Communication in the Multiverse of a Library

This presentation is devoted to understanding the academic library as the ultimate place where science and literature meet, a multiverse that stores all our scientific and general literary output. The library in itself encompasses everything that exists in intellectual space, imagined and real worlds. It is the place of identity in a world where everything changes faster than we can prepare for the new realities. The system of evaluation of scientific works, in which the number of published works comes first, is based on the motto "publish or perish". It is a prime example of how time is the only resource we have that disappears in the dust of the gallop of a great race. Are the conditions of publication under financial pressure separating scientists from academia and librarians from traditional books, preventing the convergence of science and literature? Is the holistic human experience, with all its technological shortcuts, now accessible to everyone on the Internet, or is it still divided between two separate realms, science and literature? Are there also differences in terms of ethnic structure, geographical area, standard, and material status? Are digital libraries more accessible to users than traditional libraries? The presentation discusses the above questions with emphasis on the role of the concept of open science in communication between librarians and researchers. The new educational area of the librarian profession relates to the ethical principles of open science. A trained librarian of a scientific library does not hold the knowledge in his hands, but shares it with the target group of users - students and researchers. By organizing continuous lectures and library seminars on current issues related to Open Science and reforming the evaluation system, the necessary communication between librarians and researchers is achieved, which is presented in this presentation with specific examples. One of the examples of good practices is the participation of librarians and researchers in the three-year GraspOS project funded by the European Commission at the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry.