DUSLA Tours:
National Public Radio

Where: 635 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC
When: Saturday, May 19, 2007
Depart: 8 AM; more info to come (details can be requested from Amy Popp: amybphila@yahoo.com
Cost: FREE!!
Join the student chapters of SLA and ALA on a tour of the studios, newsroom, and library of the National Public Radio headquarters!

"NPR (National Public Radio) is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization, NPR serves a growing audience of 26 million Americans each week in partnership with more than 800 independently operated, noncommercial public radio stations. Each NPR Member Station serves local listeners with a distinctive combination of national and local programming. With original online content and audio streaming, npr.org offers hourly newscasts, special features and ten years of archived audio and information."
- From the NPR Website: www.npr.org

Tentative Itinerary:

10:00 – welcome and introduction
10:15 – tour of facilities, including newsroom and studios (although nothing will be taping at this time on Saturday)
10:45 – break into two groups for more detailed information about the reference library and broadcast library
11:15 – switch groups, repeat above
11:45 – remaining time may be used for Q&A, etc.

Please RSVP to Amy Popp if you would like to attend: amybphila@yahoo.com.

DUSLA to Host Lubuto Library Project Founder, Jane Meyers

Where: 4th floor of Rush
When: Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Cost: FREE!!

The Lubuto Project is a non-profit organization created to help the thousands of children in Africa who have been orphaned by AIDS, are at risk, and have no access to a formal education, except through the creation of libraries specifically for them. The project organizes the construction of library facilities; the training of staff; and the collecting, cataloging and maintenance of donated library materials.

Jane will be speaking about the experiences she has had founding and running the Lubuto Project, followed by a Q & A session where you will have a chance to ask questions about the project. Light refreshments will be served. For more information on the Lubuto Library Project, visit: http://www.lubuto.org/index.html