The history of the National Science Library of Georgia shows the evolution of libraries from repositories of books to open science forerunners. Together with 4 million printed books the National Science Library offers a wide range of open electronic infrastructures including an open-source online catalogue, openjournals.ge, an open journals system-based platform, openlibrary.ge, an open source system repository of non-scientific resources, and openscience.ge, the first open source and open access library repository of scientific works in Georgia.
Such evolution could not have been possible without the support of GRENA, the National Research and Education Network of Georgia providing reliable connectivity and services geared to meet the requirements of the Research and Education community in the country.
This event aims to emphasise the role and function of libraries in the development of science. In the digital age, offering open e-infrastructures has become an important aspect of libraries, and the event aims to explore this topic from different aspects. In addition, this workshop aims to bring together representatives from different countries who are working on developing e-infrastructures for the scientific community or are already managing them. In the welcoming setting of the National Science Library of Georgia participants will have the opportunity to share knowledge and expertise, plan future partnerships, develop ideas and start building an international community.
The programme will feature presentations from Georgian and international experts from national libraries, open science, research and education networking and the EU. Here’s the lineup of confirmed speakers:
Sarah Jones, GÉANT and EOSC
EOSC, Open Science and the role of libraries
Milica Ševkušić, EIFL, Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Embedding Open Science–related skills in library career profiles and practice
Shushanik Sargsyan, IIAP NAS RA
Open Science Activity in Armenia
Ina Nicuta, The Scientific Library, Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova
Viorica Lupu, The Scientific Library, Technical University of Moldova
The role of academic libraries in the Open Science landscape in the Republic of Moldova
Oleksandra Rodyhina, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute’s library, Ukraine
Development and Implementation of the Open Science Policy in a University: The Practices of Scientific and Technical Library of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv
Arjan Xhelaj, RASH, Albania
RASH services for Universities with U-Library portal and research repositories UCRIS
Błażej Betański, dLibra and DinGO, PSNC, Poland
Building modern e-Libraries using dLibra system
Dr. Ebru Kaya, Bilkent University Library, TurkeyGeorgios Glossiotis
Library and Publisher Collaborations for Transformative Agreements
Georgios Glossiotis, National Library of Greece, Greece
The National Library of Greece as a hub of research and scientific information
Rahila Hasanova, Institute of Information Technology
Electronic library, scientometrics and scientific information in Azerbaijan
Nino Parsadanashvili, Tiblisi State University Office, Horizon Europe, Georgia
Georgian Perspectives of European Research Area
Nino Pavliashvili, National Science Library
Academic services at National Science Library of Georgia
Nino Inasaridze, Mari Razmadze, Horizon Europe National Office Georgia
Horizon Europe Programme opportunities for libraries in the light of Open Science
Ramaz Kvatadze, GRENA, Georgia
Erekle Astakhishvili, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Georgia
For further information, please contact Neringa Jackevice
Funded by the European Union, EaPConnect is part of the European initiative EU4Digital. The project aims to unite the research and education communities of the EU and the EaP partner countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) as well as reduce the digital divide.
