We are pleased to invite you to join us in officially celebrating 30 years of the Nordic Library at Athens on the 4th and 5th of December.
On Thursday 4th at 5 pm., we look at the past and present of the Nordic Library at Athens, starting with a ceremony in the garden of the Finnish Institute at Athens (Zitrou 18) which will feature the launch of the publication ΒΟΡΕΑΣ – On the Occasion of the 30 Year Anniversary of the Nordic Library at Athens and a presentation of the exhibition Our First Steps, Thirty Years of the Nordic Library. Furthermore, his Excellency Per Fabricius Andersen, the Ambassador of Denmark to Greece and Cyprus, will speak on behalf of the Nordic Ambassadors, and Øivind Andersen, who as the first director of the Norwegian Institute at Athens was central to founding of the Nordic Library, will offer his thoughts and memories. This is followed by a reception in the garden and at the Library.
On Friday 5th from 9.30 am., we look towards the future with the colloquium The Future of Research Libraries in a Digital World, which will take place at the Danish Institute at Athens (Chairefondos 14). There, Karin Grönvall (National Librarian, National Library of Sweden), Kimmo Tuominen (National Librarian, National Library of Finland), Marie-Carme Torras-Calvo (Deputy Director General, University of Bergen), Jennie Jonas Gunnarsen (Librarian, the David Collection), Astrid Capoferro (Head Librarian, Swedish Institute in Rome), and Evi Charitoudi (Head Librarian, British School at Athens) will offer their thoughts and perspectives, followed by a discussion. Their abstracts can be found in the link below.
Colloquium programme and abstracts.
No registration is needed.
We hope to see you there!