ACRL International Perspectives on Academic and Research Libraries Discussion Group

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Charge: The International Perspectives on Academic and Research Libraries Discussion Group serves to promote awareness and discussion of the international, transnational, and global dimensions of issues critical to the future of academic and research libraries, to promote comparative study of academic library trends, issues, and operations, and to promote collaboration between academic and research librarians on issues benefiting from an international perspective.


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Webinar: A Librarian in Galapagos: Experiences from an Outpost in the Southern Seas

  • 1.  Webinar: A Librarian in Galapagos: Experiences from an Outpost in the Southern Seas

    Posted Feb 19, 2019 09:40 AM
    Edited by Raymond Pun Feb 19, 2019 11:33 PM
    Webinar Title: A Librarian in Galapagos: Experiences from an Outpost in the Southern Seas
     
    Date: 3/22/2019, Friday at 9 am PT / 11 pm CT / 12 pm ET
     
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    Recorded Webinar Link: TBA

    Summary:  The ACRL International Perspectives DG Webinar invites Librarian Edgardo Civallero to speak about his experiences working as the coordinator of the library of the Charles Darwin Foundations' Research Station at the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador).
     
    Speaker: Edgardo Civallero is an Argentinean LIS professional currently working as the library coordinator of the Charles Darwin Research Station at the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) - the biggest and oldest, and one of the few active libraries in the archipelago. Edgardo has previous training in Sea Sciences and History, and a 20-year experience as a librarian in Latin America working with public and popular libraries, developing libraries in indigenous and rural communities, and collecting oral tradition and endangered sounds. He is a blogger on LIS, and a committed advocate of critical and social librarianship, open access, and social justice.
     
    Thanks,
    Ray Pun
    Convener of ACRL International Perspectives 2018-2019


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    Raymond Pun
    Instruction and Research Librarian
    Alder Graduate School of Education
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