External links
- Official website - https://www.nextlibrary.net/
Next Library is an organisation that hosts a series of biennial Danish conferences for librarians and library professionals. International editions of the conference series began in 2014 and are referred to as "satellites."
The conference series was started by Aarhus Public Libraries in 2009, with conferences being held at Dokk1 in Aarhus. In 2014, a Next Library satellite conference took place at Chicago Public Library, that Rahm Emanuel attended. In September 2018, Next Library took place at the Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek in Berlin.
It describes itself as "an international gathering of forward-thinking library professionals, innovators and decision-makers who are pushing boundaries and making changes that support learning in the 21st century", and claims that more than 1400 librarians from 96 countries are in its network, with 350 librarians attending the 2015 and 2017 events in Aarhus.
Satellite conference host countries include the USA, South Korea, Germany, and others.
| Date | Location | Themes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Aarhus | ||
| 2011 | Aarhus | ||
| 2013 | Aarhus | ||
| 2015 | Aarhus | ||
| 2017 | Aarhus | Literacy; The Learning Library; Emerging Trends; Community Engagement and Democracy; Strategic Partnerships; Design Thinking; Play | |
| 2019 | Aarhus | Libraries in Times of Social Crisis; Civic Media and Data Democracy; Temporary Spaces; Game Changing Tech & Emerging Trends | |
| 2021 | Virtual | Next Library Online Festival | |
| 2023 | Aarhus | ||
| 2025 | Aarhus | The Sustainable Development Goals, Democracy, and Play |
| Date | Location | Themes | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Helsinki | Next Library Camp | ||
| 2010 | Reykjavik | NORDIC CAMP 1 | ||
| 2011 | Stockholm | NORDIC CAMP 2 | ||
| 2012 | Oslo | NORDIC CAMP 3 | ||
| 2014 | Chicago, USA | |||
| 2018 | Berlin | |||
| 2026 | Myeong-Dong, Seoul | Reimagine the Library; Inclusive Libraries: Beyond Open Doors; Content, Experience, Exploration; Why Place Still Matters: Libraries as Places | First Next Library conference hosted in Asia |
