Exploring Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online

Protecting and Replenishing Collections

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A children's drawing thanking the Lemons for Learning nonprofit in Massachusetts, featuring three children above a drawing of the world, a book, and flowers, made at the Shandryholivska Village Library.

At the Shandryholivska Village Library, local residents brought their own books to replenish the library’s lost collection. They purchased new children’s educational books in part thanks to the help of the Lemons for Learning nonprofit in Massachusetts.

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A woman covers bookshelves to protect them from debris at the Scientific Library of O. M. Beketov Kharkiv, National University of Urban Economy. 

At the Scientific Library of O. M. Beketov Kharkiv National University of Urban Economy, librarians had to clean the premises of broken glass, move the valuable and rare literature to a safer place, and cover the books with film to protect from flooding.