13th Nordic Law Libraries Conference (former Nordisk Juridisk Biblioteksmöte) will be held in Turku, Finland, May 7 - 9 2025. The conference brings together law library professionals from across the Nordic countries. The event is hosted by Turku University Library.
Theme of the conference is From Archives to AI: Law Libraries in the Age of Digital Transformation.
Information will be updated on these pages as the program and event arrangements progress.
- Registration will open in January 2025
- Program to be announced
Speaker introductions will be added here as the programme develops.
Mona Lehtinen
Information Specialist, National Library of Finland
Presentation topic: Introduction to the Annif automated indexing tool and the Finto AI service
I work mainly with automated subject indexing and AI in general. My responsibilities encompass e.g. project coordination, fostering community engagement, building corpora, and testing the latest features of the automatic indexing tool Annif.
https://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/en/persons/mona-lehtinen-2399
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4735-0214
Erkka Rautio
Senior Specialist, Library of the Finnish Parliament
Presentation topic: From data to insight: Communicating parliamentary affairs through information design
A librarian at heart, Erkka is an information specialist with a keen interest in open data and data/visual literacy. His daily bread and butter involve helping people better understand parliamentary and legislative matters.
www.linkedin.com/in/erkkarautio
Marjaana Sjölund
Project researcher, University of Turku, Faculty of Law
Presentation topic: Transparency to Law-Drafting: Consolidating Public Decision-Making Documents into an Open Access Data Repository
LL.M., M.Sc. (Tech) Marjaana Sjölund is a project researcher in the LAWPOL project. Combining expertise in both IT and legal domains, her tasks bridge technology and law. Her work involves e.g. exploring historical legislative drafting materials and converting them into machine-readable format, testing the semantic similarity of various texts and conceptualizing a generative language model under the working title "Tarmo Bot". Her own research focuses specifically on law drafting and the public documents generated during the drafting process.
Please share with us an innovation or best practice from your library! It could be a new way to reach out to users, the implementation of AI tools, the improvement of work processes, or something entirely different. Your innovation – small or big – is valuable. We are all eager to learn from each other. Please submit a poster or a video to showcase your work!
Innovation posters
Size: vertical A0 (or smaller).
Printing options: We can print the poster on your behalf if you provide the file in advance. Alternatively, you can bring it with you.
Display: Posters will be displayed in the conference area throughout the event.
Introduction: We ask you to briefly introduce your poster to the delegates as part of the programme. The introduction should be no longer than five minutes, focusing on key points rather than detailed content. After your introduction, we’d like for you to be available at the poster display area to answer any questions.
Publication: Posters will be published on the conference website with your consent.
Submission instructions
By 1 April: email nll2025@utu.fi to confirm your poster submission. Please specify whether you will send us the file for printing, or you will bring the poster yourself.
By 25 April (if we print): send the poster file to nll2025@utu.fi. Preferred file format is PDF Standard (publishing online and printing).
Innovation videos
Length: up to 5 minutes.
Presentation: Videos will be shown to the delegates during the conference.
Publication: Videos will be published on the conference website with your consent.
Submission instructions
By 1 April: email nll2025@utu.fi to confirm your video submission.
By 2 May: provide a link to download the video.
The programme may be subject to changes until the registration starts.
Wednesday 7 May
- Guided tours, please choose one upon registration
- Feeniks Library (Turku University Library): Feeniks Library houses the languages collections in the customer premises and the legal depository collection in the large closed stacks. Many of library's functions are located in the Feeniks Library and it houses the most working space for library staff.
- Arcanum Library (Turku University Library) : Arcanum Library houses the collections for history, culture and arts studies and it has versatile study spaces for students.
- Turku Main Library (City Library)
- Guided tour at Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum of Archaeology and Contemporary Art, please choose one upon registration
- Aboa Vetus, the only archaeological museum in Finland, is a town quarter discovered underground. The ruin area of Aboa Vetus includes the remains of medieval houses. The Convent Riverfront, one of medieval Turku’s main streets, still runs through the museum area today. Unfortunately Aboa Vetus is not accessible.
- Ars Nova
The Aboa Vetus Ars Nova Foundation Art Collection is a varied assemblage of works from the recent history of Finnish and other Western art. The collection’s oldest works date from the end of the 19th century, but the emphasis is on works originating from after the 1950s to the present day. Exhibitions in May 2025 will be Grönlund-Nisunen and Raisa Raekallio & Misha del Val: Milieu.
- Reception at Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum
Thursday 8 May
- Conference dinner
Friday 9.5.
- Guided walking tours in Turku, please choose one upon registration
- Explore Medieval Turku (1,5h)
In Finland, the Middle Ages started in the 1150s. At this time Turku was an important commercial port. According to latest research the town was established early 1300's. Medieval Turku is to be found but it needs a bit of exploring Our guide will tell you stories and help you imagine how Turku looked like all those years back. - Vices of the Old Turku (1,5h)
On his time, Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfeld named Turku a rathole where all the seeds of evil came from. And Bishop Rothovies blamed the Turku people to live in sin and the sins be so numerous he could not name them.
On this walking tour we will walk through the streets and alleys of Turku, and discuss the historical sins and vices, and their punishments. - Historical and Academic Turku through Ages (1,5h)
The walk talks about the history of Turku and Finland, as well as the history of universities. Walk from the university to the cathedral and along the river bank.
- Explore Medieval Turku (1,5h)
Calonia Bulding at University of Turku campus
Street address: Caloniankuja 3, Turku, Finland
Onsite check-in desk: On Wednesday first floor lobby by the main entrance
- on Thursday and Friday, please check in at Calonia Library customer service (the first floor)
Program auditorium Calonia 1: entrance from the first floor lobby
Group session rooms
- Rooms 1006 and 1067 are located on the first floor.
- Rooms 2107, 2108 and 2109 are located on second floor of the building. Access is via stairs or elevator from the main lobby.
Calonia building and conference rooms are accessible. Social program sites may have limitations in accessibility.
If you have needs considering accessibility at the conference, please contact our accessibility contact person Päivi Letonsaari to discuss possible special arrangements.
Päivi Letonsaari nll2025@utu.fi
Visit Turku website offers the the best advice on how to arrive in Turku. Please visit Travelling to and around Turku!
Conference has prebooked hotel rooms for attendants. More information is coming up.
With many events taking place during this time, hotels are expected to fill up quickly. We strongly recommend making your reservations early to ensure availability.
After check-in onsite you can use the QR code on your conference name plate for free bus rides on Turku local traffic Föli during the event May 7-9. Hop on the yellow buses!
Contact us by email nll2025@utu.fi
Event organisers:
Maija Nurmi
Information specialist, Turku University Library
Johanna Viitanen
Information specialist, Turku University Library
Päivi Letonsaari
Library assistant, Turku University Library
Event is supported by
- Suomen kirjastosäätiö
If your organization would like to support the event or learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to reach out to us via email nll2025@utu.fi.