THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES IN A DIGITAL WORLD

Colloquium on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Nordic Library at Athens

09:30:Registration and iIntroduction

10:00 Karin Grönvall (National Librarian, National Library of Sweden)

10:20 Kimmo Tuominnen (National Librarian, National Library of Finland)
Toward a Shared Future: Research Libraries as Engines of Collaboration, Openness, and Impact

10:40 Maria-Carme Torras-Calvo (Deputy Director General, University of Bergen)
Academic libraries as partners in research and education: Current issues and future directions

11:00 Discussion

11:30 Coffee break

12:00 Jennie Jones Gunnarsen (Librarian, The David Collection)
The Future Is Hybrid: Why Print Still Matters in Research Libraries

12:20 Astrid Capoferro (Head Librarian, Swedish Institute in Rome)
From Catalogues to Digital Portals: Preserving and Sharing Classical Heritage at the Swedish
Institute of Classical Studies in Rome

12:40 Evi Charitoudi (Librarian, British School at Athens)
Foreign School Libraries in Athens: Navigating Tradition and Transformation in a Unique
Research Ecosystem

13.00 Discussion and summarising comments