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🎟️ Tickets are now available — Join us at Next Library Satellite Seoul!

Be part of the first-ever Next Library Satellite in Asia and connect with library innovators from around the world.

🐦 Early Bird Offer — until April 1
Secure your Early Bird ticket and join us as we collectively imagine and shape what’s next for libraries.

We can’t wait to see you in Seoul this May!

👉 Read more and get your ticket here:

Early Bird Tickets are Now Available : Next Library Satellite Seoul - NEWS Tickets are now available - Join us in Next Library Satellite SeoulNext Library Satellite Seoul will bring together library innovators from around the world. Come explore new ideas, take part in hands-on formats, and connect with a global community shaping the future of libraries.Date: May 19-22, 2...

🎨 Multiplo Cavriago was awarded the Next Library Changemaker Award at Next Library 2025!

Since then, the team has been developing Craft, Play, Share! — a hands-on project exploring creativity, play, and sustainability with children and families 🎲

Read more at: https://www.nextlibrary.net/changemaker-award-update-2-craft-play-share/

🌷 Athens Comics Library was awarded the Next Library Changemaker Award at Next Library 2025!

Since then, the team has been expanding its successful Takeaway Art Packs model, bringing this creative approach to older adults — including seniors living in care homes.

Read more at: nextlibrary.net/changemaker-award-update-1-take-away-library-packs

📢 Reminder: There’s still time to submit a session proposal for Next Library Satellite Seoul.

You’re invited to share a talk, workshop, or new format that explores inclusion, new content experiences, or libraries as meaningful places.

Deadline for proposals: November 30, 2025

Read more at nextlibraryseoul.net

📢 Want to host a session at Next Library Satellite Seoul?

The first Satellite in Seoul is inviting contributors to join the program.

You could lead a talk, workshop, or something new — focusing on inclusion, new content experiences, or libraries as meaningful places.

Deadline for proposals: November 30, 2025.

Read more at nextlibraryseoul.net

Open Call: Host a Session at Next Library Satellite Seoul - Next Library We invite you to take part in shaping the very first Next Library Satellite in South Korea, taking place in Seoul, May 19–22, 2026. Next Library Satellite Seoul are calling for ideas, stories, and practices that challenge and expand what libraries can be. Whether you want to share an inspiring pro...

Mark your calendars: May 19–22, 2026
Next Library Satellite is coming to Seoul 🚀

Be part of the dialogue reimagining the future of libraries – with ideas, experiences, and perspectives from the library field and beyond

We’ll explore:
🟢 Beyond Open Doors: Inclusive Libraries
🟢 Content, Experience, Exploration: Expanding What Libraries Offer
🟢 Why Place Still Matters: Libraries as Places

Visit nextlibraryseoul.net for all the details!

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The Goody Bag is here!

Next Library 2025 is over — thank you for joining, supporting, and helping create a fantastic festival!

We’ve wrapped up some of the best bits from Next Library 2025 ✨

What’s inside?
📸 Photos and favorite moments
🖥️ A slideshow to share with your colleagues
🏆 The first-ever Next Library Pilot Project award winners
💡 And much more

Explore the Goody Bag here:

Goody Bag 2025 - Next Library Goody bag Next Library 2025 took place May 24–27 in Aarhus, Denmark. Every other year, the festival returns to its home base — and in between, it travels!Next up: a Satellite in Seoul in 2026. Until then, enjoy this Goody Bag full of photos, stories, and moments from this year’s festival. Mome...

NEXT LIBRARY PEOPLE

I’m Larry Neal, Director of the Clinton-Macomb Public Library in the United States. I came here for more renewal of my inspiration and dreaming. It started back in 2017 — I collected many, many ideas from this place: the building, the people, and even some of the smaller libraries that we visited — and added those to my dream file. I was able to incorporate many of those into a new building. It’s also about touching base with my global public library colleagues. It’s about meeting people from all over the world and understanding where our similarities fall in terms of what’s working, what the challenges are, and how they are solving those challenges. The United States is such a large country that we talk a lot among ourselves, but we don't always have the opportunity to get out and connect with the larger global community.

I’m very mindful of the Sustainable Development Goals and figuring out how we can connect to those. I think something my library board has started to focus on is the long-term sustainability of our choices and what we include in our building projects. I think the other important aspect is trying to then demonstrate to the community that not only should we be talking about these goals and the benefits and the impact on the environment, but also how we’re trying to set that as an example for others in the community.

– Larry Neal, Clinton-Macomb Public Library, USA


Photo: Sophie Dreijer

This year’s speaker gift: A Mending Kit 🧵

To all our keynote speakers, ignite talkers, and session hosts — thank you!

You received a Danish-made mending kit from The Organic Company:
a few needles, threads, and a simple how-to — encouraging visible mending, sustainable care, and mindful repair.

NEXT LIBRARY PEOPLE

Hi, I'm Ida Gašpar, and I work at the Fran Galović Koprivnica Public Library as a senior librarian in the Children's Department. The Next Library conference has always seemed like a great opportunity to connect with other librarians, as well as people outside the profession. Of course, it’s also a great place to absorb innovative ideas for creating programs and generally organising business in every library. The space, the programme, the food — and of course, the amazing people — everything is great!

My focus is on children and young people, and on programs that they will look forward to, but also experience as new life moments. At the moment, we are in the middle of a big project: building a new library and planning the space, which is a great challenge and responsibility. Amongst it all, there is also the organisation of kcConnect, our national conference, which we modelled on Next Library. We always try to do the best for the people in our community — but also for the librarianship profession in general.

– Ida Gašpar, Fran Galovic Koprivnica Public Library, Croatia


Photo: Sophie Dreijer

Help shape the future of Next Library!

The festival may be over, but your feedback matters. 💬

Take our short 5-question survey and tell us what worked — and what we can do better.

👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MLZ5W6S