[apologies for duplicate postings. Alison, DC/SLA
Communications Secretary]
*How Librarians Represent Their Cultures Abroad*
*The Event*
This year's celebration of International Special Librarians Day
will feature three librarians who represent their home cultures abroad
through
librarianship. Nadia Pazolis-Gabriel, a French librarian at
Alliance Francaise in Washington, D.C., will discuss how she serves
French
library interests of French speakers in the US. Barbara Conaty
will share a discussion of her work with the State Department's American
Corners
Program and how she makes a piece of American Culture available
overseas. Finally, Mohammed Eliwa, the founder of Arabia Inform, will
chat about his pioneering work as the premiere indexer in the Middle
East.
In Commemoration of International Special Librarians Day (ISLD),
the DC chapter of the Special Libraries Association (DC/SLA)
International
Relations Committee (IRC) Presents:
*How Librarians Represent Their Cultures Abroad*
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*Speakers:*
Nadia Pazolis-Gabriel, Bibliothecaire, Alliance Francaise
Barbara Conaty, State Department, American Corners Program
Mohamed Eliwa, Indexer & Founder, Arabia Inform
*Moderator:* Victor Monti, Office of the CIO of the Army
*Sponsor:* Arabia Inform
*Food and soft drinks are courtesy of Arabia Inform*
Arabia Inform is a pioneer provider of electronic content in the
Middle East, and a regional leader of Arabic content documentation and
analysis. The company serves professionals in the fields of information,
education, research, government, media, e-culture and business
intelligence, with offices in Cairo, Dubai, Riyadh, and Washington, DC.
They specialize in providing solutions to library and information
professionals, giving them
the much-needed edge in this rapidly advancing world of media
intelligence and regional knowledge.
*Please join us in our celebration of ISLD*
<http://units.sla.org/chapter/index.html>
*DATE:* Thursday, April 29, 2010
*TIME:* * 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM*
(6:00 - 6:45 registration, refreshments and networking)
(6:45 - 8:00 speakers and questions)
*PLACE:* Kiplinger Washington Editors Building, Main Floor 1729
H
Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20006
*PRICE:* $15 - SLA members
$10 - SLA Unemployed/students/retired
$25 - Non-SLA members
*REGISTER:* * RSVP* by clicking the upper right-hand
button<http://www.socializr.com/event/680370494?privateEventCode=8759542
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*Socializr* <http://bit.ly/irc2010>,* **or* by going directly to
the
DC/SLA
registration page and emailing Greta Ober at [log in to unmask]
**
A portion of the proceeds will go towards freight for collected
books
for
Tanzania and to the Lubuto Library Project.
*Questions*: For more information, contact Greta Ober-Beauchesne
at *
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mail.com>
*
*Payment:* To pay electronically, please use the payment
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on
the Socializr
site
<http://www.socializr.com/event/680370494?privateEventCode=87595427>.
*If paying by check*, please make check out to "DC/SLA" and send
to
Zeniab
Mansour at the following address:
4620 North Park Ave., Apt. 811: East Chevy Chase, MD 20815
*Please note that if you pay at the door, there will be an extra
$5
chargeon top of the regular cost (payable
only by check)*
We hope that many of you will show up for what is sure to be
another
great
celebration of International Special Librarians Day!
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