Library Group

Target audience

Professionals working in libraries, information services, and corresponding units in universities.

Focus areas

The general area of interest is the role of libraries in the university context, with particular attention to development-oriented work to provide relevant services for students and researchers. The group seeks to promote cooperation between libraries and between libraries and other areas of administration especially by giving visibility to relevant resources and networks in the Nordic countries. The focus areas of the period are:

Open Science
Learning environments
Competency development

Activities in the past year

We hosted two webinars:

November: Unlocking Potential: Generative AI as a Game-Changer in University Libraries (125 participants)

March: Open Publishing: A Nordic Perspective (140 participants)

Monthly meetings in the group

Activity goals for the period 2024-2025

Planning 1-2 webinars in the autumn about Library Impact and Open Science
One physical meeting in the group in autumn
Continuing monthly meetings in the group

Group leader

Jesper Christian Mørch

Library Director
University of Agder

E-mail: jesper.morch@uia.no