EURIG Annual Meeting - 28-29 May, 2026

The EURIG Annual Meeting will be held on 28–29 May 2026 at KBR, the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels.

PROGRAMME 28th MAY

9:00-9:30 Registration

9:30-9:45 Welcome 

09:45 – 11:00 Open Session 1 : Entity based cataloguing

1. Sven Lieber (MetaBelgica): MetaBelgica project
2. Fride Fosseng  & Maiken Songe Thorsen (Bokbasen):  Entity-based cataloguing with LRM and RDA

11:00 - 11:30  Coffee break

11:30 - 12.30 Open Session 2 : RDA implementation

1. Christiane Niklowitz (Swiss Library Service Platform): Translating the RDA DACH Documentation Platform: Challenges of a Living Resource
2. Thurstan Young (British Library): Implementation of the Official RDA Toolkit

12.30 - 13:00   Q&A 

13:00-14:00  Lunch break

14:15 – 15:15 Open Session 3

Discussion: Cataloguing unembodied works (Discussion text will be sent beforehand)

15:15-15:30 Group photo

15:45-16:45 Library tour

17:00 Library closes

19:00  Dinner: Optional (at your own expense)

PROGRAMME 29th MAY

9:00-9:30 Registration

9:30-11:00 Business session 1

• EURIG Chair report – Luna Sindin
• Results of EURIG survey - Hannes Lowagie
• RDA Board report – Hannes Lowagie
• News from RSC – James Hennelly & Renate Behrens
• RSC report and RSC Working Groups report - Ahava Cohen

11:00 - 11:30  Coffee break

11:30-13:00 Business session 2

• Update on UNIMARC - Florence Tfibel
• Report from the European BIBFRAME Workshop 2025 - Matias Frosterus
• EURIG Vice Chair and secretary election
• Closing remarks and thanks - Luna Sindin

15:00-17:00 Translator's meeting