October 9-14, 2007
Come and Meet US@the Frankfurt Book Fair
Hall 4.2 N448
As in the past years, the U.S. Mission to Germany will be represented at the Frankfurt International Book Fair, the world's largest and most renowned literary exhibit, visited by almost 300,000 eager readers, networkers and knowledge-seekers last year. The Book Fair takes place from October 9 through 14 and features "Catalan Culture" this year.
If you're interested in...
--> Winning an American Book Collection for your Library,
--> Chatting with a Catalan American about Cultura Catalana in the United States,
--> Studying in the United States,
--> Meeting International Librarians at an informal Get-Together,
--> Learning about the "Integration of Information Services into University Structures",
--> Receiving Information about the United States of America
… come and visit our booth at Hall 4.2 N448 and meet us and our Catalan colleagues from the U.S. Consulate in Barcelona! Our booth will be located within the International Librarians Center.
@the Bookfair: Win an American book collection for your library! 
Throughout the Bookfair time you will be able to participate in a competition on how to make the best use of American book collections @ your library. Winners with the best and most creative ideas will receive such a collection for their libraries.
@the Bookfair: October 11, 16:00 
Meet International Librarians!
Meet international Librarians at our booth for an informal exchange of ideas.
@the Bookfair: October 13, 14:00 - 15:00 
Exchange Opportunities with the United States: Studying and Working in the U.S.
EducationUSA Frankfurt and USA-Interns of the Steuben-Schurz Society answer questions about exchange opportunities with the United States.
See also: http://germany.usembassy.gov/germany/exchanges/index.html
@the Bookfair: October 13, 13:00 - 18:00 
Chat with a Catalan American about Cultura Catalana in the United States!
New: Transcript
As a tribute to this year's guest of honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair, there will be a webchat with Catalan American professor Gonzales Navajas on October 13. Mr. Navajas is Professor of Spanish at the University of California at Irvine and has published extensively in Europe and the United States on subjects dealing with modern literature, film, aesthetics, and European intellectual history.
Please stop by to chat with Prof. Navajas and ask him anything you'd like to know about Cultura Catalana in the United States and what it's all about. We will collect questions during the previous days for anybody who can't make it on Saturday and send out the transcript afterwards. If you can't make it to the Bookfair, feel free to submit your questions from home: Click here for live participation
@Campus Westend: October 12+13
Learn about the Integration of Information Services into University Infrastructures!
Campus Westend, Frankfurt
Frankfurt Scientific Symposium, organized by the University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg in Frankfurt
The aim of the meeting is to expose this current topic for critical discussion with international speakers and participants and to find solutions which optimize the integration of information services into university structures.
More details: http://www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/messe/symposium2007/einleitung.html
