The promise of return – Real Library – Library Reality conference 2021

Abstract

For the fifth time, the Institute of Library and Informa­tion Science of Eötvös Loránd University, with the participation of more than 50 speakers, organised the largest Hungarian meeting of library and informa­tion science in the framework of the Hungarian Sci­ence Festival program as an online conference due to the pandemic. At the two-day-long conference, renowned domestic and foreign experts, scientists, academics and doctoral students shared their fresh research and thoughts on the myriad aspects of our interdisciplinary field. A novelty was the implemen­tation of an English-language section entitled “In­spire and Engage” with the Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University in Thailand, based on lectures by students and lecturers of the doctoral program af­filiated to the institute. The success of the section is an important achievement in higher education for internationalisation and a good example of the col­laboration of researchers in library science.