Operational plan for the University Library
This is the operational plan for the University Library 2026.
Mission and responsibilities
The Karolinska Institutet University Library (KIB) shall provide the university's researchers, teachers and students with the best possible conditions for conducting research and education. The University Library shall uphold the values expressed in the Library and Higher Education Act, in particular democracy, scientific rigour and academic freedom.
Priority goal:
- A broadened medical university library
The University Library is a vibrant meeting place where medical theory and practice in the past and present inspire future discoveries.
Sub-areas:
- Developing the new physical and digital university library, where the past, present and future are linked
- Developing library services for employees at Karolinska University Hospital
- Developing the organisation around KI's future cultural activities.
- Analysis of scientific communication
- Image makers
- Physical and digital library environments
- IT support for students
- Search assignments for researchers
- Language workshop (support for academic writing)
- Purchasing and making available scientific information, publications and research data
- Teaching in media and information literacy
- Developing, communicating and managing knowledge about KI's history, medical history and cultural heritage.
- Support for open science
- KI's cultural activities (responsibility under development)
- Coordinated IT
- Continued development of AI expertise within GVS
- KI-DASH
- Integration with GVS
- Journal list
KIB manages a relatively large number of systems, primarily library-related systems. The system management model is divided into clusters (objects). Each cluster consists of several systems. The clusters include support systems for:
- Strategic publishing
- Research information infrastructure
- Support systems for teaching and supervision
- Communication and case management
- User support
- Authentication
- Making the history and cultural heritage of medicine accessible
- Responsible for the management of KI RIMS and KI Data Repository within the digitisation portfolio
•108 (4 departments)
SEK 192 million
