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The 87th World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) from 26-29 July 2022 in Dublin, Ireland - 

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) successfully held the 87th World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) from 26-29 July 2022 in Dublin, Ireland. The congress event with the theme “Inspire, Engage, Enable, Connect”, resulted in the 2022 Public Library Manifesto by IFLA and UNESCO. The manifesto aims to respond to technological changes and describe the realities of society and the mission of today's public libraries.

In the WLIC 2022 event, a meeting was held between the Heads of World Libraries in the Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL). This agenda aims to introduce library leaders to each other and discuss interesting issues in the fields of library, librarianship, social, and culture. This session is divided into several groups, and the librarians exchange stories about libraries in their respective countries.

The Head of the National Library is in the same group as the Head of the Library of Congres, the Head of the French, Polish and Serbian Libraries of Herzegovina. The head of the National Library of Indonesia exchanged stories about the success of the Social Inclusion-Based Library Transformation program, which is an effort to strengthen literacy through community empowerment to improve welfare.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Saturday, The impact of this program has been felt and recorded under the title Impact Stories of Library Transformation Based on Social Inclusion. The stories of the beneficiaries of this program were told to the participants in one group and then the head of the library again told about the issue of the book which was used as the story material for the Head of the National Library of Indonesia.

“All participants are given the opportunity to tell about what is being done in their respective countries. In their observation, the head of the library raised storytelling about each individual. And it is certain, that only Indonesia tells about the impact stories of social inclusion-based library programs. Countries that are included in one group give extraordinary and inspiring appreciation for the programs that have been carried out and achieved by the National Library,” he explained.

In WLIC 2022, Indonesia is represented by six delegates from National Library and one delegation from BRIN. WLIC 2022 was attended by 1,934 participants from 96 countries with more than 200 volunteers from several IFLA member countries.

This year, the leadership of IFLA President, German Barbara Lison, ends. Furthermore, IFLA will be led by Vicki McDonald from Australia for the period 2022–2023. IFLA WLIC 2023 will take place in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Meanwhile, the IFLA Library Association Management Section highlighted the support of various library associations around the world in developing leadership in the library and information field. Discussions developed included how the state or community defines 'leadership' and support for the birth of new, better professionals to take on leadership roles. Leadership is an issue that IFLA continues to raise in order to be able to produce and present leadership in every library//VOI