IFLA Standards in the context of a changing information society

IFLA’s Key Initiative 2.3 outlines the integral role of  developing standards, guidelines and other documents that foster best professional practice. During the session of IFLA’s Committee on Standards, Vincent Boulet highlighted the role Standards play in dealing with user tasks (IFLA Library Reference Model – LRM). The strength of IFLA Standards lies in their continued visibility and adaptability. In order to ensure both, new opportunities to build bridges with other stakeholders must be taken.

These include “ensuring a new generation interoperability (cross-domain identifiers) and joining other networks. Joseph Hafner, Chair of LIDATEC, provided an update on the recently-launched Namespaces project, a powerful linking tool that brings all of IFLA’s technical standards together.