We are very happy to announce that the IV meeting of the Russian-American Library Dialogue in the online format will be held on September 15-16. The theme for this year's meeting is Libraries Tackling the Challenge: Meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals in a Global Pandemic. The sessions will be attended by heads and leading... Continue Reading →

The IFLA Building Strong LIS Education (BSLISE) Working Group invites you to the Mapping Library and Information Science (LIS) Education Programs webinar to learn about the international survey, directory and map of LIS education programs developed as a response to one of the recommendations of the IFLA Building Strong LIS Education White Paper (2018). Technical... Continue Reading →

IFLA recognizes the IFLA Section on Education and Training for their collaborative efforts and development of "collective actions across sectors." BSLISE is mentioned as the top project! Read more here:

Call for Proposals for Presentation The American Library Association (ALA) International Relations Round Table (IRRT) invites you to submit presentation proposals for their 2021 pre-conference in Chicago, IL, date to be determined. If the conference is not held as an in-person event, the presentations will be in a virtual format. The theme for this year’s... Continue Reading →

A new initiative has been introduced to be called Student Library Voices: Peer to Peer. This project proposes to develop a network of LIS students worldwide where they can communicate and discuss the present and future of the LIS field. This network will provide LIS students with the opportunity to shape and express their opinions... Continue Reading →

In September 2020, the BSLISE Working Group members met for the annual Retreat & Planning Meeting. During that meeting, a new action plan was developed for the coming year. Among the goals for the group for the next year are the following activities: Develop an international asset map and databaseContinue developing global guidelines for Library... Continue Reading →

Check out the July 2020 SET Bulletin from IFLA Section on Education and Training. In this issue you'll find articles on libraries in Sweden, France, Portugal, and Italy and their response to COVID-19, a review of how LIS education programs are adapting to the "new normal" of online learning, an update on LIS education programs... Continue Reading →

Check out the SETBulletin, January 2020 for an in-depth look into the survey conducted by the working group on global LIS education. The article was written by our BSLISE member, Fatih Oguz, University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA. Additionally, a photo gallery from the BSLISE working group at the Athens WILC is included in this... Continue Reading →

Building Strong LIS Education (BSLISE) Webinar on November 3, 2016, 2-3pm CDT (Chicago) Check out this webinar from the BSLISE working group!

2019 IFLA WLIC Open Session, 27.08.2019, 16:00 – 18:00. Session 193. International Framework for the Assessment of Quality Standards in LIS Education: the Role of Associations, Higher Education and the Professional Community - Library Theory and Research and Education and Training [Presentation PDF] The IFLA BSLISE Working Group https://bslise.org/ will present a concept for an... Continue Reading →