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IRRT's 60th Anniversary Endowment Campaign

Celebrating 60 Years of Service

Over the years the International Relations Round Table has provided opportunity for countless numbers of librarians to participate in global advancement of the profession. Round Table programs and receptions have been highlights of the association’s annual meetings. ALA membership at large has benefited from contact at conferences with colleagues from every corner of the world. Many international librarians’ first encounter with American library practice has been through the work of IRRT. Over the sixty years of its existence IRRT has fostered opportunities for U.S. librarians to visit libraries in other countries and to work overseas in exchange and other programs. It has facilitated the donation of books to needy institutions abroad and provided professional expertise to libraries on every continent. To maintain and expand these important activities resources from an ongoing fund are essential.


Endowment Campaign Donations

2009 marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the American Library Association's International Relations Round Table (IRRT). To celebrate the richness of relationships developed over the years between U.S. librarians and their colleagues abroad, and to provide a foundation for continued contribution by the Round Table to ALA's important role in international librarianship, the IRRT leadership is embarking on a Sixty campaign to create an IRRT endowment.

In keeping with the campaign theme, we suggest a donation of $60, $600, or whatever amount you feel would be appropriate.

Make your tax deductible donation in either of the following ways:

  • Credit card: Please visit the ALA Development Office page (1. click on the GIVEALA logo, 2. Enter your ALA Login number and password or create a new record, 3. Go to "ALA Round Tables", 4. Scroll down to International Relations Round Table-60th Anniversary Endowment Campaign, 5. Enter amount you wish to donate, 6. If finished, click the 'Checkout' box, 7. Review your transaction, 8. Click on "Add to basket", 9. Click on "Proceed with Checkout", 10. Enter your credit card information, 11. Click on 'Complete Order')
  • Send a contribution by mail, using the printable mail-in form (PDF). Complete form to the attention of Delin Guerra at ALA's International Relations Office, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 6011-2795, USA
LIST OF DONORS - Thank you to everyone who has contributed to IRRT's Endowment Campaign.

IRRT Chairs 1949-2010

Thank you to all the Past, Present, and Future IRRT Chairs! (Word document)


IRRT 60th Anniversary Committee

Jordan M. Scepanski (IRRT Chair 1990-1991)
H. Lea Wells (IRRT Chair 2001-2002)
IRRT Sixty for Sixty Campaign Coordinating Committee Co-Chairs


IRRT Emerging Leaders

Thank to the The Emerging Leaders team for producing a commemorative program booklet for the 60th anniversary of the International Relations Round Table. Booklet will be available during the ALA Annual Conference and online (after conference).

2009 IRRT EMERGING LEADERS

  • Rachael DiEleuterio, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
  • Nadejda Iotova, Orange County Public Library, Garden Grove, California
  • Zola Maddison, WebJunction.org, Seattle, Washington
  • Sara Quinn Thompson, Mortenson Center, Urbana, Illinois
  • Joan Weeks, Library of Congress, Washington, DC (IRRT Mentor)