FUN’s blog is on pause during the website renewal
FUN’s website will be renewed during 2025. Due to the renewal, no new posts are currently being published on FUN’s blog.
Greetings from the EOSC Symposium in Berlin, October 21–23, 2024
The internal market of the European Union relies on four freedoms: the free movement of goods, services, people, and capital. A fifth freedom has been proposed to be added: the free movement of knowledge, which includes the freedom of data, research, innovation, skills, and learning (Letta 2024). To achieve this fifth freedom, it is essential …
Improving Accessibility at the Oulu University Library
The goal of the Oulu University Library is to make its services and online content easily accessible and approachable, and to ensure the library premises are barrier-free for the benefit of all users. To advance these goals, the library has established an accessibility working group, which last year, together with the library’s management, conducted accessibility …
FUN has selected a new chairperson and working committee
FUN selected a new chairperson and working committee for the 2025–2026 period at its meeting on November 7th, 2024. The new chairperson of FUN is Riitta Lähdemäki, the library director at Tampere University. The new members elected to the working committee are Tommi Harju (University of the Arts Helsinki), Tua Hindersson-Söderholm (Aalto University), and Heli …
Listening to the customer with the strength of three teams
A blog post published ten years ago presented Aalto University’s new Learning Centre service concept, and in an interview, Matti Raatikainen discussed the organisational change that took effect at Aalto in 2018. Both emphasized focusing on customers and their needs. The Otaniemi campus has changed a lot in ten years and new, different learning spaces …
FUN’s X account has been deleted
FUN Finnish University Libraries’ Network gives up the use of X by decision of the working committee. FUN’s X account was deleted on November 26th, 2024. FUN’s current announcements will continue to be published on FUN’s website and on FUN’s Facebook channel.
FUN’s sustainable development guidelines published
FUN’s sustainable development working group compiled sustainable development guidelines for FUN and university libraries, which have been published on FUN’s website. These guidelines are implemented in consideration of Unifi’s sustainable development program and the UN’s Sustainable Development Agenda. In addition to the guidelines, the working group compiled recommendations for university libraries regarding sustainable development, the …
LUT’s Homecoming Day brought the alumni to the library
LUT University held its first alumni event on Saturday, April 13th, attracting a record-breaking over 2,000 former students. Naturally, the library was part of the event, and we managed to attract a large portion of attendees to visit. In preparing for the event, we delved into the library’s history over the decades while assembling an …
Welcome new academic year!
FUN has returned from summer break to resume work. Autumn started with a working committee meeting in August, where the committee planned upcoming meetings for the fall. Additionally, the committee decided to establish a specialist working group to update the interlibrary loan pricing list. FUN’s first meeting of the fall was held on September 17th. …