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The LACUNY International Relations Round Table (IRRT) was founded this spring and held its first meeting was held on April 6. The IRRT’s mission is to promote information sharing among librarians and library staff interested in international librarianship activities at all CUNY and other academic libraries. IRRT aims to increase communication among LACUNY members about international visits, exchanges, and programs in which LACUNY members are involved. To increase the general awareness of contributions made by LACUNY librarians at the international level, IRRT will sponsor programs once a year. The LACUNY IRRT is co-chaired from Ewa Dzurak (Staten Island) and Paraskeva (Eva) Dimova-Angelov (Brooklyn).

The IRRT has already twelve members from Baruch, Brooklyn, Bronx, City College, the Graduate Center, Hunter, Lehman, LaGuardia, New York Tech, and Staten Island. They are looking for opportunities for their libraries to become involved with the Cuba book project, Casa de las Americas, or BetterWorld Books. International book fairs and the ALA-co-sponsored free-pass programs with the Hong Kong and Guadalajara International Book Fairs were discussed.

The IRRT’s major project is the Shanghai University exchange program. An existing partnership between CUNY and Shanghai University is being revived by Zuwang Shen (Bronx). He shared his experience of visiting there for the enthusiastic IRRT members. In addition, Ewa Dzurak (Staten Island) shared her efforts to initiate an exchange program with Polish librarians.

Eva Dimova-Angelov (Brooklyn)

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