The seemingly fast-paced development of artificial intelligence software has been a topic of much discussion in both mainstream media as well as the internal channels of individual institutes. Linked below is an interesting and thorough insight into the workings of the ChatGPT chatbot from the perspective of library information specialists, written by Maarit Putous and …
The purpose of the Digivisio 2030 project is to create an ecosystem of learning that is based on digital services, one that would be available to all learners regardless of their previous background. The project will create a platform that allows learners to complete their studies continuously and across higher education boundaries. The success of …
The Ministry of Education and Culture, FUN Finnish University Libraries’ Network, the Helsinki University Library, the Academy of Finland, and CSC – IT Center for Science will organize a seminar on bibliometrics on 12 April 2022. The themes of the event this year are knowledge ecosystems and responsible evaluation. The seminar is intended for all …
FUN’s anniversary year culminated in a 25th year seminar held in Jyväskylä on the theme of FUN visibility. The opportunity to meet people face to face was highly anticipated. Due to the COVID-19, the maximum number of people in the seminar room was limited to 90 people, and due to the COVID-19, the number …
The Finnish University Libraries’ Network FUN celebrates its quarter of a century by going straight to the issue, its strategy, and opening its three themes in three webinars – COVID-19 will show if we can get to the seminar in the autumn. In the second webinar of the series on May 20th FUN Experiment the …
We celebrate the 25th anniversary of FUN Finnish University Libraries’ Network during this exceptional period in the form of webinars. The topic of the first webinar was FUN Impact in accordance with one aspect of FUN’s strategy. Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC’s Director of Library Trends and User Research, demonstrated the topic in her presentation “Where …
Ari Muhonen, the director of Jyväskylä University’s Open Science Centre, has been elected as FUN’s next chair for the term 2021-2022. Earlier in his career, Ari has worked as the director of University of Helsinki’s Viikki Campus Library, as well as the head librarian at Aalto University and Helsinki University of Technology. Ari is also …
FUN’s meeting 3/2020 was again held as an online event. The memorandum is now available online (in Finnish).
FUN is participating in organising the annual Bibliometrics Seminar, which is going to be held as a webinar on 22.9.2020. The theme of the event is “Considering the diversity of publishing along with different sources of information and research methods in research evaluation”. The seminar is bilingual: some speeches will be held in English, others …
Aalto-yliopiston oppimispalvelut / Aalto University, Learning Centre Oppimiskeskuksen palvelut poikkeustilanteen aikana Learning Centre services during the exceptional circumstances Helsingin yliopiston kirjasto / Helsinki University Library Asiakaspalvelu ja kirjojen lainaaminen poikkeustilanteissa Customer service and borrowing books in the exceptional situation Itä-Suomen yliopiston kirjasto / University of Eastern Finland Library Kirjastotilat ovat kiinni – katso miten muut …