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Basque Library greeted by 97 young people on the first day of summer

Udaleku had come to Reno. It is a two week long music camp that was directed by Kate Camino. The 10 to 15 year olds and a few parents and staff came to visit the library. In addition to seeing the Laxalt sheep camp display in the lobby, they were able to view a dance dvd that the library has in our collection, wander through the compact shelving and see some of the art we have on display.

President of the Basque Country visits the Library

July 26 2010
The Center for Basque Studies and the Basque Library had a very important visitor this summer; the president of the autonomous Basque Government.

In addition to hosting many visiting scholars and students from as far away as Japan and the Philippines to South America and Europe, we were thrilled to receive the Lehendakari, Francisco 'Patxi' López Álvarez. He was here on behalf of the autonomous Basque Government to present the state of Nevada with the Lagun Onari prize. The award is given to non-Basque individuals or entities that have promoted the Basque Country. Previously, Emeritus Professor William Douglass was given this award for his work with the Basque.

Lehendakari López Álvarez and University President Milt Glick signed a convenio to encourage future collaboration between the Basque Government, the University and the Center for Basque Studies.

The extensive Basque library collection is available to all students and community members. The library is located on the third floor of the University's Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center.

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• Nevada News article
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• Euskalkultura.com Spanish article
• RGJ articles (1, 2)
• Diariovasco.com Spanish article
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Basque Book Donation to Boise State

This summer as a continuation of previous years' collaboration with other Basque programs and specifically the Basque Studies Program at Boise State University, Library Technician Shannon Sisco delivered 300 pounds of books to Albertsons Library.

These books and journals all represented duplicates of items already held in the Basque Library collection. To further enrich other Basque programs in the west and around the world, we are making these copies available to other institutions.

In addition it was a wonderful opportunity to network with other groups at the 2010 Jaialdi Games in Boise, Idaho.