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Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

This year’s International Women's Day campaign theme in many parts of the world is centred around the theme of embrace equity. Its goal is to encourage discussion on why equal opportunities are not enough. As such, the Council Library has compiled a library guid of resources on gender equity to help readers gain a deeper understanding of that subject.

The Council Library has proudly supported the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) for a number of years. To mark this year’s event, it has prepared a guide on 'unconscious bias and LGBTI'.

The Council Library hopes you will join in celebrating UNESCO’s International Literacy Day in a year during which access to reading instruction became more irregular with the shift to online education. This year’s theme is ‘Literacy for a human-centered recovery: Narrowing the digital divide’.

The Council Library presents Cadmus, the research repository of the European University Institute.

Protests against systemic racism and police brutality have taken place on a global scale since the end of May. But what does it mean to be antiracist? The Council Library has compiled a list of resources which could be of interest to those looking to expand their knowledge on this issue.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced organisations around the world to work a little differently. Working in virtual teams and teleworking is now the 'new normal' for many. The Council Library has produced a reading list to help those navigating the new virtual workplace.

Publishers and librarians join forces to enhance access to e-books during the COVID-19 outbreak. The Council Library now provides unlimited access to a number of e-books to its registered users.

If you are working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Council Library provides many tools to help you. Discover what is on offer.

Artificial intelligence, Erasmus student mobility and Brexit are among the subjects covered by the new acquisitions of this month.

Did you know that October is European Cyber Security month? Accordingly, the Council Library has compiled a reading list to enhance knowledge of personal cyber security and raise awareness of cyber security threats.

Eurolib celebrates its 30th anniversary and opens its archives for research.

The European Commission Library marks its 60th anniversary with a conference titled 'The library of the future: challenges for library, knowledge and information professionals'.

The book's target is to do away with the scaremongering about Islam in France. The author claims there is not a single Islam, but several of them according to various schools of thought, and that the values of the French state and some of the schools of Islam are not compatible, suggesting what could be done in order to find harmony and build a fruitful dialogue.

This year the Erasmus Programme is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The Erasmus Programme has helped millions of young people and education professionals to travel abroad, study, and gain experience and skills.

British Library metadata experts presented a new content standard, Resource Description and Access, at the Library and Research Sector.

The Library and Research team attended an event organised by the European Commission on strategic thinking for library innovation. The presentation was given by Kenn Bicknell, who had transformed a small library into an information hub, which has attracted considerable media attention and 13 million views of its online photos in just a few years.

'Where there is music, there is no place for racism', according to Catalan musician Jordi Savall. That outlook and many other ideas of tolerance and mutual understanding between cultures were discussed during an inspiring event at the European Parliament.

The Republic of Iceland, a Nordic European island country with a population of about 330 000 and an area of 103 000 km², has a modern National Library that coexists with its University Library on the campus of Reykjavík University. The Library and Research team recently had an opportunity to visit it.