PROTOCOL OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ALA) AND
ASCUBI (La Asociación Cubana de Bibliotecarios)
The American Library Association International Relations Committee and the Executive Board of ASCUBI (La Asociación Cubana de Bibliotecarios) agree to the following plan for cooperation between the associations.
1. Exchange of professional information
a) The participants agree to exchange (paper and electronic) professional journals.
b) The participants agree to promote and facilitate professional exchanges for their members to visit each other's countries.
c) The participants agree to publish articles about the other's libraries and librarians in their professional journals.
d) The participants agree to assist in securing the right to translate and distribute professional materials in the other's language.
2. Continuing professional education
a) The participants agree to seek funding to hold a joint conference on library education in cooperation with ALISE, possibly as soon as 2002.
b) The participants agree to seek funding to hold a joint conference on public libraries in cooperation with PLA as soon as possible.
c) The participants agree to explore future educational programs for technology, preservation, children's services, and library buildings in cooperation with IFLA.
3. Exchange/gift of publications
a) The participants agree to identify more ways, beyond the few scholarly programs already in place, to exchange and donate publications on all topics for all ages in English and Spanish.
b) The participants agree to promote the exchange of publications by libraries.
4. Exhibits
a) The participants agree to share information about each association at the other's annual meeting through exhibits, poster sessions and programs
b) The participants agree to share exhibits for use in each other's libraries.
Adopted by the ALA International Relations Committee, June 19, 2001 Adopted by the Executive Committee of ASCUBI, July 20, 2001
Signed at the 67th IFLA Council and General Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, August 24, 2001
John W. Berry, President, The American Library Association
Marta Terry Gonzalez, President, ASCUBI (La Asociación Cubana de Bibliotecarios)
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