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<p class="MsoNormal">Call for participation<br><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Lara Seven Phillips (formerly of the
University of the South Pacific, Fiji) and Kate Holvoet (currently at Zayed
University, in the UAE) are writing a book on librarianship abroad; basically
all the things we either learned the hard way or wish someone had told us
before we started. It is scheduled to be published in December 2016 by
ABC-CLIO/Libraries Unlimited.<br>
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We are looking to include anecdotes, advice, cautions, lessons learned, etc.
from other librarians who have worked abroad.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>We want to hear from people who work in all areas of librarianship, and
at different kinds of libraries.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We want
our book to reflect a variety of international experiences.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>If you are interested in telling us about
your experience, please click on the Dropbox link, download the survey and
return it to </span><a href="mailto:kate.holvoet@gmail.com"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">kate.holvoet@gmail.com</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">
and </span><a href="mailto:lara7seven@gmail.com"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">lara7seven@gmail.com</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">.
</span><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gxndzbxjc619tp/AACNkl88M7lt7ZbxktEa9ZgOa?dl=0">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gxndzbxjc619tp/AACNkl88M7lt7ZbxktEa9ZgOa?dl=0<br><br></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The questionnaire lists the kinds of
things we're looking to find out about your experience working internationally.
You can be as brief or as thorough as you like; please don't feel obligated to
answer all the questions if they either don't apply or you don't have anything
to share on the topic.<br><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">We would appreciate having
questionnaires returned by 31 January, 2016. If not, feel free to pass our
contact information to other American/Western school librarians working
internationally who you think might be interested in participating.<br><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">I am happy to answer any questions about the book that you
may have. I can share the table of contents, a sample chapter, my own
"personal narrative' of my experience working abroad, or whatever else you
might like to know about the project.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">The questionnaire is in both PDF and a word DOCX formats-
please use whichever is easiest for you (an email response is also fine).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">Thanks in advance for your consideration!</span></p>
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