Open Fora (and Fauna to some degree)

Two Libraries' Open Fora have been set for the upcoming month:

• On Wednesday, March 26 from 11 a.m. to Noon, Al Turgeon, executive assistant to Michael Gower, will talk about Pandemic Planning at UVM. Info about Pandemic Flu Planning at UVM can be seen at http://www.uvm.edu/~emergncy/?Page=pandemicflu.html&SM=flumenu.html
• On Wednesday, April 9, 10:30 a.m. to 12, Neomi Danao, Executive Director of the Monteverde Institute, Costa Rica, will speak. (Laurie Kutner has helped organized her visit to UVM as our two institutions work towards a semester-long study abroad program.) Danao has been the Executive Director of the Monteverde Institute since January 2006. She'll discuss some of the larger overarching issues that the small Monteverde Institute library faces, as it attempts to grapple with developing a web-based Library Catalog (purchasing an ILS), providing greater levels of access to local collections and knowledge through digitization, providing access to other materials through creation of partnerships, providing computers and Internet access -- all with very limited funds. The Monteverde Institute is a Costa Rican non-profit organization whose mission involves both serving the international student and research populations, and giving back to the local community.