Vision
We are working for a future where constant and open access to information promotes the development of sustainable, equal and ground-breaking knowledge.
Mission of the library
The Karolinska Institutet University Library is responsible for providing KI with the best possible foundation for conducting research and education. The University Library shall uphold the values expressed in the Library and Higher Education Act, particularly democracy, scientific rigor, and academic freedom.
This will be achieved by the University Library through the following actions:
- Providing broad and appropriate access to scientific literature and information resources
- Promoting open and sustainable publishing of the university's research and research data
- Managing infrastructure and analytical methods for scientific communication
- Enhancing students' and researchers' ability to search for, evaluate, and use information
- Collecting, preserving and making accessible the university's cultural heritage, including historical artifacts, images, art, and the Hagströmer Library collections
- Developing and disseminating knowledge about KI's medical and scientific history
- Serving as an open library for the university and the public
- Enabling meetings across disciplines and connect the past, present, and future of medicine
Photo: n/aThe University Library website
On the University Library's website, you can find all the resources and tools that the library offers for research, work or study at KI. KIB is a public library, open to everyone.
Chief Librarian
Miriam Nauri
Library DirectorThe Library Advisory Board
The university library has an advisory board with members appointed by the president of KI. The board's task is to guide the direction of the library and to participate in the preparation of the library's internal budget allocation and budget requests.
The Library Advisory Board consists of the following members:
- Martin Bergö, Chair
- Miriam Nauri, Library Director
- Susanne Gabrielsson, Committee for Research
- Rune Brautaset, Committee for Undergraduate and Advanced Education
- Andreas Lundqvist, Committee for Postgraduate Education
- Maria Watter, Head of the Pedagogical Unit for Teaching and Learning (UoL)
- Ann-Sofie Axelsson, external representative, Library Director and Head of Department, Chalmers University of Technology
- Vera Alkas (MF)
- Malik Ermis (MF)
- Aya El-samaraai (OF)
The Advisory Board meets four times a year.
Areas and units
The library has about 112 employees, divided into four areas and ten units, lead by heads of areas and units, respective.
- Area: User Support and Teaching
- Information Literacy
- Language and communication
- Printed Collections and Library Support
- Area: Infrastructure for Research Information
- Information Resources and Publication Support
- Metadata for Scientific Output
- System Development and Methodology
- Area: Library Services
- Technical Support and Image Production
- Library Coordination
- Area: Medical History and Heritage
- Research and Collections
- The Hagstromer Library
