New American Corner in Šiauliai County Public Library

Today we 4 volunteers attended a ceremony in the Šiauliai County Public Library. The event took 

place because of the 20th anniversary of the Lithuanian-American diplomatic relations and due to that the library opened a temporary exhibition in the presence of the United States Ambassador, Anne E. Derse and Siauliai mare Justin Sartauskas. Moreover the library proudly showed there new "American Corner" a special section in the building which is devoted to American literature and media, which has its own study area and reading hall.

Exhibition 

US Ambassador Anne E. Derse

Manana and I are already used to be invited to such events, as we are one of the only non-Lithuanians staying in Siauliai for a longer period. The representatives of the American corner also asked us, to bring some students, so we arranged to meet a teacher with some students at 11.15 this day to go to the library together. 

So we all went to meet with this group at this time and left the gymnasium under the impression, that we now will all go to the library. Unfortunately this group was not going to the event at the library, but to visit another exhibition. We found out that we somehow followed the wrong crowd, when at one point they didn't walk to the right direction to get to the library anymore. So we left them walking somewhere else, and continued our way on our own. Luckily enough the correct group of students joined us in the library some minute later, a bit confused, that we were not there to meet them. 

During the event the US-Ambassador and the mayor of Siauliai opened the Exhibition and the American corner and Manana and I agree, that it is a really cool place to spend some time. Of course for us it is also very nice to have this kind of section in the library as our Lithuanian language skills are far not good enough to read novels, classics or even scientific text in this tongue. That's why we are happy to have this selection of English media in the library. 

Last but not least, the staff at the library is very friendly, helpful and always open for a nice chat, especially  Roma Baristaitė , the chief librarian in the American Corner. So, it is worth going there for sure!

r.s.

for more information visit the website of the library:http://www.savb.lt/titulinis?Itemid=50