It is our pleasure to invite you at the final conference of an ERASMUS+ Capacity Building and Higher Education (CBHE) project – “Library Network Support Services (LNSS): Modernizing Libraries in the Western Balkan Countries through Staff Development and Reforming Library Services.”  The Conference is to be held at the University of Sarajevo (Obala Kulina bana 7/II) on Thursday, 20 September 2018, starting at 10:00.

Please confirm your participation via e-mail: lnss.unsa@gmail.com no later than 18 until September 2018.

In addition to the welcome addresses, the final conference will present an overview of the implemented activities and the evaluation of the UNSA’s library-information system compared to the LNSS.

The LNSS project’s main objectives are: to modernize libraries and to improve the level of competencies and skills of higher education institutions’ library staff through the development of innovative libraries in support of education and lifelong learning; structure a library staff development strategy focused on improving the standards and quality of libraries in the Western Balkans (WB) countries in order to improve the quality of library services and higher education in general and their importance for the labor market and society; improve the management and availability of libraries in the WB countries through strategic planning and policy development; establish and maintain a library network in the WB countries with the aim of expanding, sustaining and exploiting the results of the Project in the future, at the national and regional level, i.e. exchange of knowledge, experience, training and expertise in the region.

Project duration
15/10/2015 - 10/14/2018.

Project Leader
Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland

Partners
Universities of Transylvania in Brasov (Romania) Crete (Greece), Agricultural University of Tirana (Albania), Fan S. Noli in Korča (Albania), Tirana (Albania), Prishtina, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo (Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99), Montenegro (Montenegro), Sarajevo (BiH), Cantonal and University Libraries in Bihać (BiH), Mostar (BiH).