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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 20, 2025 01:34 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 https://repository.ifla.org/items/7ce3fe3e-ce77-4dcb-9912-2e7d2dfcaab5. Click or tap if you trust this link." target="_blank" rel="noopener">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/. Click or tap if you trust this link." target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/) 

    Register to receive the Zoom link at https://go.illinois.edu/WRD. Click or tap if you trust this link." target="_blank" rel="noopener">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 https://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson/. Click or tap if you trust this link." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mortenson Center for International Library Programs (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), the https://www.ala.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link." target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Library Association (ALA), and the https://www.ifla.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link." target="_blank" rel="noopener">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/. Click or tap if you trust this link." target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://publish.illinois.edu/projectwelcome/world-refugee-day/world-refugee-day-2025/.



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    Derek Wilmott Montoya He/Him/His
    Co-Chair ALA/ODLOS Services to Refugees, Immigrants, and Displaced Persons Subcommittee
    rwilmott@hotmail.com
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