The IFLA–UNESCO partnership 1947–2012

Lor, Peter Johan

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“…The IFLA signed a cooperation agreement with UNESCO, which reflected remnants of the IIIC mandate and was established at the dissolution of the League of Nations in 1945, after the Second World War. Since libraries were relevant to UNESCO’s ideals of building peace, eradicating poverty, sustainable development and intellectual dialogue through education, science, culture, communication and information, this relationship has been beneficial and reciprocal (Lor, 2012). For example, in 1947, the UNESCO, 1994 Public Library Manifesto was published in cooperation with the IFLA.…”

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“…The relationship between UNESCO and the IFLA evolved as they worked through agreements and disagreements over rights and freedoms and a more general shift to reposition libraries in an information society (Lor, 2012; Saltman et al, 2013). Influenced by broader world events and rights-based frameworks for understanding social, political, economic and societal changes, the IFLA established the Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Committee – a core IFLA activity – in 1997 (Byrne, 2007; Kagan, 2008; Lor, 2012; Saltman et al, 2013). FAIFE correlates the concept of libraries and information centres to users and staff in the distribution of knowledge on a global scale, the ethics of the library profession and the international promotion of intellectual freedom through the fundamental principles of democracy and human rights, while being cognizant of political, economic, social and cultural diversity (Byrne, 1999; Ristarp and Frederiksen, 2000).…”

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Transcribing public libraries as revitalized ethical spaces

Frayne¹

2022

IFLA Journal

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Referencing human rights and library literature, this article seeks to contribute to an understanding of how the IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom is articulated by library associations and libraries, whose policies are structured by institutional mandates that determine library function. The article re-envisages intellectual freedom premised on a collective identity of fairness, justice and equality. Drawing on the IFLA Statement, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, this article uses a rhetorical analysis methodology to discuss the re-envisioning of library functionality in contemporary society. Public libraries are unique public institutions that carry people’s stories in the literatures and knowledges they hold. They open the way for everyone to engage actively with ethical statements that reflect a collective of voices, where intellectual freedoms extend the narrative of collective memories.

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Transcribing public libraries as revitalized ethical spaces

Frayne¹

2022

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“…Hieruit kan ons aflei dat sowel die 19de-eeuse staatsinternasionaliste ("polity internationalists") (Lor 2012). UNESCO het sy bestaansreg uitdruklik gekoppel aan die bevordering van vrede, soos verwoord in die aanhef van sy grondwet: "...since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed" (UNESCO 1945).…”

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Biblioteke en vrede: 'n kritiese besinning oor die rol van biblioteke in vredestigting

Lor

Britz

2015

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Libraries and peace: a critical reflection on the role of libraries in promoting peace From the mid-19 th century national and international library associations and professional librarianship developed in close association with polity and liberal internationalism and peace movements, and later with the League of Nations and UNESCO. The emphasis in polity internationalism was not on questioning the system of nation states, but on creating mechanisms for maintaining peaceful relations among them. This corresponds to the motivations of civic leaders who founded the first free public libraries. They sought to stabilize existing relations among social groups and to prevent revolution. Key pronouncements by UNESCO state that libraries can or should contribute to peace. It is thought that the provision of information will lead to increased knowledge, hence to greater understanding and tolerance of other groups, and that this will promote peace. We critically examine these assumptions, starting with a reflection on what is implied by the concept of "peace". Peace embodies juridical, ethical and legal dimensions. For the purposes of our analysis, we conceptualize peace as positive (not merely the absence of conflict) and as processes rather than as a state. This implies that peace cannot be promoted merely by attempts to maintain existing social relations, whether by the suppression of alternative views, the signing of agreements, negotiation of constitutions, or the creation of democratic institutions. The latter are a necessary but not sufficient condition for peace. Social justice and reconciliation are conditions for lasting peace and reconciliation. Reconciliation must include restoring the humanity of parties to violent conflict. In light of this reflection, we analyse the following assumptions: (1) libraries contribute to education; (2) libraries provide information; (3) libraries disseminate information; (4) information promotes knowledge; (5) knowledge leads to understanding; (6) understanding of others leads to peace. We conclude that it is simplistic to see a straightforward link between information and peace. While the free flow of information is vital to democracy, peace and freedom, the relationship between information and peace involves a series of complex causal relations. We consider implications of our analysis for the role of libraries, with particular reference to public libraries. In respect of collections efforts should be made to acquire materials that will support peace processes. In respect of services, librarians need to go beyond simply making materials available. Traditional promotional activities also do not suffice. Libraries need to reach out to communities with programmes that promote a peace agenda and a climate of consultation. At a practical level they can reduce the circulation of rumours by providing mechanisms for dissemination of factual information about community governance and political issues. Libraries can contribute to peace more indirectly but lastingly by capacity building: ...

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“…En este sentido no es casualidad que "Libraries on the agenda!" fuera el lema de Claudia Lux como presidenta de la IFLA (2007)(2008)(2009): respondía a una estrategia de implicarse a nivel político, necesaria tras la pérdida de peso de IFLA en Unesco a partir del año 2000 y la difícil experiencia de visibilizar las bibliotecas en la World summit on the information society (WSIS) promovida por Naciones Unidas (Lor, 2008(Lor, , 2012.…”

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Políticas de información, bibliotecas universitarias y desarrollo: reflexiones desde la cooperación universitaria

Urbano¹

2014

El Profesional de la Informacion

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The IFLA–UNESCO partnership 1947–2012

Cited by 12 publications

References 18 publications

Transcribing public libraries as revitalized ethical spaces

Transcribing public libraries as revitalized ethical spaces

Biblioteke en vrede: 'n kritiese besinning oor die rol van biblioteke in vredestigting

Políticas de información, bibliotecas universitarias y desarrollo: reflexiones desde la cooperación universitaria

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