Call for Abstracts. 12th Congress of Baltic Librarians CoBaL

Paskelbta 2025.07.30
Cobal kvietimui

Lithuanian Librarian’s Association (LBD) is organizing the 12th Congress of Baltic Librarians “Libraries – Key to a Literate Society” on 2nd–3rd December 2025 in Kaunas, Lithuania. The Congress of Baltic Librarians, organized by the librarians of the Baltic States, is the most lasting and regular form of co-operation every five years.

This year’s congress focuses on the following topics:

  • Literacy promotion activities in libraries,
  • Reading promotion,
  • Media and information literacy,
  • Technologies in libraries,
  • Democracy projects,
  • SDG in libraries,
  • Professional librarian in a new world,
  • How to measure the impact of library accessibility.

The official statement – the Baltic Libraries Literacy Manifesto – will be presented during the congress.

We welcome this type of presentation:

  • 20 min presentation;
  • 30 min presentation;
  • short video presentation (10 min);
  • workshop;
  • discussion;
  • poster presentation.

Please submit your abstracts of no more than 200 words https://cobal25.lbd.lt/for-speakers/. The deadline for abstract submission is September 12th, 2025. Successful candidates will be notified by September 30th, 2025.

Conference website https://cobal25.lbd.lt

The Baltic States Librarians Congress is partially funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Lithuanian Council for Culture, and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania. Sponsor: UAB Asseco Lietuva. Partners: Kaunas County Public Ąžuolynas Library, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius County Adomas Mickevičius Public Library, Lithuanian Audio-Sensory Library.