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America@yourlibrary

American Art & Culture in German Libraries | Education USA | Professional Development

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

• June 4, 2009 - America@Your Library and "Meet Us" Presented at Library Conference
Hamburg Information Resource Center (IRC) Director Christiane Schaffer-Grunwald represented Mission Germany's programs and products at the 98^th Annual Library Conference in Erfurt, Thuringia.

• May 11-13, 2009 - U.S. Author Holly-Jane Rahlens Teleports 200 Students in Mecklenburg-Westpomerania Back to the Sixties
The Literaturhaus Rostock and the U.S. Consulate General Hamburg sponsored several readings by Holly-Jane Rahlens, an American writer who lives in Berlin.  

• April 16, 2009 - Leipzig Librarians Meet "The Hollywood Librarian"
The third screening of the "Hollywood Librarian" in the consular district took place at Leipzig's University of Applied Sciences.



• March 3, 2009 - Consul General Visits Libraries in Saxony
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.

• February 5, 2009 - Leipzig Celebrates Black History Month
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

 

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• The Hollywood Librarian - A Look At Librarians Through Film  • Article from "BIS – Das Magazin der Bibliotheken in Sachsen, Nr. 1 / März 2008" (in German) (pdf)