As I am preparing for talks and articles on libraries pivoting and shifting in the new normal, I have requested librarians to answer interview questions. I am posting some portions of the interview in the blog. Here is the interview of Melanie Abad Ramirez of the Children's Library Section, Reference Services Division, National Library of the Philippines.
How did
the Children's Services of the NLP pivot and shifted their services and
programs online at the start of the lockdown/quarantine?
NLP had to close its
services due to the pandemic, it gave us an opportunity for our children's services to
transition to online services. We promoted our e-resources portal and used
online platforms like Facebook and Zoom becomes as an avenue for
storytelling, puppet shows, and arts and crafts sessions.
What were the
challenges that your division encountered in light of this shift and
transition? How were these challenges met and overcome?
Some of
the challenges that we encountered are copyright concerns about the
materials to be used for the storytelling sessions and how effective the
postings will be. To answer the issues for copyright, we are able to create a
partnership with The Asia Foundation to provide us with stories from their
Let's Read Asia digital library and other publishers by sending them
an email requesting their publication. To ensure that the postings will reach
our clients, we share it to our personal accounts and to other Facebook groups.
We also encourage our viewers to share them in their own accounts and groups as
well.
Visit the NLP's Book Cart Project for videos of Melai "Kuwentistang Librarian" Abad Ramirez telling stories and her colleagues conducting arts and crafts activities online.
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