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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
UAE Group – thanks for another great year! (photo from Harvey Varnet, 7/19/06)
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(photo from Harvey Varnet, 7/19/06)
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Harvey’s favorite painted camel. “It is painted as a bee ? gotta love it!” (photo from Harvey Varnet, 7/19/06)
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