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Stephanie Brenenson (Coordinator of Library Instruction) attended the LOEX of the West conference Expanded Conversations: Collaborating for Student Learning, as well as the pre-conference all-day workshop Problem-Based Learning in Higher Education: Active Student Engagement in the Learning Process. The conference was held in Eugene, Oregon, in June. She also provided a daylong orientation to U.S. university libraries for Fulbright students in August. The grant-funded Fulbright Gateway Orientation Program, developed by FIU's Institute for International Education, provided a four-day orientation to the 70 international Fulbright students who have come to the US to study this fall at universities nationwide. The library sessions were designed to introduce these graduate students to the often dramatically different policies and services they will encounter at university libraries in this country.

Barbara Carroll (Documents Public Services Librarian, BBC) is Secretary of the Faculty Senate 2001-2002.

Antonie B. Downs (Executive Associate Director of Libraries) served on two Southern Association of Colleges and Schools substantial change committees: one to Troy State University sites in Japan and Korea, and the other to Regent University, in Virginia Beach.

Sarah Hammill (Reference Librarian, BBC) published an article about BBC's Weekend Academy for high school students. The article appeared in September's issue of the online publication Digital Divide Network. She was awarded a GALE/SELA Continuing Education and Professional Development Committee grant.

Douglas Hasty (Head, Access Services Dept., UP) attended the IFLA Conference, in Glasgow, Scotland, in August. The purpose of the trip was to develop stronger resource- sharing relationships with international libraries so that FIU scholars and doctoral students can obtain hard-to-procure materials. He is pursuing several initiatives as a result of the trip. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Access Services, and is overseeing a written interview of two resource-sharing leaders; the interview will be published in a future issue. Additionally, he continues to serve on the ALA-RUSA-MOUSS Interlibrary Loan Committee and is overseeing the first major revision of the ALS ILL Request Form (in print) since the 1980's, and its conversion to an electronic format.

Nancy Hershoff (Head, Bibliographic Control, BBC) and Scott Kass (Head, Reader Services, BBC) attended the SEFLIN Leadership Institute: Leading an Effective Team, and Making Conflict Work for You. The institute was held in Hollywood, FL, in September.

Dr. Laurence Miller, Executive Director of Libraries, is Vice President/President Elect of SEFLIN (Southeast Florida Library and Information Network).

Steve Morris (Business Librarian) served as a resume reviewer for the New Members Round Table at the American Library Association, in Atlanta. He examined resumes of librarians seeking employment and advised them about ways to improve their resumes and cover letters both in form and content.

Steve Swtizer (Access Services Librarian, BBC) and Annya Polselli (ILL Supervisor, BBC) presented a SEFLIN Technology Training Workshop entitled Ariel Electronic Document Delivery: Demonstration and Discussion. The event was hosted at the BBC Library August 7, with twenty-five area librarians and technicians in attendance.

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