More than 40 per cent of Danish public libraries have already achieved an SDG Certification.
Learn how it works as a tool for your organization to deliver on the SDG agenda and take the first steps towards a local SDG strategy which includes both an organizational and a citizen-oriented perspective.
Kristine Fjord Tolborg, Director of Chora 2030, Denmark

What is WEEK17 - the national library week of sustainable change and development?
How does it work at the local library and what are the possibilities for a library association to help and kickstart this agenda.
In this workshop you will be able to take the first step to join WEEK17 in 2027 - with over 180 other libraries in 11 countries.
Eliška Bartošová, Czech Republic Libraries Association and Erasmus+ Coordinator, Czech Republic
Thomas Sture Rasmussen, SDG coordinator for the Danish Library Association and project lead on WEEK17, Denmark

In recent years, OCLC's WebJunction and the Sustainable Libraries Initiative have collaborated on a series of resources supporting libraries as they face one of the greatest global challenges: climate change. During this workshop, we will consider what is needed for climate action planning and disaster preparedness, with participants leaving the session with a high-level plan that they can continue to develop and start to implement over the following 90 days.
Andrew Harbison, Director, WebJunction, OCLC

In the Shared Reading method a trained Reader Leader reads a text aloud with a group, modelling fluent reading while the participants follow along, join in, and discuss the text, fostering comprehension, vocabulary, and a love for reading in a supportive, interactive way and repeated readings for deeper engagement and skill-building.

You will learn how Shared Reading can be used as a tool to engage participants on an emotional and cognitive level, and how reading together can create a sense of presence, connection, and inclusion.
Anneli Haapaharju, Chair, Finland’s Swedish Library Association, Finland
Mia Karvonen, Board member, Finland’s Swedish Library Association, Finland

This workshop invites participants to engage with the conference theme through a live podcast recording shaped by shared questions and collective discussion. Each registered participant will be invited to submit one question addressing the relationship between policy ambitions and everyday library practice, the challenges of translating sustainability goals into action, or the role of libraries as long-term partners for social, cultural, environmental, and democratic sustainability.

During the session, a selection of submitted questions will be explored by the facilitators in a moderated conversation in the podcast studio. The focus is on exchange and reflection rather than on providing definitive answers. The discussion will be recorded and published as a podcast episode, creating a tangible output from the conference that captures key perspectives emerging from the session.

Andrew Cranfield, EBLIDA Director
Camilla Donà dalle Rose, EBLIDA Project Assistant

Libraries are at the heart of any community, providing support on a range of different areas, whether that be health and education or sustainability and innovation. Throughout this presentation, we will touch on how OCLC supports libraries in these efforts and what resources are available. We will also provide a brief recap of what was covered and what we learnt in the Climate Action Sprint workshop earlier in the day.
Andrew Harbison, Director, WebJunction, OCLC