Inaugural Session
09.00-11.00 – Chair: Veerle Deckmyn, Director, EUI Library
In the first session, speakers will discuss the library traineeship programme – providing an overview of the first 30 years. The focus will be on future directions that will enable the traineeship programme to anticipate new trends. Speakers will also examine how to maintain good synergies between the traineeship experience, developments in library and information science, and professional employment prospects.
Welcome
Josep Borrell Fontelles, President, EUI
Challenges of a Multilingual and International Research Library
Veerle Deckmyn, Director, EUI Library
The EUI Library Traineeship Programme and Network: “Ieri, oggi, domani”
Tommaso Giordano, Deputy Director, EUI Library
From Education to Career: 20 years of a fruitful partnership
Amadeu Pons i Serra, Professor, Facultat de Biblioteconomia i Documentació, Universitat de Barcelona
Jitka Hradilova, Professor, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague
A View from the Private Sector: Casalini Libri
Barbara Casalini, Casalini Libri, Fiesole