We are happy to announce that Ben Mardell will join us as the first keynote speaker at this year’s Next Library Festival in May. As a principal investigator at Project Zero, a research organization at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Ben teaches and conducts research in early childhood settings – something he has been […]
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Ticket sales for Next Library Festival 2023 are now underway. Get ready for inspirational talks, exciting site visits, interactive sessions, lots of networking and an actual LIVE festival party. Read more about what you can experience at the festival right here Are you an Early Bird? You can buy Early Bird tickets to this
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
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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
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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
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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
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