Library Resilience as a fundamental tool in the face of crises

Abstract

Resilience is still a concept under construction and it sees its beginnings with the works of Emmy Werner and supported with contributions such as Edith Grotberg with her words of power or the 7c’s of Horne and Orr. An inclusive concept of resilience in action is proposed, since resignation or adaptation without action does not represent the essence of what resilience is; thus, the three moments of resilience in action are approached from the perspective of individual strengthening, but also transferred to the library field, remembering that currently organizations around the world include organizational resilience models in their administration. This paper provides an overview of how the biology of our body is experiencing pandemic adversities and how we are also designed to transcend the moment of crisis. A specific model is proposed, in this essay, to be applied to libraries, which we have called mar-b (Library Resilient Action Model), explaining the benefits of its implementation and highlighting the elements that make up its main characteristic, which is the resilient care. It concludes by pointing out the prevailing moment to address the uncertainty that the pandemic has generated in order to achieve a resilient significance.