Every 24th of October, Spain celebrates Library Day, honouring the essential role libraries play as gateways to knowledge, culture, and critical thinking. This year’s theme, “Against Disinformation: Libraries”, highlights the crucial work libraries do in helping society distinguish fact from fiction in an era of information overload.

At IE University Library, this mission is part of our everyday work. As an academic library serving a global, multidisciplinary community, we are deeply committed to fostering information literacy and critical awareness among students, faculty, and researchers. Whether through access to trustworthy academic databases, guidance on research methods, or personalised support from librarians, our goal is to help users make informed, evidence-based decisions.

Disinformation thrives where critical thinking fades. Libraries, by contrast, are spaces of reflection and inquiry: places where evidence is valued over opinion and where learning never stops at the surface. Through workshops, research consultations, and open access initiatives, IE University Library empowers the community to verify sources, question biases, and engage responsibly with information.

The theme “Against Disinformation” also reminds us of the social mission of all libraries: to ensure that reliable, diverse, and contextualised information remains accessible to everyone. In a digital world driven by algorithms and viral content, libraries represent a rare kind of freedom, the freedom to think independently.

Celebrating Libraries Day is, therefore, more than a symbolic act. It is a reaffirmation of our commitment to truth, academic integrity, and open knowledge. At IE University Library, we believe that every reader, researcher, and learner can become part of this mission, because every time we question, verify, and share responsibly, we are standing against disinformation.