Meet the USA

America@yourlibrary

American Art & Culture in German Libraries | Education USA | Professional Development

What's behind America@yourlibrary

America@yourlibrary is a partnership initiative between the U.S. Embassy and public libraries in Germany. It is based on the American Library Association’s @yourlibrary® campaign which showcases libraries as centers for learning, information and entertainment in their communities.
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Past Events

• May 16, 2008 - U.S. Embassy Literature Series features Annie Proulx at the Frankfurt City Library
The U.S. Embassy Literature Series featured a reading by American author and Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx at the Frankfurt city library, the U.S. Consulate's America@YourLibrary partner.

• May 7, 2007 - "Meet Us" At "A@YL" Partner In Goerlitz
For several years now, Consulate General Leipzig officers have traveled to the furthest eastern Saxon city of Görlitz, situated on the border with Poland, to partake in a bi-annual “America Day” celebration with approx. 90 youth and children.

• April 24, 2008 - Bautzen’s "America Day" Enriched With Colorful Literature And Genuine Cultural Exchange
In collaboration with the youth library and the community center, Steinhaus e.V. Bautzen, Consulate General Leipzig participated in “America Day” at the Bautzen children’s library.

• April 22, 2008 - America@your Library and Intercultural Exchanges in Meiningen
• April 18, 2008 - Consul General Leipzig Supports 4th Annual "Battle of the Books"
• April 4, 2008 - Presidential Elections Exhibit on Display at A@YL Partner in Saxony-Anhalt
• March 6, 2008 - Transatlantic Relations Revisited 
• January 22, 2008 - "What a Difference a Trip Makes!" Alumni Talk to Library Community and University Students
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Education USA

Upcoming EducationUSA Events:
• June 30, 2008, 16:00 - Wege in die USA: Studium & Austausch Amerika Gedenkbibliothek (Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin)
• Webchat: Studieren und Arbeiten in den USA: July 14, 15:00-16:00
• June 13, 2008 - Schule, Job, Praktikum oder Studium in den USA? (Frankfurt Public Library)

Professional Development

• December 11, 2007 - Introducing Students Of Library Science To The American Way Of Managing Knowledge
• November 19, 2007 - Interkulturelle Kompetenz durch interkulturelle Bibliotheksarbeit (Bibliothek am Luisenbad, Berlin)
• November 5, 2007 - Barbie Keiser on the re-structuring of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency library network in Berlin

• Knowledge Management and Library Innovation/IRO Sheila Weir  (Frankfurt, April 2007)
• Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Schlüssel zur interkulturellen Bildung/Jeff Garrett, Northwestern University Library (Schwerin, Cologne, September 2006) 
• Impressions from U.S. Libraries/Ute Trampe, Wismar City Library (Wismar, April 24, 2006)
• Der "American Way of Library" - US-Bibliotheken als Treffpunkt, Servicecenter und Bildungsstätte/Irini Courzakis, Central and Regional Library Berlin  (Published in Buch und Bibliothek, 58:2006)
• Cooperative Relationships Between Public Libraries and School Library Media Centers (Berlin, April 4, 2006)
• Teaching Information Literacy (Berlin, March 14, 2006)
• The Visible Librarian (Stuttgart/Berlin, October 17/18, 2005)
•  Just Do It! American Initiatives @ Your Library. Programs for Teenagers and Young Adults at American Libraries. Ann Arbor Public Library/Josie Parker (Mannheim, July 2006)
• Public Libraries in the USA: Example - Ann Arbor Public Library/Josie Parker (Berlin, July 2006)
• Open Access zu wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen (Berlin, March 22, 2005)
• Cooperation and Partnership in American Libraries: Serving the Library Users of Today-and Tomorrow (Berlin, April 20, 2004)

Last updated: May 28, 2008