As libraries around the world navigate the evolving digital landscape, the Libraries Boosting Connectivity (LBC) Project is working to gather crucial data on geolocation, connectivity, and the broader digital challenges and opportunities libraries face today.

To ensure the success of this initiative, we are proud to introduce our dedicated regional coordinators, who will play a key role in engaging libraries, collecting insights, and guiding the project’s implementation across diverse contexts.

Each of our coordinators brings unique expertise and a deep understanding of their region’s digital library landscape. Their work will help shape a more comprehensive picture of how libraries are adapting to digital challenges and connectivity issues, ultimately informing strategies to better support library services worldwide.

Below, we introduce our regional coordinators and their contributions to the LBC Project.

Alim Garga

President of Cameroon Association of Librarians, Documentalists, and Museographers (ABADCAM)
Working at the National Assembly of Cameroon as Director of Library. Currently SC member of IFLA/MLAS, BSLA coordinator for French Speaking Countries in AFRICA, AFLIA representative in Central Africa.

Central Africa regional coordinator gathering data in Cameroon and working with local libraries.

 

Damilare Oyedele

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Library Aid Africa
Librarypreneur with a decade of experience in the library ecosystem in Africa and the global library field. 

Africa west, southwest, east and south central regional coordinator. Working in Nigeria, Namibia, Kenya and Zambia.

Over the years, he has been actively engaged in implementing various programs to improve library usage, strengthen advocacy for libraries, improve  the capacity of young library professionals, and build multi-stakeholder partnerships and collaborations.

Farah Sbeity

Academic and Library Consultant
PhD in Media and Communication Sciences from the Higher Institute of Doctorate / Lebanese University. Master in Information and Library Sciences. President of the Information and Knowledge Management Committee at the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information (AFLI).

MENA Regional Coordinator – Libraries Boosting Connectivity Project with IFLA in the Middle East region, focusing on including libraries in the World Map Project in Lebanon and Iraq.

 

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