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EIFL has just named four winners of the EIFL Public Library Innovation Award for public and community libraries that enable learning through play – congratulations to the winners! ➤➤ The winners will also be celebrated at NEXT LIBRARY® 2023 in Aarhus, Denmark. With support from the LEGO Foundation, representatives of the winning libraries will attend and contribute […]

It’s finally 2023 and we’re so excited to welcome you to Aarhus soon. In this video Lisbeth Mærkedahl, Next Library project manager, and Marie Østergård, manager of Aarhus Public Libraries, talk about what they are looking forward to in the new year:   And now we want to know: What are you looking forward to in

Co-creation is part of our DNA! Do you have something you want to share with library professionals from all over the world? Now is the time to send in your proposal for Next Library. You have the insights. We have the space and audience. Next Library 2023 will consist of inspirational talks, sessions, interactive elements

During the summer we asked you to come up with ideas and themes for the upcoming conference and you didn’t disappoint. We have received numerous great ideas from you – thank you so much! Your ideas have made for three main themes that we will work with moving forward: 1. Sustainable Development Goals The mission of

Libraries all over the world support learning through play! To support this and to learn from all the great initiatives EIFL launches the Public Library Innovation Award with a focus on learning through play. The award is supported by @LegoFoundation – and we are so proud that the winners will be invited to Next Library

Have you submitted your ideas for Next Library 2023? If not, then submit your ideas right here – or take a look at the ideas already suggested.  The call for ideas is still open and you are invited to be co-creator of the event by submitting your ideas for the upcoming conference. As you probably

For a period of two and half years, starting in august 2020, Aarhus Public Libraries has dedicated resources to explore, try out and evaluate activities on their democratic potential.  Theoretically the initiative is based on a deliberative and participatory understanding of democracy – meaning that conversation, dialogue and debate among fellow citizens is presumed to

Next Library is reorganising! We are welcoming a new project manager, Lisbeth Mærkedal! Lisbeth has been at Aarhus Public Libraries since 2005 and has been leading projects and taken part in developing the Design Thinking for Libraries Toolkit. Since 2015 she has been in charge of the Ignite Talks at Next Library.  Lotte Duwe Nielsen

We are happy to announce that the Next Library Festival will be held May 14-16, 2023, in Aarhus, Denmark – save the date! We are pleased to invite library innovators from all over the world to join next year’s Festival and we hope to see many of you. Next Library 2023 is currently in the

Next Library is happy to announce that our longtime partner, EBLIDA, is celebrating 30 years of existence – congratulations EBLIDA! EBLIDA is an independent umbrella association of library, information, documentation and archive associations and institutions in Europe that strives to support unhindered access to information. This year’s conference will be held in Athens on the