2025 Associates Program

Open, Inclusive and Engaged Librarian Around the World

June 2-25, 2025

The 2025 Mortenson Center Assciates Program overed novel and inventive practices and services in areas, that included:

  • Open Scholarship
  • Collaboration and Sustainability
  • Emerging Trends and Technologies
  • Leadership, Communication and Marketing
  • Library Assessment and Impact
  • User-centered Services
  • Inclusive Digital and Print Collections
  • International Professional Networking

Meet our 2025 Associates

This year’s cohort includes 16 Associates from 14 countries (Barbados, Chile, Costa Rica, Ghana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Qatar, South Africa, Republic of South Korea (2), Spain,Trinidad and Tobago (2), and Vietnam).

Group Picture of the 2024 Associates Program Cohort.

From Top Row Left: Hien Tran (Vietnam), Fernando Bravo (Chile), Ikhlas Shamiah (Qatar), Rina Wahyuni (Indonesia), Yunhye Yi (South Korea), Pauline Nicholas (Barbados), Fabiola Marin Soto (Costa Rica), Donus Buadi (Ghana).

From Bottom Row Left: Ahmad Samsudin (Malaysia), Veliswa Tshetsha (South Africa), Beatriz Martinez Calle (Spain), Kandis Roberts (Trinidad and Tobago), Takashi Shimada (Japan), Unika Omowale (Trinidad and Tobago), Jiwon Kim (South Korea), Maria Mercedez Haz (Philippines)

Visit the Associates’ individual profiles and blog posts by clicking below:

  • Hien Tran (Vietnam): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Fernando Bravo (Chile): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Ikhlas Shamiah (Qatar): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Rina Wahyuni (Indonesia): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Yunhye Yi (South Korea): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Pauline Nicholas (Barbados): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Fabiola Marin Soto (Costa Rica): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Donus Buadi (Ghana): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Ahmad Samsudin (Malaysia): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Veliswa Tshetsha (South Africa): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Beatriz Martinez Calle (Spain): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Kandis Roberts (Trinidad and Tobago): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Takashi Shimada (Japan): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Unika Omowale (Trinidad and Tobago): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Jiwon Kim (South Korea): Profile :: Blog posts
  • Maria Mercedez Haz (Philippines): Profile :: Blog posts