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Nordic library directors assess impact of investments in knowledge and research By Michaela Kurschildgen, Events Marketing Manager, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
More than 40 attendees from Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland attended the 6th Annual Library Connect Nordic
Librarian Forum, held in Helsinki in November 2008. Nordic librarians reported they have this annual event in their agendas
and love to come. In fact, the forum benefited especially from Nordic support, in that the FinELib consortium, including
particularly members Kaj Ekholm, Kristiina Hormia and Arja Tullienimi, kindly helped organize the program.
Addressing the theme "Valuing Scholarly Information," the forum featured speakers including Pekka Ylä-Anttila, the research
director of the Research Institute of Finnish Economy (ETLA). Pekka spoke about the impact of the knowledge economy on
nations’ economic development and overall welfare. Also very interesting was Per Koch, the director of analysis and
strategic development at the Research Council of Norway, who gave a thought-provoking talk about investments in research
and the ROI from that [see pages 4 and 12]. Martin Ince from THES spoke about university rankings, another hot topic much
under discussion and of great interest for the audience.
Besides those speakers’ views on what’s happening in our industry, participants also got a look into Elsevier’s innovation
kitchen. Elsevier colleagues spoke about new products and products in development, as well as our new approach on eBook
content and our collaborative work with academics to enrich scientific article content.
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