Librarians on the Move ALA Costa Rica 2014. With gratitude to the ALA International Relations Office Michael Dowling and Delin Guerra for all the assistance.

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Librarians on the Move ALA Costa Rica 2014

With gratitude to the ALA International Relations Office Michael Dowling and Delin Guerra for all the assistance in making this trip a reality Thank you!

Background 1.History of library work in Monteverde, CR 2.Combining educational international travel/ service 3.ALA sponsorship/ support

Day 1: Getting to know each other

Monteverde … Unique social/ cultural history Cloud forest ecosystem Ecotourist destination/ North American Quaker community/ rural Costa Rican community

To work … 1.San Luis community library project/ San Luis school activity/ area school mobile library project 2.Monteverde Friends community and school library 3.Monteverde Institute tropical ecology digital collection Combined 200 volunteer hours of work

Working in San Luis and beyond …

Working at the MFS Community Library …

And working at the MVI …

All work and no play? Not this group!

Answering the call for resources

And finally -- the beach!

And in the end … Opportunity to contribute service was initial main appeal Appreciated combination of educational/ tourist aspects, local knowledgeable and fun guide, and organization Transformative travel – especially for early career librarians – 3 returning for more work this year!!! There is demand for this type of intentional international travel – call for ALA to sponsor more opportunities like this.

Thanks for listening! Presented by: Laurie Kutner University of Vermont