A collection of essays from across the world, detailing how library work is becoming globalized. The articles demonstrate new ways to address language and cultural differences, access issues abroad, the international purchase and processing of materials, and information literacy needs of students from all over the world.

Section I: Information literacy.Academic librarians at the forefront of IL efforts with international students in higher education / Ahmed Alwan, Joy M. Doan and Eric P. Garcia -- Unlocking the door: adapting information literacy instruction for international students / Susan Avery and Kirsten Feist -- Language and information literacy: a case student of library orientation taught in the Chinese language / Liangyu Fu and Gabriel Duque -- The information-fluent English language learner: cultural and pedagogical considerations / Megan Hodge -- Globalizing library instruction: engaging student at international branch campuses / Claudia McGivney, Laura Costello, and Janet Clarke -- Acculturating international students to the ethical use of information and american values: a case study / Cheryl A. Riley and Marian G. Davis -- A full range of support for improving international students' experience in higher education: a case study from the university of minnesota libraries / Yao Chen and Kristen Mastel -- Section II. Outreach & inclusion -- Faraway flix: connecting to international students through film / Laura Bohuski -- Forging multiple pathways: integrating international students into a Canadian university library / Karen Bordonaro -- International undergraduate students and a sense of belonging: a case study at penn state university libraries / Alia Gant, Dawn Amsberry, Chao Su, Lana Munip, and Steve Borelli -- International student perceptions of libraries: experiences from the middle east and north Africa / Kristine N. Stewart and Kenneth C. Haggerty -- Applying an instructional design approach to international student outreach / Kimberly Davies Joffman and Kathy Leezin Wu -- Developing effective integration services: learning from asian international graduate students academic-striving experiences / Yi-Chin Sarah Wu -- Section III. Collections & digital humanities -- Local, global, digital? Digital humanities and Slavic area studies / Megan Browndorf and Erin Pappas -- Collection development and acquisitions for international and area studies collections in academic and research libraries / Osman Celik -- Leveraging local networks and international partnerships in Japanese collection development / Molly Des Jardin and Michael P. Williams -- Collections at work: forming global citizens through outreach and engagement / José O. Díaz and Pamela Espinosa de los Monteros -- Shared global heritage in research libraries / Margarita VArgas-Betancourt, E. Haven Hawley, and Rebecca J.W. Jefferson -- Leveraging connections to build and promote international special collections: a case study / Mary Jo Zeter and Deborah J. Margolis -- International collaborations at the immigration history research center archives (IHRCA) / Daniel Necas -- Toward a comprehensive collection on the allied occupation of Japan: a partnership between the university of maryland libraries and the national diet library of Japan / Yukako Tatsumi -- Section IV. Establishing libraries & services abroad -- Internation collaborations: development of the Duke Kunshan University library / Linda Daniel -- African poetry libraries-a global collaboration / Lorna Dawes and Charlene Maxey-Harris -- Undergraduate education abroad in community settings: pedagogical opportunities for librarians / Laurie Kutner -- Successful american-russian partnership through education abroad / Yelena Luckert and Lindsay Inge Carpenter -- Serving students across the globe: establishing library outreach and instructional services for an international-US dual-degree program / Mary K. Oberlies -- Globalized collecting: building special collections at NYUAD / Nicholas Martin and Justin Parrott -- Section V. Career & professional development. -- International academic librarianship: meeting our profesional, institutional, and personal goals / John Boyd and Elizabeth Cramer -- Virtual peer-mentoring programs: building global professional connections through the international librarians network / Kelsey Corlett-Rivera and Pirjo Kangas -- Myanmar librarians' research and study tour at the rutgers university libraries: a report / Triveni Kuchi -- From visitors to friends / Margaret Law -- The horner fellowship: an exchange program for Arizona and Japan library personnel / Jeanne L. Pfander, Alexandra Humphreys, and Smita Joshipura -- Internationalization and global engagement in LIS education: programs for international master's students at the university of Wisconsin-Milwaukee libraries / Shana R. Ponelis, Ewa Barczyk and Johannes J. Britz -- Author biographies.