Our world has changed radically over the past few years. As a result, preparedness has become a prominent topic of discussion among both the public and policymakers. Potential threats can take many different forms, including power and data communication disruptions, cyber threats, threats related to the natural environment and climate and hybrid interference.
In Finland, municipalities are required to develop contingency plans to ensure that essential services and functions can continue as effectively as possible even during emergencies and exceptional circumstances. Public libraries are a statutory municipal service in Finland and are expected to remain operational also during crises and exceptional situations. Therefore, the role of libraries must be recognized and integrated into municipal contingency planning.
This event will examine preparedness from different perspectives and from across Europe. What does preparedness mean for the public and for public libraries? How does preparedness take shape in libraries under different circumstances and what examples and experiences already exist within the library sector?
Programme
Moderator Päivi Jokitalo
| 9.00-9.05 | Welcome words, Anu Ojaranta, Finnish Supervisory Agency |
| 9.05-9.35 | When crisis becomes everyday life: What can we learn from Ukrainians? Journalist and writer Maxim Fedorov, Finnish Broadcasting Company |
| 9.35-10.05 | Libraries and the Cognitive Resilience of Society. Senior Researcher Miina Kaarkoski, Finnish Defence Research Agency |
| 10.05-10.15 | BREAK |
| 10.15-10.45 | Spanish libraries and climate change. Paula Menéndez, Head of the Administrative-Economic Affairs Department, Ministry of Culture and Ignacio Castillo, Deputy Director General for Library Coordination, Ministry of Culture, Spain |
| 10.45-11.15 | Crisis preparedness for libraries based on the experience of Ukrainian libraries. Scientific Secretary Svitlana Kovalchuk, Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine |
| 11.15-12.30 | LUNCH |
| 12.30-13.00 | Swedish libraries in times of crises. A presentation on how Swedish public libraries are preparing for the worst. Desk Officer Eleonor Grenholm, National library of Sweden |
| 13.00-13.35 | Libraries as Information Points in Times of Crises. Emma Lang-Åberg, Department Manager, Shared Resources department, Public Library of Lund, Sweden |
| 13.35-13.50 | BREAK |
| 13.50-14.15 | Civil Protection and what the public libraries can do. Stine-Marie Schmedling, Manager of department for democracy and freedom of speech, Tønsberg and Færder Library, Norway. |
| 14.15-14.40 | Building Resilience in Municipal Libraries – The Finnish Preparedness Planning Model. Ari Korhonen, Development Manager, The Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities. |
| 14.40-14.50 | Baby Steps Towards Libraries' Role in Comprehensive Security. Mika Mustikkamäki, Head of Group (Libraries), Finnish Supervisory Agency. |
| 14.50-15.00 | Summary. Päivi Jokitalo, Moderator |
Further Information
The participation link will be sent in the registration confirmation and in a reminder message before the event.
The event is free of charge.
Programme details will be updated as they become available, and changes to the programme may occur.
The presentations will be recorded.
Information about the event:
Senior officer Anu Ojaranta, anu.ojaranta@lvv.fi, +358 295 255061
Senior officer Lena Sundström, lena.sundstrom@lvv.fi, +358 295 255 581.