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Very Hue: A Report on the Vietnamese Librarian Project

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Posted by GSLIS, September 27, 2007
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Very Hue: A Report on the Vietnamese Librarian Project Terry Plum, Assistant Dean, GSLIS October 2, 2007, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., P-206.

In October of 2005, Simmons College received a $1.8 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to train a new generation of Vietnamese librarians for leadership roles. Professor Pat Oyler, who oversees the grant, has been working with Vietnamese librarians for more than 13 years. This report describes a 10 week program of four GSLIS courses, taught by Patrick McGlamery (Simmons GSLIS adjunct teacher) and Terry Plum in Hue, Vietnam from June – August, 2007. Participating were 25 Vietnamese university librarians from four different areas of Vietnam: Can Tho (in the Mekong Delta), Hue, Da Nang, and Thai Nguyen (north of Hanoi). Many of the Vietnamese librarians were as new to Hue as the teachers. This talk discusses teaching LIS in Vietnam, technological determinism, the role of the academic library in supporting university education, and how constructions of the cultural landscape can affect teaching and learning.

To read about Terry’s summer in Vietnam—and to see pictures—go to GSLIS Dispatches from the Field at http://gslis.simmons.edu/blogs/dispatches/

This lecture co-sponsored by Simmons International Relations and the GSLIS Research Colloquium and is open to the entire Simmons community.