Join us for the following webinar commemorating World Refugee Day 2025.
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
Note: The presentations at the webinar will be recorded and sent to all registrants.
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
Description:
This webinar commemorating World Refugee Day 2025 (June 20), 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.
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/.
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Clara Chu
Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor
Mortenson Center, UIUC Library
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