Meet the USA
America@yourlibrary
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What's behind America@yourlibrary
America@yourlibrary is a partnership initiative between the U.S. Embassy and public libraries in Germany. It is based on the American Library Association’s @yourlibrary® campaign which showcases libraries as centers for learning, information and entertainment in their communities.
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Past Events
Hamburg Information Resource Center (IRC) Director Christiane Schaffer-Grunwald represented Mission Germany's programs and products at the 98th Annual Library Conference in Erfurt, Thuringia.
The Literaturhaus Rostock and the U.S. Consulate General Hamburg sponsored several readings by Holly-Jane Rahlens, an American writer who lives in Berlin.
The third screening of the "Hollywood Librarian" in the consular district took place at Leipzig's University of Applied Sciences.
In two articles, the March 2009 edition of the magazine for libraries (BIS-Bibliotheken in Sachsen) voiced its appreciation for Consul General Katherine Brucker's engagement with libraries throughout Saxony.
Consul General Katherine Brucker carried out a "Meet US" program at Leipzig municipal library, one of Consulate's America@Your Library partner.
• February 3-5, 2009 - U.S. Experts at International Bielefeld Conference
• January 23, 2009 - Herborn goes America: EducationUSA and Network of Media Centers at Johanneum Gymnasium
• January 16, 2009 - The USA in Glauchau
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Education USA
Upcoming EducationUSA Events:
• September 28, 2009 16:00 - Wege in die USA: Studium & Austausch Amerika Gedenkbibliothek (Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin)
• October 9, 2009 - Schule, Job, Praktikum oder Studium in den USA? (Frankfurt Public Library)
Professional Development
• "The Hollywood Librarian" Presentations
• November 7, 2008 - New Roles for Librarians in the 21st Century: Hollywood Librarians, New Librarians, Vanishing Librarians
• December 11, 2007 - Introducing Students Of Library Science To The American Way Of Managing Knowledge
• November 19, 2007 - Interkulturelle Kompetenz durch interkulturelle Bibliotheksarbeit (Bibliothek am Luisenbad, Berlin)
• November 5, 2007 - Barbie Keiser on the re-structuring of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency library network in Berlin
• Knowledge Management and Library Innovation/IRO Sheila Weir (Frankfurt, April 2007)
• Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Schlüssel zur interkulturellen Bildung/Jeff Garrett, Northwestern University Library (Schwerin, Cologne, September 2006)
• Impressions from U.S. Libraries/Ute Trampe, Wismar City Library (Wismar, April 24, 2006)
• Der "American Way of Library" - US-Bibliotheken als Treffpunkt, Servicecenter und Bildungsstätte/Irini Courzakis, Central and Regional Library Berlin (Published in Buch und Bibliothek, 58:2006)
• Cooperative Relationships Between Public Libraries and School Library Media Centers (Berlin, April 4, 2006)
• Teaching Information Literacy (Berlin, March 14, 2006)
• The Visible Librarian (Stuttgart/Berlin, October 17/18, 2005)
• Just Do It! American Initiatives @ Your Library. Programs for Teenagers and Young Adults at American Libraries. Ann Arbor Public Library/Josie Parker (Mannheim, July 2006)
• Public Libraries in the USA: Example - Ann Arbor Public Library/Josie Parker (Berlin, July 2006)
• Open Access zu wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen (Berlin, March 22, 2005)
• Cooperation and Partnership in American Libraries: Serving the Library Users of Today-and Tomorrow (Berlin, April 20, 2004)
Last updated: July 28, 2009



