Librarians in the Wild — Going Feral
Arrangør: Public Libraries 2030
Librarians in the Wild — Going Feral
Rethinking the role and reach of library professionals
If libraries are evolving into community spaces, what is the evolving profile of the people who work in them? Across europe there are vastly different standards, from countries that no longer offer an LIS programme at all, to countries that only permit qualified librarians to work in a public library – what the risks in each scenaio – where is the middle ground?
R. David Lankes – Virginia & Charles Bowden Professor of Librarianship · University of Texas at Austin
In conversation with:
Raphaëlle Bats – Co-head, URFIST Bordeaux · University of Bordeaux · Associate Researcher, Centre Émile Durkheim
| Online via Zoom – 3 sessions in 2026 – 60 minutes each. – Free to attend |
| Organised and hosted by Public Libraries 2030, the Lighthouse Sessions is a series of strategic online conversations for library professionals, exploring where libraries are heading next. Each session brings together leading thinkers and practitioners to examine the questions that matter most: about space, identity, purpose and the evolving social contract between libraries and the communities they serve. Curious, open questioning & high-level thinking. These are not webinars, they are conversations designed to provoke and connect. Participation is free and open to library professionals across Europe. |
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