CILIP Conference: The role of libraries in crisis and recovery
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CILIP Conference: The role of libraries in crisis and recovery
- 1. CILIP CONFERENCE Reimagined November 19, 2020 Ton van Vlimmeren President of Eblida
- 2. • Access to digital collections; • Expansion of E-books on offer; • Access to Covid-19 health information; • Covid-19 support - 'Community Call' via phone, text, email, platforms; • Use of social media/production of video instruction and tutoring; • Libraries exchanged and (re-)used digital products; • Advanced social services for the elderly and vulnerable; Libraries were open in more ways than ever! Were European libraries in lockdown?
- 3. What this crisis tells us about the library profession • A passion to serve the community • Great creativity • Much flexibility • Learning capacity •Librarians deserve a big applause! • Controlling rules of conduct • Counselling for those in stress
- 4. Reflection on libraries in crisis • In crisis libraries act often as community hub for information, help, empathy; • During Covid 19 libraries were physically closed; no meetings; • Yet libraries (can) have a guiding role in organising the discussion on: - Health and ethics; - Role of the government and privacy; - Freedom and solidarity; - How we live and work; - How we produce and comsume. All these Covid 19 related topics are directly connected to SDG’s.
- 5. What we saw • Different rules and measures in different countries; • Different stages of lockdown and reopening; • Governments reactions; • Library associations act differently; • Reports, surveys and interviews on ‘state of the art’.
- 6. What will determin the future? 1 Exponential social distancing: a well- connected two-meter library 2 Technologies are mutating and shaping libraries in new ways 3 Uncharted economic territory: review the library budget composition 4 Library governance at central and local levels 5 Do not forget the climate change opportunity and threat
- 7. What will (probably) remain ? • More E-books/ creation of digital libraries; • Digital content creation; • Hybrid services; • Digitised services • Use of social media to offer services; • Library exchange and (re-)use of digital products; • Working from home; • Digital skills of librarians; • Video meetings and online conferences; • More distancing.
- 8. What might be an opportunity There has been a growing awareness about: • The poor being the most affected; • How inequality is growing due to Covid; • How important it is to create an inclusive society; • How needed opportunities for all are; • How we need to find sustainable ways of production; • What it takes to create more sustainable cities and buildings
- 9. A European Library Agenda for the post-Covid age http://www.eblida.org/Documents/EBLIDA-Preparing-a- European-library-agenda-for-the-post-Covid-19-age
Editor's Notes
- The resulting report “A European library agenda for the post-Covid 19 age”, published in May 2020, clarified possible outcomes of the Covid-19 crisis and provided for the solutions which were received from, and are offered to, EBLIDA Members and European libraries as a whole. The post-Covid 19 library agenda is not a stand-alone programme but complements the experience matured by libraries in implementing the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development. The engagement of European libraries in this broader framework is the mirror in which libraries can prove how “structurally” essential they are for the social and economic development of a country in the post-Covid 19 age. Hence, the link with the European Structural and Investment Funds.