{"id":836,"date":"2025-08-31T03:29:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T03:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/?p=836"},"modified":"2025-08-31T03:29:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T03:29:45","slug":"mou-signed-between-kathmandu-university-and-university-of-turku-to-boost-ai-driven-digital-library-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/?p=836","title":{"rendered":"MoU Signed Between Kathmandu University and University of Turku to Boost AI-Driven Digital Library Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"343\">On <strong data-start=\"115\" data-end=\"134\">August 21, 2025<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"165\">Kathmandu University (KU)<\/strong> entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the <strong data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"247\">University of Turku<\/strong>, one of Finland\u2019s leading universities, to promote academic collaboration and joint research.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"343\">\u00a0<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-838 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mou-KU-Universityof-Turku-pic11755768120-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"712\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mou-KU-Universityof-Turku-pic11755768120-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mou-KU-Universityof-Turku-pic11755768120.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"345\" data-end=\"922\">The signing was carried out by <strong data-start=\"376\" data-end=\"418\">KU Registrar Prof. Dr. Rajeev Shrestha<\/strong>, with <strong data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"447\">Dr. Rabindra Bista<\/strong>, Head of the Health Informatics Lab and Lead of the NEEM Project, witnessing the agreement on KU\u2019s behalf. From the University of Turku, <strong data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"619\">Library Director Heli Kautonen<\/strong> also affirmed the partnership during the consortium <em data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"724\">\u201cAI-powered Digital Library Services\u2019 Convergence\u201d<\/em>, organized at KU and supported by the NEEM Project along with Turku and other partners. Far Western University, another partner institution, also had its representatives present at the event.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"345\" data-end=\"922\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-837 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mou-photo-group-300x143.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mou-photo-group-300x143.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mou-photo-group-768x366.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mou-photo-group.jpeg 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"1279\">The MoU aims to expand cooperation between the institutions, beginning with collaborative work on <strong data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1059\">AI-driven Digital Library Systems<\/strong>. Faculty members from KU, the University of Turku, and Far Western University have already initiated activities in this domain, laying the groundwork for future innovation in digital knowledge and information systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 21, 2025, Kathmandu University (KU) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Turku, one<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/?p=836\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MoU Signed Between Kathmandu University and University of Turku to Boost AI-Driven Digital Library Research<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":841,"href":"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions\/841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neem.ku.edu.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}