Sixteen guests representing libraries from nine countries visited Booth Library on the Eastern Illinois University campus on June 12, 2012.
The visitors were serving as summer associates with the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs in Urbana. The group spent about a month in Illinois, touring libraries, participating in lectures and discussions, and visiting area tourist destinations.
While at EIU, the group had lunch, toured Booth Library and participated in a round-table discussion with library faculty and staff members.
Visiting the library were:
- Maryam Amartey, systems librarian, Kashim Ibrahim Library, Amadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Vesela Angelova, librarian, Pencho Slaveykov Public Library, Varna, Bulgaria
- Yinka Ayo-Yusuf, executive director, NetLibrary Nigeria Limited
- Darya Bukhtoyarova, senior manager, reference and e-resources, Nazarbayev University Library, Kazakhstan
- Valerie Clarke, librarian, learning resource centre and liaison librarian, faculty of medical sciences, University of the West Indies, Barbadaos
- Deborah Eddy-Ugorji, chief library officer, National Library of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria
- Rania Hamed Elwan Omar, librarian, Maadi Public Library, Egypt
- Milena Ivanova, head of lending department, Petar Stapov Public Library, Targovishte, Bulgaria
- Lukas Kilemba, acting university librarian, Mombasa Polytechnic University College, Kenya
- Kunduz Kolbaeva, manager, acquisition and cataloging, Nazarbayev University Library and IT Services, Kazakhstan
- Christelle Lubbe, chief librarian, Bellville Library, City of Cape Town, South Africa
- Ola Morsy, executive manager, IT Department, Maadi Public Library, Egypt
- Oluwaseun Obasola, serials librarian, medical library, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
- Lanre Osaniyi, university librarian, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
- Safia Rafikova, director of the library, American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyz Republic
- Kuniko Sato, instruction librarian, St. Luke’s College of Nursing, Japan
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