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The Sister Library Project

Medical Library of Latvia has a Sister Library - South East Area Health Education Center Health Sciences Library in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Donna FlakeDonna Flake, Director of the South East Area Health Education Center Health Sciences Library, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, has organized and implemented Medical Libraries Association's Sister Library Partnership with our library.
Donna Flake unselfishly devotes her time, knowledge, excellent abilities as an organizer to support our library and to help us to become better, more professional, and to obtain new knowledge. The first International Cooperation Section Award was presented to Donna Flake in recognition of her dedication and outstanding service and leadership in international cooperation and outreach. Within the charity support action "THE GOOD STAR" D.Flake has received an official acknowledgement, as a thank for the good deeds that she has done for the people in Latvia.
 

Our relationship started in 1999  when the International Cooperation Section of the Medical Library Association of USA  started the Sister Library Project and our library became a sister library to Association of Medical Libraries of USA.
Activities of the Project till April, 2003
US, Canadian medical libraries and companies have donated books and journals to our library. The Latvian Welfare Associations of Milwaukee or Cleveland have boxed up the materials, shipped them to Latvia, and paid for the shipping. Special thanks go to the organization "Daugavas Vanadzes", Mirdza Zoltners, Skaidrite and Arvids Pavels, Livija Carlson, Sylvia Melkers, Mara Beldavs, and Mirdza Krauklis in Milwaukee, to the Reverend Grendze and Astrida Jansons in Cleveland, and to Astra Iesalnieks in Lincoln, Dr. Edite Balkus Walter. We thank Zaiga Alksne Phillips, Roger and Silvija Hoag, Ruta M.Bekeris for the donation of medical literature and shiping to library.

New shipment

New shipment

US and Canadian medical libraries have provided the free document delivery in electronic form.

The library has received databases.

The started project activities proceed. The international relations are established and strengthened between the MLL and Latvian organizations, private persons as well as medical libraries from USA, Canada. US and Canadian medical libraries continue to provide the free document delivery in electronic form. The Latvian organization Daugavas Vanadzes continues to receive books and journals from US medical Libraries and ship them to Latvia. We received the last shipment in June, 2008.
Last modified: 1 October, 2008

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