Friday, April 3, 2020
See you next year!

IATUL Conference Porto – Postponed to 2021

Due to concerns regarding the corona-virus (COVID-19) outspread, we have been monitoring the international situation and recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) and global health authorities, as well as the advice of local Portuguese authorities. The safety of our members and conference participants is our top priority.
Considering the most recent developments all over the world and in Portugal, we have decided to cancel this year's conference and postpone it to next year. The Porto Conference Organizing Committee will restart the conference planning, and new announcements will follow.
Until then, keep safe and stay healthy.

We look forward to meeting you in Porto in 2021!

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

IATUL Board of Directors – Call for Nominations

Get involved as a professional

The International Association of University Libraries (IATUL) is calling for interested and qualified candidates to serve on its Board of Directors.

IATUL is looking for candidates to represent

  • Asia Pacific (includes Australia and New Zealand) (2 candidates)
  • Africa and Middle East (1 candidate)

on its Board of Directors, the executive body of IATUL responsible for leading the  development of the Association, its strategic direction and actions.

Ordinary and Associated Members may propose representatives for election. Nominations shall name the candidate and shall show evidence of the candidate's consent. Nominators must be official representatives of a member institution. The decision as to who shall be invited to join the Board will be made by the Board and presented to the General Assembly for approval at the Annual Conference. Members of the Board are elected for a term of three years, and shall be eligible for immediate re-election to one additional term.

Candidates are expected to take an active part in the endeavours of the IATUL Board of Directors, especially by...

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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
41st IATUL Conference Porto 2020

Call for Papers - DEADLINE EXTENSION

The submission deadline for Call for Papers for the 41st Annual IATUL Conference has been extended.
 

New deadline is 2 February 2020.

You will find more information about Call for papers on the conference website.

 

Tuesday, January 7, 2020
IATUL Conference 2020

Travel Grant – Application Period Extended!

To encourage global participation the IATUL Travel Grant Programme provides financial assistance to library and/or information professionals from developing countries to attend the annual IATUL Conference. IATUL Travel Grants will be awarded to first-time attendees of this conference. Applications are encouraged from librarians at any institution that is an IATUL member or would qualify for IATUL membership. When applying for a Travel Grant, please remember that English is the official language of the organization and its annual conference.

Travel grants are not intended to cover the full cost of attending the conference. The maximum amount of the grant for one person for this conference is 1.000,- Euros. This must be used to cover conference registration and the remainder for other travel related expenses. Please note that the conference organizer is not able to offer assistance with visa applications. Individuals who have been awarded an IATUL Travel Grant in the past will not be eligible to apply again.

How to apply for a Travel Grant

Please download the...

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Thursday, November 21, 2019
New Newsletter for IATUL Members

IATUL Newsletter November 2019

Welcome to your IATUL Newsletter November 2019

This Newsletter is a new format to inform all IATUL members and interested librarians about the association's ongoing activities. It will be sent out twice a year via e-mail and published as PDF on IATUL website.

Our topics of November Newsletter are:

  1. IATUL Seminar in Gdansk, Poland 9-11 December 2019
  2. The Global Impact of Academic Libraries. Cornell University Webinar Series. Webinar 1, 25th October 2019
  3. 41st Annual Conference in Porto, Portugal 12-16 July 2020
  4. IATUL Strategy and our Aspirations 2020-2022
  5. IATUL SIG-ALICE Webinar for Cambodian Academic Librarians
  6. IATUL Travel Grant Programme
  7. 40th Annual IATUL Conference in Perth, Australia 23-27 June 2019

Please do not hesitate to contact any member of the Board to discuss initiatives highlighted in the Newsletter, as well as your thoughts around how you and the Association may advance our shared aspirations.

We would be delighted to hear from you.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

2019 IATUL Annual Meeting Highlights – Perth, Australia June 23-27

It was a wonderful week, and I know we all appreciate the terrific effort of the teams at the University of Western Australia and Curtin University who created a fantastic learning and networking environment for us these past several days. What follow are a few highlights from some of the keynote addresses and plenary panels to remind us all where we have been:

Professor Dawn Freshwater Vice Chancellor of UWA in her welcome noted that knowledge has been stored in Western Australia for millennia. Librarians are today’s spiritual and cultural custodians of knowledge. When sands are shifting we need to pay attention / and when tides are rising we need to innovate. We need to act.

Gerald Beasley of Cornell University picked up on this theme by noting that “our opportunity to avoid drowning in the rising tide is to innovate intensively.” He acknowledged significant innovation is underway but characterized much of it as ‘reactive innovation’ – he challenged libraries to think about “proactive innovation” oriented toward the world we want to achieve. A world that is ‘fair’ in terms of being inclusive,...

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