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1. Conversations in the International Librarian
Networking Program: Croatia and USA
Mark Mattson, Penn State University Libraries
Example Partner, Example University Library
Mark Mattson
Penn State University Libraries
Email: mam1196@psu.edu
Contacts
The Pennsylvania State University Libraries is a large
academic library with 34 libraries and departments
across 24 campuses located in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. The Penn State Libraries serves
over 100,000 students, faculty, and staff of the
university as well as providing services and
resources to the citizens of Pennsylvania. The
Libraries has close to 600 employees across its
departments and campuses.
The program participant, Mark Mattson, works as
the Head of Global Engagement Initiatives and
International Partnerships Librarian for the Penn
State Libraries. In this role he works to bring
international perspectives into the Libraries work
through internationalization of curriculum,
outreach and services to international populations,
and through building international partnerships
with international partner organizations.
Penn State Libraries
USA Perspective:
In comparing our two libraries, library experiences,
and our cultural contexts I was surprised at the
extent of the government’s role in the work of the
library in Croatia. One example of this aspect that I
found extremely interesting was the database
licensing negotiations and payments being
organized at a national level for all academic
libraries across the country.
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Program Format
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What We Learned
Participating in this program provided us with new
ways of looking at our work gave us some new tools
to use in future problem solving. Additionally, we
have been have a new network of contacts from
which we can find support. In fact, we plan to
continue our communication and are considering a
possible joint project which would connect students
at our two institutions through a collaborative
virtual engagement event.
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Final Takeaways
As a part of the American Library Association
International Relations Round Table’s International
Librarian Networking Program, we met bi-weekly
over the course of 5 months. Our conversations
were structured around the program prompts
which included themes of: our individual
backgrounds, the state of the profession of
librarianship in our country, and our current priority
projects and work.
Library Comparisons
Example Partner
Example University Library
Email: example.email
Pattee Library, Penn State University
University of Split Library
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Photo CC: Ballota
Croatia Flag CC: Professorsolo2015; USA Flag CC: Gaiole