Exhibition “The Deportations from Bessarabia, times of a sad memory” organized by the National Library of the Republic of Moldova

“The Train of Pain” exhibition was opened on the Grand National Assembly Square, Chisinau with the occasion of the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the largest mass deportation of population from the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (July 6-9, 1949); the exhibition is available to the public from July 6, 2024, between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Dávid Rózsa, Director General of the NSZL on the need for people who can help guide us through the flood of information

In a recent interview Rózsa Dávid, Director General of the National Széchényi Library (NSZL) shared his thoughts on the changing role of libraries, on the challenges of digitisation and on forward-looking technologies for preservation in a world with increasing digital publishing and changing reading habits.

2024 CENL AGM in Warsaw

At the 38th Annual General Meeting of CENL at the National Library of Poland, the agenda included the elections to the Executive Committee. We are pleased to announce that Frank Scholze, Director General of the German National Library, was confirmed in office for a further three years, as were Karin Grönvall, Sweden, Sara Lammens, Belgium, and Ivanka Stricevic, Croatia. We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Gilles Pécout, France; Thomas Foltin, Czech Republic; and Maja Micevska Rizova, North Macedonia, who were elected to the Executive Committee. Unfortunately, Maja Micevska Rizova was unable to continue in her role after the meeting.