The Bibliotheca astronomica exhibition provides an extraordinary opportunity to get acquainted with rare printed books on astronomical subjects dating back to the first quarter of a millennium after the invention of the printing press.
The National Library of Greece (NLG) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia on Friday, 13 September 2024
The exhibition ZETZAR. The Light and Shadows of Printing was launched on September 11, 2024, as part of the Zetzar project, an initiative of the National Library of Romania.
On Tuesday, September 3, a meeting devoted to the translation of the Codex Suprasliensis into Polish took place at the Palace of the Commonwealth. The manuscript, dating from the 10th century, forms part of the collection of the National Library and has recently been put on permanent display at the Palace.
On 13 September the Estonian government announced its decision to allocate 17.7 million euros to complete the construction and furnishing of the National Library of Estonia. The renovation work of the National Library’s Tõnismägi building is expected to be completed by the summer of 2025, the library is planned to open to visitors in 2027.
The portal BelgicaPress was launched in 2016 and currently gives access to 136 digitized Belgian newspapers from a wide variety of geographic and ideological backgrounds, most of which appeared daily (1814-1987).
The British Library is hosting a series of webinars focused on libraries and the climate crisis. The aim of the series is to bring together international library leaders to share their different responses to the climate emergency.
Timeless Archives, Timely Connections: Preserving Endangered Documentary Heritage and Inspiring Collaboration is a conference to be held on 31 October – 1 November 2024, organised by the Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) and the British Library’s International Office. This will be a hybrid conference to be held at the British Library, London and online.
