America@yourlibrary
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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 98th 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 30, 2004)
Last updated: July 28, 2009