These days I mainly do talks on libraries and their impact on communities – civic as academic – and how libraries can foster belonging and social infrastructure in socities.

Pick of recent talks – some including write-up’s – see them all on Slideshare

Talk at The Swedish Library Associations Network for Development Methods March 2021: A library visit is not just a number: Seeking a new languange for the value of libraries

Online presentation at TK Forum 2021, Bangkok, Thailand: A room is not just a room: The Library as place and why it matters

Talk at the Libraries Connected seminar dec. 2 2020: A library visit is not just a number: Seeking a new languange for the value of libraries

Webinar about reopening libraries for Living Knowledge Network at The British Library 2020: The Library is not closed, it is jus different

Webinar about Library Planet (https://libraryplanet.net/) at The National Library Organisation of Portugals webinar program 2020: Library Planet: The crowdsourced travel guide to libraries of the world

Keynote at Academic & Special Libraries section of Ireland annual conference 2019, Dublin: A room is not just a room: The Library as place and why it matters

Keynote at Chals 2019, Göteborg: Be like Brando: The Library as arena of co-creation and belonging
Text of talk: https://christianlauersen.net/2018/09/26/be-like-brando/

Keynote at UXLibs 2018, Sheffield: Do you want to dance? Inclusion and belonging in libraries and beyond
Text of talk: https://christianlauersen.net/2018/06/07/inclusion-and-belonging-in-libraries-and-beyond/

LIBER Lag Conference, Vienna 2018: Beyond tables and chairs: The Library as facilitating platform
Text of talk: https://christianlauersen.net/2018/04/20/beyond-tables-and-chairs/

Opening talk at Ångström Visualization Lab, Uppsala 2017: Towards Rubicon: Digital Methods, Openness and Belonging
Text of talk: https://christianlauersen.net/2017/09/02/towards-rubicon-digital-methods-openness-belonging/

Library Connect Webinar on data literacy, 2017: The Library of today might not fit the reality of tomorrow
Text of talk: https://christianlauersen.net/2016/12/12/the-library-of-today-might-not-fit-the-reality-of-tomorrow/

Keynote at The REBIUN Conference, Palma de Mallorca, 2016: Towards Rubicon: A Story About Libraries That Turn And Face The Strange
Text of talk: https://christianlauersen.net/2016/11/22/libraries-that-turn-and-face-the-strange/

Digital Social Science Lab: Connecting academia with digital tools
Blog post: https://christianlauersen.net/2016/03/08/towards-rubicon/ 

Talk at OCLC EMEA Conference, Madrid 2016: Explayning The Library brick by brick – a Library LEGO stop-motion movie
Blog post: https://christianlauersen.net/2015/09/08/the-university-library-brick-by-brick-a-lego-library-movie/