An Organizing Committee for the Support of Libraries webcast, on April 9, at 18:00 Athens time (17:00 CET): 4 IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Presidents and the President of the Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists share their insights on the topic of “Innovation, tools and library services for libraries: the COVID-19 challenge”. Moderator IFLA Treasurer

The crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unique challenges of global scale. Library professionals were forced to adapt and explore innovative approaches to continue providing quality services to their users, remotely. The aim of this webinar is to present, the new technologies and initiatives in the library sector that proved to be efficient during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The program includes five speeches, which will be held in English

-Christine Mackenzie, IFLA President 2019-2021, from Australia
-Barbara Lison, IFLA President-elect 2019-2021, Director of the Bremen Public Library in Germany
-Gloria Pérez-Salmerón, IFLA President 2017-2019, Chair of SIGL, from Spain
-Donna Wills Scheeder, IFLA President from 2015 to 2017, from the United States
-Anthi Katsirikou, President of the Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists, Head of the Library of Piraeus University.

The webcast will be coordinated by Tonia Arachova, IFLA Treasurer.

The Eugenides Foundation, as a member of Organizing Committee for the Support of Libraries, hosts and technically supports the webcast.