Burgos Libraries Conference videos now online

In October of last year, Burgos, Spain, hosted the joint VI Congreso Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas / Europeana Conference. The title of the event was 'Public Libraries: Individual Memory, Global Heritage'.

If you couldn't make it, never fear - you can now watch video recordings of the event, and download the presentations, all in their original languages.

To view the presentations, follow this link and click on the name of the presentation you want to read.

The programme includes subjects as varied as re-inventing the library for the 21st century, virtual libraries, and e-books, to the Europeana projects - Europeana Awareness, Europeana 1914-1918 and Europeana Local, and then to fairy tales, vampires, radio stations and literary geo-caching.

When you're looking at the list of videos - the ones relating to the Burgos event begin at video 20, with this inspiring introduction to the region and its culture.