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  • To serve as a source of information on recommended ethnic collections, services, and programs.
  • To organize task forces, institutes, and workshops to carry out the functions of the Round Table as defined in the petition.
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May 27th Webinar on "Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons: International Guidelines (IFLA) and Global Experiences"

  • 1.  May 27th Webinar on "Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons: International Guidelines (IFLA) and Global Experiences"

    Posted May 19, 2025 03:17 PM

     

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    Dear Colleagues,

     

    You are invited to a webinar commemorating World Refugee Day 2025 (June 20). The webinar will highlight the recently published IFLA Guidelines for Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons: Refugees, Migrants, Immigrants, Asylum seekers (December 2024) and complemented by presentations on international experiences and/or research on providing library and information services to refugees and other displaced persons, with commentary on how the Guidelines are/may inform their work.  

     

    Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons: International Guidelines (IFLA) and Global Experiences

    Tuesday, May 27, 11am-12:15 pm CT/Chicago (12-1:15pm ET / 6-7:15pm Poland/Netherlands / 7-8:15 pm Greece - Check local time at https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/) 

     

    Register to receive the Zoom link at https://go.illinois.edu/WRD 

     

    Speakers:

     

    Despina Gerasimidou, Community Mobilisation and Capacity Building Consultant, IFLA - From Shelves to Shelter: Libraries Making Room for Displaced Communities – IFLA Guidelines

     

    Magdalena Gomulka, Curator, Silesian Library in Katowice, Polish Librarians Association - Ukrainians in Poland: How Did Libraries Help Refugees?

     

    Lisa Hussey, Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University - School of Leadership Afghanistan (SOLA) Library: Working with Afghan girls in Rwanda

     

    Ana Ndumu, Assistant Professor, College of Information, University of Maryland College Park - Partnerships and power: Reflections on the ILPI Project amid hardline anti-immigrant policies

     

    The webinar is co-organized by the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), the American Library Association (ALA), and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).

     

    More information on libraries commemorating World Refugee Day at https://publish.illinois.edu/projectwelcome/world-refugee-day/world-refugee-day-2025/.