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The »Library & Information International« (BII) will kick-off its three-year project »Partner Country USA 2016 – 2019« at the German Library Congress in Leipzig in March 2016. Having enjoyed positive experiences with the previous partner country, Turkey, the library umbrella organization BID (»Library and Information Germany«) and the BII hope to expand and solidify this project format. Not only new projects and encounters are being planned, but existing cooperation agreements also will become further linked and publicized.
The already numerous contacts in existence between German librarians and individual colleagues and institutions in the U.S. led to the selection of the U.S. as partner country for 2016-2019. As the oldest library association in the world, the American Library Association (ALA) is, moreover, an attractive partner which has numerous points of contact with Germany.
The partner project will be officially launched at the library congress in Leipzig. Along with the ALA president, Sari Feldman, it has also been possible to arrange for the current president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Donna Scheeder – who happens to be an American – to attend the congress as an honorary guest. Thanks to well-placed advertising, there have also been many responses to the Call for Papers from U.S. professionals; as a result the U.S. will be in evidence at the congress with about 20 lectures, presentations and discussion rounds. At the ALA stand there will be further opportunities for gathering information and arranging cooperative endeavors.