Dr. Curtis R. Rogers, Director of the Division of Statewide Library Services at the South Carolina State Library has been invited to join a study tour of German libraries that provide research and information services to the German government, the federal and state parliaments and non-governmental organizations.
The study tour is being provided by the Initiative Fortbildung für wissenschaftliche Spezialbibliotheken und verwandte Einrichtungen e. V. (Initiative for Continuing Education in Academic and Research-Oriented Special Libraries and Related Institutions - www.initiativefortbildung.de) and the German Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Parlaments-und Behoerdenbibliotheken APBB (Section of Parliamentary and Government Libraries) with generous support from the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation (www.cc-stiftung.de). The study tour will run from October 2 - 14, 2007. Scheduled visits in Berlin are to the German Bundestag, the Federal Foreign Office, and the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. In Hamburg the group will visit the State Parliament of Hamburg, in Dresden the Saxon Parliament and the Saxon State Library and in Munich the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition, and Tax Law, and the Bavarian State Library. The tour will end with visits to the European Court of Human Rights in Strassbourg, France, the Federal Constitutional Court and the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe. The program aims to acquaint German and American librarians with their counterparts and to open a dialogue of exchange and cooperation. The American librarians selected include: Lawrence S. Barish, Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau; Susan L. Blixt, Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; C. Elaine Cline, U.S. Department of State Library; Eileen G. Deegan, U.S. Department of State; Arthur McEnany, Louisiana Senate Law Library; Jerry W. Mansfield, Congressional Research Service; Cathy L. Martin, North Carolina General Assembly Legislative Library; Curtis R. Rogers, South Carolina State Library; Donna Scheeder, Library of Congress Law Library; and Christopher Zammarelli, The Brookings Institution.
Contact: Dr. Curtis R. Rogers 803-734-8666 crogers@statelibrary.sc.gov or Dr. Evelin Morgenstern, Executive Director, Initiative Fortbildung für wissenschaftliche Spezialbibliotheken und verwandte Einrichtungen e.V., morgenstern@initiativefortbildung.de.
