I successfully arrived to my home country Mongolia in late evening of 19th of October.

I'm happy to inform that, my trip to home was finished luckily in late evening 19th of October.
Now I'm at work, Ulaanbaatar Public Library.

My 14 days library internship in the Enoch Pratt Free Library, and Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled, Baltimore successfully finished in early afternoon of 15th of October,

then explored Washington D.C in 3 days as below:

On Friday early afternoon I arrived in Washington D.C. from Baltimore city, MD by MARC train.

Evening at 7pm, I participated to the lecture in the Mongolian Embassy in Washington D.C., which is organized by Mongolian Culture Association and Mr. Saruul-erdene. After the lecture, I made a interview to the Mongolian National TV journalist about my internship.

On Saturday I visited to the Washington D.C Public Library (Martin Luther King) and again good introduction on the Blind&Physically Handicapped Department.
Also, I visited to the LOC Cataloguing department, where I made a nice talking with Mr. Randall K. Barry, who is head of Russia section, Germanic&Slavic Division.

On Sunday, I went to shopping and visited to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Sunday afternoon, I visited to Mrs. Marta's office in The State Department by her invitation and we talked a lot about my internship, about your library and about your help to me :-) and of course about Mongolia and others.
She had a dinner with me her favourite restoran, like my host library chiefs Mr. Wesley, Mrs. Patricia, and Mrs. Jill.
I said to Mrs. Marta, her invitation and appointment is more brightening my internship.

It's time to write my report in English and guideline for Mongolian Librarians in Mongolian.

Thank you very much for my LIP supporters and PAS team in USA Embassy, Ulaanbaatar.

My 9th work day. In the LBPH.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Today was learning day to understand the special service how organized by LOC NLS and Federal Government funding.
What technology and service changes are in the LBPH.

I hope, my 2 hours presentation was informative to LBPH staffs to know Mongolian National animal "Horse", Mongolian culture on Greeting, Food, save the nature and of course today's Mongolian about 350 public libraries real information.


8-9am. Maryland Accessible Texbook Program
James McCarthy, Maryland Accessible Textbook Program
Stephanie Durnford, Management Associate
Jim's Office
2nd Floor

9-10am. Collection Maintenance (Shelving, Shifting, Discarding materials)
Tyson Fogel
Tyson's Office and Stack Ares
2nd Floor and Stack Areas

10-12noon. Presentation on Library Services in Mongolia and the Mongolian DAISY Talking Book center
Begzsuren Jamsranjav

12-1pm Lunch

1-2pm. Integrated Library Management System OPAC, BARD, Web Braille
Mollyne Honor
Meeting Room
1st Floor

2-3pm. Outreach, Programs
Tyson Fogel
Tyson's Office
2nd Floor

3-3:30pm. Patron Services (Applications Process)
Paula Thomas, Patron Services Specialist
Paula's Office
2nd Floor

4pm.
Mr. John Halley, showed and introduced me the Server and Telephone rooms.

My 8th work day, not only learning it was Mongolian information sharing day

At 8am I visited to tunbridge public charter school to share Mongolian words and Traditional Game "A Clever Daughter-in-Law".

At 10am. Computer class in LBPH for blind person. Today was MS Excel lesson.

At 11am. Youth Programs.

At 2pm. Special appointment with Mrs. Irene Padilla, who is a state librarian and assistant state superintendent for Libraries in the Maryland State Department of Education.

I shared my library true experience and there is a library law on the processing in Mongolia.

At 3:30pm. ILL Cataloguing in LBPH.

My 7th work day. Inthe Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

How Library of Congress National Library Service is organizing and managing library service for blind and physically handicapped community under the Federal Law, without disturbing commercail business.

My today's schedule was as below. From each learning in LBPH different rooms, I really understand above topic, why they use not only special technology and equipment, they must use encrypted and special file format to bring a library service to blind person's home without asking any money and without any postal cost pressure.

This special and professional state-wide library service guided by LOC NLS and funded by Federal Government. So all device, book is property of Federal Government, it's produced for special use.

Our Ulaanbaatar Public Library's DAISY Talking Book Center should think and implement this encrypted and special file formats or how library service must be organized for blind community without disturbing commercial products and services.

If we don't think about this in the beginning, when globalization will require us one service standard, we understand that, oh already made big mistake :-(.

8-9am. Library administration

Jill Lewis

Jill's Office

2nd floor

9-11am. Digital Recording Studio/Volunteer Services

Wilhelmina Hargrave, Recording Studio Director

Mozetta Trueheart, Recording Studio Manager

Yuri Zietz,

Digital Recording Studio

Basement Level 1

11-12noon Circulation/Book Inspection

Shirley Roane, Circulation Lead

Elizabeth Brice, Book Inspection Specialist

Circulation/Book Inspection Area

1st Floor

12-1pm Lunch

1-2pm IT

Organization and Structure

Mollyne Honor, Assistant Director/IT Head

John Halley, Computer Network Specialist

Yuri Zietz

Meeting Room

1st floor

2-3pm Equipment

Mollyne Honor,

Sheila Smith, Equipment Head

Shirley Roane

Equipment room

Basement Label 1

3-4pm Patron Services/Reference

Tyson Fogel, Reference/Outreach Coordinator

Patron Services Desk

1st Floor

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I'm already on the way : My next OPEN-EYE journey starts here in Enoch Pratt Free Library

Dear All my contributors to my LIP learning,

First of all, I'm very happily can say that My Library Internship Program is continuing very successfully and luckily.
I'm already in half road of my internship days in Enoch Pratt free Library (EPFL) and Maryland State library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LBPH) in the charming city Baltimore, MD.

All day I'm trying to translate my notes into Mongolian from meetings/learning sessions and still on the working. I just uploaded very special photos and daily summaries into my Library Internship Program Blog at http://lip-news.blogspot.com. I hope, it's a huge knowledge and experience, what I saw and learn from my host libraries.

Today, on Saturday, I participated to the 2 user group meetings in the LBPH, it was helpful to understand the library and community communications.

Tomorrow Sunday, it's my free day to work on my note translation.
On Monday, library will close for the Columbus Day /Staff Development Day/, but I organized my meeting to school class from my dearest host family.
I sure, the Monday and Wednesday meetings in the elementary school, and Thursday Presentation in the LBPH will be helpful to share my Mongolian experience and information.

My last days learning from the EPFL was very helpful to understand new ways in the EPFL, re-organizing, shifting staffs, especially a hourly schedule.

I really want to write my book about this internship program, it'll contain my daily notes and photos and others.
I sure, my future day learning in the LBPH will be helpful to understand special library services/technology for blind community.

Thank you for all, for your time and energy to me to make this successful internship.
Sincerely Yours,
J.Begzsuren

My 6th day - Participated to 2 User group Meetings

9th of October, 2010. Saturday.

I was happy to participate the Technology User Group and Book Club meetings in the Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Because it's monthly activity, who are lucky they can participate. If you lost, you need to wait next month :-).

From the technology user group meeting, I understand bar code reader special device for blind.

From the book club meeting, sharing a knowledge always best way to relax and I'm very happy to tell my Mongolian 2 myths about astrology and part of Mongolian nomadic life style.

My 5th day - To say thank you very much to Pratt Library, To start LBPH learning

8th of October, 2010. Friday

In the morning, I visited to my first host library to say "Thank you very much for your time and teaching me your management and resources!".

In this morning Enoch Pratt free Library's Programs&Publications department coordinator Mrs. Judith Cooper suddenly met and invited me to her office to introduce new experience, it was really lucky chance to me, and telling me "Begz, you are not enough to finish your internship in my Pratt Library :-)".

In the afternoon, it was very special lunch with most of staffs of Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, to host and educate me in their library.

LBPH library chief Mrs. Jill Lewis introduced me my schedule in her library, and all of rooms in 2 up, 3 down floors in library building and her helpful office secretary Mrs. Shawnta Wilson.

I'm ready to learn everything from my 2nd host library and to present my library and Mongolia on Thursday.