Venta
Kocere

Director

Academic Library of the University of Latvia

Venta Kocere, born in 1954 in Ventspils, is a respected figure in library science. She graduated from the Department of Library Sciences and Bibliography at the Faculty of Philology, State University of Latvia, in 1977. Her career began at the Fundamental Library of LPSR ZA, where she served as an editor (1977-1979), senior editor (1979-1981), and head of department (1981-1990).

In 1990, during Latvia’s independence restoration, she became the deputy director for scientific work at the renamed Academic Library of Latvia. In 2000, she was appointed director of the library, a position she maintained even after it became the Academic Library of the University of Latvia in 2009. Kocere has authored over 130 scientific publications throughout her career.

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