NEXT LIBRARY 2025

Seeds, Seedlings and Plants

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday Expo Take a moment to explore the fascinating diversity of seeds, admire the vitality of seedlings, or simply relax with a plant. Amalie and Marianne have curated this exhibition to invite you to connect with the small, enchanting elements of nearby nature. Warning: We may just plant an idea that grows […]

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The Smallest Common Multiple

Session The Smallest Common Multiple is an interactive roleplay activity showcasing the Express Citizen Laboratory (ECL) format for public libraries. The roleplay promotes community development through active citizen participation. Attendees will take on diverse roles as citizens of a fictional society who are tasked with finding solutions to specific problems within that society. In these

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Imagine a Better Future with Solarpunk

Session In this interactive session, we’ll use Solarpunk, a science fiction subgenre that envisions sustainable futures, to inspire creativity and collective action. Participants will design a vision for a future library that thrives in an environmentally sustainable world. Through scenario-building exercises, small groups will create library services, spaces, and programs that reflect the core Solarpunk

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Lights, Camera, Community! Using video to support community storytelling

Session Join us for a hands-on session where you’ll explore filmmaking as a tool for engagement and storytelling. Use equipment from Dokk1’s Media Lab to create a collaborative mini-film, and learn from rural U.S. library programs. Leave with guides, equipment lists, and the confidence to bring filmmaking to your community—regardless of budget! Hosts Zac MurphyCommunications

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The Future Begins at the Library – Empowering Citizens to Shape Tomorrow

Session How do you imagine your community—or the world—in 2040 or 2050? Will it be better, worse, or much the same? What about the climate, health, peace, wealth, or local parks and schools? What shapes your views—and are you ready for different futures? Futures literacy is the skill of thinking in this way—and teaching others

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Literary Forest Paths

Session on-the-go Refresh your connection with nature in a session designed to let you breathe, explore, and observe the natural world with curiosity and playfulness. Together, we’ll walk backwards into the landscape—waving goodbye to convention—and step into an adventure filled with both forest and literary sceneries. We’ll return to the built environment with a renewed

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What Does a Baobab Sound and Taste Like: Building a Collaborative Catalog of Tastes and Sounds

Session on-the-go From Estrela House Garden Library comes a small outdoor lab that includes samples from a wood archive. Let’s generate together the first catalog of tastes and sounds for the Lisbon Libraries. Combining root and leaf tasting (baobab and carob included) with nature classification, you will find original ways to register tastes and leave

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Discover the Magic of Everyday Nature – Bringing Families Closer to Nature with the Outdoor Library

Session In 2021, Silkeborg Libraries launched the Outdoor Library to strengthen children’s and families’ connection to nature. Through hands-on activities and creative tools, we help make outdoor exploration easy and engaging. Our initiatives include: Nature backpacks filled with equipment, books, and activities Nature scavenger hunts Creative workshops with natural materials A children’s book on endangered

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