Project on the future of the University Library
Work is currently under way on a vision and plan for the University Library: a ten-year horizon. The project group is inviting interested parties to an open workshop on 19 March 2026. Photo: Max Marcus, Uppsala University.
The Vice-Chancellor has initiated the project University Library: a ten-year horizon. The goal of the project is to develop a vision and plan for the University Library’s development over the next ten years. The project will submit a final report to the Vice-Chancellor in June 2026.
The project group’s mission is to develop a vision and plan for the University Library’s development over the next ten years. The long-term goals are to:
- safeguard the Library’s ability to function as a development-focused and University-wide infrastructure with sustainable conditions over the long term to deliver what students, researchers and other staff need;
- establish a well-anchored direction for future dimensioning and balance between the Library’s physical locations and digital or location-independent services.
Open workshop
For interested staff and students, the project group has issued an invitation to an open workshop on 19 March 2026.
Main questions for the workshop:
- What kind of University Library do we foresee in ten years’ time?
- How can the Library best contribute to the University’s research, education and third stream activity in the future?
International and national chief librarians will initiate the discussion with their predictions about the future.
Read more about the workshop on 19 March 2026 (in Swedish)
Anders Berndt
Project group
The project manager for University Library: a ten-year horizon is Kerstin Sahlin, professor at the Department of Business Studies.
Project group:
- David Black-Schaffer, Professor at the Department of Information Technology
- Åse Hedemark, Senior Lecturer at the Department of ALM
- Peter Stålberg, Professor at the Department of Surgical Sciences
- Olle Wågström, student.
The project group has support from both the University Library and the Planning Department at the University Administration.