2019
African Libraries Creating the Africa We Want and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals The most anticipated library conference in Africa – AfLIACon2019 – came to a successful end on May 24, 2019, at the Weston Hotel, Nairobi-Kenya, after a busy week of unending insight sharing, engaging discussions, thought-provoking presentations and fun-packed […]
June 6, 2019
2019 Day of the African Child Humanitarian Action in Africa: Children’s Rights First.
June 4, 2019
The African Union Commission has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA) to foster closer collaboration between the two institutions.
June 3, 2019
Beware of fake emails purportedly sent from the AfLIA Secretariat.
June 3, 2019
Here are excerpts of the Copyright Limitations and Exceptions Chat on Twitter that we held as a prelude to the WIPO Africa Regional seminar? You can also see all on AfLIA's Twitter handle - @AfLIACon
May 29, 2019
Here is AfLIA's stand on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Associated Information Institutions
May 15, 2019
AfLIA wishes to bring to the notice of all the 3rd AfLIA Conference and 5th African Library Summit comes up from 19th-24th May 2019 at the Weston Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.
April 24, 2019
This will show librarians how to integrate what they have learned about openly licenses resources into their work. With access to all the openly licensed resources, librarians will need to establish processes for managing this content and to find ways of supporting academics and students to access and use high-quality research and resources.
April 23, 2019
Today, the World observes World Book and Copyright Day, a special day set aside by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote reading, publishing, and copyright. April 23, also marks the date on which several prominent authors, William Shakespeare, Miguel Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, all died.
April 9, 2019
This webinar will help librarians understand open access concepts and distinguish between open access and proprietary research. Librarians will be able to consider the implications of open access publishing on the quality of research and discover how to quality assure open access research.
March 23, 2019
This introductory webinar will explain the concepts of OER. Participants will be guided through a search strategy for open content, which they can adopt and use to train students and faculty members.