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The National Library commemorates the centenary of the establishment of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in Vilnius
This year marks the centenary of the Jewish Scientific Institute (YIVO), founded in Vilnius in 1925. The National Library of Lithuania, in cooperation with a large number of Lithuanian and foreign partners, among whom are YIVO institute for Jewish Research in New York, YIVO Argentina and others, is implementing a rich program to this.
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
Exhibition “Is a Library a Birthright?”
From February 2025, the exhibition “Is a Library a Birthright” is on display at the National Library of Latvia. The exhibition reveals the culmination year of the “500 Years of Latvian Books” series of events. Illustration: Kristians Luhaers, National Library of Latvia
Book Year launched in Estonia
2025 marks the 500th anniversary of the first known mention of a book in Estonian. This milestone is celebrated nationwide with the Year of the Book, which runs from 30 January 2025 to 14 March 2026. Photo: Aron Urb / National Library of Estonia
Presentation of the Baroque Bestseller of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski at the Exhibition
Exactly four centuries have passed since the first publication of Sarbiewski’s poetry collection “Three Books of Lyrics” in Cologne, Germany, in 1625, which made him famous in Europe. The first single-exhibit exhibition is dedicated to this work.
Photo: Vygaudas Juozaitis, National Library of Lithuania