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Aktionskisten Interkulturelle Leseförderung
Organization: Stadtbücherei Frankfurt am Main
Download guidebook offering concepts for events published by the Public Library Frankfurt am Main - Aktionskisten Interkulturelle Leseförderung / Intercultural Action boxes encourage reading. Available for download in German language here.
Welcome To Your Library Evaluation Report, November 2007
Organization: London Libraries Development Agency
Resource type: Report
Resource type: Report
Evaluation report, with accompanying good practice guide of Welcome To Your Library project searches how to connect public libraries with refugees and asylum seekers.
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Managing Multiculturalism and Diversity in the Library: Principles and Issues for Administrators
Author: Mark Winston (ed.)
Publisher: Routledge; 1st ed. (July 2, 1999)
Managing Multiculturalism and Diversity In the Library is an academic guide to diversity issues such as affirmative action, career development of minorities in the library science profession, racism, and scholarship solutions to increase the diversity of people in the library and information science profession.
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Publisher: Routledge; 1st ed. (July 2, 1999)
Immigrant Politics and the Public Library (Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science)
Author: Susan Luevano-Molina
Publisher: Praeger (September 30, 2001)
Scrutinizes the correlations between the recent anti-immigrant period and public library usage in immigrant communities.
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Publisher: Praeger (September 30, 2001)
From Outreach to Equity: Innovative Models of Library Policy and Practice
Author: Robin Osborne (ed.), Carla D. Hayden (foreword)
Organization: Office for literacy and outreach services
Publisher: American Library Association (June 30, 2004)
"At a time when our public is challenged on multiple fronts, we need to recommit ourselves to the ideal of providing equal access to everyone, anywhere, any time, and in any format... By finally embracing equity of access, we will be affirming our core values, recognizing realities and assuring our future." - Carla D. Hayden, ALA President, 2003-4"
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Organization: Office for literacy and outreach services
Publisher: American Library Association (June 30, 2004)
Serving New Immigrant Communities in the Library
Author: Sondra Cuban
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited (April 30, 2007)
Learn how to assess your library's performance with growing immigrant populations and build strong bridges with new members of the community.
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Publisher: Libraries Unlimited (April 30, 2007)
New frontiers in public library research
Author: Carl Gustav Johannsen,Leif Kajberg
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2005
Resource type: Research Report
Pulls together research results from Scandinavian public library researchers on current public library issues, including how public libraries are facing and dealing with the various professional challenges of modern society.
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Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2005
Resource type: Research Report
The intercultural city: planning for diversity advantage
Author: Phil Wood,Charles Landry
In a world of increasing mobility, how people of different cultures live together is a key issue of our age, especially for those responsible for planning and running cities.
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The IFLA Multicultural Library Manifesto
Author: IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section
Organization: IFLA
This Manifesto was approved by the Governing Board of IFLA in August 2006 and endorsed in April 2008 by the Intergovernmental Council for UNESCO’s Information for All Programme aiming that the international community should recognize and support libraries and information services in their role of promoting and preserving cultural and linguistic diversity.
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Organization: IFLA
Raison d’être for Multicultural Library Services
Author: Clara M. Chu
Organization: IFLA section on Library Services to Multicultural Populations
IFLA Section on Library Services to Multicultural Populations answers the question why “multicultural library services” (MLS) continue to be questions asked by the library and information professions. It presents ten reasons to offer Multicultural Library Services.
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Organization: IFLA section on Library Services to Multicultural Populations
10 ways to make a public library work / Update your libraries
Author: IFLA Public Libraries Section
Organization: IFLA Public Libraries Section. 2009
Resource type: Guide
The IFLA Public Library Section has now produced some additional recommendations to supplement the Public Library Manifesto.Organization: IFLA Public Libraries Section. 2009
Resource type: Guide
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Multicultural Communities: Guidelines for Library Services 3rd edition, 2009
Organization: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutes (IFLA)
Resource type: Guide
Resource type: Guide
Bibliotheksdienste für die multikulturelle Gesellschaft
Author: Dr. Volker Pirsich
Interview with Dr. Volker Pirsich, director of libraries in Hamm / Westfalen, Board of Library Associations and the "Library Services to Multicultural Populations" in IFLA. The article deals with the work of the IFLA section "Library Services to Multicultural Populations," and the need to establish multicultural services in libraries. Anailable in German language only.
Similar article called A new approach to library services to multicultural populations in Germany i also available in English: http://lib.tut.ac.za/ifla/documents/volkerpirsich.pdf
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International conference on“ Innovative multicultural library services for all“ contributions
Organization: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutes (IFLA)
Resource type: Conference contributions
The conference was organised by International Federation of Library Associations and Institutes (IFLA) Section on Library Services to Multicultural Populations in Pretoria, South Africa, 15 – 17 August 2007.
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Resource type: Conference contributions
NAPLE Conference in Supetar, Croatia contributions
Organization: National Authorities on Public Libraries in Europe - NAPLE
Resource type: Conference contributions
Second NAPLE conference entitled The Role of Public Libraries in National Policies Towards the Knowledge Society was held 5-8 October 2005 in Supetar, Croatia.
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Resource type: Conference contributions
Multicultural Aspects of Library Media Programs
Author: Kathy Howard Latrobe, Mildred Knight Laughlin
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 1992
As educators, school library media specialists must act on the knowledge and belief that media programmes can create equal learning opportunities for all students.
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Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 1992
Teaching the New Library to Today's Users: Reaching International, Minority, Senior Citizens, Gay/Lesbian, First-Generation, At-Risk, Graduate and Returning Students, and Distance Learners.
Author: Trudi E. Jacobson and Helene C. Williams
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2000
In the last few years, library instruction has changed tremendously. As student populations become more diverse, the range of teaching methods must expand. Here is both the background and the strategies librarians need to address the learning styles of the new library's diverse users.
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Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2000
Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills
Author: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Organization: Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Institute's Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills initiative underscores the critical role of the nation’s museums and libraries in helping citizens build such 21st century skills as information, communications and technology literacy, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, civic literacy, and global awareness. Organization: Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Multicultural Education Of Children And Adolescents (5th Edition)
Author: M. Lee Manning, Leroy G. Baruth
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 2008
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 2008
This major revision provides the most up-to-date information on the foundations of diversity and individual cultural groups. It also provides practical strategies for shaping and implementing a multicultural curriculum.
The Visible Librarian: Asserting Your Value with Marketing and Advocacy
Recent downsizing and closing of libraries and the elimination of many library positions is a proof that libraries are no longer a given in today's society. In the five chapters, the author offers ways for librarians to reverse this situation and overcome their current invisibility. ...more»1 | 2 | »
