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Bulletin of the
Office for Diversity
American Library Association

JANUARY 2005
SPECIAL MIDWINTER MEETING 2005 ISSUE


FEATURES

GUEST EDITORIAL

Looking for History Through the Streets of San Francisco
Adan Griego

FROM THE FIELD

No Time for the Burden
Aisha Harvey
Combining diversity activism and educational leadership, an interview with Ling Hwey Jeng.

Ling hwey Jeng

RBMS Reaches Out to Librarians of Color
Julie Grob
ACRL's Rare Books and Manuscripts Section details its mission to change its image and encourage a diverse array of librarians and students to join.

Bringing the Mountain
Fred Gitner & Younshin Kim
Improving multilingual interlibrary loan services for non-english reading inmates of correctional facilities in New York state.

Doing Big Things at Small College Libraries
Yunshan Ye
Serving East Asian patrons at Macalester, St. Olaf and Carleton. 

New Professionals Wave at IFLA
Loida Garcia-Febo
New opportunities for new professionals from around the world come to fruition during IFLA-Buenos Aires Conference.

 

DEPARTMENTS

DIVERSITY TOOLCHEST

Connecting People and Building Community at Ocean County Library
Valerie Bell
Details a holistic approach to programming, outreach, collection development and staff training designed to better serve a diverse community.

Multicultural Awards for Young Readers
Sherry York
A brief history of nine awards celebrating diversity.

Club de Cuentos
Heather Moulaison, Janice Hendrix & Brenda Watts
An early childhood literacy program.

Kahani Magazine
http://kahani.com
Stories for South Asian children living in America.

SPECTRUM SCOPE

Beyond Diversity
Judy Evans & Alanna Aiko Moore
Working together for change in the library.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

March 17-19, 2005
Unleashing the Power: 2005 National Conference on Leadership Diversity
Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, Florida
FMI visit: www.diversity.ucf.edu

August 10-12
The Multicultural Library: Staff Competence for Success Conference
Stockholm, Sweden
Satellite conference to the 71st IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Oslo, Norway.  FMI visit: www.ifla-stockholm2005.se

 


Versed, the official publication of the American Library Association’s Office for Diversity, is published 5 times per year online with paper printings available twice yearly at ALA midwinter meetings and annual conferences.

True to its meaning: practiced, skilled, or knowledgeable; Versed will bring together the most progressive practitioners and the best practices in current library-based diversity work.

Please consider submitting an article or editorial; sharing a successful program or initiative; reviewing and recommending diversity-related books and videos of interest to library service (whole bibliographies and videographies are especially welcome); tackling pressing social or professional issues; and publicizing diversity related events or conferences.  Review the Submission Guidelines and Editorial Calendar for more information.


For questions about information appearing on this web page or for more information on any of the Office for Diversity programs, please direct comments to diversity@ala.org!




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