Selected Events 2006

Consul General Mark Scheland Addresses the U.S. Librarians. Center: Information Resource Officer Holly Murten, U.S. Embassy Berlin

March 16, 2006
Leipzig Consul General Mark Scheland and Leipzig Consul for Public Affairs Mark Wenig welcomed a group of ten U.S. librarians, jointly accompanied by Library Director Jens Lazarus of Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, Goethe Institute - Regional Coordinator Marilen Daum and WESS-Coordinator Thea Lindquist (Western European Studies Section). The group's visit to the Consulate General launched the program, “Leipzig, Dresden, Weimar: Exploring a Library Landscape.” The U.S. Embassy Berlin, which supported this program, was represented by Information Resource Officer Holly Murten and Information Resource Center Coordinator Nancy Rajczak. The group also participated in the Leipzig Book Fair and joined the annual national library conference in Dresden, March 21-24. Consul General Scheland addressed the group on consulate services and responsibilities, and the librarians, many of whom specialize in this region, left with a clearer understanding of what the United States is doing publicly in the German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.