EBLIDA & Covid-19

EBLIDA is helping European libraries go through the Covid 19 crisis and prepare an agenda for the Post-Covid Phase.

The new normals in a European Agenda for public libraries

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November 2021:

In 2020, EBLIDA undertook a survey aimed at reviewing the state of libraries in the face of the Covid-19 crisis. This survey was updated in 2021. At the end of the double survey, EBLIDA identifies five new normals being promoted within a European Library Agenda in the post-Covid-19 age: 1. A socially inclusive 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 2030 Agenda for sustainable development.

EBLIDA is helping European libraries go through the Covid 19 crisis and prepare an agenda for the Post-Covid Phase.

A European library agenda for the post-Covid 19 age
Work in Progress

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May 2020:

The Report outlines a European library agenda in the post-Covid age along five new normals: Exponential social distancing: a well-connected two-meter library; Technologies are mutating and shaping libraries in new ways; Uncharted economic territory: review the library budget composition; Library governance at central and local levels; Do not forget the climate change opportunity and threat.

EBLIDA Checklist in the face of the Covid-19 crisis

EBLIDA May 2020 Newsletter: Special issue  (No. 4)

The Editorial

EBLIDA checklist for library associations and libraries in the face of the Covid-19 crisis

Library Associations in the face of the Covid-19 crisis:

• Cyprus: Cyprus Association of Librarians and Information Specialists (CALIS) and the EBLIDA Checklist by Panagiotis Themistocleous
• Denmark: The Danish Library Association and the EBLIDA Checklist
• Finland: Finnish Library Association and the EBLIDA Checklist by Rauha Maarno
• Ireland: Library Association of Irelandand and the EBLIDA Checklist by Marian Higgins
• Latvia: National Library of Latvia and the EBLIDA Checklist by Silva Vucena, Evija Vjatere and Māra Jēkabsone
• Poland: National Library of Poland and the EBLIDA Checklist by Tomasz Gruszkowski
• Switzerland: Bibliomedia / Bibliosuisse and the EBLIDA Checklist by Franziska Baetcke

 

News from Latvia:
The agreement between the National Library of Latvia and AKKA/LAA

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Guidelines on access policies, personnel security, social distancing and sanitation of collections

EBLIDA April 2020 Newsletter: Special issue (No. 3)

The Editorial

• Germany:  Public Library of Cologne: Model concept for the gradual reopening of the Cologne Public Library
• Ireland: Libraries Development, Local Government Management Agency (LGMA: Recommendations for Handling Physical Material in Libraries in Relation to COVID-19
• Italy:  Italian Library Association (AIB): Covid-19 and health protection in libraries / A review of the literature and some recommendations on the handling of materials and the management of workspace
• The Netherlands:  Netherlands Public Library Association (VOB): Protocol – phased opening of library offices
• NewsGuard: websites spreading fake news on Covid-19 in France, Germany, Italy and United Kingdom

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EBLIDA Checklist in the face of the Covid-19 crisis

EBLIDA April 2020 Newsletter: Special issue  (No. 2)

The Editorial

EBLIDA checklist for library associations and libraries in the face of the Covid-19 crisis

Library Associations in the face of the Covid-19 crisis:

• Estonia: ELA, The Estonian Librarians Association and the EBLIDA Checklist by Tuuliki Tõiste
• France: ABF, the French Library Association and the EBLIDA Checklist by Julie Calmus
• Luxembourg: The National Library of Luxembourg and the EBLIDA Checklist by Christine Kremer
• Luxembourg: Luxembourgish Association of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists association, ALBAD and the EBLIDA Checklist by Jean-Marie Reding
• Norway: NLA, The Norwegian Library Association and the EBLIDA Checklist by Mariann Schjeide
• Posrtugal: The General Directorate of Books, Archives and Libraries & B.A.D., the Portuguese Librarians and Archivist Association and the EBLIDA Checklist by Bruno Duarte Eiras

 

NewsGuard: websites diffusing fake news on Covid-19 in Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy

Special Report: COVID-19 Myths - Trail of Deceit: The Ten Most Popular COVID-19 Myths and How They Emerged

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EBLIDA Checklist in the face of the Covid-19 crisis

EBLIDA April 2020 Newsletter: Special issue - (No. 1)

The Editorial

EBLIDA checklist for library associations and libraries in the face of the Covid-19 crisis

Library Associations in the face of the Covid-19 crisis:

• Bulgaria: Marina Encheva - BLIA, the Bulgarian Library and Information Association, and the EBLIDA Checklist
• Denmark: Steen Bording Andersen - DB, The Danish Library Association and the EBLIDA Checklist
• France: Julie Calmus - ABF, the French Library Association, and the EBLIDA Checklist
• Germany: Hella Klauser - DBV (the German Union of Library Associations) and the EBLIDA Checklist
• Italy: Stefano Parise - AIB, the Italian Library Association, and the EBLIDA Checklist
• Netherlands: Ton van Vlimmeren - VOB, the Dutch Public Library Association, and the EBLIDA Checklist
• Spain: Alicia Sellés Carot - FESABID, the Spanish Federation of Library Association, and the EBLIDA Checklist
• Sweden:Ulrika Domellöf-Mattsson - SB, the Swedish Library Association, and the EBLIDA Checklist

 

• Lithuanian libraries offer support to healthcare professionals - Checklist Point 4.

 

NewsGuard: websites diffusing fake news on Covid-19 in Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy

 

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