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The Library Board

The Library Board is the supreme governing body of the University Library. The Library Board is responsible for defining overarching goals, priorities and strategies for the Library's activities within the framework of applicable statutes, instructions and regulations, including decisions made by the University Board.

The Library Board is composed of eight members:

  • 4 academic representatives
  • 2 student representatives
  • 1 representative of the library’s employees
  • 1 external representative

The Library Board shall have a Chair and a Deputy Chair appointed by the Rector from among the four academic board members.

The Chair is the leader of the Library Board, and monitors the library’s activities on the board’s behalf. The Chair represents the board externally, within the board’s area of authority. The Chair leads the board’s proceedings, and cooperates with the Library Director in planning the work of the board.

Period of election for the Library Board:

01.08.2023 - 31.12.2026. The student representatives are elected for a term of one year.

Academic representatives and deputy representative

  • Professor Aud Tønnessen (Faculty of Theology), Chair
  • Adjunct Professor and Head of Research Support Services Kristin Bjordal (Faculty og Medicine/Oslo Hospital Service)
  • Professor Rein Aasland (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences)
  • Professor and Vice-Dean Trine Waaktaar (Faculty of Social Sciences)
  • 1st Deputy: Professor Jonas Bakken (Faculty of Educational Sciences)
  • 2nd Deputy: Postdoctoral Fellow Runar Hilleren Lie (Faculty of Law)

External representatives

  • Head of Department Hege Stensrud Høsøien, National Library of Norway
  • Deputy: Associate Professor Idunn Bøyum, Oslo Metropolitan University/Faculty of Social Sciences

Representatives and deputy representatives of the library’s employees

  • Head Librarian Karen Danbolt, Law Library
  • 1st Deputy: Senior Academic Librarian Annika Rockenberger, Humanities and Social Sciences Library
  • 2nd Deputy: Academic Librarian Pål Magnus Lykkja, Humanities and Social Sciences Library

Student representatives and deputy representatives

(Period: 1 August 2023 - 31 July 2024)

  • Robert Granlund, Department of Political Science
  • Deputy: Didrik Svellingen, Department of Informatics
  • Ingebjørg Flyum Bjørlo, Department of Media and Communication
  • Deputy: Nora Marie Hager, Department of Sociology and Human Geography
Published Mar. 21, 2013 10:54 AM - Last modified Sep. 7, 2023 2:52 PM