City of Joburg bags Public Library Innovation Award Joburg libraries were recognised for their contribution to providing remote digital library services during the lockdown. Picture: eifl.net/
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JOHANNESBURG - The City of Johannesburg has clinched the 2020 Public Library Innovation Award for its COVID-19 Facebook digital video series.
The prize, worth $1,500, was granted by an international non-profit organisation, Electronic Information for Libraries on Wednesday.
Joburg libraries were recognised for their contribution to providing remote digital library services during the lockdown.
The series featured reading development, the use of cellphone applications at home as well as access to online content for e-learning and for personal development.
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00:00 | Lima, Jan. 20. When their library went into lockdown, the Main Public Library of Lima which is part of the public libraries network run by the National Library of Peru (Biblioteca Nacional del Peru - BNP) was able to migrate some of their services online; for example, they organized virtual reading clubs and offered classes in subjects like mathematics, ICT, and e-literacy.
However, librarians were worried about the people who would be excluded from the library during lockdown as they did not have access to computers and the internet.
They needed a non-face-to-face, non-virtual solution and came up with the idea of a telephone reading service, which they called Aló BNP (Hello, BNP).
Photo: ANDINA/Diffusion
00:00 | Lima, Jan. 20. When their library went into lockdown, the Main Public Library of Lima which is part of the public libraries network run by the National Library of Peru (Biblioteca Nacional del Peru - BNP) was able to migrate some of their services online; for example, they organized virtual reading clubs and offered classes in subjects like mathematics, ICT, and e-literacy.
However, librarians were worried about the people who would be excluded from the library during lockdown as they did not have access to computers and the internet.
They needed a non-face-to-face, non-virtual solution and came up with the idea of a telephone reading service, which they called Aló BNP (Hello, BNP).