Visit of colleagues - May, 30

Today  at American Library, during the visit of our colleagues from The National Academy of Managerial Personnel of Culture and Arts we discussed the future of 3D printing in Ukraine, watched Voice of America series by Zoreslav Baidiuk dedicated to Arts in the USA, shared experience, exchanged questions concerning statistics in library functioning.We compared the information about using ecologically safe materials in art objects described in the piece of news with the use of PLA filaments in 3D printing.

Psychology Club with Jimmy Hill - May, 29

“Don’t worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman

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It is terrifying when you feel like your life has no purpose or direction, but finding your passion can change all that. Finding your passion is like finding your personal road map. When you know what your passion is, you feel motivated, inspired, and so much clearer about what your next step should be.

Today during a Psychology Club with Jimmy Hill, we discussed ways to live a life you love.

Book of the Week - "Shifting Gears: Technology, Literature, Culture in Modernist America"

Book of the Week - "Shifting Gears: Technology, Literature, Culture in Modernist America". 

Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, and William Carlos Williams show how it is that writings on a range of subjects can embody the values of machine technology. Stories and novels about hunting or fishing, bullfighting or boxing can exhibit a machine aesthetics, even when machines or structures play no part in the fiction. The form is what counts, and each writer's style marks the achievement of machine values in imaginative literature.

Training - "Corruption and Cyber Crime"

Corruption can be broadly defined as the abuse of public power for private gain. Human relationships within a corrupt organization are harder to develop than in a workplace characterized by honesty and integrity.

Today we talked on topics of corruption and cybercrime during a Training by Professor Peter Henning (USA). Peter J. Henning is an author of the book: "The Prosecution and Defense of Public Corruption: The Law and Legal Strategies", writes a regular column, "White Collar Watch," for The New York Times DealBook. Special guest of the meeting was Federal prosecutor of Austin, Texas - Allen Booi

Film Club at American Library: "The Proposal" (2009)

Friday, May 26, 17:00 - "The Proposal" (2009) Summary: A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada. Film Club's language: English with subtitles. 

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WHERE: American Library (Kyiv)

(Voloska 8\5 Street, Building 4, 1st floor)

Enter: Free

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Презентація програм Національного бюро програми ЄС "Креативна Європа" в Україні

У Вівторок 23 Травень 2017, 15:00 - в Американській бібліотеці відбудеться презентація програм Національного бюро програми ЄС "Креативна Європа" в Україні. Найближчим часом оголосять конкурс "Художні переклади", а восени - конкурси на проекти з міжнародної співпраці, включно з окремим конкурсом на тематику "Охорони культурної спадщини".  Спікер презентації - Юлія Федів, керівник Національного бюро програми ЄС "Креативна Європа" в Україні.

Psychology Club with Jimmy Hill - May, 22

How do you know if someone is LYING?

Wouldn’t the world be such a simple place if someone’s nose really grew when they told a lie? Then we wouldn’t have to spend so much time trying to determine whether people are telling the truth. Today at Psychology Club with Jimmy Hill we were talking about scientific ways to tell if someone is being honest.