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about the origin  of IFLA by lingsangk. IFLA's History

Founded in 1927 at the Annual Meeting of the UK Library Association in Edinburgh, Scotland, IFLA has had a long, rich and at times tumultuous career on its way to becoming the global voice of the library and information profession.

The following publications, documents and webpages offer glimpses back to the very beginnings of the Federation, along with details surrounding the many events that have taken place since. Beginnings

* IFLA's First Fifty Years: Achievement and challenge in international librarianship Ed. by Willem Koops & Joachim Wieder De Gruyter Saur, 1977 (IFLA Publications 10)

* The History of the International Federation of Library Associations: From its creation to the Second World War, 1927-1940 [PDF] by Hanna de Vries Master's Thesis, Loughborough University of Technology, 1976

* On the origin of the international organization of librarians (IFLA): the Congress of Librarians in Prague, 1926 [PDF] by Rudolf Málek Libri 20, (1970) 3, pp. 222-224

* Le livre objet de liberté apercu sur l'activité pendant la seconde guerre mondiale, au sein du Comité consultatif de la Croix-Rouge pour la lecture des prisonniers et internés de guerre. [PDF] par Frédéric Saby IFLA Journal 15 (1989) 4, pp.330-334

* IFLA's First Fifty Years: A reprise [PDF] by Joachim Wieder, Ed. by Harry Campbell IFLA Journal 28 (2002) 3, pp.107-117

Post-WWII era & beyond

* IFLA—what it should be and do [PDF] by S.R. Ranganathan Libri 5 (1954) 2, pp. 182-189

* The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA/FIAB), 1961-70 [PDF] by Anthony Thompson, IFLA Secretary General (1966 & 1971)

* With Malice toward None: IFLA and the Cold War [PDF] by Donald G. Davis Jr.     IFLA Journal 26 (2000) 1, pp.13-20

* The Dutch Tea Party of IFLA in the '70s – A quick flash back of forty-five years before the Dutch Tea Party [PDF] by Herman Liebaers Paper presented at the 68th IFLA Council and General Conference in Glasgow, 2002

Overviews

* International Library Associations by W. Boyd Rayward Encyclopedia of Library History (1994), pp. 342-347.

* Library Universality in a Divided World [PDF] by Harry Campbell IFLA Journal 28 (2002) 3, pp.118-135

* 75th anniversary brochure, 1927-2002 [PDF]

* History of IFLA as a Research Theme: Challenge & Commitment [PDF] by Klaus Plötz IFLA Journal 13 (1987) 4, pp. 349-354

* L'IFLA : lieu d'expression de l'identité des bibliothécaires par Frédéric Saby Bull. des bibl. de France, t. 34, n° 5, 1989

* The politics of promoting freedom of information and expression in international librarianship by Alex Byrne Doctoral Thesis, University of Sydney, 2006