IRRT International Connections Committee
Statement of Role, Purpose, and Function
To collect information about library professionals and libraries worldwide seeking to establish study visits and exchange programs; to disseminate information to librarians about opportunities to enrich and broaden their career experience and the library profession by developing intercultural perspectives; to share educational and cultural interests, achievements, and developments in libraries and thus assist in the development of the profession and of friendly and peaceful relations with countries throughout the world.
Documents
2010 ALA Annual Conference Activities
Building Bridges to Establish International Partnerships: The Nuts and Bolts.
Co-Sponsored by ALA IRRT International Connections Committee & ALA IRRT International Sister Libraries Committee.
Description: Have you ever dreamed of starting an international library partnership to exchange knowledge and staff? Where do you start? Join your American and international colleagues as they present blueprints for cooperative ventures involving exchange and sister library relationships. Successful participants will discuss the first steps to begin the process and garner support. Attendees will also have time for networking to perhaps spark a new international connection.
Speakers:
Richard Blake, Librarian, Waynesburg University
Sandy Chen, Assistant Professor, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Henry Mendelsohn, Regional Information Resource Officer, U.S. Embassy, Cairo
Dr. Maurice A. Mikhail, Consultant to Mubarak Public Libraries, Egypt
Moderators:
Robin Kear, Reference/Instruction Librarian, University of Pittsburgh
Chris Shaffer, Director of Library Services, Dothan Campus Library, Troy University
Chair
Wing Kau Mak (Chair, 2011 - 2013)
Metadata & Catalog Librarian
Michigan State University
100 Library
East Lansing, MI 48824-1048
Work: (517) 884-0822
Fax: (517) 353-8969
E-mail: makw[@]msu.edu
Members
Hermina G.B. Anghelescu (Virtual Member 2011-2013)
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Jennifer Cromer (Virtural Member 2011-2013)
Lewis and Clark State College Library, Lewiston, ID
Karen Ann Holt Member 2011-2013
University of Texas LIbraries, Austin, TX
Prof. Peter Johan Lor (Member, 2012-2014)
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Bertie MacLennan (Member, 2011 - 2013)
University of Vermont Bailey-Howe Library, Burlington, VT
Claudia Morner, PhD (Virtual Member 2011-2013)
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Florence Mugambi (Member, 2011 - 2013)
Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN
Melynda Ozan (Member, 2011 - 2013)
Student, University of North Carolina SLIS, Greensboro, NC
Thomas Wick (Member, 2012 - 2014)
Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO
Committee Roster (Full contact information requires log in).
Jennifer Cromer (Virtural Member 2011-2013)
Lewis and Clark State College Library, Lewiston, ID
