Library resources provider EBSCO, US, has announced that its 2013 Information Days event in Norway was judged by delegates to have been a success. It is stated to have helped librarians to face the challenging task of promoting the resources in their own libraries, and letting their users know there is an alternative to traditional search engines.
Eighty librarians attended EBSCO's 2013 Information Days held in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Tromsø, representing Norway's top universities and institutions such as NTNU (Norway's second largest university and its primary institution for the education of engineers and scientists). Delegates networked with publishers Karger and Oxford University Press; gained industry insights; and discovered EBSCO's new products and services. One librarian commented that the day was 'a good combination of product information and an excellent opportunity to share experiences with colleagues.'
EBSCO's Nordic operations are seen to be growing from strength to strength, with important new customers on board such as NTNU, and, more recently, Stockholm University in Sweden. A new General Manager of the UK and Nordic operations, Paul Harwood, joins EBSCO on May 30, 2013 to further strengthen EBSCO's position in Norway and the Nordic markets.
