Dear Members, Colleagues and Stakeholders,

It’s my great honor and pleasure to invite you to our annual event, ANKOSLink International Conference. Hosting over 500 participants and nearly 60 companies every year, The ANKOSLink International Conference is the most important publishing and librarianship event of our country and region. Through its network, ANKOSLink International Conference brings together national and international university libraries and public libraries, information professionals, scientists, publishers, information and technology companies. ANKOSLink follows the latest developments in publishing and librarianship through its fairs and academic programs. ANKOSLink is a dynamic platform that problems and solutions in librarianship and publishing are discussed.

In 2024, ANKOSLink2024 International Conference will be held at Granada Luxury Belek Congress Center hosted by Antalya Belek University in Antalya between November 18-21, 2024. The theme of this year’s conference is “Generative AI and Academic Libraries”. ANKOS has developed and implemented significant contributions to Turkish librarians over the systems and leads to the growing of qualified occupational elements. The rapid growth of the ANKOS Association has not only influenced academic librarians and libraries, but also affected Turkey's academic scientific publication performance in Turkey. This has made the execution of the electronic database subscriptions of our university and academic institutions in the ANKOS Association coordination of the Subscriptions. ANKOS, in this context, it is intensively effort for sustainable information services, develops library practices and organizes international events such as ANKOSLink, where all stakeholders come together.

In this conference that will last for three days, topics such as the effect of artificial intelligence on university libraries, changing educational teaching methods, permanent identifiers and access to information, research assessment systems, importance of consortium studies, open science and open access Developments in the field of publishing are planned in the form of new learning platforms, sharing economics and sharing models will be discussed.

I would like to sincerely thank the Rectorate of Antalya Belek University, ANKOS Board of Directors and all ANKOS Volunteers, the Program Committee that creates the academic content, our members and stakeholders who contributed to ANKOSLink2024 International Conference, especially for their hosting and cooperation, and I extend my greetings to come together in Antalya.  

Respectfully.

İsmail ÇETİNKAYA

ANKOS President