Archive for 'Belarus' Category
Polotsk and Vitebsk
On my last day in Belarus before leaving, we visited Polotsk and Vitebsk, near the Russian border. It was a very full day. Unfortunately, due to a hard drive incident, my pictures of this day are lost. Peter Lapo and I were driven by a young man to Polotsk. While driving, we had an excellent [...]
Khatyn – National Memorial Complex
The next day we went to the National Memorial Complex at Khatyn. This memorial is the sites of the formed village of Khatyn, razed to the ground in the spring 1943, and its inhabitants burned to death. It is not to be confused with Katyn, the forest at which the bodies of 22,000 Polish offices [...]
The Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War
Friday, July 3, is Independence Day in Belarus. We attempted to see the parade of tanks and other military vehicles and to hear Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus. However, we were turned back at a security checkpoint because of my knapsack. I realized that, while Belarus women carry small purses, the men rarely carry [...]
Library Assessment workshop – Belarusian State University Fundamental Library computer lab
Fortunately, limesurvey access returned the following morning. We set up 10 accounts, went the computer lab at the Belarusian State University Fundamental Library, and were ready to go. July 3 marks Independence Day in Belarus, the day that Soviet troops liberated Minsk from the Nazis some 65 years ago. The day is traditionally celebrated with [...]
Assessment of Electronic Information lecture and workshop
In the evening, Piotr Lapo and I attended ballet performances of Carmina Burana and a Carmen Suite at the National Academic Great Opera and Ballet Theatre. The building has just been reconstructed, and it is red and gold inside, with excellent acoustics. We had trouble reserving seats, and had to sit on the side, but [...]
National Library of Belarus and the Belarusian Library Association
On Tuesday, June 30, there were two presentations. The first was at the National Library of the Republic of Belarus on “Library Assessment in the US: Methods and Tools,” and the audience was the staff of the National Library. The National Library was founded on September 15, 1922, originally as the Belarusian [...]
Lectures for IT managers and Library school students and faculty
The next day, thanks to the powerpoint slides provided by Martha Kyrillidou, Director of ARL Statistics and Service Quality Programs, and Raynna Bowlby, my colleague at GSLIS West who gives workshops on library assessment, I am ready.
The first lecture was at the Belarusian Scientific and Technical University Scientific Library, and the audience was managers of [...]
Dudutki Belarusian Authentic Village
On Sunday, abandoning the powerpoint, I went on a road trip. Alexey Skalaban – Director of the Belarusian National Technical University Scientific Library, Andrea of Ebsco in Belarus, Piotr Lapo, and myself headed out to Dudutki Belarusian Authentic Village, located about 35km south of Minsk. There were four large guys in a lada.
We arrived to [...]
Arrival in Minsk, Belarus
On June 27 I went to Minsk, Belarus, to speak to the university and national Belarusian librarians in Minsk about library assessment. This opportunity came through the Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) of the US Department of State and is part of the US Speaker Program. It was at the [...]
