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What is the most urgent problem for libraries to tackle right now? Emerging International Voices: #NilayCevher

Nilay Cevher is a research assistant and a PhD candidate working at the Department of Information Management at Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. As one of 22 emerging international voices, she discusses the role of digital libraries – and digital technologies in libraries – in her country.