Author Archives: Kerstin Meinel

On 25 August 2023, the National and University Library, with a special program and exhibition, in the temporary premises, marked the 31st anniversary of the shelling of the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Vijećnica.

Julia Konopka-Żołnierczuk, Deputy Director of the National Library, and Dr Jędrzej Leśniewski, Director of the Library of Wrocław University of Science and Technology, has been appointed to IFLA committees.

During the Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2023 which was hosted by the National Library of France, the CENL Board of Directors agreed on the new Strategic plan for 2023 – 2027.

Since when do people travel? A question to which we can hardly provide an exact answer. Duty or leisure? Interest or religious devotion? One thing is certain – travelling is always an adventure! Embark on a visual odyssey through time and cultures at the “Into the World of Travelling” exhibition. Discover an array of books, documents, manuscripts, and graphic treasures from the rich archives of the National Library “St. st. Cyril and Methodius”.

This summer the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania hosted the premiere of a work written for this space by one of Europe’s most influential composers, Austrian Beat Furrer. His new work Prophezeiungen (translated from German as “Prophecy”) for voice, bass clarinet and accordion was performed at the National Library.

Johannes Neuer took office of the German National Library in Leipzig on 1 August 2023. The media and communication scientist succeeds Michael Fernau, who took up the post in 2008 and has now retired.

Warfront papers were newspapers for soldiers on the front, published both by official communication companies and by the soldiers themselves. The National Library of Finland has, together with the library of the Finnish National Defence University, digitised a total of 144 Finnish warfront papers from 1939–1945.

If you want to read more about the History of the Greek Revolution, you should visit the Digital Collections Platform of the National Library of Greece. You could even zoom in the Rigas Velestinlis’ Charta of Greece down to the smallest detail and see what the late18th century  map, which consists of twelve colored parts, looks like.

Finding information e.g. about special items in the collections, booking tickets for one of the six museums or trainings for getting better research results is now even easier and more user friendly.