CENL is now on LinkedIn!
The CENL Secretariat is excited to announce that we are now on LinkedIn.
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Finnish E-library improved equal access to library services
E-library, provided by the National Library of Finland in cooperation with public libraries, celebrates its first anniversary on 29 April 2025. In the first year of operations, millions of loans have been placed, and the availability of material has improved compared with previous years.
British Library released Knowledge Without Borders report
On 13 April, the British Library released Knowledge Without Borders, its first report exploring the impact of its international collaborations with partners around the world.
CENL publication “Digital Cultural Heritage or: E-Legal Deposit in European National Libraries”
The CENL Secretariat is excited to make its publication “E-Legal Deposit in European Libraries” available to you.
The papers collected in this publication were presented at the 2024 Annual General Meeting at the National Library of Poland in Warsaw. They reflect the current state of electronic legal deposit in a number of European national libraries and offer valuable insights into the challenges and strategies shaping our collective efforts to safeguard digital cultural heritage.
New acquisitions made by the National Library of Spain
In 2024, the National Library of Spain expanded its collection with 3,364 valuable items worth €1.4 million. An additional 82,628 items were received through donations, valued at €461,275, enriching Spain’s bibliographic and documentary heritage.
The National Library of Latvia invites to register for the readers’ favourite programme “Children, Youth and Parents Jury 2025”
Read and evaluate! The National Library of Latvia invites to register for the readers’ favourite programme “Children, Youth and Parents Jury 2025”
One of the central events of the public engagement movement “Restart for Reading” is the reading promotion programme “Children, Youth and Parents Jury 2025” which has been organised by the NLL for 25 years. Libraries, schools, diaspora centres and also individuals can apply for participation in the largest and longstanding State-funded reading promotion initiative.
The BnF celebrates Brazil
To mark the bicentenary of diplomatic relations between France and Brazil, the France-Brazil 2025 Season successively showcases Brazil in France (from April to September) and France in Brazil (from August to December), highlighting the excellence of bilateral relations between the two countries.
The estates of Annemarie Schwarzenbach and Ella Maillart included in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register
The UNESCO Executive Board in Paris has endorsed the inscription of the estates of Swiss women writers Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908–1942) and Ella Maillart (1903–1997) on the Memory of the World Register. A homage to two pioneering figures in travel writing and socially engaged literature.
Research project focusing on the digitisation of historical typeface samples at German National Library
Four institutions are giving Germany’s written memory a helping hand by launching a new joint project involving the digitisation and provision of open access to the country’s typographic cultural heritage.
Manuscripts and old printed books fascinate Fulbright scholars and alumni at the National Library of Bulgaria
Manuscripts and old printed books, significant not only for their historical value but also as remarkable works of art fascinated a group of Fulbright scholars and alumni at the National Library of Bulgaria.