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Books are A Refuge: Supporting Ukrainian Language Communities through Library Collections

Monday, June 26, 2023
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
Location: McCormick Place, W181c

    Presenter(s)

  • Oksana Brui

    President of the Ukrainian Library Association
    Ukrainian Library Association, Scientific and Technical Library, National Technical University of Ukraine

  • Andriy Chaley

    CEO and Owner
    Ukrainian Best Books, Chicago

    • Moderator(s)

  • Gabriella Reznowski

    Librarian for Languages and Cultures
    Washington State University

    • Presenter(s)

  • Natalia Petrenko

    Director
    V. H. Korolenko State Scientific Library of Kharkiv, Ukraine

Ukrainian communities are passionate about working with their local libraries, including identifying new titles and vendors for library acquisitions. As Ukrainian communities seek to partner with libraries in the US, developing a pipeline for ordering Ukrainian materials represents new territory for many library systems. While US libraries seek to increase their holdings for Ukrainian materials, libraries in Ukraine are operating under great duress, as they resist the destruction of their literary and cultural resources. This session aims to address the needs of Ukrainian language communities in the US, while also raising awareness of the issues faced by libraries in Ukraine.