List of Contributions

Dear colleagues, First, we apologize for sending out an incorrect link in the reminder email and any inconvenience that caused. A few of us were able to connect and discussed the following: Language codes in cataloging procedures MARC language codes are broad and do not represent the diversity ...

The ALA IRC Africa Subcommittee invites all practitioners to our next webinar: Scaling Literacy is a People Problem, Not a Books Problem Tuesday 19 May 6.30 a.m. PDT / 9.30 a.m. EDT / 2.30 p.m. WAT / 4.30 p.m EAT Speakers: Evelyne Mwandia, Executive Director, Start A Library Trust (Kenya) Start ...

Dear colleagues, The American Library Association (ALA) International Relations Committee (IRC) Africa Subcommittee met on 20 April 2026. Highlights: Upcoming workshop on encoding languages in catalog records The Core Committee on Cataloging: Asian & African Materials (CC:AAM) is delighted to invite ...

Dear colleagues, The ALA IRC Africa Subcommittee met on 16 June 2025 and 21 July 2025. We report the following: Thank you to all those who responded to our survey asking for themes for a session at ALA Annual 2026. The ideas were very helpful and the committee is reviewing them now. Our session ...

If you are at ALA Annual tomorrow, Monday 30 June, the International Relations Committee Africa Subcommittee invites you to our session: Lifelong Literacy and Africa: The Role of Libraries and Library and Information Professionals Monday, June 30, 2025 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT Location: Pennsylvania ...

Dear colleagues, The International Relations Committee (IRC) Africa sub-committee is pleased to bring you a session at ALA 2024: Building Partnerships with Communities in Africa: Sister Cities International 500 in 5 years Sister City International's 500 in 5 initiative has an ambitious goal: connect ...

Come join us on the IRC Africa Subcommittee! We are looking for new members for the upcoming term, 2024/2026. As part of the International Relations Committee, we support ALA's "international relations programs and initiatives," exchanging information with colleagues across Africa and advocating for ...