ERIC Number: EJ1233043
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Publication Date: 2019-Oct
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Short-Term Global Exchanges through the Fulbright Specialist Program: One Librarian's Experience
Turner, Jennifer
portal: Libraries and the Academy, v19 n4 p557-564 Oct 2019
In spring of 2019, the author traveled to Kolkata, India, to work with the staff of the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, academic and public librarians, and library and information science students under a Fulbright Specialist grant. This article describes the Fulbright Specialist Program, provides information about the application process, and explores what it means to be admitted to and participate in the program. Experience-based tips for applying to the program and preparing for work abroad, if selected, are offered.
Descriptors: Librarians, Program Length, Foreign Countries, Grants, Foreign Workers, Specialists, Consultants, Institutional Cooperation, Travel, Professional Development, Exchange Programs, International Cooperation, Intercultural Programs
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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