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IRRT SISTER LIBRARIES COMMITTEE


Statement of Role, Purpose, and Function

Promotes Sister Library relationships with libraries and librarians throughout the world. It develops guidelines and other activities, and helps libraries to connect with each other.

Web Site

Sister Libraries-WIKI


2008 ALA Annual Conference Program

How to Find an International Partner?

Description: The IRRT Sister Libraries Program helps link libraries around the world. Sister Libraries promote the exchange of information, cultural understanding, programs and resources where possible. Speakers from existing Sister Libraries, State Department American Corner Libraries, and Sister Cities discussed how their partnerships were formed and what made them successful. The Sister Libraries Wiki was demonstrated to show how to get a Sister Library for your library. 

Speakers: 
Nancy Bolt, Nancy Bolt & Associates, Overview
Holly Murten, Information Resource Officer, U.S. State Department, American Corners Project, “Finding an International Partner through American Corners”
Jozef Fabrici, American Corner at the State Scientific Public Library in Kosice, Slovakia, “The Reality of an American Corners Partnership”
Karen Jessee, Senior Librarian, Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, FL, “Finding an International Partner through the Sister Cities Program”
Patrick Sullivan, Business Librarian, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University, “Experiences of a Partner Library”
Meghan O’Connor, Fellow for International Initiatives, Simmons College, Boston, MA, “Finding an International Partner through the Sister Libraries Wiki”


Chair

Nancy Bolt (Co-Chair--2006 - 2008)
President
Nancy Bolt and Associates
9018 Ute Drive
Golden, CO 80403

Work: (303) 905-9347
Fax: ((303) 642-0932
E-mail: nancybolt@earthlink.net


Hector Marino (Co-Chair--2006 - 2008)
Coordinator of Computer and Technical Services
Des Plaines Public Library
1501 Ellinwood Street
Des Plaines, IL 60016

Work: (847) 376-2802
Fax: (847) 827-7974
E-mail: hectormarino@comcast.net


Members

Martin V. Burrows, Jr. (Member--2007 - 2009)


Denise M. Davis (Member--2006 - 2008)
Simmons College


Paraskeva Gueorguieva Dimova - Angelov (Member--2006 - 2008)
Brooklyn College Library - CUNY


Paul Lloyd Hover (Member--2007 - 2009)
Virginia Tech University


Carol Ritzen Kem (Member--2006 - 2008)
University of Florida


Pamela Ferrell Ortega (Member--2007 - 2009)
Eastern Illinois University


Mara R. Saule (Member--2006 - 2008)
University of Vermont


Christopher Shaffer (Member--2007 - 2009)
Troy University


Patrick M. Sullivan (Member--2006 - 2008)
San Diego State University


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