Library Visits – Online Registration

Day-long ● Library Visits

All Library Visits will take place on Friday, 25 August 2023.
These are full-day visits travelling between 200 km and 400 km return trip by bus.
Participants will be charged a minimal fee to cover the transportation costs. These costs are not included in the conference registration fee.
Pick-up points for all visits: Ahoy Rotterdam

The registration deadline for the library bus tours is  August 23rd. at 12:00 pm.

Day-long Library Visits

Tour name Total distance return trip Location Start End Wheelchair Accessibility

Tour 1:

Brussels (Public & Royal)

300 km Brussels 08:50 18:00 Yes

Tour 2:

Antwerp (Public & Academic & Heritage)

200 km Antwerp 09:00 18:00 Yes

Tour 3: 

Flemish Brabant (Public & Academic)

280 km Flemish Brabant 08:55 17:00 Yes

Tour 4:

East Flanders (Public & Academic)

320 km East Flanders 08:45 18:00 Yes

Tour 5:

Limburg (Public)

       Canceled

370 km Limburg 09:00 17:30 Yes

Tour 6: 

Western Flanders (Public)

380 km West Flanders 08:45 18:00 No – a 20-minute walk from the bus is required

Tour 7: 

Brabant (Breda and Tilburg)

130 km Brabant 09:00 18:00 Yes

Tour 8:Veluwe   

    Canceled

230 km Veluwe 09:00 16:00 Yes

Tour 9:

Bolsward, Forum Groningen, Leeuwarden

400 km Bolsward, Groningen, Leeuwarden 08:45 16:00 Yes

Tour 10: 

Rijnmond

30 km Rotterdam 09:00 17:00 Yes
Tour: 11
Best Dutch Library Hoogezand and multifunctional Library of Assen
         Canceled
500 km Assen 08:30 18:00 Yes

Tour 12:

Belgium, Walonie, Liege and Mons

430 km  Liege and Mons 08:40 17:00 Yes

Tour 13:

Zutphen

         Canceled

300 km Zutphen 09:00 17:00 Yes

Tour 14:

Apeldoorn and Amersfoort

224 km Apeldoorn and Amersfoort 08:55 17:00 Yes

Tour 15:

Den Helder and Alkmaar

     Canceled

220 km Den Helder and Alkmaar 09:00 17:00 Yes
Tour 16:
Haarlem and Leiden
300 km Haarlem and Leiden 08:50 18:00 Yes

Tour 17:

Amsterdam

Sold Out

150 km Amsterdam 09:00 18:00 Yes
Tour 18:
Amsterdam 2
224 km Amsterdam 08:55 18:00 Yes

Half-Day ● Library Visits

All Library Visits will take place on Friday, 25 August 2023.
These are half-day visits travelling up to 9-100 km return by bus.
Participants will be charged a minimal fee to cover the transportation costs. These costs are not included in the conference registration fee.

Pick-up points for all visits: Ahoy Rotterdam

The registration deadline for the library bus tours is  August 23rd. at 12:00 pm.

Half-day Library Visits

Tour name Total distance return trip Address Start End Wheelchair Accessibility

Half-day tour 1:

NBD Biblion & Public library Zoetermeer

80 km Zoetermeer 09:10 14:30 Yes

Half-day tour 2:

The Gouda Library, Chocolate Factory, Utrecht Neude

110 km Utrecht 09:05 14:30 Yes
Half-day tour 3: The Hague 50 km The Hague 09:15 15:00 Yes
Half-day tour 4: Brabant 2 140 km Brabant 08:30 16:00 Yes
Half-day tour 5: Hague 2 80 km The Hague 2 09:10 14:00 Yes
Half-day tour 6: Utrecht 150 km Utrecht 09:05 14:00 Yes
Half-day tour 7: School Library Visit Rotterdam and The Hague 60 km Rotterdam 09:15 15:00 Yes
Half-day tour 8: Delft 36 km Delft 09:30 13:00 Yes

General Terms and Conditions for Library Visits

All Library Visits require pre-registration and are based on a minimum number of 10 attendees. Should the minimum number of attendees not be reached, the Congress Secretariat reserves the right to cancel the tour. All departures for Library Visits start at Ahoy Rotterdam unless otherwise stated.

Walking Library Visits

These half-day visits with no charge to participants will be published shortly before the Congress.
Participants will use either public transportation or walk to the libraries.
Registration will be available onsite at the Library Visit Counter located in the Registration Area.

The registration deadline for the library walking tours is August 23rd.

Meeting points for all visits will be communicated on-site upon booking.

Number Walking tour name Library name/locations Start time
1. South Library Zuidplein, Library Feijenoord 09:30
2. Centre 1 Central Library, Railway Station library 10:00
3. Centre 2 Central Library, Railway Station library 10:00
4. West Library Delfshaven 10:30
5. Campus 1 Library of the Erasmus University 09:30
6. Campus 2 Library of the Erasmus University 10:45
7. Campus 3 Library of the Erasmus University 14:45
8. Special Library of Photomuseum, library of the maritime museum and house of stories Belvédère 09:00
9. On your own Library of Photomuseum, central library, railway library All day

Visit Airport Library on the way home

If you travel home outside of Europe, the UK or Turkey via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, it’s easy to pay a visit to Airport Library, the international branch of the joint Dutch public libraries. This small but smart library is open 24/7 and located at Holland Boulevard between lounges 2 and 3.