Forskerforbundets Brain Power Award for 2026 has been given to university librarian Cathinka Neverdal and senior adviser Runhild Seim for their work on Banned Books Week Norway. They share the prize with Alexander Refsum Jensenius (UiO). The recipients are recognised for their innovative, interdisciplinary research and public outreach.
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Students and staff at UiO and OUS can use the interlibrary loan service to request books and articles that are not available in our collections. From 28 October, the pickup locations for interlibrary loan materials will change.
From 19 to 25 October, the global research community marks International Open Access Week. This year’s theme is “The Cost of Knowledge”.
Week17 marks the international campaign Sustainability Week – and the University Library is of course involved!
Sikt has negotiated a one-year read-and-publish agreement with the publisher Wiley for 2026. University of Oslo (UiO) is not part of this agreement.
On Monday 12 January we're upgrading Oria with a new design, new features and technical improvements. You may experience minor interruptions to the system during the upgrade.