This will be an in person event where colleagues from within and outside the Library and Information sector will share their lived experiences and learn from each other under the powerful theme: “Libraries: Telling Powerful Stories”. These stories are used to share news, amplify the accomplishments of heroes, and pass on cultural traditions and transfer knowledge and history. Libraries have been central in collecting, preserving and sharing these stories. Stories make difficult information easier to understand. Stories can change the future for the better. This year we are focusing on telling those stories, both from a librarian and library user’s perspective, focusing on the achievements of libraries in South Africa over the years, as libraries transform to fit into the new world.