Below are some of the efforts and initiatives undertaken by ECC members in the past month to express solidarity with Ukraine and to provide their communities with information and ways to help during the crisis.
Harvard: Librarians, staff, and faculty have produced several online guides outlining Ukrainian history and culture, the country’s relationship with Russia, and resources for charitable donations. Of particular note are two guides created by the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute: Russia's War on Ukraine and Resources on Ukraine: Credible News, Journalism, Places to Donate, and Reading/Viewing Recommendations, and Russia-Ukraine War: Insights and Analysis portal by the Harvard Kennedy School offering analysis of the conflict by international relations experts.
Library of Congress: Staff at the Library of Congress are actively maintaining their web archive of government ministry websites from the region. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has issued a statement of support for Ukraine’s libraries and librarians, and staff have compiled a resource guide on the LC blog. The Congressional Research Service is posting regular reports about the war as it develops.
University of Toronto: Ksenya Kiebuzinski has been helping to lead and organize numerous related events, including a semiweekly event series for the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine a podcast episode highlighting the Fisher Library’s Ukrainian collections, and a Wikipedia edit-a-thon. She has also recently published an article on cultural heritage preservation efforts. Additionally, an assistant at the UofT Music Library has written a blog post on Ukrainian music resources available there.
NYPL: Bogdan Horbal has compiled and shared a list of recommended reading for understanding the history of Ukraine on the NYPL blog.
Princeton: Thomas Keenan created a research guide outlining the history of Ukraine and recommended resources for news and broader context on the region.
UNC Chapel Hill: Kirill Tolpygo had been cataloging born-digital gray literature from Ukrainian LGBTQI+ organizations and making sure it has been web-archived.
Duke University: Erik Zitser published a blog post on Resources about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and also helped to organize and lead a prayer vigil for Ukraine at Duke Chapel.