CHARM-EU: First International Meeting of Librarians
A delegation from the University of Montpellier attended a meeting on September 24 and 25 at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary, to attend a meeting of all members of the library services network of the CHARM-EU alliance of European universities. This was a first.
When librarians from the CHARM-EU alliance gathered atEötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary, the result was a working meeting rich in discussions and projects, attended by a UM delegation UM by Sandrine Gropp, director of the joint documentation service. The two-day program, organized as a series of collaborative workshops, engaged participants in addressing three major challenges directly affecting students in the joint master’s program “Global Challenges for Sustainable Development”: training in the ethical use of AI; optimal access to library resources; and better integration into the student communities and universities where they are studying abroad.
These joint sessions have helped identify areas for collaboration between teachers and librarians. Examples of these areas include information literacy, the use of open-access resources in the context of open science applied to education, and collaboration on projects related to ecological transition and sustainable development (TEDS) within the alliance’s libraries.
A photo exhibition
During this first exchange, which opened up opportunities for future collaboration, a group photo exhibition showcased the diversity of the libraries in the European Alliance, as well as their commonalities and shared values. The librarians in attendance also had the opportunity to tour the library at Eötvös Loránd University, including its rare book collection and the newly created collaborative space designed specifically for international students.
