 Hello everyone, I'm Paola Corti from Spark Europe and I am the Open Education Community Manager of the European Network of Open Education Librarians. And I'm sharing the floor here with Mira Buisuk from Groningen University sitting close to me. And Tatiana Kolesnikova from Nipro University, Uzust University in Ukraine. Tatiana, the floor is yours. Hello, I am Tatiana Kolesnikova. I am the Director of the Antishek Library of the Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies, Uzust. I live in Nipro, Ukraine, and this is the landscape we were used to. It's been for hundred and six days since for the start. In the morning of February 24, 2022, mass rocket strikes in cities and villages changed the lives of each Ukrainian, the lives of the peoples of Europe and the world. The Russian Federation began a large-scale war with the aim of protecting the territory of Ukraine, destroying Ukrainians as a nation, our language, culture, science and the world. On the morning of February 24, 2022, massive missile attacks on cities and villages changed the lives of every Ukrainian, as well as the lives of people in Europe and around the world. The Russian Federation started a full-scale bloody war with the intention of seizing Ukrainian territory, destroying Ukrainians as a nation, our language, culture, science and education. The years of life in the conditions of a large-scale war of Russia against Ukraine led us to overcome fear, despair of the very first days and weeks thanks to family and friends, our glorious wars, and also thanks to work. When you do something for others, it gives you life and helps you move on. A year of living amidst Russia's horrific full-scale war against Ukraine proves that we have managed to overcome the fear, despair and confusion of those first days and weeks. We have done so thanks to our families and friends, our brave soldiers and our work. After all, when you do something for others, it gives meaning to life and helps you move forward. After a year of operation in the conditions of a bloody war, the Scientific Library of U.S.U.S. has gained some valuable experience in crisis library and information services. After a year of operation in the conditions of a bloody war, the scientific library of Osus has gained some valuable experience in crisis library and information services. We have already analyzed each area and decided which services should be temporarily put on hold and which ones should be focused on and expanded. Ukrainian libraries continue to support students, even working from the bottom of the own buildings or through the areas of inequality, using common computers and taking care of children of one another, not relying on air-tripping and everyday disconnecting of electricity and heating. Despite working remotely from their home basements or from points of invincibility, Ukrainian librarians continue to support students, teachers and researchers. They share computers and take care of each other's children, even during air raid alerts and daily power and heating cuts. Our work has also taken on new meanings. Librarians are passing the humanity test every day. They are actively engaged in volunteering, making camouflage nets for the armed forces of Ukraine, collecting food and forming food packages, helping the wounded in hospitals, donating blood and contributing their own funds to support the armed forces. However, our work extends beyond these efforts. Since 2009, we have developed a clear activity vector that is relevant during the university's transition to distance education and research in wartime. Providing information support through digital educational resources. The library of the Karyosost took philosophy and practice of openness even 15 years ago and explained the advantages of the university community by creating products and services. The availability is a key factor, a key question, but it includes not only access to academic resources. It continues to explore the problem and the need to quickly create high-quality material in our nation. Since Russia has continued to link the Ukrainian people, in the rapid creation of high-quality material of our nation's language. Since Russia has continued the language of the Ukrainians, that is, through the direct destruction of Ukrainian language, as is the basic sign of ethnos. The library of the U.S.U.S. has analyzed the foreign practices of giving language barriers, especially the practices of the NOEL. And we came to the conclusion that giving calls is not enough, for example, for modern Ukrainian speakers to be able to help the OER. And we did it. The war in Ukraine became a catalyst for the development of the OER in the U.S. And already in April 2022, the U.S.U.S.U.S. projectors gave green light to the OER community. The U.S.U.S. librarians analyzed foreign practices of overcoming language barriers, especially the practices shared by the European Network of Open Educational Librarians, the NOEL. OER can help and address and overcome the challenges of the lack of, for example, modern textbooks in Ukraine. And we did it. The war in Ukraine has become a catalyst for the development of OER at U.S.U.S.U.S. In April 2022, the rector and vice-rectors gave the green light to the OER community. And although the world is still officially unrecognized in the national documents, but we have certain positive changes. For example, the Novi Redaktion of the Law of the Country, the Novi Redaktion of the Law of the Country, from April 2022, completely legalized the license of the rights of the citizens of the country. In October, the national plan for the open science of Ukraine was approved, where the open science is called the OER. Although open education has not yet been formally adopted in Ukraine's national policies, positive changes are already underway. version of the law of Ukraine on copyright and related rights of December 2022 fully legalizes creative commons licenses. Additionally, the National Plan for Open Science of Ukraine approved in October 2022 recognizes OER as a component of open science. The National Plan for Open Science of Ukraine approved in October 2022 recognizes OER as a component of open science of Ukraine. The National Plan for Open Science of Ukraine approved in October 2022 recognizes OER as a component of open science of Ukraine. The National Plan for Open Science of Ukraine approved in October 2022 recognizes OER as a component of open science of Ukraine. With the support of the Ministry of Education and Science, the State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine hosted webinars in December 2022 in February 2023 was the Open Educational Research Search Engine, OER-C, represented by the Leibniz Information Center for Science and Technology and University Library. The Ussost and R Library were highlighted as examples of OER-C's cooperation with Ukrainian universities. Our tireless educators, in partnership with librarians, created six open textbooks which have been integrated into OER-C. These are the only open textbooks from Ukraine so far. Additionally, OER-C features four video lectures presented by IT professor Viktoriy Ahnatushchenko. The library of OER-C uses the tactics of small steps, a little bit, but constantly, because the connection of electricity, the connection of heating through the missile strikes of the Russian object, critical infrastructures, makes it impossible to speed up. Ussost librarians use the small steps tactics approach, trying to advance little by little, but constantly. This is also due to the blackouts of electricity, communications and heating caused by the Russian missile attacks on critical infrastructure, which makes it impossible to work at a fast pace. The specific steps of the library of Ossost, on the path of OER-C and OER-C, at the level of the university, have become webinars for students, lecturers, lecturers, and PhD students to create an information block of open-world resources on the library website. Our librarians also created an OER information block on the library's website. We also explored the technical possibilities for creating, curating and preserving open textbooks and using multimedia in them. Furthermore, we prepared for public discussion normative documents on the creation of open textbooks and open access methodological and teaching guides. Ussost librarians have also started a series of 10 video lectures titled Open Education and OER, the importance for Ukrainian higher education. Three of these lectures with accessible subtitles have already been created and published on YouTube. At the national level, we conducted an OER awareness session for the Ukrainian library associations on school for university librarians and a survey on the OER readiness of Ukrainian higher education libraries. We have also provided consultations, presented at conferences, and published articles and posters on the topic. Most of our activities and the international level are related to NOLs per Europe. This is not just the professional support from highly qualified experts who teach, answer questions, provide their suggestions, and offer possible solutions to the difficult questions. This is the sincere support of friends who care about us and our families. I feel their warmth even at a great distance through the monitor, because this is a very important part of our work. This is not just the professional support from highly qualified experts who teach, answer questions, provide their suggestions, and offer possible solutions to the difficult problems we are facing. This is the sincere support of friends who care about us and our families. I feel their warmth even at a great distance through the monitor, because this is humanity. We are proud to be a member organization of Spark Europe, and this is a great honor for us, but also a great responsibility. Together with Spark Europe, we have presented at conferences in different countries to share our libraries' first steps in the development of open education and OER. In October 2022, the USO Scientific Library won the Open Resilience Award from OE Global for the advocacy work of our librarians in advancing open education in Ukraine. During this year's Open Education Week, we participated in a live podcast from OE Global Voices. As a guest, I had the opportunity to share our lived experiences of OE Global. At the beginning of August, our project received grants from Creative Commons Open Education Platform for translation and localization of MOOCs using OER in teaching. This online course, with an open license, developed by the Polytechnic University of Milan, will be adapted to the needs of Ukrainian lecturers and professors of academic libraries. Our goal is to provide language barriers and provide fair and inclusive access to the world, to the world, and to the world. In early March, our project was granted funding from the CC Open Education Platform to translate and localize the MOOC using OER in teaching. This openly licensed online course, developed by the Polytechnic University of Milan, will be adapted to meet the needs of Ukrainian lecturers and professors of academic libraries. Our goal is to overcome language barriers and ensure equitable and inclusive access to education, especially in times of full-scale work. At the beginning of August, our project received funding from the Polytechnic University of Milan, to the world, and to the world. At the beginning of August, our project received funding from the Polytechnic University of Milan, to the world, and to the world. At the beginning of August, our project received funding from the Polytechnic University of Milan, to the world, and to the world. At the beginning of August, our project received funding from the Polytechnic University of Milan, to the world, and to the world. Many people with disabilities, who suffered from the Russian aggression, want to receive higher education or qualify, but physically they cannot. They are not ready to go to the university. And the library itself should be ready to support inclusion with its resources and services. And in conclusion, our efforts to promote open education and OER are grounded in the principles of inclusion, equal rights and opportunities to obtain knowledge and education without barriers for individuals of any nationality, gender, age, region of residence, financial situation and physical ability. We understand, and we can already see this from the enrollment figures, that after the war ends, hundreds of individuals with disabilities who were impacted by the Russian aggression will seek to pursue higher education or retrain. But they might not be physically able to attend the university. And it is the library that has an essential role to play in supporting inclusiveness with its resources and services. This is Social Justice. For Ukrainians, time is measured in more than just days and hours. It's measured in the human life's loss to conflict and violence. We also strive for inclusivity for the sake of our students, including those with disabilities such as Katya and Olexii, who have been unable to speak OER since childhood. Last year, they graduated from our university and gave birth to a healthy boy. The young couple dreamed of returning to their home university this year and getting another qualification. Unfortunately, on January 14th, 2023, a Russian missile killed Olexii and their young son, Mykita. Katya survived the attack but was trapped under the rubble of their house for over 20 hours in the freezing cold. Due to her hearing impairment, she could not hear when the rescuers announced a minute of silence and was unable to call for help at that time. The library utilizes every opportunity to promote openness, increasing qualification for mutual education, taking part in international networks, adapting to existing and creating new OERs. We are building bridges between the present and the future. And once the war is over, the Ukrainian library will accept the expansion of the possibility of teaching thanks to new professional skills and external cooperation. Librarians use every opportunity to promote openness and inclusivity, and we do so by improving our skills through peer-to-peer learning, participating in international networks, adapting existing and creating new OERs. Essentially, we are building bridges between the present and the future. As soon as the war is over, Ukrainian librarians can contribute to expanding teaching and learning opportunities for new professional skills and international cooperation. And we thank all the people, the organization, the country, all those on the side of the light, for the invaluable support of the Ukrainian people. Thank you. Glory to Ukraine! We would like to ask the audience if they have any questions or if they would like to comment on them. Thank you very much for joining us in knowing more about the advancement of the work and what is doable to support Tatiana's and her colleagues. Thank you.