FestUM 2024FESTUM 2024

07.10.24

From Tuesday, 15. October 2024, to Wednesday, 16 October 2024, from 7.30 AM to 10 PM, at the University of Maribor, University of Maribor Library, online, and Sova café

The festival is a part of the RRP ODVIj pilot project Open Access for Lifelong Education and the National Science Month 2024. The intriguing two-day programme is focused on the intersectionality of open science and artificial intelligence within higher education.

The main event of the first day will be the round-table talk titled “Challenges and Opportunities When Higher Education Meets Open Science and Artificial Intelligence” with university chancellor Zdravko Kačič PhD and guests. The main event of the second day will be the round-table talk titled “Challenges of Publishing and Educating in Higher Education with a Demonstation of Practical Use of AI,” which will be led by University of Maribor Library’s principal Dunja Legat M.A. and guests.

For more information, check out FestUM 2024

 


InkBOOK readerBORROW AN INKBOOK READER

30.09.24

Borrow an InkBook Reader at our library and flip through some e-books. The return deadline is 2 weeks, but it can be prolonged.

 


dr. Bruno HartmanTHE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF BRUNO HARTMAN: A SYMPOSIUM

20.09.24

Thursday, 26 September 2024, 9 AM – 2.15 PM

Hall of Slovenska matica, Kongresni trg 8/I, Ljubljana

We are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bruno Hartman, PhD (1924–2011) – a literary and theatre historian, playwright, translator, publicist, and librarian, a member of Slovenska matica and a long-time principal of the University of Maribor Library.

The symposium will serve as a reminder of his essential role in education, science, and culture. The contributions will focus on Hartman’s younger years in Celje, his work at Slovene National Theatre Maribor, his accomplishments in the fields of translation, science, and literature, and the impact he had on the development of Slovenian librarianship as the principal of the University of Maribor Library.

The symposium is co-organized by Slovenska matica and University of Maribor Library.

 

 


Andrea Wulf: Iznajdba naraveBOOK CLUB PREBRANKE – READING IN FOREST LIBRARIES, READING TOGETHER – THE INVENTION OF NATURE BY ANDREA WULF

17.09.24

Friday, 27 September 2024, 5 PM

The garden of Medobčinsko društvo slepih in slabovidnih, Gospejna ulica 11, Maribor

In case of bad weather, the event will be held in Glazer’s Library in University of Maribor Library

The University of Maribor Library established a series of book discussions called Prebranke. We invite you to join us and help us shape the conversation.

We gather to talk about various genres – from fiction to popular science and technical literature. The books are carefully chosen by the bibliographers from our library, who also moderate the debates.

For the second meeting, the book The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf had been chosen. It will take us into the world of nature and adventure.

Become a part of our book club – we look forward to seeing you there!

 

 


Open Science: European Researchers’ NightTHE CONSEQUENCES OF PSEUDOSCIENCE IN SOCIETY AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT

16.09.24

Friday, 27 September 2024, 5 PM, Minorite Church

Participants: Janja Hojnik, PhD., journalist Petra Lesjak Tušek, and Ema Marguč – a member of the debate club of the II. gimnazija Maribor.

The University of Maribor, in collaboration with the University of Maribor Library, is organizing an event revolving around the influence of pseudoscience, its consequences on society, and the importance of critical thinking. The event is intended primarily for students and high school students, but all are welcome.

First, we will watch a documentary about pseudoscience and its consequences, then we will discuss the manipulation of research publications and ideas that tend to be abused by online sources and social media, as well as the consequences this brings.

When it comes to online communication, one can notice an ever-growing loss of knowledge, the inability of critical thinking, and an increasingly more aggressive vindication of personal opinion as the only acceptable point of view. The goal of communication is no longer progress or social growth, but rather enforcement of one’s own opinion or selling of the product regardless of the price one has to pay (or one that society pays).

The participants of the round table will share their experience with the audience and call attention to what one should be cautious of when searching for or sharing information.

 

 

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