In the International Co-operation category you will find presentations, interviews and discussions that are related themes like international co-operation and development cooperation, including lectures and discussions from IFLA – The World Library and Information Congress. The recordings are, for the most part, originally live streamed from library related seminars, events and conferences.
Tip! You can find international co-operation programs in Finnish in category Kansainvälinen yhteistyö ja IFLA and in Swedish in category Internationallt samarbete.

Sinikka Sipilä, Secretary General of the Finnish Library Association is interviewed by Tuula Haavisto, Director of Libraries in the City of Tampere. They discuss on Sinikka Sipilä’s experiences in the […]

Mr John Helling has lived in Finland for 5 months as a Fulbright Scholar studying the national public library policy of Finland. He has experience at both large urban and […]

Livestream recording: Ingrid Parent – “Libraries as a force for change: the journey so far” Kuvaus: Tuomas Lipponen Live-stream: Jonni Tammisto Kuvauspäivä: 29.3.2012

IFLA president’s meeting ordnades den 22 -24.5. i Helsingfors. Temat för seminariet var ”Strong Libraries, Strong Societies: Impact of Libraries on Society”. Under seminariet diskuterades bibliotekens påverkan på samhället och […]

IFLA’s Secretary General Jennefer Nicholson attended the EBLIDA-NAPLE Forum in Helsinki, Finland. She talked about IFLA and the significance of its annual conference. She also expressed some general thoughts on […]

Live-stream recording from a one-day conference ”Ahead of the Curve: recognizing and reacting to growing trends on the Trend Report” IFLA organised in Helsinki, Finland 9th February 2015. This live streaming […]

Christine Mackenzie, member of the IFLA Trend report steering committee, tells about Trend report. The report shall be launched in 2013. It shall provide a base for the library sector […]

Introducing one of the five different tracks at this year’s IFLA World Library and Information Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Claire Germain, Radu Popa and Teresa Miguel open up […]

Introducing one of the five different tracks at this year’s IFLA World Library and Information Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ngian Lek Choh opens up the track of users […]

Introducing one of the five different tracks at this year’s IFLA World Library and Information Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Helena Asamoah-Hassan opens up the track of Policy, strategy, […]

The meeting was held on 22-24 May in Helsinki, Finland and entitled ”Strong Libraries, Strong Societies: Impact of Libraries on Society”. It corresponded to current IFLA President Sinikka Sipilä’s Presidential […]

IFLA President Ingrid Parent made a brief two day visit to Finland to see the preparations surrounding the upcoming IFLA 2012 World Library and Information Congress. She also gave a […]

An alternative approach for the presentation of projects or new work is available to IFLA conference participants In Helsinki. An area on the conference premises has been designated for the […]

Finnish libraries will be introducing themselves at the conference – not just in the lecture halls in IFLA conference 2012 in Helsinki. The route from the convention centre entrance to […]

Live-stream recording of IFLA 2012 session on 13th of August 2012. Welcome to Finland and the IFLA WLIC 2012 Helsinki MAIJA BERNDTSON Chair of the 2012 Finnish National Committee Highlights […]

Live-stream recording of IFLA 2012 Opening session on 12th of August. Read more: IFLA conference 2012 in Helsinki, Finland

Idea Camp Kista ? was a Nordic library unconference arranged by Kista Idea Lab. The camp took place in the Digital Art Center in Kista, a suburb to Stockholm in […]

Henning Mankell visited Gothenburg’s University Library during IFLA conference. In this interwiev he speaks about illiteracy. Read more: Henning Mankell web page Interviewer: Kirsi Luukkanen Filming and editing: Tuomas Lipponen […]

Second nordic library labs gathering took place 19th – 20th Jan in Helsinki, Finland. Library innovators from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark got together to Suomenlinna island to find ways […]

Helle Juul, well-known architect and CEO of the JUUL FROST architect team, gave a presentation in The New Library-conference with the heading The Future Library – from bookshelves to cultural […]

Live-stream recording from a one-day conference ”Ahead of the Curve: recognizing and reacting to growing trends on the Trend Report” IFLA organised in Helsinki, Finland 9th February 2015. This live streaming […]

Live-stream recording of IFLA 2012 session on 15th of August 2012. SESSION I 13:00 – This is how you are being controlled today! Chair: Kai Ekholm Guests: Loida Garcia Febo, […]

Live-stream recording from the seminar “The Marrakesh Treaty in Action” in Helsinki, Finland on March 12, 2019. This live streaming video includes a presentation by Eva Houltzén, CEO, Axiell Media […]

EuropeanaLocal builds on existing multiplier networks of local institutions to bring together a consortium that represents 27 countries with broad ranging experience of the cultural sector, digital libraries, standards and […]

Eppo van Nispen, director of the Library Concept Center (DOK) in Delft, Holland was visiting Finland as part of the international lecture series organized by the Helsinki City Library as […]

Ellen Namhila is the head librarian at Namibia’s University Library. She completed her library studies in Finland in the early 1990s and now returned to visit as a guest of […]

The EBLIDA-NAPLE Forum joint gathering was held in Helsinki over a four day period, with the main conference on Friday May 7, 2010. EBLIDA’s President, Gerald Leitner also CEO of […]

Deborah Jacobs is the Director of the Global Libraries program which is a special initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Here she describes the work and aims of […]

The Finnish Library Association supports development cooperation with Namibian and Tanzanian libraries with the Libraries for development -project, which is part of the poverty reduction strategies of the partner countries […]

Live-stream recording from a one-day conference ”Ahead of the Curve: recognizing and reacting to growing trends on the Trend Report” IFLA organised in Helsinki, Finland 9th February 2015. This live […]