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Mortenson Center for International Mortenson Center for International Library ProgramsLibrary Programs

Mortenson Center for International Library Programs

Connecting Librarians Around the World


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About Champaign-Urbana

Located in the adjoining cities of Champaign and Urbana (combined population 103,000), approximately

140 miles south of Chicago, the University and its surrounding

communities offer a diverse cultural and recreational environment.


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Cities of Champaign and Urbana, Illinois


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Typical Midwestern American Farm


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About the University of Illinois

Comprehensive, major public university ranked among the best in the world.

Provides undergraduate and graduate education in more than 150 fields of study.

More than 80 centers, laboratories and institutes perform research for government agencies, industry and campus units.

Provides public service to the state and the nation.


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42,000 students, 10,000 faculty, professionals, and staff.

2006 budget: $1.371 billion.

First to provide students with disabilities access to all university services, curricula, and facilities.

Home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Developer of hypermedia browser Mosaic™.

Over 65,000 network connections for students, faculty, and staff. 110 buildings with wireless access by the end of 2006.

Public Computer Terminals in the Undergraduate Library


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Illini Union


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Foellinger Auditorium


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Morrow Plots


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About the University of Illinois Library

The University Library was founded in 1867 with 1,039 volumes.

Recognized as a premier institution, the Library has strengths ranging from the sciences to the humanities.

Largest public university collection in the world, more than 24 million items: 10 million volumes, 13 million print and non-print materials, over 90,000 periodicals and journals.

Paula Kaufman, University Librarian

Nobody ever graduated from a library . . . Nobody ever graduated without one.


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40 departmental libraries with one large library for undergraduate students.

Online catalog accessed more than one million times weekly from all over the world.

288 electronic article indexes and abstracts, many full text.

E-Reserve course materials.

Numerous digital projects. Mortenson Center Associates in the Undergraduate Library


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Library belongs to at least 10 library resource sharing networks

Budget-$32.5 million

Over 500 librarians and staff

Public computer terminals-305

Staff computer terminals-600

Member of the International Federation of Library Association (IFLA)

University Library


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Grainger Engineering Library


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The Graduate School of Library and Information Science - A Great Resource

The Graduate School of Library and

Information Science (GSLIS) is recognized

as a premier institution, frequently ranked number one

and consistently among the top three U.S. LIS

schools.

Designing Tomorrow’s Information Systems and

Services Today

GSLIS Faculty


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The Graduate School of Library and Information Science - A Great Resource

Mortenson Center Associates at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science


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About the Mortenson Vision

Mission:

To strengthen international ties among libraries and librarians

worldwide for the promotion of international education,

understanding, and peace.

Established by two generous gifts from

C. Walter and Gerda B. Mortenson

Mortenson Center for International

Library Programs

More than 700 librarians from 89 countries have already taken advantage of this

center — the only one of its kind in the world.


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Associates’ Home Countries

AlbaniaArgentinaArmeniaAustralia

AzerbaijanBangladesh

BelarusBhutanBolivia

Bosnia and HerzegovinaBotswana

BrazilBulgaria

CambodiaChileChina

ColombiaCosta Rica

CroatiaCuba

Czech RepublicDenmark

KyrgyzstanLaos PDR

LatviaLiberia

LithuaniaMacedonia

MalawiMalaysia

MauritaniaMauritius

MexicoMoldovaMorocco

NetherlandsNew Zealand

NicaraguaNigeria

PakistanPeru

PolandRomania

Russian FederationRwanda

Saudi ArabiaSingaporeSlovakiaSlovenia

South AfricaSouth Korea

SpainSri Lanka

SudanSweden

TajikistanTanzaniaThailandTurkey

TurkmenistanUgandaUkraine

United KingdomUzbekistan

VietnamYugoslaviaZimbabwe

Dominican RepublicEcuador

EgyptEl Salvador

EstoniaEthiopiaFranceGeorgia

GermanyGhanaGreece

GuatemalaHaiti

HondurasHungary

IndiaIndonesia

JapanJordan

KazakhstanKenya


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Associates’ Institutions

Mortenson Center Associates come from all types of libraries and information centers, including:

public and youth libraries school libraries LIS schools national libraries government libraries NGO libraries libraries serving the blind and physically handicapped academic and research libraries medical libraries agricultural libraries bank and other corporate libraries law libraries archives museum libraries


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About Program Funding

University of Illinois

US Government Agencies

Individuals

Foundations

Endowment

Funding for Mortenson Center activities comes from a

variety of sources.


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About the Mortenson Center Programs

The Visitors Program

Seminars, Tours,

Discussions

The Associates Program

A Unique, Individualized,

Nondegree Program

The Partnership

Program

Focusing on the Unique Needs of a

Country or Region

The Lecture Series

Promoting International

Understanding and Intellectual

Freedom

The Mortenson Center provides a variety

of programs designed to meet

many different needs.


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About the Distinguished Lecture Series

Most Recent Lectures

2006 Lecture

“Can International Organizations Deliver the Information Society”

Alex Byrne, president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

2005 Lecture

“Democracy and Libraries in Colombia: From Oral Culture to the World of the Book”

Jorge Orlando Melo Gonzalez, director of the Department of Libraries and Fine Art at the Banco de la República and of the Luis Angel Arango Library in Bogota, Columbia

Promoting International

Understanding


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About the Associates Program

A Unique Individualized,

Nondegree Program

The Associates Program offers an opportunity

for librarians and information specialists to learn first-hand the

workings of U.S. libraries.

Mortenson Associates in front of Abraham Lincoln

Presidential Library


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Presentation and Tour: Chicago Tribune


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Associates in the Virtual Reality CAVE


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Presentation and Tour: American Library Association


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Presentation and Tour: Lincoln Public Library in Springfield, Illinois


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Workshops and Seminars


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Conference: Illinois Library Association


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Cultural Activity: American Farm Tour


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Social Activities


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Graduation Ceremony


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About the Visitors Program

Seminars, Tours, Discussions

The Mortenson Center welcomes short-term visits (typically one to two weeks) to the University of Illinois from librarians and those engaged in library-related activities internationally.

The Center works with visitors to design a program

that fits their needs.

Visiting an American farm

The Visitors Program focuses on topics of interest

to each group

Visitors from the Russian Small Towns Group


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About the Visitors Program

IFLA OCLC Fellows Visit the Mortenson Center


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About the Partnership Program

Focusing on the Unique Needs of a Country or Region

The Partnership Program is

designed to assist other countries and regions in

developing self-sustaining centers

for continuing education.

As part of the Partnership Program, the Center trains librarians from the partner

country through the Associates Program and the

Visitors Program.


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About Our Partners

With our partners we

create programs to help librarians

from other countries meet

their professional development

goals.

Association of Information Specialists(AIS)Tbilisi, Georgia Center for Professional Development of Librarians in Central America (CABCE)University of Costa RicaSan Pedro, Costa Rica Luis Angel Arango LibraryBanco de la RepúblicaBogotá, Colombia Foundation Connaissance & Liberté (FOKAL)Open Society InstitutePort-au-Prince, Haiti Illinois State Library (ISL)Springfield, Illinois Japan Association of National University Libraries (JANUL)Tokyo, Japan Japan Association of Private University Libraries (JASPUL)Tokyo, Japan Library & Information Association of South Africa (LIASA)Pretoria, South Africa Training Center “Rudomino School”All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature (VGBIL)Moscow, Russia


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Barbara J. Ford, Director [email protected]

Susan Schnuer, Associate Director [email protected]

Dawn J. Cassady, Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator

[email protected]

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