Turku University Library conducted a customer satisfaction survey in the spring. The number of respondents, their well-reasoned views, and new suggestions have provided a wealth of information about the needs of the Library's users as well as numerous ideas on how the Library should develop its services.
The universities in Turku launched in autumn 2021 a joint webinar series focusing on technology and sustainable development. Aboa Tech Talks will highlight new technologies and innovative technological research that can offer solutions to the complex global challenges of our time.
Researchers have developed a new interactive tool to view inequality indicators. It allows journalists, policymakers, researchers, and data scientists to visually explore and understand inequalities more precisely than ever.
The national conference of legal deposit libraries was held in Turku on 12-13 November 2024. The conference was attended by more than 50 library professionals from Finnish legal deposit libraries. The conference was organized by Turku University Library together with the National Library of Finland.
The University of Turku was ranked among the top 500 universities in the world in 21 subjects in the latest Global Ranking of Academic Subjects by the Shanghai Ranking.
The National Repository Library's move to new premises in 2025 will also affect Turku University Library's interlibrary loan services from 23.12.2024.
The University of Turku hosted African Research and Education Day on 13 November. The event marked the final seminar of the Finland-Africa Platform for Innovation (FAPI), a network of universities focused on advancing multidisciplinary, innovative collaboration between higher education institutions and other actors in Finland and Africa.
Children were once again welcomed to participate in adults’ work day on the Children’s Day at Work on 22 November 2024.