“Defending Knowledge Access: Academic and Public Libraries in Times of Austerity, Financialization, and UnDemocratic Pressures.” This conference approaches academic and public libraries as interdependent actors within a shared knowledge ecosystem, one that is essential for equitable access to information, critical inquiry, and lifelong learning. Rather than treating openness, collaboration, and public engagement as purely technical or managerial challenges, we invite contributors to examine the political, economic, and institutional conditions that shape contemporary library work.

Postponed from September 2026.

Lucian Blaga University Library of Sibiu, Romania