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It's here! Co-authored by librarians from the Lisbon Libraries Network and PL2030, the Rough Guide to Citizen Engagement in Public Libraries explores the role of public libraries in facilitating citizen engagement processes. Published by the Joint Research Centre of...

With the release of the European Union’s Work Plan for Culture 2023-2026, we are delighted to see that it aims to foster the development of libraries and recognises libraries as providers of peaceful and safe environments for vulnerable people and their role in...

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Earlier this year, we received funding from the Belgian Erasmus+ National Agency to support our Lighthouse Libraries thematic work. This work will see us work on three cross-cutting themes: the digital world, environment and sustainability, and democracy and citizen...

As part of our two-day event “Libraries and the Future of Europe” in Brussels, we hosted, with the support of Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Catharina Rinzema (NL, Renew), a breakfast meeting between library professionals and MEP Library Lovers. Our focus was...

On November 8 2022, Public Libraries 2030 hosted the final meeting for the NEWCOMER project at the Muntpunt Library in Brussels. Started in 2020, the NEWCOMER project strove to create and develop a network of community centred librarians. Over the course of the...