Events
Conference "Information for Civic Literacy"
06.01.2012
First call for papers and participation of IFLA Satellite Pre-Conference Information for Civic Literacy (8-10 August, 2012, Riga, Latvia). Organised by the IFLA Information Literacy Section and the IFLA Africa Section through its Special Interest Group "Access to Information Network – Africa (ATINA/RAIA)". Hosted by the Riga Central Library and the National Library of Latvia, in collaboration with the Cultural Affairs Department of the Riga City Council.
10th Congress of Latvian Librarians "Open Access to Knowledge - Promoting Sustainable Progress"
08.04.2011
On 12 and 13 April 2011, Library Association of Latvia in collaboration with supporters are hosting 10th Congress of Latvian Librarians "Open Access to Knowledge - Promoting Sustainable Progress".
The European Library features Reading Europe: Europe’s Literary Gems Online For Free
28.09.2010
From 18th century English bestsellers to medieval cookbooks, nearly 1,000 of Europe’s most fascinating works are featured in a new multilingual online exhibition created by The European Library and supported by Europeana.eu.
“CCS Software and Services” helps National Library of Latvia in mass digitization project
28.09.2010
The National Library of Latvia (NLL) has began mass digitization of NLL collection in the „Digital Library of Latvia – part 2” project. The first part of project involves scanning of NLL collection and the next phase is segmentation of records so that the electronically processed Library material is compatible with search options. Segmentation is managed by CCS Content Conversion Specialists (Germany).
Digital nomads
19.05.2010
EuropeanaTravel is a new EU-funded project that will channel digital content from Europe’s national and university libraries into Europeana.eu. Starting on May 1st and running for 2 years, EuropeanaTravel will digitise over a million resources, including maps, manuscripts, photos, films, books and postcards on the themes of travel, tourism, trade routes and exploration.
National Library of Latvia receives a gift: The Complete Edition of The Letters of Van Gogh
30.09.2009
In order to mark the 20 years of restored independence of Latvia and in support of the National Library of Latvia, the Embassy of the Netherlands will donate one of the most important art publications of the decade: - The Collected Letters of Vincent van Gogh.
- 30.09.2009 Presence. Hamsun in Latvia
