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    Forging Global Partnerships : Intercontinental Collaborative Initiatives between LIS Programs
    (IFLA General Conference and Council, Durban, South Africa, 2007) Cortez, Edwin-Michael; Britz, Johannes; Albright, Kendra; Kigongo-Bukenya, I. M. N.; Hernández, Nitza
    The paper reports on several collaborative initiatives between four international LIS programs—University of Tennessee (UT), School of Information Sciences (SIS), University of Puerto Rico, Graduate School of Information Science and Technologies,(GSIST), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Library and Information Studies (SOIS), and Makerere University, East Africa School of Library and Information Science (EASLIS). These collaborative ventures have resulted from one newly prorogated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between UT and UPR and the renewal of an existing MOU between UT and Makerere University, with the addition of UW-Milwaukee. A brief history of the relationship between Makerere University and the University of Tennessee is presented with a focus on HIV/AIDS information research examining the role of information and information agencies in Uganda’s reduction of HIV/AIDS prevalence. The paper then defines and describes the elements of a Memorandum of Understanding outlining such aspects as mission, values and principles supporting the collaborations and the plans for action. Described in detail is the action plan between the University of Tennessee,(SIS) and the University of Puerto Rico,(GSIST) which led up to a symposium on intercultural leadership and a research project for building an intercultural leadership toolkit for library and information professionals. The purpose of the toolkit is to create a focused awareness of, and sensitivity to international and intercultural differences. The project addresses the need for librarians to serve diverse, intercultural communities in the US with a focus on the Latino population. The paper then shifts to the African continent and the potential for LIS collaborations