2022 March 10

I serve as the Vice-Chair for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Libraries, Information and Knowledge. On Thursday 10 March 2022, the APPG released the following statement on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Libraries, Information and Knowledge (APPG LInK) wishes to express our deep concern over the impact of the current invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces on the safety and security of the Ukrainian people as well as the threat which this action poses to libraries, archives and the public record in Ukraine. We note the Statement of Solidarity with librarians and archivists in Ukraine, produced by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) with signatures from more than 800 leading national institutions including the British Library, the National Library, Wales and the National Library Scotland.