The Role and Importance of Libraries in Science Diplomacy in the Context of Sustainable Development

Abstract

The concept of science diplomacy has a very important place in our age, which is described as the age of science. With globalization, the scientific studies of researchers play a role in establishing international interactions and relations through the language of science, which is a universal language, thus contributing to foreign policy in terms of science and technology. The concept of science diplomacy, in addition to foreign policy processes, has been effective in promoting sustainable development by using science as a lifelong process and means of communication. An important aspect of sustainable development goals is to combat global environmental threats. Science diplomacy can use science and scientific cooperation against these threats to improve international prosperity. In this way, it encourages the achievement of sustainable development goals for the common benefit of humanity by establishing international collaborations and partnerships in science and technology and contributes to the development of relations by increasing civil society interaction. This study was prepared within the scope of the main themes of the symposium, \"Sustainable Development Goals and Science Diplomacy\". The literature review method was used as the methodology in the study. Within the scope of the study, the importance of the concept of science diplomacy for the sustainable development goals and the role of libraries in this context were examined. The role and importance of libraries in standardizing scientific study outputs and data on a global scale through various applications and sharing them with users has been researched. In this study, the importance of science diplomacy for a sustainable future and the contributions of libraries, which serve as public information repositories and institutional memory, to the sustainable development goals in terms of scientific communication and scientific collaboration in terms of storing and protecting scientific data as well as transferring this information to the society, will be examined. The role of libraries and their relationship with sustainable development in the phenomenon of science diplomacy, which means the use of science and international scientific collaborations to develop relations between countries and to solve common global problems, will be explained.