Highlights of the LIBER Annual Conference 2025

The 54th LIBER Annual Conference took place from 2-4 July 2025 at the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne (Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire Lausanne – BCU Lausanne) in Switzerland. Let’s have a look back at the highlights from the week that brought together research librarians and information professionals from Europe and beyond.

This year, the LIBER Annual Conference convened in Lausanne, a city closely linked to our Association’s early history. Back in 1971, then director of BCUL and one of the founding figures of LIBER, Jean-Pierre Clavel, recognised the importance of connecting research, university, and national libraries on an international level. And now, 54 years later, we gathered together at the library overlooking the blue waters of Lac Léman for three days of learning, networking, and collaboration.

We thank all participants, our host BCUL, the Conference Programme Committee, volunteers, sponsors, organising team, and everyone else involved in making the LIBER Annual Conference 2025 a success!

LIBER 2025 in Numbers

• • 3 Keynote Speakers
  • 15 Parallel Sessions
  • 27 Poster Presentations
  • 10 Workshops
  • 1 Panel Discussion
  • 1 Roundtable Discussion
  • 480 attendees
  • 3 Innovation Award Winners
  • 1 Poster Award Winner

Conference materials

Presentation slides and posters

Session slides and posters are available to download on our LIBER 2025 Zenodo Community.

Conference Photos

The photographs taken during the conference can be found on the LIBER Flickr channel.

Conference illustrations

Several sessions at LIBER 2025 were represented in the form of visuals by conference illustrator, https://www.thinksketch.com/. Browse through the illustrations below.

Conference recordings

For those who could not join us in Lausanne, several key sessions were live streamed for an online audience. Watch the below sessions back on our YouTube channel:

Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speech (Frédéric Kaplan)

Second Keynote Speech (Thanos Giannakopoulos)

Third Keynote Speech (Kimberly C. Doell)

Closing Ceremony

Join us for LIBER 2026!

At the Closing Ceremony, the LIBER flag was handed over to next year’s hosts from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Library.

Take a look at the teaser video for LIBER 2026:

Photos 1 (cover) and 3 – Laurent Dubois © BCU Lausanne. Photo 2 – Noemi Renevey / Lyketil