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John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announces partnership with the Earthshot Prize
On September 13, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced a new partnership with The Earthshot Prize. Launched in 2020 by Prince William and The Royal Foundation, The Earthshot Prize takes inspiration from President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 speech at Rice University, which united millions of people around the goal of reaching the Moon before the end of the decade. The Earthshot Prize aims to channel that same spirit of collective action and optimism to discover, celebrate and scale cutting-edge solutions to the world’s greatest environmental challenges to help repair the planet by 2030.
The Earthshot Prize is the most prestigious environment prize in history, launched in October 2020 by Prince William and The Royal Foundation, and designed to discover and scale the best solutions to repair our planet over the next ten years. A truly global project, The Earthshot Prize was developed by The Royal Foundation, which convened a diverse nominator coalition of more than 200 people and organizations around the world, comprising influential individuals committed to championing positive environmental action.
We Rule: Civics for All of US
Jimmy Carter Library holding programs for elementary students on the Constitution, The Constitution Rules for grades K–2 and The Constitution and Our Community for grades 3–5! By participating in these live, interactive webinars, students will be better able to:
● Understand what the Constitution is and why the United States has one
● Connect the Constitution to their own lives and their communities
● Identify the three branches of government and some of the key functions they perform
● Analyze primary sources
Reimagining American Democracy: Securing Elections
Reimagining American Democracy is a monthly virtual series featuring leading experts, policy makers, business and religious leaders, journalists, and activists engaging each other in forward-thinking, 360° conversations on one of the most important issues of our time: the future and promise of American democracy.
This event will feature Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, Mayor of the City of Montgomery and former member of the DHS Election Integrity Commission Steven Reed, R&D Director of Google Jigsaw Yasmin Green, Commissioner of the US Election Assistance Commission Thomas Hicks and Executive Director of the National Vote At Home Institute Amber McReynolds. Journalist and former CNN correspondent Jeanne Meserve will moderate a conversation on America’s voting infrastructure and what can be done to ensure its future security and integrity.
The George W. Bush Presidential Center Releases New Podcast Celebrating Immigration
Immigration has always been an important part of USA history, but the value immigrants bring to our country is not limited to the immigrants themselves. In the George W. Bush Presidential Center’s new podcast, The Story of U.S., we talk to the children of immigrants, learn more about their families’ stories, and celebrate how the rich diversity of new American families strengthens our communities – across generations.
The Story of U.S. is part of the Bush Institute’s broader policy work in immigration, which provides bold, principle-based solutions on immigration reform. As President George W. Bush once said, “At its core, immigration is a sign of a confident and successful nation. Immigrants' talent and hard work and love of freedom have helped us become the leader of the world.”
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Organizes “First Time” Exhibition 2021
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Art Exhibitions and Collections Department inaugurates the 15th round of its “First Time” Exhibition on Thursday, 9 September 2021, at 1:00 pm, in the BACC East Exhibition Hall.
For fifteen years, the BA has been supporting a significant number of young artistic talents by giving them an appropriate space to highlight their artistic experiments. Additionally, the Exhibition offers artists an opportunity for exposure on the artistic arena on both the national and regional levels.
This year, the BA presents a selected host of young artists and a larger than usual space (with regard to group exhibitions) to display their works. Thirteen artists from Alexandria and Tanta, aged 24 – 35, are taking part in the Exhibition.
https://www.bibalex.org/en/news/details?documentid=40280&page=3
“Women throughout the Ages”… An Online Course at the BA
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina organized a free online course titled “Women throughout the Ages”, from 21 to 23 September 2021.
The course included three lectures taking place over three days and delivered by Dr. Hussein Abd El-Bassir, Head of the Antiquities Museum Department, and Acting Director of the Zahi Hawass Center of Egyptology; Dr. Galal Refai, Publishing Specialist, and Acting Deputy Director of the Antiquities Museum; and Dr. Kareem Hamza, Specialist in Islamic Antiquities.
The lectures tackle the pioneering role of women over the centuries, from the ancient Egyptian civilization to the Greco-Roman and Islamic periods. Participants will end the course with a tour of the BA departments and collections, in addition to a special tour of the Antiquities Museum as a practical application.
https://www.bibalex.org/en/news/details?documentid=40288&page=2
BA Director Receives the Ambassador of South Korea
Dr. Moustafa Elfeki, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, received H.E. Hong Jin-wook, the South Korean Ambassador to Egypt, on Tuesday, 28 September 2021.
Elfeki underlined the strong ties between Egypt and South Korea, highlighting South Korea’s major accomplishments in the fields of manufacturing and information technology.
Ambassador Hong Jin-wook said that he was keen on expanding collaboration between Egypt and South Korea, particularly in the field of culture, stressing his interest in cooperating with the BA and benefitting from its expertise in the preservation and digitization of heritage.
At the end of their meeting, Dr. Elfeki presented Ambassador Hong Jin-wook with a number of BA publications.
https://www.bibalex.org/en/news/details?documentid=40298&page=1
Foreword of the Printing “Basmacı İbrahim Efendi” Müteferrika Exhibition
Foreword of the Printing House “Basmacı İbrahim Efendi” Müteferrika Exhibition opened on Tuesday, September 7 at the National's Library Seljuk Museum and Exhibition Hall. The story of Müteferrika Printing House, which went down in history as the first Turkish printing house, was reflected with works in the exhibition.
The exhibition includes seventeen important works, consisting of twenty-two volumes, published in Müteferrika Printing House, in different libraries and archives of Turkey, manuscripts belonging to İbrahim Müteferrika, archive documents revealing the establishment process of the Ottoman printing house, its founding staff and the imagination of the period.
YRC as a step into the world of the future
In the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg, within the framework of the large joint project with the ZAART Center for Support and Contemporary Art, " YRC -1980" on two floors of the Art Gallery, two exhibitions were opened at once - art and research, timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of laying the first stone of the MZhK " Komsomolsky "in Sverdlovsk.
The goal of the project is to draw attention to the history, the unique social experience of the youth residential complexes (YRC) movement, as well as to modern initiatives in the field of housing construction. The project includes two exhibitions - "What Makes Us Better" and "A Place on Earth", public and children's programs, theater performances, art interventions, excursions and the publication of a book.
The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center is interested in this project primarily because forty years ago, as the First secretary of the Sverdlovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party, Boris Yeltsin supported the initiative to build a youth housing complex.
https://yeltsin.ru/news/MZhK-kak-shag-v-mir-budushego/
Cooperation with the Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus
On September 15, 2021, the Presidential Library of the Republic of Belarus was visited by representatives of the educational institution “Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus”.
The purpose of the visit was the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Presidential Library of the Republic of Belarus and the educational institution “Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus”.
The corresponding agreement was signed by the director of the state institution "Presidential Library of the Republic of Belarus" Sergey Kvachan and colonel of justice, head of the educational institution "Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus" Yuri Kamenetsky.
Exhibition "September 9 - Independence Day of the Republic of Tajikistan"
On September 9, 2021, the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Minsk hosted an international conference dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the State Independence of the Republic of Tajikistan and the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Belarus.
On the eve of the International Conference, a thematic exhibition dedicated to the Independence Day of the Republic of Tajikistan, annually celebrated on September 9, was organized at the issuing point of the Presidential Library of the Republic of Belarus in the CIS Executive Committee.
Marketing in Libraries - Roundtable Discussion
On September 9, 2021, the Presidential Library of the Republic of Belarus hosted a round table on the topic “Marketing activities in libraries: organization, main directions”.
Students of advanced training and retraining courses of the educational institution "Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts" attended this event.
The group's specialization is “Marketing model of a modern library (for directors, managers, librarians, methodologists of library marketing departments of public libraries).
The roundtable participants shared their thoughts, plans and best practices regarding the organization and development of the marketing strategy used in public libraries in Belarus. Speakers on behalf of the Presidential Library of the Republic of Belarus on the topic "Corporate culture" were Alla Pendo, Deputy Director for Research, and Yulia Sermyazhko, Head of the Library Marketing Department.
https://www.preslib.org.by/news/type1/marketing-v-bibliotekah---obsuzhdenie-na-kruglom-stole