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Maintained by the IRRT INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES COMMITTEE

Employment:

The 91´«Ã½'s job listing site: ,

The Council for the International Exchange of Scholars administers the Fulbright Program for faculty and professionals:

Department of Defense Dependents Schools

Includes Library Media Specialist positions at the elementary, middle and secondary school levels. Contact the Department of Defense Dependents Schools Recrtuitment Unit, 4040 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1634 for more information or call the Personnel Center at (703) 696-3068 or e-mail recruitment@odeddodea.edu.

Recruits for American schools overseas.

An employment service list for library professionals. Maintained by the International Federation of Library Associations.

Funding:

The Bogle/Pratt International Library Travel Fund provides annual grants to enable a member or members of the 91´«Ã½ to attend an international conference for the first time.

The FREE PASS Program sponsored by 91´«Ã½ and the Guadalajara International Book Fair provides support for American librarians to attend the Guadalajara International Book Fair. The program funds registration, lodging, and a $100.00 contribution toward airfare.

The FREE PASS Program sponsored by 91´«Ã½ and the Hong Kong Book Fair provides support for American librarians to attend the Hong Kong Book Fair. The program funds registration and four nights of hotel lodging.

The program facilitates exchanges between librarians in Switzerland and the United States.

Bibliothek & Information International is an organization funded by the German government, which focuses on building up and participating in international networks through project-based activities such as study tours to Germany, professional visits and participation in international library conferences. Information is available in English by clicking on the British flag at the top right. They support foreign librarians with a daily amount during their visits in Germany and give German participants money for the travel costs.

The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organization for educational and cultural relations. It supports programs in education, English language teaching, the arts, science, governance, and information world wide.

The Council for the International Exchange of Scholars administers the Senior Fulbright Scholars Program for faculty and professionals. Offers awards in Library Science for lecturing and/or research abroad.

A scholarship for a student of library and information science to attend the World Library and Information Congress of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions ( ).

IFLA is a worldwide, independent organization created to provide librarians around the world with a forum for exchanging ideas, promoting international cooperation, research and development in all fields of library activity. IFLA Headquarters administers a number of funds and grants.

The aim of this grant is to enable an expert in library and information science from an Arab country to be trained in an apsect of modern technology in library and information science in one or more western countries for a period of one to three weeks.

See Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for description.

This is an IFLA initiative to promote partnerships among libraries in the world.

IREX is dedicated to promoting advanced field research and professional training programs between the U.S. and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Eurasia, China and comparable contiguous socieities.

LIBEX of CILIP (British Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) acts as a clearinghouse for library and information staff interested in arranging job exchanges with LIS professionals in other countries. Libraries as well as individuals may use this free service.

This is a four-month fellowship for health sciences librarians from countries outside of the United States and Canada.

The purpose of the C. Walter and Gerda B. Mortenson Center for International Library Programs is to strengthen international ties among research libraries and librarians in order to facilitate access to the collected knowledge of the world regardless of geographic location or access to technology.

Southern African Wildlife College is a small college situated within the Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa that conducts training courses in Wildlife Management for conservation staff from Parks throughout Africa. They have a small library (Resource Centre) and they sometimes offer a volunteer opportunity for a librarian to join the College for a period of a four to five months. The type of work that the volunteer would do is as follows: assist students with accessing resources (issuing & returns, etc.), catalog resources, assist students with basic computer skills, and assist with the College's environmental education projects in nearby rural community schools. The volunteer may participate in game drives and excursions as the opportunities arise and would be provided with meals and accommodation for the duration of the volunteership. If you are interested, please contact Kathleen Hay, the Training Manager, at khay@sawc.org.za.

See 91´«Ã½ - Swiss-U.S. Librarian Exchange Opportunity for description.

UNAL is an association of public libraries cooperating on community activities in support of UNESCO's main goals: promoting human rights, peace and cultural dialogue; protecting the environment; combatting illiteracy; and establishing contacts between libraries from different regions.

A new pilot initiative launched in the summer of 2005 and open to mid-career librarians and other information professionals from all over the world. The object is to nurture professional development and leadership at home and abroad by establishing and developing professional relationships between Yale and library institutions in other countries. The program brings 2-4 visiting information professionals a year. The first five were from the National Library of Kazakhstan, the Vilnius (Lithuania) Music and Art Public Library, the Health Sciences Library and Documentation Centre of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, the Library of Congress Field Office in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the Trinity Theological College in Singapore.

Started by the Slavic and East European Collections (SEEC) in 1993, this is the oldest and most seasoned fellowship program at the Yale Library. It brings one library professional from Eastern Europe every year, for a four-month period coinciding with the fall semester. The first 14 fellows came from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, and Ukraine. Funding for the SEEC Library Fellows Program has been provided by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI Grant (1993-1995), the Chopivsky Family Fund (1996-1997), the Open Society Institute (1999), and the Keggi Foundation (2000-).

If you have any questions or if you know of any Web sites that you would like to recommend for the committee's review, please contact intl@ala.org .

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