From Monday 4 May to Friday 8 May, 2026
As every year, the University of Granada Library (Spain) organizes its Staff Training Week from May 4 to 8, 2026, in collaboration with the Vice-Rector for Internationalization. This initiative is developed within the framework of the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission and the University of Granada’s own Internationalization Strategy, and involves the visit and exchange of technical knowledge and professional experience of librarians and archivists from different countries and cultures, with the aim of continuous improvement of all the institutions.
Our Staff Training Week language will be English. Guests should be working as librarians or archivists and speak English.
No registration fee is required. Visitors will have to arrange and pay for their travel expenses, insurance, and accommodation. Lunch will be arranged by the Library at the University canteens from Monday to Thursday.
The training will be conducted by Universidad de Granada's librarians and professors, professionals from other local institutions, and guest visitors.
Participants
In May 2026, we will welcome around 20 guests from all over the world.
The application form will be available by the end of November 2025.
Applicant requirements:
- To be working as a librarian or archivist.
- To have a minimum level of English of B1 within the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Preliminary agenda:
This agenda is under construction and subject to change.
Library Staff Training Week: from Monday 4 May to Friday 8 May, 2026.
Official activities: Monday to Thursday, 8:30-16:00 h. Friday, 8:30-12:00 h.
Some activities that will occur after 16:00 h. will be optional.
Our Staff Training Week is constituted by the following activities:
- Presentations and workshops by librarians from the University of Granada.
- Presentations and workshops by professors from the University of Granada's leading research fields.
- Presentations and workshops by visiting participants.
- Visit to several of the University of Granada's 21 branch libraries.
- Guided visits of several relevant cultural institutions in the city, conducted by their own professionals.
- Guided historical tour of the city center.
- Lunch at the University canteens from Monday to Thursday, which will be free of charge for our visitors.
- Optional farewell snack on Thursday evening (not free; visitors will be requested to contribute their share).
Visitors are welcome to present a topic they are experts in, or a best-practice they have implemented at their home institution.
No institutional presentations by guest visitors will be held. However, visitors are welcome to send us presentations about their universities in PDF format, which will be uploaded to a shared drive.
Almost all activities will be conducted in English. However, some workshops or visits will be conducted in Spanish with English translation.
Hospital Real Library: Heritage documents from/about visitors' countries/cultures. Staff Training Week, May 2025.