Guten Tag von Berlin!
I just returned from a meeting with Frau Dr. Rothe and Herr Dr. van Capelleveen of the Main Library of the Free University (FU) of Berlin. We talked at length about the management of the library, intellectual freedom, classification, and more.… Read the rest
This is the final post from Thana, an Iraqi colleague who has shared in several training programs run by Simmons. She was recently in Chennai (formerly called Madras), India on a six-week training program. She writes:
I want to say thanks to the NITTTR for holding this training program and also thanks to our coordinator Dr.… Read the rest
We spent 2 days vacation, the 6th Saturday & 7th Sunday very busy between working hard to finish our projects and trying to finish shopping for family.
Also, while we feel this is the last week for us to be together, we spent a lot of time working in computer room and downloading our photos and exchanging them ?… Read the rest
Day 5, January 8th
Most of the GSLIS girls and boys were up early to head out by 8:15 on our first book mobile trip out to the campo (countryside). We had a tasty breakfast made and served by Roxana, the hotel?s… Read the rest
Day 4, Part 2
Gringobus!
On our way to SJDS, we stopped in Granada for a delish lunch and jaunt around the town. I lived life on the edge and tried two Nicaraguan specialities for lunch. I had the coyolito, a drink that is certainly ?muy… Read the rest
Day 4, January 7th
We spent the night in Managua again on our way south, which meant that we were able to get in a site visit to Tipitapa, a community on the outskirts of Managua and another Wisconsin-Nicaragua partner library.… Read the rest
