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The article reports on a May 2007 meeting of the Austrian Libraries' Association in Graz, Austria. Topics discussed included digital college publications, electronic resources management, eContent usage, and portal services for library users. Additionally there was a presentation on the barrier-free Web and the BSB-Google deal.

The article reports on a conference, held in Weimar, Germany, on May 27-28, 2011, which discussed how electronic books have affected and changed study, teaching, and research in universities. Special topics included future technological and economic developments in the electronic book market like the emergence of commercial platforms competing with public and academic libraries, changing relationships between librarians and library users, and the effect of e-books on reading habits.

The article reports on a June 2007 meeting at the Swiss National Library in Bern on the topic of the use of the Dewey decimal classification (DDC) in Europe. The system has been adopted for the "World Digital Library." A proposal was made to found a common European DDC Users' Group (EDUG) to gain more influence over the system's future development.

The article reports on the 101st Deutscher Bibliothekartag (German Librarians' Convention) in Hamburg, Germany, in 2012. Themes considered at the meeting included the impact of electronic publishing and digitization efforts on libraries, the increase of library users in Germany between 2000 and 2010, and design, construction, and renovation projects for library buildings.

The article discusses the "Virtual International Authority File (VIAF), which is a virtual authority file that merges existing authority files. The goal of the program is to link all international authority files together, so that the user can access publications in his preferred language via the internet. In forefront of the launch of the VIAF a meeting during the annual International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions congress 2011 in San Juan, Puerto Rico was arranged.

The article discusses several lectures that focused on library user behavior and on services for library users. The lectures were held at the 100th German librarians' retreat that took place in Berlin, Germany in June 2011. The main lecture, given by the librarian Lynn Connaway, focused on providing library users with certain tools and services, eliminating barriers preventing library users from accessing certain services, and encouraging library users to learn how to use the internet resources.