I also helped ALA staff their booth during the Conference. This was a rewarding experience. Many international librarians from all the continents came to the booth to let us know how much they appreciate U.S. libraries and librarians. This assignment gave me a real opportunity to understand how important our international activities are and how helpful it is if one can communicate in various languages. Amsterdam is a very interesting and beautiful city with its many canals and picturesque houses.
People are friendly and the country is diverse.
I saw several interesting book exhibits as well as universities and libraries. It was especially interesting to visit the Haagse Hoogeschool, a new technical university in the Hague. There I met again with Eddie Kips, a library science faculty member who earlier this year visited U of L with another colleague. U of L has a cooperative program in business with this university and Eddie made sure all the IFLA delegates that visited there knew it.