Transforming: Services

African Libraries Resources: Access and Equity During Covid-19

On Demand

ALA Unit/Subunit: IRRT

Moderator(s)

Marie Paiva, MLIS, MA

Chair, Africa Subcommittee
ALA International Relations
Salt Lake City, Utah

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Speaker(s)

Perpetua S. Dadzie, Ph.D.

University Librarian
University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Accra, Ghana

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Heba Mohamed Ismail, Ph.D.

Libraries Technical Manager; Director of INELI-MENA program
Egypt's Society for Culture and Development; Arab Federation for Libraries and Information
Cairo, Egypt

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Mabel Foncham-Chingang, MLIS

Director
American Center, U.S. Embassy, Yaounde, Cameroon
Yaounde, Cameroon

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Laverne Page, MLIS

Librarian, Area Specialist for Africa
Library of Congress
Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Tilahun Shiferaw, MLIS

Library Director and Assistant Professor of Information Science
Haramaya University
Diredawa, Oromiya, Ethiopia

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During the pandemic, libraries around the world, including in Africa, have had to deal with a variety issues. This panel will address Covid-19 concerns such as, the security and health of staff, reduced hours of reading room and community space, loaning of materials, and diminished access to the Internet and databases for researchers.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to see examples of how libraries in Africa developed plans and organized, planned, and responded to Covid-19 for their staff and users.
Upon completion, participants will be able to hear about how African librarians innovated and acted to make a plan for the staff and users they serve.
Upon completion, participants will be able to benefit from libraries in African and how they instituted, handled and spearheaded their Covid-19 plans for library staff and users.