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Hello everyone – Abdul Latif Khairy has sent along another blog entry, and again I have done some very minor editing (as asked to do by him) and posted it here. I hope you enjoy it – it is an indication of the type of professional he is that he is already trying to implement and teach the new material he learned in the UAE.… Read the rest
Hello everyone – this is Harvey Varnet from Kuwait, forwarding along another blog from Abdul Latif. I did some very minor editing, as he asked me to do – corrected group names, etc. I do not try to rewrite his use of the language, as I feel he can communicate his thoughts and feelings quite well without my undue assistance.… Read the rest
Dear Colleagues – I had asked Abdul Latif Khairy if he would blog again this year, and his first entry appears below. Abdul Latif is a very bright, hard-working and caring librarian and LIS faculty member. His English is excellent, though as you’ll see below he speaks better than he writes (though he makes his points very well).… Read the rest
This blog was written by Dr. Sidney Berger, professor at Simmons College and husband of GSLIS Dean Michele Cloonan. (Harvey Varnet putting it up on the blog.)
An outsider’s view of the UAE experience
I was not on the official teaching team for the project to train Iraqi
librarians and library educators, but I did give a 2-hour lecture in
the Preservation class on paper, so I feel like an ex officio participant.… Read the rest
Hello colleagues and friends ? as this long-ish note is being sent to the blog site at Simmons College, the group is in its final session on Wednesday morning. Pat Oyler is running a ?debriefing session? on what people learned form the visits to the various libraries the past two days.… Read the rest
Work, work, work?
Well, we started the second week of the training program yesterday. Everyone got right to task, and it appears the classes are going very, very well.
One thing that is certain is the deep and intense interest of the Iraqis in the courses and the materials.… Read the rest