Then voice over narration with text captions appear.

"In October 2003, the Brooklyn College Library participated as a hosting institution for four librarians and a facilitator visiting from the far stretches of Russia. The visitors came to the United States as part of the Open World Library Managers Program."

Fade in Open World Logo on top of Shilohette of Russian map.



Open world logo splits in center with top portion moving fast off screen to left and bottom portion moving off screen to right. Shilohette of Russian map remains.

Fade into group shot of the five Russians super imposed on map.



Zoom up individual head shots of each of the librarians as they are named. Zoom their head shots to their geographical locations after each description. As consecutive head shots are placed on the map, a bold line draws to connect them.

Voice over and caption text:

"Yelena Rzhevskaya, Head of Foreign Literature Department at the Ignatov Brothers Children's Library, Krasnodar Region, looked foward to her trip to the United States in order to learn about the interests of American children and teenagers, how they use the internet and what books they read. Yelena traveled to the US from Kraznador in the fertile Kray region of southwest of Russia.

Tatyana Rudnitskaya, a Consultant for USA Educational Issues, has worked closely with American colleagues at the Rostov-on-Don State Library, American Educational Center. Tatyana, a lover of classical music and jazz, made her trip to the United States from Rostov on Don, a port city 150 kilometers from Kraznador.

Lyba Suyazova, the youngest member of the group, is the Chief Librarian of the Molchanov-Sibirskiy State Scientific Library, American Center, in the Irkutsk Region. Lyba, a native of Siberia, commented on the chilliness of New York City climate in the early fall when the delegation was visiting. Lyba was also excited about the opportunity to use her language skills in Spanish, a language she speaks fluently but uses rarely in her own home town. Lyba's host, George, was formerly a high school Spanish teacher.

Tamara Terekhova, the senior member of the delegation, has done post graduate studies in Biochemistry at the Institute of Cytology under the USSR Academy of Sciences and currently works as the Program Coordinator for the Open Society Institute, East Siberia Branch at the Vladivostok University Internet Center. She is also the president of the Primorye Library Association. Tamara's hopes for her trip to the US are to form international bonds between library associations in Russia and the United States. Tamara joined us from the far eastern city of Vladivosdok, 60 kilometers from Russia's border with China.

The delegation also included a facilitator, Elena Loza. Elena joined the group to help with translations in social functions and to work on travel logistics. Elena, like Tamara, has connections with Vladivostok. Her parents have lived there for more than a decade. But Elena herself came to us from St. Petersberg, the second largest city in Russia and the heart of much of Russia's cultural life."

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