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Weekly News Digest
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March 29, 2018 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.
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IFLA Leads Effort to Increase Global Literacy
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), and the International Literacy Association (ILA) signed a joint memorandum of understanding to work toward increasing global literacy rates to 100%. The organizations will “share knowledge, work together, and participate in each other’s congresses to stress the importance of reading and access to information, and find practical ways of making this a reality,” according to the press release.“Universal literacy remains one of the great challenges of our time. Truly sustainable, bottom-up development depends on everyone having the ability to read and engage with information. In signing this memorandum with IBBY and ILA, I look forward to continuing a partnership that is making a real difference for people and communities around the world,” says Gerald Leitner, IFLA’s secretary general. For more information, read the press release.
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