PEOPLE TO PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL
COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIANS
PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION TO RUSSIA
NOVEMBER 9-18, 2007

Delegation Leader: Dr. Camila A. Alire
Dean Emerita, University Libraries for the University of New Mexico


"Red Square," College and Research Librarians Professional Delegation to Russia, Nov. 9-18, 2007
Title College and Research Librarians Professional Delegation to Russia, November 9-18, 2007
Alt. Title College and Research Librarians Delegation to Russia
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/web_exhibits/russia/russia_delegation.htm
Creator People to People Ambassador Programs
Subject Keyword Russia ; People to People ; international exchange ; libraries ; Moscow ; St. Petersburg ; Leningrad ; Dwight D. Eisenhower ; Camila A. Alire ; Mocow State University of Culture and Arts ; Russian State University for the Humanities ; St. Petersburg State University ; Russian Library Association ; scientific libraries ; Eugene Onegin ; Bolshoi Theater ; Tchaikovsky ; Kremlin ; Pavlovsk ; Peter and Paul Fortress ; Our Savior on the Spilled Blood Cathedral ; Peterhof ; St. Isaac's Cathedral ; Hermitage Museum
Subject LCSH Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- United States
Russia (Federation) -- Libraries
United States -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
Democracy -- Russia (Federation)
Description People to People International began in 1959 through the efforts of its founder, Dwight D. Eisenhower and continues today under the direction of his grand-daughter, Mary Jean Eisenhower. Established to promote peace through understanding, and to promote international exchange, PTPI today  runs a series of travel programs for educational and humanitarian efforts, for adult travelers, student travelers and for professional ambassadors, in a variety of fields of study and in many countries throughout the world. "Tolerance and mutual understanding are central themes" for the organization.

The College and Research Librarians Professional Delegation to Russia from November 9 to 18, 2007, focused on professional contacts between librarians in institutions of higher education in Russia and included visits to the following Russian institutions

Delegates - Individuals and institutions represented

  • Betty A. Gard, Retired, University of North Dakota
  • Brenda L. Dingley - University of Missouri, Kansas City
  • Brunilda Figueroa-Marrero - Inter American University of Puerto Rico
  • Kathleen Judith Gordon - University of Alaska Anchorage
  • Rita Jones - City College of San Francisco
  • Jamie P Kearley - University of Wyoming
  • Lucienne G. Maillet - Long Island University
  • Beatrice D. Mason - Bryant & Stratton College, NY
  • Bede Mitchell - Georgia Southern University
  • Chandrika R. Shantaram - Baker College
  • Louise S. Sherby - Hunter College
  • Pamela Snelson - Franklin & Marshall College
  • Helen Wykle - University of North Carolina Asheville

Guests

  • Don F. Mason
  • Cesar Alvarado-Oquendo
  • Maria Champlin
  • Sarah M. Champlin
  • William C. Devins

Russian National Guide:  Alla Levitina

St. Petersburg Representative Guide: Irina Kolesova Tournorruss

Delegates engaged in dialogue with their Russian colleagues and also offered presentations on various aspects of librarianship. A series of questions were posited for discussion at the meetings and included the following broad areas of concern:

  • Status of academic librarians with Russian higher education
  • The role of information technology in Russian academic libraries and the extent to which it is implemented.
  • Innovations in Russian academic libraries
  • Assessment/evaluation of academic library resources and services
  • Top three challenges for Russian academic libraries as identified by our international peers
  • Top three challenges for Russian academic library directors/administrator as identified by our international peers.
  • The extent of professional development for Russian academic librarians
  • Is scholarly communication an issue?

Questions were generally paired to the institutions that had concerns associated with the question. Brief notes regarding the discussions and images taken at the various institutions and an overview of the Russian institutions are included in this collection, as well as booklets, ephemera, and other materials that are descriptive in nature.

Publisher Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor People to People International ; Mila Bolgak, Director Moscow Office and Russian National Guide : Alla Levitina
Date Dates of People to People delegation: November 9-21 ; Date of collection:  2007  ;   Date digital: 2007-11-29
Type Collection ; Text ; Images ;
Format Digital file 
Source D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, Manuscript Collections M2007.
Language English ; Russian
Relation http://russia-ic.com/ [Russia-InfoCenter] ; http://msuc.edu.ru [Moscow State University of Culture and Arts] ;
Blum, Douglas W., "Russian Youth Policy: Shaping the Nation-State's Future," in SAIS Review, vol. XXXVI. mp. 2 (Summer-Fall 2006), pp.95-108.
Edele, Mark, "Soviet Society, Social Structure, and Everyday Life: Major Frameworks Reconsidered," in Kritika: Explorations in Russian And Eurasian History 8,2 (Spring 2007): pp.349-73).
Volodin, Boris, "Foreign Libraries in the Mirror of Soviet Library Science During the Cold War," in Libraries & Culture, Vol. 36, No.1, Winter 2001.
Zavisca, Jane, "The Status of Cultural Omnivorism: A Case Study of Reading in Russia," in Social Forces, Vol. 84, No. 2, December 2005.
Chubaryan, O. S. Libraries in the Soviet Union. Memphis: J. W. Brister Library Monograph Series, 1974 ;
Geyer, Hans. Zhit' i uchit'sia v MGU: moskovskie vospominaniia nemetskogo stazhera (Life and study at Moscow State University: The Moscow memoir of a German special student). Moscow: Izd-vo NIIEM im. N. D. Gamalen, n.d. ;
Gosudarstvennaia ordena Lenina biblioteka SSSR imeni V. I. Lenina: pamiatka chitateliu (The Lenin State Library: Commemorative booklet of readers). Moscow: The Library, 1985 ;
Klevenskii, M. M. Putevoditel' po gosudarstvennoi biblioteke SSSR imeni V. I. Lenina (Guide to the Lenin State Library). Moscow: The Library, 1959.
Coverage November 9-21, 2007 ; Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia (Federation)
Rights No restrictions;  Copyright: Retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor Donor
Acquisition 2007-11-29
Citation College and Research Librarians Delegation to Russia, Nov. 9-18, 2007, Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Processed by Helen Wykle 2007
Last update 2007-11-29 ; 2007-12-14
Context:  
Series:  
    Series 01 Departure and briefing in Moscow [November 9-10]
    Series 02 Tretyakov Gallery and Red Square [November 11]
    Series 03 Moscow State University of Culture and Arts [November 12]
    Series 04 Guest Program to Kremlin, Armory and the Assumption (Uspenski) Cathedral [November 12]
Bolshoi Theater performance of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin
    Series 05 Russian State University for the Humanities - Library  Moscow, [November 13]
    Series 06 Guest Program to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and Christ the Savior Cathedral. [November 13]
Depart Moscow for St. Petersburg
    Series 07 Saint-Petersburg State University - Scientific Library [November 14]
    Series 08 Guest Program to Pavlovsk Imperial Estate . [November 14]
Cultural tour for all to Peterhof, outside St. Petersburg and in afternoon to St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
    Series 09 Morning visit to Peter and Paul Fortress and Our Savior on the Spilled Blood Cathedral, resting place for the tsars. [November 15]
    Series 10 Russian Library Association (RLA) meeting in afternoon at the University of St. Petersburg campus. [November 16]
    Series 11 Guest Program to Catherine's Palace in Tsarkoe Selo, summer residence of the Russian Imperial family. November 16]
    Series 12 Cultural Program for all to the Hermitage Museum and free afternoon. [November 17]
    Series 13 Farewell Dinner and departure for St. Petersburg Pulkovo-2 International Airport and Frankfort and JFK at 4 AM  [November 18]
    Series 14 PHOTOGRAPHS - Moscow (1) [DSCN camera]
    Series 15 PHOTOGRAPHS - Moscow (2) [IMAGE camera]
    Series 16 PHOTOGRAPHS - St. Petersburg (1)
    Series 17 PHOTOGRAPHS - St. Petersburg (2)
    Series 18 PHOTOGRAPHS - Selected photographs - for inclusion in reports