Università Iuav di Venezia – I VENEZIA02

The Iuav Library is pleased to invite you to the first International Staff Training Week for Librarians, which will take place from Monday 14 to Friday 20 October 2024 at the Università Iuav di Venezia (Italy). Università Iuav di Venezia is one of the leading universities in Europe and across the world in the fields of Architecture, Design, Fashion, Visual Arts, Urban and Regional Planning, and Theatre. The Iuav Library is part of the University Library System, which also includes the Archivio Progetti. The main purpose of the week is to provide participants with the opportunity to discuss and share ideas, knowledge and best practices regarding academic libraries; participants will have the possibility to get to know more about fellow colleagues from other countries and deal with the most strategic library topics. The programme will include presentations, study visits of the Iuav Library and the Archivio Progetti, an architectural tour of the Iuav University buildings, a visit of the Biblioteca Marciana and the Fondazione Scientifica Querini Stampalia, all located in the charming historical centre of Venice. Topics to be discussed – New challenges for academic libraries in the digital age: innovation projects – Institutional repository – Digitization of Library: services and preservation of digitized information – Collection development policies and collection integration Acquisition of resources (online and traditional) – The library as a place – User’s experience – Public relations challenges