Promoting partnership: Campus and community collaboration through cultural events
2008; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 69; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/crln.69.3.7951
ISSN2150-6698
Autores Tópico(s)Higher Education Practises and Engagement
ResumoPromoting partnershipCampus and community collaboration through cultural events I t is 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, and the library is hopping.Dozens of people pack into a small lecture room and listen intently as a faculty member's son and daughter give a cardtheater performance of "Momotaro: The Peach Boy."In the nearby seminar room, a lively group crowds around a table to learn how to make cucumber sushi rolls.The hallway bustles with students and community members waiting to try their hand at calligraphy or try on a yukata.Picture books of Japanese folk tales in English and Japanese compete for attention with Japanese architecture books, graphic novels, and maps.Clearly, it's not your ordinary weekend morning at an academic library.On No vember 18, 2006, Miami University (Ohio) Libraries hosted a Japanese cultural festival and readin called "Ohanashi: Discovering Japan Through Stories." 1 Sponsored by a grant from the Japan Foundation's Center for Global Partnership, the program sought to promote Japanese cultural education, while fostering ties between the library and campus and community organizations.Ohanashi was a fourhour event that attracted more than 600 participants from the campus and community, with some visi tors coming from more than an hour away.
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