Maja Lesinger

Maja is the Director and Senior Librarian of Prelog Town Library in Croatia and has 18 years of experience across education, libraries and project management. She started her career as a teacher and has since developed and led library programmes and projects at local, national and European level. Her work focuses on media and information literacy and new technologies, often bringing these into dialogue with cultural heritage, storytelling and reading. She is active in several national and European professional organisations and networks and currently serves on the board of Public Libraries 2030. Alongside her library work, she writes for both children and professionals and is the author of four picture books and co-author of two professional manuals for librarians. Her work and professional excellence have been recognised through national and international library awards.

A small library is only small on a map. I know, because I work in one. I believe in libraries that stay close to their communities while remaining curious enough to experiment, brave enough to challenge the expected, and stubborn enough to make good ideas happen. I am honoured to be part of PL2030, a network of people who bring that same energy to libraries across Europe. Together, we give libraries of every size a voice, a place at the table, and the opportunity to shape what comes next.