​​IFLA JournalIFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer reviewed articles on library and information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries.

The Journal publishes research, case studies and essays that reflect the broad spectrum of the profession internationally.

Volume 45, No.1 (March 2019)

Special Issue on Libraries in Times of Crisis

Guest Editors: Steven Witt and Kerry Smith

Contents:

Editorial

Libraries in times of crisis 3
Steve Witt and Kerry Smith

Articles

Libraries and their role in transitional justice in the Philippines 5
Iyra S. Buenrostro and Johann Frederick A. Cabbab

African oral tradition, cultural retentions and the transmission of knowledge in the West Indies 16
Cherry-Ann Smart

The American Library Association and the post-World War II rebuilding of Eastern European libraries  26
Marek Sroka

A public library cannot live on books alone: A lesson from history 34
Claudia Șerbănuță

Croatian public libraries in time of crisis 48
Dijana Sabolović-Krajina

Abstracts 57

 

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