(via Dr. Clara Chu–Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at Mortenson Center, UIUC Library)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Registration is open for the webinar \u201cLibraries Supporting Displaced Persons: International Guidelines (IFLA) and Global Experiences\u201d. It will take place on Tuesday, May 27, from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM CDT<\/strong>. Please see below for more information, including the link to registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This webinar commemorates World Refugee Day 2025 (June 20). The session will highlight the recently published IFLA Guidelines for Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons: Refugees, Migrants, Immigrants, Asylum seekers<\/a> (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<\/em> are informing, or may inform, their work.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Despina Gerasimidou, Community Mobilisation and Capacity Building Consultant, IFLA – From Shelves to Shelter: Libraries Making Room for Displaced Communities \u2013 IFLA Guidelines<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Magdalena Gomulka, Curator, Silesian Library in Katowice, Polish Librarians Association – Ukrainians in Poland: How Did Libraries Help Refugees?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lisa Hussey, Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University – School of Leadership Afghanistan (SOLA) Library: Working with Afghan girls in Rwanda<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Please register here<\/a>. The webinar is co-organized by the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs <\/a>(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), the American Library Association<\/a> (ALA), and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions<\/a> (IFLA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n