The LIBER Award for Library Innovation was instituted by LIBER with support from OCLC.
It recognizes the three abstracts which best describe innovative work within the overall theme of the Annual Conference. The criteria (in order of importance) for the Award are:
- Level of innovation
- Impact on the wider library community
- Originality
- Quality of the abstract
The three abstracts which best fulfil these criteria are selected by the Conference Programme Committee.
The Conference Programme Committee for the 54th LIBER Annual Conference has decided to present the 2025 LIBER Award for Library Innovation to:
The Value of Informal Professional Networks for Developing Leaders: A Case Study from the LIBER Emerging Leaders Programme
William Nixon, RLUK, United Kingdom
Artificial Intelligence, Real Library: Insights from Project Laibro for Organizational Development
Leticia Antunes Nogueira and Sigurd Eriksson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Converge or Die: The LAM Perspective Unlocks the Societal Impact of Collections as Data
Saskia Scheltjens and Coen Wilders, Rijksmuseum, The Netherlands
We congratulate the Award winners and look forward to presenting them with their Awards at the Annual Conference in Lausanne this summer!