this was the wonderful group of librarians from rangoon, hanoi, bangkok, phnom penh, ho chi minh city (and washington!) who gathered for a three day workshop on public access issues for our embassy libraries (information resource centers).
animated presenters!
colorful lunches!
two attempts at international video conferencing (low bandwidth a stumbling block!)
super fun design session!
the baldwin library also hosted a public event while we were there - a celebration of the third anniversary of the library's book club.
the american center's count basie auditorium was filled to capacity. the first part of the program featured eight burmese book club members (mostly young people) giving ten-minute speeches in english on their favorite books. a panel of esteemed burmese writers and american teachers judged their orations. the second part featured awards given for original short story, poetry, and essay writing in english.
14-year old winner of speaking contest. favorite book: the diary of anne frankas a new information resource officer, having the chance to help lead this public access workshop gave me such an inspiring and tangible opportunity to learn more about libraries in southeast asia and some of the particular issues these bright, resourceful, capable staff members are so expertly tackling. i hope, hope, hope! that someday i will have the chance to serve in this region and again work with this wonderful crew! the best!
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