Im Juni und Juli tauschte die ungarische Marianna Eszter Feketéné Balogh sich in Augsburg, in Hannover und in Bremen mit deutschen Kollegen aus. Für BII erzählt sie ausführlich von allem, das sie beobachten konnte und welche Programme die verschiedenen Einrichtungen betreiben.
Hélène Brousseau too visited Berlin to attend the IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section Conference and Mid-Year Meeting, held from June 10–13, 2025. This report has a more personal angle than the previous one and is enriched with pictures to go along with the topics and items discussed.
In May 2025 Almoataz Mohamed Gad Elkarim traveled to Baden-Württemberg, Germany, to participate in a professional exchange with the Württembergische Landesbibliothek-Stuttgart. In his report, he details the projects and proceedings of the Württembergische Landesbibliothek and other institutions he was able to visit.
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.
