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This Month in GLAM – Volume XV, Issue XII, December 2025

Belgium report

Public Domain Day 2026, Circus Heritage and Fosdem

Public Domain Day 2026 – Brussels, 15 January

On 15 January 2026, Public Domain Day returns to KBR (the Royal Library of Belgium) in Brussels, bringing together GLAM professionals, researchers, policy makers and open knowledge practitioners from across Europe.

The programme features a plenary keynote and international updates from Creative Commons, Europeana and Internet Archive Europe, followed by parallel Belgian and European tracks on public domain policy, digitisation, creative reuse and community-driven initiatives. In the afternoon, participants can join practical presentations and hands-on workshops, including sessions on CommonsDB, Tapestries and creative crowdsourcing formats such as pattern-a-thons.

Participation is free, registration is required by 7 January.

👉 Register and join the conversation on the future of the public domain.

Wikithon: Documenting Circus Heritage at the Wintercircus

As part of Smells Like Circus 2026, Circuscentrum and Huis van Alijn are organising a three-day Wikithon on circus history at the iconic Wintercircus. During these collaborative writing sessions, participants will document both the rich history and contemporary practices of circus culture across Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata.

Building on earlier collection uploads and newly created Wikidata entries, the Wikithon focuses on expanding, illustrating and connecting open knowledge about circuses, artists and circus professions. The event is open to everyone, no prior Wikipedia experience required.

📍 Location: Wintercircus
🗓️ When: 22–24 January 2026 (evenings & Saturday afternoon)
💻 Extra info: Bring your own laptop; registration required upfront
👉 Join us and help write circus history — together.

FOSDEM 2026 – Open Source Meets Community

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FOSDEM 2026 (Free and Open Source Software Developers’ European Meeting) takes place on 31 January and 1 February 2026 at the ULB Solbosch campus in Brussels.

This free, non-commercial, volunteer-run event brings together open source developers, communities and organisations from across Europe and beyond.

With hundreds of talks, developer rooms and thematic tracks, FOSDEM offers a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in free and open source software.

All sessions are live-streamed and made freely available afterwards, making the event accessible well beyond Brussels.

👉 Discover the full programme on the FOSDEM website.

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