July 17, 2019

National Assembly of Cameroon celebrates Mr. Alim Garga, Vice President of AfLIA

On 9th July 2019, National Assembly of Cameroon organized a lunch in honour of Mr. Alim Garga following his election as the Vice President of the African Library & Information Associations and Institutions - AfLIA
July 8, 2019

Six years Anniversary: A goodwill message from the AfLIA President

I heartily congratulate the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA) on it's 6th birthday.
June 10, 2019

3rd AfLIA Conference and 5th African Library Summit – AfLIACon 2019 Recap

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 4, 2019

Encouraging a reading culture in Africa; AfLIA signs MoU with African Union

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

URGENT!!! BEWARE OF FAKE EMAILS

Beware of fake emails purportedly sent from the AfLIA Secretariat.
May 15, 2019

Updates: 3rd AfLIA Conference & 5th African Library Summit

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

Webinar 3.0 – OER Webinar Series for African Librarians

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 9, 2019

Webinar 2.0 – OER Webinar Series for African Librarians

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.
April 4, 2019

New AfLIA Council Elected for the 2019-2021 Term

Here is the full list of newly elected Governing Council Officers for AfLIA for the term 2019-2021.
March 23, 2019

Webinar 1.0 – OER Webinar Series for African Librarians

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.
March 11, 2019

Open Educational Resources (OER) Webinar Series for African Librarians

AfLIA has decided to run a series of webinars on tertiary-level OER. The Association believes that training academic librarians in OER has become necessary for quality university education, distance learning and lifelong learners in Africa.
March 10, 2019

Call for Abstract – (SCECSAL XXIV)

The Namibia Information Workers Association (NIWA) is pleased to invite authors to submit abstracts for paper and poster presentations to be delivered at the XXIV SCECSAL to be held from 20 – 24 April 2020 in Windhoek, Namibia.
March 2, 2019

Invitation to contribute to AfLIA Blog – the African Library Vibes

AfLIA wishes to introduce to all, – the African Library Vibes. This is an online space set up with the primary aim of providing an international forum where authors and readers within the LIS sector, especially in Africa, can converge, interact and share knowledge for the promotion and development of LIS in the continent and beyond.
March 1, 2019

Call for Nominations – AfLIA AWARDS

Nominations are invited from members of the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions(AfLIA) for the following Awards; Emerging Young Librarian Leader; Best Library Association of the Year; African Library Champion and Lifetime Award
February 19, 2019

Free Webinar: 10 Most Useful Apps for African Academic Librarians

This is a practically-oriented webinar being organized with the sole aim of making African academic and research librarians knowledgeable about important apps such that students and faculty members can receive tutorials from them on how different types of apps can help them to be achievers. This webinar is exclusive to academic and research librarians as well as librarians of special libraries.
January 25, 2019

AfLIA Leadership Academy Cohort 1

The AfLIA Leadership Academy (AfLAc) is a rigorous, emboldening and inspiring leadership training for public librarians in Africa who need to be equipped with requisite skills that would empower them to be leaders in their libraries and communities.
January 11, 2019

2019 ECA Fellowship for Young African Professionals

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) hereby invites competent young African Professionals to apply for the “2019 ECA Fellowships for Young African Professionals” programme.
December 10, 2018

Freedom to exist, to Aspire, to Be – Libraries and Human rights

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, colour, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, birth or any other status. But what is with libraries and fundamental human rights?
November 11, 2018

Webinar on Open Data

African Libraries and Librarians need to be aware of the benefits, challenges of Open Data and the obstacles to finding and using it. AfLIA is organizing this webinar to do just that!
September 26, 2018

Sharjah Library Conference

The Sharjah Library Conference is a collaboration between the Sharjah International Book Fair and the American Library Association, which develops the professional program.
September 9, 2018

AfLIA WEBINAR: TRENDS in LIBRARIANSHIP

FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (LIS) EDUCATORS AND ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS A fast paced world driven by unending innovations within the technological space poses significant threat to the significance of hitherto traditional ways of facilitating, delivering and providing information and its access. Consequently, education innovators have put forth concepts to keep up with […]
July 14, 2018

The AfLIA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR COHORT 2 – 2019

AfLIA invites applications from librarians working in public and national libraries to participate in the 9-month AfLIA Leadership Academy due to begin with a face -to- face workshop in January 2019. The Leadership Academy aims at supporting middle level managers in African public and national libraries to be true leaders in their […]