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John Hickok, MLIS, MA Librarian/Instructor California State University (Fullerton, U.S.A.)

Networking and Partnering of Libraries in Developing & Developed Countries: Real cases, Real efforts, and how this is supporting Sustainable Development. John Hickok, MLIS, MA Librarian/Instructor California State University (Fullerton, U.S.A.). Introduction. About me:

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John Hickok, MLIS, MA Librarian/Instructor California State University (Fullerton, U.S.A.)

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  1. Networking and Partnering of Libraries in Developing & Developed Countries:Real cases, Real efforts, and how this is supporting Sustainable Development John Hickok, MLIS, MA Librarian/Instructor California State University (Fullerton, U.S.A.)

  2. Introduction About me: • Coordinator of Library Instruction, California State University (Fullerton campus) • Specialization: Library instruction to International Students (+ ESL instruction) • Member: American Library Association International Relations Round Table

  3. 2005-6: year-long travel grant to research services & networking of libraries in Asia

  4. First… Endorsements of networking/partnering by Library Associations in various developed countries: • U.S. • UK • Australia • France • others

  5. U.S.:American Library Association (ALA)

  6. (ALA Sister Libraries page)

  7. (ALA book donation page)

  8. UK:Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)

  9. (CILIP’s Sri Lanka tsunami page)

  10. Australia:Australian Library & Information Association (ALIA)

  11. France:France’s Library Association endorsing partnering-- example:Angers, France  Bamako, Mali

  12. Asian Countries: • Singapore Library Association • Malaysia Library Association • Philippine Library Association • others

  13. Organizations:IFLA: “Twinning” database

  14. CONSAL: cooperation & conferences

  15. Examples (School & Public libraries)

  16. Examples (School & Public libraries) 1. Colorado, USA  Bulgaria

  17. 2. Queens, New York PL  Shanghai, China PL

  18. 3. Victoria, Australia PL  East Timor PL

  19. Six UK PL’s  Several PL’s in six African nations

  20. Examples (Academic libraries)

  21. 1. Bina Nusantara Univ., Jakarta   Curtin Univ. (Australia)

  22. 2. Vietnam Nat’l Univ--Nat. Sci.   California State Univ, Fullerton

  23. 3. Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champagne   African & Central American univ.’s

  24. 4. Florida Atlantic Univ.   American Univ. of Armenia

  25. 5. McGill Univ. (Canada)   China Medical University

  26. 6. Univ. of Malaya   other ASEAN universities

  27. Conclusion How is all this partnering/networking supporting sustainable development?

  28. Conclusion • re-using withdrawn materials through donations to developing libraries (i.e., less landfill waste)

  29. Conclusion • re-using withdrawn materials through donations to developing libraries (i.e., less landfill waste) • fostering upgraded technology (e.g., a scanned, emailed document, rather than a printed document)

  30. Conclusion • spreading environmentally responsible library practices via exchange training (e.g., recycling programs)

  31. Conclusion • spreading environmentally responsible library practices via exchange training (e.g., recycling programs) • creating multi-user access to single information sources (e.g., networked databases) thereby eliminating duplicative equipment and energy usage

  32. Conclusion In all… Networking/partnering is obviously not a sole solution for achieving sustainable development, but can be a valuable component of the overall goal.

  33. Thank you

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