Category Archives: News
First meeting of the BnF Users Community
Exhibition “Epreuves de la matière” on contemporary photography and its metamorphoses
The National Library of Finland receives Open World Hero 2023 award
International Conference “Social resilience and stronger professional networks as preconditions for peace”
As a EKN Grant project an international conference “Social resilience and stronger professional networks as preconditions for peace” took place in Chisinau in from 9-10 October 2023 with the participants from the National Library of the Republic of Moldova, Germany, Ukraine, Republic of Lithuania, Republic of Latvia and Romania.
Call for Papers: Twitter and beyond
The archiving, cataloguing and provision of dynamic data from social media present challenges which affect researchers, research institutions, libraries and archives in equal measure, and the best way to solve these problems is through collaboration and partnership. These issues will be explored during a conference to be held at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main on 19 and 20 March 2024. You are welcome to contribute a paper!
National Library of Estonia: new Director General Martin Öövel
Martin Öövel took office as the Director General of the National Library of Estonia in September 2023, succeeding Janne Andresoo who had been holding this position since 2008.
International Conference to Celebrate Vilnius Anniversary
National Library of Luxembourg hosted 2023 e-D-A-CH-L conference
The National Library of Luxembourg hosted this year’s e-D-A-CH-L conference, which brought together the national libraries of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg
More than 27 million digitised pages at digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi
The National Library of Finland’s treasure trove for history buffs and researchers keeps on growing. The number of digitised resources in the digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi service has now passed the 27-million-page mark.