14 November 2025
To celebrate 40 years of local library cooperation (1985-2025), the Polo Bibliotecario Ferrarese organized – on Friday, November 14, 2025 – the study day Libraries and Communities: A Network for Social and Cultural Development, featuring library science professors and experts in the field.
The study day explored the development of library cooperation through the National Library Service (SBN) and the organizational and technological evolution it has undergone to date, highlighting how it has served as an innovative and unique organizational model, even on the international stage.
The program of speakers included, alongside institutional representatives from SBN and regional and local cultural institutions, the Italian Library Association (Emilia-Romagna Section) and representatives from the eight Library Hubs of the Emilia-Romagna Region, for a discussion on the strengths and future developments of cooperation within their respective territories.
The study day poster (PDF) with the detailed program is available.