Minutes of Meeting: Management of Library Associations Section, 31 May 2024

The MLAS Mid-Year Meeting was held in conjunction with the 13th Eurasian Academic Libraries Conference (EALC) which is a collaboration between the Nazarbayev University Library and the IFLA Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) from 29 to 31 May 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The title of the conference was "Connect, Collaborate, Create: Advancing Library Associations and Partnerships to Future-proof our Profession." The MLAS Session was held from 15:00 to 17:00 (Astana Time) on 29th, 30th and 31st May 2024. The Meeting was held in hybrid format(In-person and Online) and open to MLAS members as observers. Among the matters discussed at the meeting include the following: Updates from IFLA Governing Board; the MLAS Open Session was held on 17th May in collaboration with the Lebanese Library Association (LLA), the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA); future MLAS collaboration; Co-option of MLAS SC Members; Programme of Mentoring; Building Strong Library Associations; updates on Advocacy Impact Evaluation (AIE) Project; IFLA Draft Strategy Survey; updates on NPSIG and WILSIG.