{"id":44473,"date":"2026-03-25T13:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibliotekutvikling.no\/kompetansebank\/?post_type=event&#038;p=44473"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:20:42","slug":"librarians-in-the-wild-going-feral","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/bibliotekutvikling.no\/kompetansebank\/event\/librarians-in-the-wild-going-feral\/","title":{"rendered":"Librarians in the Wild \u2014 Going Feral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"t2-factbox wp-block-t2-factbox\" id=\"t2-factbox\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t2-factbox__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t2-factbox__blocks t2-factbox__inner-container is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>Arrang\u00f8r: <a href=\"https:\/\/publiclibraries2030.eu\/\">Public Libraries 2030<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Librarians in the Wild \u2014 Going Feral<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rethinking the role and reach of library professionals<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If libraries are evolving into community spaces, what is the evolving profile of the people who work in them?&nbsp; 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 &#8211; what the risks in each scenaio &#8211; where is the middle ground?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>R. 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