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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear <span style="color:#1F497D">
Oregon librarians</span>:<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The <span style="color:#1F497D">
December</span> issue of <i><a href="http://www.ala.org/rt/irrt/intlleads/internationalleads">International Leads</a></i> is now available!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The issue includes the following stories:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Zongo Story Project and a children's book written by children in Ghana</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The experience of the Peace Corps Librarian and training Volunteers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Winners of the Gretchen Walsh Book Donation Award</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Global Literature in Libraries Initiative</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The experiences of two librarians from Queens University working to transform Egyptian libraries</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Report of an international training session provided by CALA members in Beijing</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference report from the International Association of School Librarianship</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Messages from the IRRT’s Chair and Chair Elect</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In addition, two features are launched: International Library Profile and International Partnership Profile.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">International Library Profile: The Bernice Nachman Marlowe Library at the American University of Afghanistan</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">International Partnership Profile: The Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg and Penn State University Libraries</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Do you have news about international projects you’re involved with? Stories of partnerships, exchanges, or outreach to other cultures? A library outside
of the United States that should be profiled? Please consider sharing with <i>International Leads</i>. You can find guidelines for authors at the International Leads webpage, or write to Florence Mugambi or Rebecca Miller (co-editors) at
<span style="color:#1155CC"><a href="mailto:ala.intl.leads@gmail.com" target="_blank">ala.intl.leads@gmail.com</a></span> for more information. We hope to hear from you!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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