Mirjana Nešić went to Berlin to attend the IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section Conference and Mid-Year Meeting, held from June 10–13, 2025. In her report, she presents the topics discussed, an outlook on future ventures and what places she was able to see and projects she heared about.
Agnieszka Wolańska went to Berlin to attend the International Conference on Economics and Business Information (INCONECSS). In her report, she gives a brief overview of the topics discussed there and what she learned from the sessions and other perspectives in the field.
Alison Annet Kinengyere, Glorias Asiimwe and Winfred Namusoke Lubambo went to Münster, Germany, for a professional study tour of german libraries. In their report they record what they were introduced to and their lessons learned abroad.
Nicoleta-Roxana Dinu visited four libraries in Frankfurt am Main from 17th to 20th February 2025 in order to identify good practices and efficient techniques that could be implemented by the Romanian libraries. Here is her report about the trip.
Loida Garcia-Febo attended and presented at the German Library Congress in Bremen. In her quick report she talks about sessions that impacted her and libraries she visited during her stay.
Demnächst verleiht der Lettische Rat für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (LBJLP, auch IBBY Lettland) den Internationalen Jānis-Baltvilks-Preises für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur sowie Buchkunst. Diesjährige Preisträgerin ist die deutsche Schriftstellerin Dita Zipfel mit ihrem Buch „Wie der Wahnsinn mir die Welt erklärte“.
Emily Kingsland from the McGill University library, located in Montréal (Québec, Canada), attended and presented at the International Conference on Economics and Business Information (INCONECSS) with the help of BII. The Conference was held in May 2025, in Berlin and in her report she talks about her own and other presentations, as well as the places she visted.
Ulrike Kraß reiste nach Barcelona, um an der IFLA-Konferenz „Culture, Knowledge and Community“ teilzunehmen. Für BII berichtet sie vom Themenkomplex „Demokratie und Bibliothek“, der Arbeit der IFLA-Sektionen sowie den Bibliotheksbesichtigungen an denen sie teilnehmen konnte.
Auch Tina Grahl und Claudia Dämmig reisten mit der BII Studiengruppe im Anfang November 2024 in unser damaliges Partnerland Tschechien. In ihrem Bericht schildern die beiden die Ähnlichkeiten und Unterschiede deutscher und tschechischer Bibliotheken, sowie verbesserungsideen.
Ekaterina Pavlova attended the 44th European Association of Sinological Librarians (EASL) conference, held in the Berlin State Library with the support of BII. In her report she talks about the struggles and compares latvian libraries with german ones, regarding their asian studies sections and programms
