{"id":68001,"date":"2007-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-offer-summer-graduate-program-abroad-on-chinese-librarianship\/"},"modified":"2007-03-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-27T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-offer-summer-graduate-program-abroad-on-chinese-librarianship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2007\/03\/uri-to-offer-summer-graduate-program-abroad-on-chinese-librarianship\/","title":{"rendered":"URI to offer summer graduate program abroad on Chinese librarianship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tRegistration deadline April 16<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 27, 2007 \u2013 With an increasing demand for information professionals with an understanding of Chinese language and culture, the University of Rhode Island\u2019s Graduate School of Library and Information Studies is inviting librarians, information professionals and library science students to participate in a unique 3-week summer program in China.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nScheduled for June 4-15, the three-credit seminar at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China will focus on the history of Chinese librarianship and the U.S.-China Million Book Digital Library Project.  It is sponsored by URI\u2019s Global Education for Librarians and Information Professionals program and is part of URI\u2019s newly established Confucius Institute.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cThis is an exciting opportunity for librarians to learn about the different types of libraries and librarianship in China, and about the role of traditional, academic, public special and school libraries there,\u201d said Yan Ma, URI professor of library and information studies who will teach the seminar in China along with a colleague from Zhejiang University.  \u201cWe\u2019ll be located in the political, economic and cultural center of Zheijiang province, which has famous natural beauty and is one of China\u2019s most important tourist venues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tParticipating students will attend daily classes, tour numerous libraries and visit Chinese cultural institutions.  After the seminar ends, they must complete a research paper on a topic of their choice.  (A non-credit option is available which does not require students to write a research paper.)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe fee for the program is $2,150, which covers the course, housing, some meals, and travel within China.  Airfare to Shanghai Pudong Airport is not included in the fee.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe registration deadline is April 16 with a deposit of $150.  Full payment is due by May 11.  For registration information, contact Daniela Veliz, coordinator of URI summer programs abroad, at 401-874-2019 or dveliz@etal.uri.edu, or visit www.uri.edu\/international\/study_abroad\/summer.htm.  For additional information about the program, contact Yan Ma at 401-874-2819 or yanma@uri.edu. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registration deadline April 16 &#13; KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 27, 2007 \u2013 With an increasing demand for information professionals with an understanding of Chinese language and culture, the University of Rhode Island\u2019s Graduate School of Library and Information Studies is inviting librarians, information professionals and library science students to participate in a unique 3-week summer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}