Qatari participants in the IFLA Advocacy Programs (IAP)participants organized a presentation about the IAP during the Second Association Forum for Library Professionals in Qatar. The Forum was organized by the Library and Information Association (LIA-Q) and sponsored by Katara Cultural Village.
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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 […]
2024 – 2025 Season’s Greetings
Season’s Greetings from the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs! May the current International Day of Peace theme “Cultivating a Culture of Peace” guide your library and information practice in 2025.
34th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture- September 19 3:30pm
34th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture | 19 Sept 2024 [row] [column number=”12″] [pane color=”blue”] “Reading as Belonging: Implications for Library and Information Practice,” by Nadia Caidi, Professor and Director of International Student Experience, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto [endpane] [pane] Thursday, 19 September 2024 | 3:30-5:00 pm CT Lecture :: 5:00-5:45 pm CT Reception […]
Meet Your Neighbors: A Human Library Event- September 14, 2024
Internationalization @ Home! The Mortenson Center, in collaboration with the New American Welcome Center, The Urbana Free Library and Illinois International- Global Relations will have a Human Library Event as part of the events featured during 2024 National Welcoming week. The event will feature immigrants and international students living in Champaign-Urbana as human books. Each […]
SILL Training Workshop offered by Bibliotheca Alexandrina at AlMaadi Public Library, Cairo, Egypt
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt provided a second SILL (Strengthening Innovative Library Leaders) workshop on August 21-22 at AlMaadi Public Library, Cairo, Egypt. The training was offered in person, and in both Arabic and English. Thank you Samia Abouhany, Sara Elgabalawy and Heba Eldeek for facilitating the workshop.
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 […]
2024 SCECSAL Conference, Mombasa, Kenya
Our director Prof. Clara Chu gave the Keynote address at the SCECSAL ( Standing Conference of Eastern, Central & Southern African Library & Information Associations) conference on April 22, 2024. Her keynote was titled: “Our Libraries and Our Communities in the Digital Era: Re-imagining Services with Intention.” The conference was hosted by the Kenya […]
SILL Training with Bibliotheca Alexandrina
The Mortenson Center partnered with Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, in providing the first in-person SILL (Strengthening Innovative Library Leaders) training since the pandemic. When: February 13 – 14, 2024 Time: 10:30AM- 4:00PM each day Where: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt Format: In-person Cost: Free for all invited/ registered participants Language of Instruction: Arabic/ English Congratulations to […]