Registration Open for the „Digital Library – Culture for All Forever” Conference
The Competence Centre for the Digitisation of Library Materials at the National Library of Poland and the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Centre invite participants to the fifth edition of the „Digital Library – Culture for All Forever” conference. The event will take place online on 30 October 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Participation is free of charge, but advance registration is required.
The recurring conference series focuses on „Digital Library Issues, with Particular Emphasis on Ensuring Digitisation Quality and Digital Preservation”.
The conference aims to raise awareness and facilitate the exchange of experience among European libraries in the development of digital libraries. Speakers will address key issues facing institutions involved in digitisation, focusing on digitisation quality assurance and the long-term preservation of digital resources.
The conference will be held in English, with simultaneous interpretation into Polish provided.
11.00 – Darek Paradowski, Biblioteka Narodowa / National Library of Poland
Introduction
11.05 – Neil Jefferies / The Bodleian Libraries University of Oxford, Open Preservation Foundation
Community Digitisation and Preservation – A Practical Approach
11.50 – Ioannis L. Tambakis, Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος / National Library of Greece
Digital Library for All: Designing the National Library of Greece’s Accessible Books Hub
12.30 – dr Andrew Jackson, Neil Jefferies / Digital Preservation Coalition
Growing A Community Of Practice Around Digital Preservation Tools & Workflows
13.15 – Tamara Butigan-Vučaj, Народна библиотека Србије / National Library of Serbia
The National Library of Serbia’s Digitisation Journey
13.45 – Franciszek Buchner, Biblioteka Narodowa / National Libray of Poland
Maps. How to digitize oversized objects – a case study
14.30 – dr Alicia Wise, Zsolt Silberer, LOCKSS – Stanford University
Preservation in a World of Disruption: CLOCKSS/LOCKSS Distributed Preservation
15.15 – Summary
The detailed programme and speaker biographies are available on polona.pl.