Abstract: During his speech, Ertuğrul will talk about HERMES Project training activities. He will focus on the following topics; project timeline, philosophy of resource sharing and its components, designing the training courses, the instructor selection process, identifying the course topics, digital maps/infographics design, online courses, evaluations, and future directions of the HERMES project. In the last part of his session, he will answer the questions
Ertuğrul Çimen has a BS from Hacettepe University Faculty of Literature, Librarianship Department, and a MA from Kadir Has University, Social Sciences Institute, Finance, and Banking Program. His current position is the library director of MEF University. His professional interests are academic library management, library consortiums, license agreements for e-resources, library collaboration, resource sharing and document delivery, lifelong learning, and staff exchange programs for librarians. He has an active role in NGOs and professional organizations at the national and international levels. He is the former president of Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS) and a former executive board member of the Turkish Librarians Association (TLA). He has been serving as a member of the IFLA Europe Regional Division and the member of the IFLA Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Advisory Board. He is the editorial board member of the Interlending & Document Supply journal (Emerald Publishing) and the International Journal of Knowledge Management and Practices (IJKMP). For further information about him: https://www.ertugrulcimen.com/