Sister Libraries Chat
Date/Time: Friday, February 17 2023 at 11AM EST.
REGISTRATION LINK: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__Qd07MZtSLe3bozu6W6qUw
Description
Join librarians from around the world for an informal chat about Sister Libraries programming and partnerships. Participants will be able to share their own experiences, ask questions, and connect with other librarians.
Our chat will open in conversation with Olga Casey, Janet Lee, Deborah Margolis, Thorsten Meyer, and Jeffrey Rosenberg, and be moderated by Diana Price and Cornelia Thoma.
Speaker Bios:
Olga Casey was born and raised in Odesa. Since 2008, she has worked at the Troy University Library which has strong ties with the Central Ukrainian State University Library ( https://www.cuspu.edu.ua/en/), and has also been helping Donetsk National Medical University (https://www.dnmu.com.ua/). This past year, Troy Library started to maintain a friendship with the Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs (https://dnuvs.in.ua/about-us), which was evacuated from Mariupol to Kropyvnytsky in 2022.
Janet Lee, Dean Emerita, Regis University (Denver, CO), is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Ethiopia, and co-chair of the Denver Sister Cities/Axum (Ethiopia) committee.
Deborah J. Margolis is Middle East Studies Librarian at Michigan State University Libraries (MSUL). MSUL began its virtual "Global Librarian Exchange Program" in Spring 2021, and is continuing with a sister libraries virtual exchange in Spring 2023.
Thorsten Meyer is Library Director, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel.
Jeffrey Rosenberg, currently with the Miami-Dade Public Library System, has 17 years in library administration. Jeffrey loves international travel will visit every library in each city, time permitting, and occasionally has had the opportunity to go behind the scenes.
Moderators:
Diana Price is the Central Library Manager at Alexandria Library in Alexandria, Virginia and co-chair of the IRRT Sister Libraries Committee.
Cornelia Thoma is the Secondary School Librarian at the International School of Boston since August 2019.
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Gina de Alwis Jayasuriya, PhD
Co-chair, IRRT Webinar Committee & Independent Researcher, Singapore.
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