Almoataz Gad Elkarim of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) traveled to Berlin to participate and hold a presentation at the 114th BiblioCon 2026 in Berlin. Following the stay, this report highlights key takeaways and impressions of the conference.

Svjetlana Đelić, Šejla Džidić, Vasilije Milnović and Bojan Kundačina came from Serbia to Berlin to explore contemporary global trends and innovative solutions in the field of international librarianship. Their findings are summarized in their recent report.

Ms. Hend Elshennawy and Ms. Marwa Elgharabawy from the Library of Alexandria visited the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library) and the Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB – Central and State Library of Berlin). In their report they go through the departments of these libraries, taking a look at their scopes and operation practices.

In September 2025 Suciu Marian visited the Hamburg Public Library (Bücherhallen Hamburg), Hilden City Library (Stadtbibliothek Hilden), Dortmund City and State Library (Stadt- und Landesbibliothek Dortmund) and the Melle City Library (Stadtbibliothek Melle) in Germany. In his report, he compares them and looks at the strengths each of them has.