Author Archives: Kerstin Meinel
Exhibition “Apocalypse, Yesterday and Tomorrow” at the BnF
From 4 February to 8 June 2025 the BnF is staging the first exhibition on the theme of the apocalypse.
Anne Imhof, Untitled, Oil on printed canvas – 2022, Paris, Pinault Collection – Photography © Timo Ohler. Courtesy of the artist, Spruethmagers and Galerie Buchholz
Discovering Cultural Heritage through Education: The Interactive Activities of the Book Museum of the National Library of Moldova
Finland: Digitisation programme for 2025–2028 boosts equal access to information
The National Library of Finland Digitisation Programme 2025–2028 reflects the goals of sustainable development. Image: A map or chart of the Gulfs of Finland and Livonia with their respective ports and harbours, together with a large Plan of Kroonstad and St. Petersburg, taken from an original drawing lately sent from St. Petersburg. London : M. Senex, [1742?]
80th anniversary of the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina (NUBBH) celebrates eighty years of work this year. Photo: NUBBH
CENL Books and Audiences Network Group (BANG!) conference ‘New Directions in Library Exhibitions’. Registration is open!
On May 8–9, 2025, curators, designers, collection experts library and other professionals whose daily work is related to book exhibitions are invited to meet at the National Library of Latvia (Riga) for the conference ‘New Directions in Library Exhibitions’.
Illustration: BANG
Imagining a library today
On March 31, 2025, the BnF celebrated the 30th anniversary of the inauguration of the François-Mitterrand site with a symposium.
Photo: Thierry Ardouin / Tendance Floue / BnF
30 million pages of history – Increased use of digitised National Library material
The National Library of Finland’s free digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi service recently surpassed the 30-million-page mark. Photo: Marko Oja
Promotion of the Digital Collections of the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina
About 1,400 digitized library items from the Special Collections, the Collection of Old Periodicals, and official publications are available on the NULB&H Digital Portal: https://kolekcije.nub.ba/.
Illustration: NULB&H
Success of the 3rd bibnet.lu Network Day at the BnL
Success for the 3rd bibnet.lu Network Day at the National Library of Luxembourg (BnL), a day dedicated to sharing knowledge and reflecting on best practices in library science. Photo: Brainplug