Gelisim News

55th Library Week celebrated with events

Istanbul Gelisim University Library and Documentation Department organized a conference titled “New Education System and Information Centers in Changing and Transforming Societies” under the 55th Library Week. Head of Library and Documentation Department Ahmet Şenol Armağan who gave the opening speech congratulating the Library Week presented five books of his choice.

In the conference where retired Professor from Istanbul University Dr. Ayşe Üstün and Guidance Expert of Istanbul Gelişim University, Publicity and Public Relations Directorate Şeyma Eken Demirkol participated as a speaker, the participants were informed about the role of the education system and the information centers in the exchange process, and the importance of information centers and libraries.

At the conference where writer Şeyma Eken Demirkol gave a talk and informed about the newly published book "Aphorisms", Demirkol shared the process of publishing the book and answered questions of students regarding their career, intellectual development, and educational lives.

At the end of the conference, the students who borrowed more books in 2018 from the Istanbul Gelisim University Library were awarded by the Rector Prof. Dr. Burhan Aykaç. Congratulating students Aykaç, presented Prof. Dr. Ayşe Üstün and Şeyma Eken Demirkol certificates of appreciation on behalf of IGU for their participation in the conference.

The students who were awarded the prize and the number of books they borrowed in 2018 were listed as follows:
“Öznur Aras – 44, Simge Altundaş – 36, Onur Keser – 32, Esma Aslantaş – 30, Mustafa Düzyol – 30, Rabia Bayram – 28, Meryem Acar – 26, Şeydanur Gözütok – 26, Ozan Bayhan – 25, Halis Kandemir – 25, Damlasu Ok – 25”.