In an era where openness and the democratization of education and research remain paramount in international academia, AI technologies and applications are permeating all fields, bringing about significant changes affecting academic libraries.

The upcoming challenges indicate that in the following years a transformation is eminent, regarding the tools, the library services and quite possibly the very nature of information scientists. In our country, where academic libraries survive with continually diminishing financial and human resources plus an inadequate institutional framework for education and research, the boundaries of flexibility, extroversion, and their social role need to be exhausted.

The Panhellenic Congress of Academic Libraries, marking in 2024, thirty years of continuous presence, aims to trace these emerging changes and highlight the issues presented for academic libraries. The ultimate goal of the conference is to facilitate productive dialogue, ideally among communities, to generate comprehensive proposals that address the emerging needs of academic life and society.