MSU librarian receives Fulbright to help set up new national library in Bahrain

Elaine Peterson, an associate professor and information systems specialist at Montana State University's Renne Library, has won a Fulbright Senior Specialists project award to travel to Bahrain. While there, Peterson will help develop a new national library located in Riffa, just south of Bahrain's capital city of Manama. Peterson will be the first of four American Fulbright award-winners to assist with the set-up of the new library.

"My primary role will be to consult and advise on the organization of their information," she said, adding that she expects to address both physical and electronic materials. The library is just one part of the Issa Royal Cultural Center, a multi-purpose building housing the national library, a conference center and museum. Peterson will be in Bahrain for just more than a month; she plans to depart for Bahrain July 10 and return to Bozeman Aug. 20. more