Presentation «Washington & Chicago - how it was»

The head of WOA Center Svitlana Usenko gave a presentation to the librarians, heads of departments of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Library about her trip to the USA, the cities she visited, the work of American libraries. It was a story about Public Library of Chicago, Harper college, Palatine city etc.
Svitlana Usenko was the participant of the program Open World. She visited Washington and Chicago.
In April 2010 a group of six Ukrainian librarians came to Chicago to learn about American library and educational systems.
ICEA, the hosting organization, headed by Larisa Koval, president, had designed the program in which the delegates had an opportunity to visit local libraries, schools and businesses, learn from their experiences, share their own and get inspired with new ideas.
Among Chicago libraries the group visited Northwestern University Library, Indian Trails Public Library, Schaumburg District Library, Chicago Public Library, Palatine Public Library, Harper College Library and others.
The delegates also met with Jim Schwantz, mayor of the city Palatine, and Konstantin Kudryk at the General Consulate of Ukraine in Chicago.
At the end of the 10-day program, each delegate took home a certificate of graduation, “READ” poster with their photos on it from Indian Trails Public Library District (made only for celebrities) and, of course, tones of pictures, memories and new ideas. Among those ideas was creating a section of Ukrainian language literature at some of the American libraries, which is yet to be seen.