Sports Libraries and Librarianship at Qatar National Library

Events Details

In this lecture, Zakaria Al Hagar, a senior librarian at Lusail University, will discuss the interrelationship between libraries, society, and sports, and the importance of sports libraries.

This lecture will discuss the following:

• Global and local sports libraries like Singapore Sports Library, Olympic Academy Library - Qatar, and Olympic and Sports Museum Library - Qatar
• How do I practice sports activities in a library that is not specialized in sports, like school libraries and public libraries?
• FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: An opportunity to engage in community programs that advocate sports
• Models of activities: The exhibition of children's sports items
• Lending sports materials such as chess, carrom, and electronic games
• Encouraging the reading of sports books within reading clubs
• Questions and discussion

Date and Timings:

• 16 August 2022, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm

Language: In Arabic, with simultaneous interpretation provided in English
Target audience: Public

Seats are limited, please click HERE to register!

Note:

• If you are 18 years old or above, you must show a green Ehteraz with a gold frame to attend an event at the Library. Alternatively, the Ehteraz app can show that you have recovered from COVID, or you can present a valid rapid antigen test (done within 48 hours) from a private clinic.
• If you are 12 -17 years old, you need to have a green Ehteraz with a gold frame, or Ehteraz can show you have recovered from COVID. Alternatively, you may present a rapid antigen home test form.

Source and image credit: Qatar National Library