The resiliency of librarians is tested once again with the devastating occurrence of the pandemic situation worldwide. As a result of the global scare, many libraries have shut down as prescribed by the governments to minimize physical contact and stop the spread of viruses. Yet, libraries live up to their mandate of serving the information needs of their patrons. This report documents the role of libraries in Kazakhstan during the pandemic and how libraries responded quickly to avoid disruption of programs and services. This document also describes some of the “new normal” initiatives and strategies libraries have adapted to respond to the needs of their clients. On the other hand, librarians are stepping up and making enormous efforts to manage their call of duty to provide and distribute factual and reliable information to all their stakeholders. Adapting to a change of working environment also needs to be looked into. Since the start of work from home in mid-March 2020, was there a change of lifestyle? What factors affect their work productivity? An online interview of select English library staff speakers will be conducted.
Media and information literacy (MIL) was recently introduced in the Philippines although it has been the talk of the town since the Grunwald Declaration on media education in 1982. De La Salle University (DLSU) Libraries is an active partner in promoting MIL and decided to support this as part of its information literacy campaign. This project report provides an overview of a seminar-workshop programme on MIL conducted at DLSU Libraries for public school teacher-librarians. The programme is based on a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) publication entitled ‘Pedagogies of Media and Information Literacies’ which has five modules: Understanding media and information literacy; Young people as global media audiences; Media cultures and technologies; How to interpret media; Cooperation and sharing ideas. The project report acknowledges how the participants were able to grasp and understand the MIL values and how they were able to apply these values in their own workplace. Finally, the report shares analyses of the participants’ reviews of the programme.
The upsurge of the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the delivery of library services. With the physical closure of library doors, libraries were forced to provide expanded and strengthened access to library collections. This study aims to document the curbside book delivery service of Nazarbayev University Library during the pandemic specifically from Fall 2020 to Fall 2021. The study revealed that the patrons found the delivery service effective, especially during the pandemic. Despite the challenge of having a limited number of staff to work, the library personnel found themselves untiringly serving the patrons and were considered as front liners who provide the service despite the harm of getting infected with the virus. Although no one would hope to have another crisis, the library has proven itself as flexible as it can be and can go the extra mile in response to the changing needs of the time.
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