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.
On 3 September 2024, Dagnija Baltiņa took up the position of Director of the National Library of Latvia (NLL). Previously, Baltiņa was the Director of the Special Collections Department of the National Library of Latvia, a researcher, lecturer at the Latvian Academy of Culture, and former Secretary General of the Latvian National Commission for UNESCO.
We encourage national libraries to join the network and contribute to the exchange of practices and approaches, helping to create a shared perspective on modern library exhibitions and the challenges faced by libraries today.
On the occasion of the architectural design competition for the fifth extension building, the German National Library will be displaying the competition entries and presenting the prizewinners in an exhibition to take place from 18 September to 1 October 2024.
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