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The mission of the International Relations Round Table is to promote interest in library issues and librarianship worldwide; to help coordinate international activities within ALA, serving as a liaison between the International Relations Committee and those members of the Association interested in international relations; to develop programs and activities which further the international objectives of ALA; and to provide hospitality and information to visitors from abroad.



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REMINDER / Minitalk tomorrow Sat Oct 15 11:30 am: Karen Tyrell, Librarian at The University of the West Indies, Mona on "How libraries are adapting to challenging times: A Jamaican perspective"

  • 1.  REMINDER / Minitalk tomorrow Sat Oct 15 11:30 am: Karen Tyrell, Librarian at The University of the West Indies, Mona on "How libraries are adapting to challenging times: A Jamaican perspective"

    Posted Oct 14, 2022 10:03 PM
    This week our theme of Libraries and Crisis leads us to hear about
    current library work in Jamaica from a creative science-and-technology reference librarian.  Join us and tell others!* Saturday, October 15, 11:30-Noon US Central Time* Karen Tyrell, Librarian, The University of the West Indies, Mona, on "How libraries are adapting to challenging times: A Jamaican perspective"
    * Check your time zone at http://worldtimeserver.com
    To attend your first minitalk, register (it's free). The link you get will work all fall semester:http://go.illinois.edu/minitalksTo see our past and future events:http://publish.illinois.edu/minitalksThis semester we feature three Mortenson Center Associates in the Minitalks series:
    Saturday, September 17, 2022, 11:30-noon U.S. Central Daylight Time
    Vuyokazi Jamieson, Head librarian at St Andrew's College, Makhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa, "Elevating the literacy levels of South African Youth"   video  |  slides  |  Project 21

    Saturday, October 1, 2022, 11:30-noon U.S. Central Daylight TimeAhmad Ali Shah, University Librarian, University of Central Asia (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), on "Burushaski dialect: Its future and the role of libraries to preserve it"  video  |  slides  |  part of his language preservation project

    Saturday, October 15, 2022, 11:30-noon U.S. Central Daylight TimeKaren Tyrell, Librarian, The University of the West Indies, Mona, on "How libraries are adapting to challenging times: A Jamaican Perspectiv

    Now in our eighth semester, the Libraries, Literatures, and Literacies Minitalks are hosted at the Illinois School of Information Sciences in partnership with the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs.  All interested parties are warmly encouraged to attend!


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    Clara Chu
    Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor
    Mortenson Center, UIUC Library
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