FLA/FAIFE places great importance on its biennial World Report. This carefully researched survey provides the information professions with a regular insight into the state of intellectual freedom worldwide as it relates to libraries. It seems to be the nature of the sector that few out and out causes celebres emerge (although a few could be named). The world of journalism is a constant ferment of dangerous and threatening activity, and book publishing produces difficult cases all the time. Internet problems feature prominently in the press and on the Internet itself. Yet it might be possible to assume that libraries exist in an intellectual freedom safe haven. Unfortunately this is not the case. Libraries also share in the threats to privacy and the restrictions on access that trouble the world of knowledge and communication generally. Possibly because the threats creep up on libraries and are often experienced at second hand (for instance, through the suppression of a book or the blocking of a website), they are easier to ignore. The World Report is intended to open our eyes, alert us to dangers and enable us to fight emerging threats or support colleagues in other parts of the world.

Кл.слова:
інформація -- бібліотека -- інтернет

This document reports the results and findings of a study that assessed the feasibility of Imageline — an international Web gateway to be collaboratively developed by the members of the IFLA Section of Art Libraries. The purpose of the envisioned gateway is to provide quick and efficient access to sources of art images, selected based on quality and relevance to the primary audience, and to prevent the duplication of efforts by the IFLA Section of Art Libraries members towards satisfying this need.

Кл.слова:
мистецтво -- інтернет -- доступ

Visually impaired people have the same information needs as sighted people. Just as sighted people might read a newspaper, listen to a CD or download electronic information from the Internet, visually impaired people also want access to relevant information in their chosen accessible format.

Кл.слова:
бібліотека