Selected Events in 2005

Ambassador and Mrs. Timken inaugurate an "America @ your library®" partnership with the Berlin Central and Regional Library

Berlin Central and Regional Library Director Dr. Claudia Lux, Ambassador Timken and Mrs. Timken cutting the ribbon

December 12, 2005.

Ambassador and Mrs. Timken inaugurated an "America@ your library^®" partnership between the Berlin Central and Regional Library and the Embassy at the Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek. "America@ your library^®" is a new initiative to develop existing and new partnerships between German public libraries and Embassy and Consulate Information Resource Centers. The initiative includes donations of information materials but also support of programs and workshops. The opening day program at the Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek included a reading/discussion by Mrs. Timken with a Berlin school class, workshops on exchange opportunities and a web chat between the participants of the American German Business Club Berlin's Business Plan competition and Berlin schools that are involved in National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship programs.

• Ambassador Timken's Remarks:
English | German

 

Berlin Central and Regional Library Director Dr. Claudia Lux, Ambassador Timken and Mrs. Timken cutting the ribbon.

Christine-Dorothea Sauer Director, Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek receives a certificate commemorating the opening of the the 'America @ Your Library' section from Ambassador Timken.

Mrs. Timken reading from "Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot" with Karen Groening from the Youth Library of the Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek

Students of the Cambridge International School participating in a chat

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