Judit Gerencsér, Deputy Director General of the National Széchényi Library, attended the international conference ANKOSLink 2025 held in the Turkish capital between 4 and 6 November 2025.
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Judit Gerencsér, Deputy Director General of the National Széchényi Library, attended the international conference ANKOSLink 2025 [3] held in the Turkish capital between 4 and 6 November 2025.
The three-day event in Ankara was the most significant library and publishing meeting in Turkey and the region, welcoming more than 600 guests from nearly 30 countries, 250 institutions and 80 companies.
On 5th November Judit Gerencsér participated in a featured panel discussion titled Library 5.0: Human-Centred Studies at the Presidential National Library in Ankara. The discussion was linked to the main theme of the conference, focusing on the human-centred future of libraries, professional cooperation, emerging trends, best practices, and the importance of supporting digital transformation in the library sector. In her presentation, Judit Gerencsér spoke about how the Hungarian national library aligns with current trends and what key innovations it is implementing in relation to the Library 5.0 and 5.1 concepts.
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Other invited participants of the discussion included Ayhan Tuğlu, Director of the Presidential National Library, and Taner Beyoğlu, Director General for Libraries and Publications at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye. The panel was moderated by Tuba Akbaytürk Çanak, Director of the Koç University Library in Istanbul.
The ANKOSLink international conference was organised by the Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS), which has played a key role in promoting cooperation among Turkish academic libraries since its establishment in 2001. With the involvement of professional librarians, ANKOS supports scientific developments and fosters professional dialogue within the library sector.
This year’s conference programme covered a wide range of topics, including the preservation of digital content, ethical questions surrounding artificial intelligence, the transformation of scholarly publishing, and the redefinition of academic knowledge. Its professional exhibition and academic programme provided an international platform for presenting professional developments and discussing future operational trends in libraries.