Jerry Mathema is a School Library Media Specialist. He was a 2017 OCLC/IFLA Early Career development Fellow and was awarded the 2008 Ken Haycock Leadership Award. Jerry is currently the Regional Director for Africa and the Sub Sahara for the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL), President - Elect of the Zimbabwe Library Association 2018 - 2020 and an Executive Committee Member of Matabeleland Reading Awareness.
Jerry Mathema, an experienced school library media specialist in Zimbabwe, details the difficult and concerning impact of COVID-19 on the education community in his region.
