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Barr-Walker: Annotated Bibliography

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Barr-Walker describes her experience as an international librarian living and working in Abu Dhabi. Her narrative tells of her work in establishing an academic library at the NYUAD (NYU Abu Dhabi) in 2008. She gives the background of the university and its tie to the Global Network University initiative. Barr-Walker relays the challenges of building a library with limited resources while at the same time, adjusting to cultural differences of the Middle East. She identifies various times of problem solving and the need to be flexible when working with others outside her professional circle. Furthermore, after Barr-Walker settled into her new environment, she describes the pleasures of working close among those in her community. She explains

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