{"id":5,"date":"2022-11-15T15:15:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T15:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging.openathens.net\/access-lab\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:24:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:24:03","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.staging.openathens.net\/access-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"About Access Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\n\tclass=\"header-module \"\n>\n\t<div class=\"header-module__bg-filler bg-purple-dark\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"container bg-purple-dark\">\n\t\t<header class=\"header-module__text text-white\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"header-module__title\">Access Lab<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-white\">Join us in person on 25 February 2026 for our EMEA event, or take part in our complimentary online versions tailored for the Asia Pacific and Americas regions later in the year in July and November 2026.\r<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-white\">\r<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p 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Over the past decade, libraries, providers and library users have met at our annual event to discuss challenges facing the information industry. The event explores industry developments, provides real life case studies and holds topical panel discussions where you get the chance to ask the questions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you&#8217;re not sure what to expect, watch our 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLa3SZHu7wc-A-KVqZAP-9R-OO5KkI9MST&amp;si=vZl1cc0Bo7ltCObV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Access Lab recordings<\/a> and view our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staging.openathens.net\/access-lab\/access-lab-resource-hub\/\">Access Lab resource hub.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper block-spacing--bottom\">\n\t<section class='text-panel'>\n\t<div\n\t\tclass='text-panel__background'\n\t\tstyle='background-image: url()'\n\t><\/div>\n\t<article class='text-panel__text' aria-label=\"Article content for the post, 'Who should attend Access Lab?'\">\n\t<h2 class='text-panel__title text-blue-dark' id=\"who-should-attend-access-lab\">Who should attend Access Lab?<\/h2>\n\t<div class='text-panel__body text-blue-dark'><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Access Lab will be of interest to librarians, learners, researchers, publishers and to providers of digital content and services. Job titles might include: librarian\/information manager, product manager, IT manager, researcher, and individuals with an interest in access to knowledge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pull-out-quote bg-purple-light text-blue-dark\">\n\t<div class=\"pull-out-quote__container container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"pull-out-quote__quotation \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pull-out-quote__quote-container container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pull-out-quote__accent bg-blue-dark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"pull-out-quote__text text-blue-dark\">\u201cI felt that every session was good and I learned a great deal. 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