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IFLA Newsletter, October 2025: Championing equality

**Tags:** News, Accessibility, Equal access

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IFLA selects London, United Kingdom to host the 2027 World Library and…

**Tags:** News, World Library and Information Congress

Call for Applications to the IFLA Journal Editorial Committee, 2026-2029

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Unrealised potential: new report highlights scope for stronger focus on knowledge in…

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Out Now: October 2025 issue of IFLA Journal – Special Issue on…

**Tags:** News, Academic and research libraries, Artificial intelligence, Data policies, Digital literacy, IFLA Journal, Librarianship, Library and information profession, Literacy, Media and information literacy, Public libraries

Library Bridges: Building Inclusive Communities Through Libraries

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Open Access to Knowledge

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Total members 1625

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04 - 06 November 2025#### World Social Summit 2025
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05 - 06 November 2025#### IFLA 100 Authors’ Symposium: Advancing the Global History of Libraries and Librarianship
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13 November 2025#### The IFLA ENSULIB Webinar Series: Sustaining a Seed Library
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