JCWilliams writes “News from Maine. A library technology specialist and librarian at Gardiner Area High School and Maine resident will be setting up a library at the Siddhartha School in Ladakh. She will be spending nearly six months of her time and expertise setting up a library and teaching English there, and all the books she can afford to buy.
Blesh leaves Feb. 21 for India, on a five-and-a-half month sabbatical from the high school and between now and her departure in February, she’s looking to raise funds to buy books for the school’s library.
The full article is available online at: mainetoday.com“
Eager Librarian goes to Ladakh India3 318610.html. The school that I will be assisting to purchase books and set up a library is http://siddharthaschool.org/. I will be setting up a blog in the next month so I can journal and show pictures along the way http://www.travelinglibrarian.org./
Being the eager librarian I have a few resources for more information regarding my trip. The newspaper article link is http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/