News from the Library: Celebrating 20 years of "Library Science Talks"

The CERN Library (GS-SIS Group) is promoting activities and initiatives to foster better communication and closer cooperation amongst international librarians and information specialists in the Geneva - Lausanne area.

 

Great changes that have occurred in the world of information during the last two decades. For this reason, the CERN Library, in cooperation with the Swiss National Library and the Association of International Librarians and Information Specialists (AILIS), sponsors a programme of "Library Science Talks", which consists of six presentations per year given by internationally recognised specialists in the field, providing an opportunity to learn about the trends in our profession.

This series of talks was launched in 1995 by Corrado Pettenati, CERN Head Librarian at that time. The idea was that CERN Library staff would benefit from hearing about current projects and products and could then apply some of the ideas to the library. This initiative was later joined by the Swiss National Library and AILIS. Over the years, it has acquired great prestige and visibility within the Swiss community of information specialists.

To celebrate 20 years of Library Science Talks, the article "Library Science Talks (LST): celebrating 20 years of presentations in Switzerland (1995-2014)"  has recently been made available on the CERN Document Server.

by CERN Library