Voices from Ukraine: Ukrainian librarians in the struggle against Russian invasion

Date: 

Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Zoom
 Organized by the Coalition of Slavic Librarians for Peace (CSLP): Olha Aleksic (Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University), Ksenya Kiebuzinski (University of Toronto), Liladhar R. Pendse (University of California-Berkeley) and George Andrew Spencer (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

 

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In this bilingual English/Ukrainian event, librarians from various libraries in Ukraine will speak about the current situation of libraries and the information infrastructure of Ukraine as the ongoing Russian invasion continues. Eleven Ukrainian librarians have found time in this tragic, dynamic war situation in their country, and not all might be able to participate depending on their local situation.

Speakers

Oksana Brui, President of Ukrainian Library Association, Director of Scientific and Technical Library of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv.

Svitlana Moiseeva, Vice President of Ukrainian Library Association, Director of Luhansk Regional Scientific Universal Library, Starobilsk.

Natalia Petrenko, Director of Kharkiv State ScienceLibrary named after V.G. Korolenko, Kharkiv.

Oleh Serbin, Board Member and Chair of University Library Section of Ukrainian Library Association, Director of Maksymovych Scientific Library of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv.

Anton Hanul, Leading Specialist of Marketing Departmentof Maksymovych Scientific Library of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv.

Yulia Holubenko, Head of Oleksandr Dovzhenko Library of Solomyansky District of Central Library, Kyiv.

Kateryna Skomarovska, Head of American Studio of Vinnytsia Regional Universal Scientific Library, Vinnytsia.

Irina Biriukova, General Director of Odessa National Scientific Library, Odessa.

Larysa Luhova, Vice President of Ukrainian Library Association, Director of Lviv Regional Library for Children, Lviv.

Lyubov Savaryn, Head of Advertising and Project Activities Department of Lviv Regional Library for Children, Lviv.

Yaroslava Soshynska, Executive Director of Ukrainian Library Association, Kyiv.

Organizer/ Introductions

Dr. Liladhar R. Pendse, Librarian for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, UC Berkeley Library

Moderator

Olha Aleksic, Petro Jacyk Bibliographer for Ukrainian Collections, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Concluding Remarks

Dr. Ksenya Kiebuzinski, Slavic Resources Coordinator, Head, Petro Jacyk Central & East European Resource Centre