In honour of visiting Former President of American Library Association (ALA) Ms Emily Drabinski, BALID has organized a discussion and opinion exchange session on 11 December 2025 at its office. Welcoming Ms Emily, BALID Chairman Dr. Md. Moniruzzaman conducted the session while Secretary-General AKM Nurul Alam Apu presented a PowerPoint on the activities of BALID.
Emily who is also Associate Professor of City University of New York spoke on the transition of library services to digital age especially AI. Later she took part in Q/A session.
From BALID Dr. Hossam Haider Chowdhury, Prof Dr Mostafizur Rahman, Prof Dr SM Zabed Ahmad, Rezina Alam, Dr Md Anwarul Islam, Mahmuddun Nahar, Khondkar Asif Mahtab and Mubassir Ahsan took part in the open discussion.
