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News: Off-island, En-route, In-between

9.29.16 –  Off-island, En-route, In-between…

I am sitting in the Paris airport watching all the people flow around me…transitioning from one world to another. Leaving the intense, sublime, problematical, heartfelt world of Algeria and returning to the fast-paced, familiar, autumn-colored world of America.

I love this part of traveling because it is in the moment living…however the point of this…

Program: International Librarianship Recorded Webinar

9.10.16 – here is a recording of a webinar about international librarianship which may be of interest.  The link was shared by fellow international librarian, Ray Pun. (FYI: ACRL DG stands for Association of College & Research Libraries Discussion Group) Here is the recorded webinar (below) on Fresno State’s Library Diversity Committee and Services to International Communities on Campus:

Meeti…

Job: Associate Documents and Records Management Officer

6.25.16 – Associate Documents and Records Management Officer Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Warsaw, Poland

Sarah P’s comments:  Note the following…

Vacancies in the OSCE are open for competition only amongst nationals of participating States, please see http://www.osce.org/states.

The OSCE is a non-career…

News: Survey Opportunity…

5.15.16 – International Librarianship Survey Opportunity…

  Hello fellow librarians,

You are invited to participate in a short online survey (10 multiple choice questions) on “International Librarianship at Home and Abroad.”  You are under absolutely no obligation to participate.  Should you choose to participate, however, you would be helping the library profession better understand how…

5.7.16 – Leaning International: Stories from the Field-IRRT International Connections ALA Conference 2016, Orlando, FL, USA

Sarah P’s comments:  Last year I was asked to be a panelist for a similar program however I was traveling.  I heard that so popular that they decided to offer it again this year in Orlando.  Again, I was asked but due to work commitments couldn’t commit to going until…

4.15.16 –  Director of Development Lubuto Library Partners, Washington, DC, USA

Sarah P’s comments:  This is a USA position however as it working with a non-profit organization whose aim is to develop and support libraries in Africa, I imagine it will include some travel to Africa. For those with grant-writing experience it could be a foot in the door of the NGO world.

  About Lubuto Library…

News: Article about Libraries in Afghanistan

4.6.16 – To Feed Hungry Minds, Afghans Seed a Ravaged Land With Books by Mujib Mashalmarch, 3/30/16, Panjwai Journal/New York Times

PANJWAI, Afghanistan — At first glance, it is not much of a library: two shelves of about 1,600 books and magazines in a basement room deep into a dusty alley of adobe homes in rural Panjwai District, in southern Afghanistan. The mattresses and blankets stacked in…

Internship: NATO Internship Programme

3.11.16 – NATO Internship Programme North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels, Belgium

Dear candidates,

Have you studied Information Technology, Web or Graphic design, Library Sciences or Translation?

NATO needs your skills !

There are two types of Internship opportunities at the Alliance: the NATO-Funded and the GRANT-funded Internship Programme.

The NATO-funded Internship Programme gives…