The new collection of estates of Liechtenstein authors aims to preserve, index and make accessible documents that can contribute to an understanding of the authors’ works and their time. The collection thus functions as a Liechtenstein literary archive.
Under the motto “Preserving Cultural Heritage, Shaping the Future”, the German National Library presents its Strategic Compass 2035 – a forward-looking document that defines the main guidelines for the coming years.
The National Library of Romania Celebration Days is an annual event, organized to mark the most important achievements of the year and, at the same time, it is used as an opportunity to meet and have constructive discussions with representatives of libraries in the country and other interested stakeholders. This year’s edition, held on 11-12 November, offered a complex program of conferences, workshops, exhibitions, book launches, etc.
On the last day of October, the guest of the National Library of Serbia was Professor Ewan Fernie, Chair of Shakespeare Studies and Fellow at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, University of Birmingham. He held a lecture entitled “Shakespeare as the Laureate of Conversation” in the crowded Atrium of the National Library of Serbia.
On October 15, 2024, during the Italian Language Week in the World (Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo), the National Library of the Republic of Moldova in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Moldova organized a cultural event for public interested Italian history, culture and language.
The German National Library’s German Exile Archive 1933-1945 and the Arolsen Archives are announcing a new #everynamecounts challenge. Volunteers can take part in the crowdsourcing initiative from 4 to 17 November 2024. The aim of the challenge is to digitize the so-called expatriation card file (Ausbürgerungskartei) – and raise awareness of the names and stories of people who were stripped of their German citizenship.
Directors of national libraries from around the world elected Dr Tomasz Makowski, Director General of the National Library of Poland, to the position of Vice-Chair of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL).
The Central National Library of Rome is pleased to provide a small exhibition presenting some rare and valuable works such as nautical charts and manuscripts atlases on the occasion of the conference CERL’s International Conference 2024 taking place in the library in October focusing on European printing in non-Latin scripts.
Marking the Media Literacy Week, the National Library of Estonia organised the Media Literacy Annual Conference on 24 October, themed “How to Navigate the Information Overload?”
