IFLA Special Interest Group - New Professionals

NPSIG is going to be very busy at WLIC in Astana. Here are all the places where you can find us.

📚✨ Join the #WLIC2025 Flash Mob by @npsig! Celebrate your hero through books & imagination. 🦸‍♀️📖 📍Mega Silk Way Mall 📅 Mon, 18 Aug | 🕕 6:15 PM Bring a book about your hero + dress up or bring a fun prop! Donate your book to 🇰🇿 libraries after! 💛 #LibraryHeroes #IFLA

Dalia, one of NPSIG volunteers, and Jakobina, one of NPSIG members, wrote two wonderful articles about new professionals which were published in IFLA's newsletter mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-5-no-5. You can read them here: ifla.org/news/new-profe… ifla.org/news/fostering…

New Librarians Global Connection webinar series is back! The webinar is about “The Future of Libraries: Enhancing User-Centered Services in the Digital Age.” Date and Time: Thursday, May 22 - 5 pm CEST Register: tinyurl.com/ITNPSIG

Do you like animals? Books? Animals AND books?? Then join us for our second Multicultural Café of 2025! In 1 hour we will discuss different ways that libraries worldwide incorporate animals and pets into their work. April 1st, 2025. 12:00 pm EST. tinyurl.com/MulticulturalC…

Are you interested in getting involved with IFLA? New Professionals SIG is the best place to start. Come to our "Get to Know NPSIG" meeting, where you can learn about what we do, ask questions, and chat with us online. Feb 26, 2025 5 pm CET register here: tinyurl.com/knownpsig

Join our first Multicultural Café of 2025! Have you traveled to a city or a country to visit its beautiful library? Come to our Library Tourism chat next week and tell us all about it. Register here: tinyurl.com/MulticulturalC… January 21st 6pm CET (12pm EST)

Happy New Year! Did you know that 2025 is the perfect year to join NPSIG as a volunteer? 😀 You can read the article (ifla.org/news/new-profe…) that Jacob, one of our volunteers, wrote about NPSIG. It's published in IFLA's December Newsletter (mailchi.mp/ifla/vol-4-no-…).

IFLACamp was held entirely on the incredible virtual platform of Gather Town. Participants became avatars and had insightful virtual presentations. We also had many funny games that were available for all attendees. Stay tuned for news about our next IFLACamp in 2025!

International Volunteer Day is just around the corner! Share your story with us and we will post it on our social media. Lets hear about all the memorable library volunteering stories. We can't wait to hear from you. Just fill out this form: forms.gle/kbdh4RErVoHSkr…

Our recent #IFLACamp was an inspiring showcase of international unity and knowledge sharing in the library field! Participants from around the world came together online, proudly displaying their country flags in the background and discussing hot topics!

IFLA New Professionals SIG is now on LinkedIn! 😍🥳 Join our LinkedIn Group here: linkedin.com/groups/1310178…

Several @IFLA units present a webinar series « Building strong library associations », presented between November 2024 and July 2025! With @npsig, @wil_ifla and IFLA Regional divisions! ifla.org/events/ifla-ml…

NPSIG held its very first online flashmob. A magical reading of The Little Prince in our mother languages - a story that connects hearts no matter where you are. Our flashmob was online youtu.be/vbiArUUhYbI and offline padlet.com/npsigifla/npsi…

📚 The future of libraries is in your hands! The IFLA Trend Report 2024, launched at #IIFS24, explores key trends shaping knowledge, tech, & communities. A future-focused resource to help libraries plan for tomorrow and shape it. Discover the trends: bit.ly/4eleqox

Join us for our third multicultural cafe. 😍 Tuesday, Oct 22nd, 6-7 pm CET Register here: tinyurl.com/MulticulturalC…

And the winner of our avatar contest is.... The Librarian of the Future created by Knjižnica i čitaonica Grada Preloga Congratulations! 🥳🌹 Thank you everyone for voting and also participating.

Our avatar contest ended last week. Now it's time to vote! Choose your favorite avatar by September 12th. We will post the winners on our social media. 🏆🥇 Here's the link: forms.gle/unAJ18YjWWNEjT…

New Professionals SIG is turning 20! You can wish us happy birthday here: padlet.com/npsigifla/NPSI…