A NEXT LIBRARY® event is an international gathering of forward-thinking library professionals, innovators and decision-makers who are pushing boundaries and making changes that support learning in the 22nd century.

Created by Denmark’s Aarhus Public Libraries and first presented in 2009, the purpose of a NEXT LIBRARY® event is to look ahead and explore the continuously evolving nature of the public library in the 22nd century. 

Upcoming Events

Fun&Fabulous Occupy Library Online Conference
22nd to 25th of September 2020
/organized by Progress Foundation in collaboration with the Occupy Library Steering committee, The National Library of Romania, Goethe-Institute and Next Library / Aarhus Public Libraries. 
4 days long conference• one key-note speaker per day• 3 to 4 hours per day• 2-3 (parallel) sessions per day• 1 open-themed session per day 
Call for proposals open 1st of June and closes 1st of August; https://occupylibrary.net/ 

NEXT LIBRARY® 2021 - 29 May - 2 June, Dokk1, Aarhus, Denmark
Saturday 29 May: Site visits & optional events
Sunday 30 May: Site visits & Optional Events. Evening Get2Gether
Monday 31 May - Tuesday 1 June: Next Library Conference program
Wednesday 2 June: Optional events & Site Visits
Organized by Aarhus Public Libraries in collaboration with conference partners & sponsors.

State Library of Queensland, is hosting the Next Library Satellite Conference in Brisbane, Australia  9 - 11 October 2021

We reserve the right to alterations & surprises