Two months of WBL Stories!

The BIBLIO WBL stories campaign has hit its second month!

To celebrate what has been shared so far, we would like to take you through our first eight interviews, given by trainees coming from Bulgaria, Italy, Greece and Latvia.

Week 1: Martina Yankova, Bulgaria 
Martina is a librarian working for Petko R. Slaveikov Regional Library. She chose the DIGY (Digital Transformation Facilitator) profile, to update the services in her library, exploiting the digital transformation process.

To see the full interview video, click here.

Week 2: Angela Scudier, Italy

Angela’s career as a librarian has just started, but her ideas are already clear. She chose to enrol in the BIBLIO CECO (Community Engagement and Communication Officer) course to “make the library an inclusive space, where the community can be engaged and challenged about its beliefs”.

To read the full interview, click here.

Week 3: Akrivi Athanasopoulou, Greece

Akrivi’s experience attending the CECO (Community Engagement and Communication Officer) course was very positive, thanks to the community they developed with other librarians and mentors.

To see the full interview video, click here.

Week 4: Laura Lubkina, Latvia

Laura works for the Madona District Library, she and her colleagues have the goal to create a digital empowerment centre, where every visitor would explore the unique possibilities given by modern technologies. Attending the DIGY (Digital Transformation Facilitator) training course, gave her the tools and confidence to implement those changes.

To read the full interview, click here.

Week 5: Ivan Blazhev, Bulgaria

Ivan also works for Petko R. Slaveikov Regional Library, and, as a system administrator, he chose the DIGY (Digital Transformation Facilitator) profile to improve his education and practical skills when it comes to digitalise his library.

To see the full interview video, click here.

Week 6: Micheleandrea Benedetto, ItalyMicheleandrea’s interview was particularly interesting due to his live demonstration of how to digitally archive a document.

To see his demonstration, click here.

Week 7: Angeliki Gianopoulou, Greece

Angeliki Gianopoulou attended the CECO (Community Engagement and Communication Officer) training course, because at University of Patras library they think that: “libraries are now and will become even more multidimensional in the future”.

To read the full interview, click here.

Week 8: Mārtiņš Lagzdons, Latvia

Mārtiņš enrolled in the CECO (Community Engagement and Communication Officer) training course, because when the Covid-19 pandemic started he wanted to find new ways of involving colleagues and general audience in interactive activities. Digitalisation also means resilience.

To see the full interview video, click here.

 

We have many stories already ready to be shared. To keep up with our journey, follow us on:

Facebook: DigitalBiblio

Twitter: digital_biblio

Youtube: Digital Biblio