Congratulations to the 2025 Mortenson Center Graduates! The Mortenson Center celebrates the remarkable achievements of our 2025 Mortenson Center Associates. Their dedication, hard work, and passion for their libraries and the library and information science field have been truly inspiring. As they move forward in their careers, we are confident that they will continue to […]
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Mid Term Post Program Review – January 15, 2025
The 2024 Mortenson Center Associates had a mid-term post program review meeting on Zoom with the Mortenson Center Team. The associates each had a chance to share their PDP (Professional Development Plans) from the program and provided an update on the implementation, including challenges and opportunities they had encountered in implementing the projects. Some of […]
Congratulations 2024 Mortenson Center Graduates!
Congratulations to the 2024 Mortenson Center Graduates! The Mortenson Center celebrates the remarkable achievements of our 2024 Mortenson Center Associates. Their dedication, hard work, and passion for their libraries and the library and information science field have been truly inspiring. As they move forward in their careers, we are confident that they will continue […]
Showcase and Graduation
You are invited to the 2024 Mortenson Center Associates Showcase and Graduation. This year the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs welcomed 12 librarians from 11 countries in its Associates Program (June 3-26, 2024), who will be presenting on the theme “New Roles and Impact in Libraries Around the Globe” The showcase will be followed […]
Mid Term Post Program Review – December 13, 2023
The 2023 Mortenson Center Associates had a mid-term post program review meeting on Zoom with the Mortenson Center Team. The associates each had a chance to share the PDP (Professional Development Plans) from the program and provided an update on their implementation, including challenges and opportunities they had encountered in implementing the projects. Some of […]
Congratulations to the 2023 Associates
Congratulations to our 2023 Associates! Thank you all for participating and supporting the program as we learn to collaborate, develop meaningful connections and services, and employ new technologies in library spaces. We are hopeful that our Associates as leaders in libraries will pave ways for innovation and advancement. They all have demonstrated the foundational professional […]
Congratulations to the 2022 Associates!
It is a pleasure to welcome and introduce the 2022 Mortenson Associates from 8 countries: Ghana, Japan, Kuwait, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, and South Africa. The theme of the 2022 Associates Program, A Professional Development Program for Library Leaders and Innovators, is “Smart and Smarter: Leadership and Innovation in Libraries.” We appreciated the […]
Amazing NYT op-ed on book censorship by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the 27th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecturer (2017)
Amazing NYT op-ed on book censorship by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the 27th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecturer (2017) My Young Mind Was Disturbed by a Book. It Changed My Life. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/opinion/culture/book-banning-viet-thanh-nguyen.html Jan. 29, 2022 by Viet Thanh Nguyen When I was 12 or 13 years old, I was not prepared for the racism, the brutality or […]