GSLIS Announcements Archives

• March 2008
• February 2008
• January 2008
• December 2007
• November 2007
• October 2007
• September 2007
• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006
• September 2006
• August 2006
• July 2006
• June 2006
• May 2006
• April 2006
• March 2006
• February 2006
• January 2006
• December 2005
• November 2005
• October 2005
• September 2005
• August 2005
• July 2005
• June 2005
• May 2005
• April 2005
• March 2005
• February 2005
• January 2005

« previous | main | next »

Libros Para Todos - "Library Jane" to speak at Simmons

Filed under GSLIS Events and Meetings
Posted by GSLIS, November 03, 2006
View all posts for November 2006

Date: Thursday, November 16, 2006, 7 p.m.

Location: Trustman Art Gallery, Main College Building, Fourth Floor

Jane Mirandette is the founder and director of the San Juan del Sur Biblioteca Movil in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. The library is at the forefront of a movement to make reading materials more accessible to ordinary Nicaraguans. The library has a main branch in town and runs a large-scale bookmobile operation that brings books to children in more than 20 schools in the nearby countryside.

Mirandette also directs The Hester J. Hodgdon Libraries For All Program, a Colorado nonprofit organization devoted to the development of free lending libraries in Central America. Since its inception, the program has helped in the founding of a number of other libraries throughout the region.

While at Simmons, Mirandette will discuss the importance of library access in developing countries, and will review some of the challenges and opportunities faced by libraries in Nicaragua. The November 16 event will include the photographs and personal experiences of Simmons students and staff who have traveled to Nicaragua over the last two years to help grow the library program. A variety of Nicaraguan crafts will also be raffled off to support the Hester J. Hodgdon Libraries for All Program.

This event is sponsored by Simmons International Relations (SIR), a student organization within the Graduate School of Library and Information Science dedicated to exploring issues related to international and multicultural librarianship.