Programme

"Libraries, Society and Social Resilience"
 

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

NOTE! All times according to EET (UTC+02:00)

10.00-10.05 Welcome to the Nordic Libraries Annual 2024
Anu Ojaranta, Senior Officer, Library Affairs, Regional State Administrative Agency of Southwest Finland. 
Päivi Jokitalo, Moderator

10.05-10.30 Psychological Resilience, Digital Bildung and Public Libraries
Tapani Sainio, Senior Ministerial Advisor, Ministry of Education and Culture

10.30-11.00 Libraries as Beacons of Community Resilience in Times of Change and Crisis
Jamie Johnston, Associate Professor, OsloMET university

11.00-11.45 Art and culture as resilience and psychological defence
Hannele Valkeeniemi, Director, Finnish Institute in Estonia. 

11.45-12.45 Break

12.45-13.15 Relying on resilience to realise resilience
Mia Høj Mathiasson, Assistant Professor, University of Southern Denmark.   

13.15-13.45 The role of libraries in socio-economic vulnerable areas in Stockholm – examples from Järva
Ida Udovic, Director for libraries in Husby, Kista, Rinkeby, Spånga and Tensta, Stockholm City Library. 

13.45-14.15 Life requires art, …
Isto Turpeinen, Special Advisor, Arts Promotion Centre Finland.

14.15-14.30 Comments and conclusion