Workshop 2.4 | Trust us? Leading Libraries under Pressure
Date: Thursday 3 July 2025
Room: TBA
Speaker(s): TBA
Organised by the LIBER Journées 2024 team
Between May 29-31, 2024, twenty library directors convened at the LIBER Journées in the University Library of the Free University in Berlin to engage in an in-depth discussion on the pressing challenges facing library leadership today.
The meetings during that period highlighted our shared responsibility for upholding integrity, democracy, transparency, inclusiveness, fairness, openness, and resilience. In a world increasingly characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), libraries have the unique potential to serve as anchors of stability and trusted sources of knowledge amidst rapid change and information overload.
The primary goal of this workshop is to share good practices for LIBER leaders to strengthen their role as reliable institutions providing direction and verified information to their communities. By balancing traditional library values with the opportunities and challenges digital transformation offers, we aim to enhance our roles as trusted knowledge hubs.
The participants to this workshop will be empowered by actionable insights and recommendations in strengthening their libraries as trusted reference points both within and beyond the academic community, in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals