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Masako receiving Horner Fellowship Award @ AzLA Awards Luncheon. Congratulations, Masako!

Horner Committee & IIG Business meetings in full swing!

Are you attending the 2016 AzLA Conference this week? Are you interested in Japanese culture and librarianship? If so, join us at the combined Horner Committee / International Interest Group meeting on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. in the Agave Ballroom for two special presentations:
Ms. Masako Iwash*ta, 2016 JLA Horner Fellow, will give a brief presentation on her work as a school librarian and currently a library science professor at Shigakukan University in Kirishima, Japan.
Sarah Kortemeier, 2016 AzLA Special Projects Awardee, will share her experience visiting Japan this past January where she explored "Poetry, Preservation, and Outreach in Japanese Libraries and Cultural Heritage Institutions".

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Plenary Speakers Announced!

IFLA WLIC 2015 - Registration Now Open!http://conference.ifla.org/ifla81/

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Our speakers in action during IIG Business Meeting, AzLA, 2014.The presentations were very enlightening, and well attended!

The upcoming IIG program during AzLA/MPLA conference next week. The program is on November 13th, Thursday from 1:20-2:20 PM in room Wassaja 110 .
Program Title: IIG Business Meeting: Horner Fellowship 2013 Report/A Glimpse of Libraries in China in the Digital Age

A publication opportunity for my library colleagues.

Call for Papers: IFLA Journal special issue on Cultural Heritage Cultural Heritage (CH) preservation and management present unique practices and challenges worldwide. In Africa these are amplified by the number of languages and indigenous knowledge systems, the range of economic conditions, varying climates, and histories that encompass ancient civilizations and…

IFLA/ALA free webinar on July 15, 2014::: New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations. http://www.ifla.org/node/6141

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