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3 March 2007 ? Saturday
Our visit to Oman was like going home again after a long absence. We were sooooo warmly greeted by Khalifa and Shamsa, who are the perfect hosts ? ?our house is your house.? Our first day was a wadi bash organized by Asya and Harith et al.… Read the rest
The week is nearing an end and I am preparing to leave Ifrane for Boston. I’ve written a report clarifying what I have done here at the library, and what I have learned myself. I feel that for me the experience has been extremely rewarding.… Read the rest
After 3 full weeks here I feel some things have been accomplished at the library. I’ve given 3 workshops to librarians, and the ones on databases seem to be particularly interesting to them. Their familiarity with the 22 databases is an area that they are interested in strengthening.… Read the rest
At the beginning of the 2nd week, I have made some plans for workshops: today I gave one on best practices for the Refererence Interview to 7 librarians. We decided to have a weekly librarian meeting, and future subjects will cover: searching databases; what are blogs?;… Read the rest
