WebJunction

A helpful toolkit for delivering and supporting literacy services for immigrants @ your library created by ALA.

A site offering Spanish language parent-child early literacy activities and materials, supported by a grant from the US Dept. of Education/Office of Special Education Programs and Washington Learning Systems. To download materials go to the site and click on the purple button that says "Free Parent Education Handouts" on the home page. Quick Time video "Talking and Books" also available in Spanish, English, and Vietnamese on strategies for developing early literacy.

Prepared by the Library Services to the Spanish-Speaking Committee, Reference Services Section of the Reference and User Services Association, American Library Association.

The non-profit producer of bilingual educational materials, Experience Education produced this series of Spanish videos, "Success in the U.S." in collaboration with Iowa State University Extension and the Southwest Iowa Latino Resource Center. The series focuses on topics such as finances, healthcare, education, etc.

Pathfinder created by the Hennepin County Library System for citizenship and immigration legal and government information.

From Sacramento Healthcare Decisions, downloadable materials in English, Spanish, and Chinese on end-of-life topics.

From the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, this pathfinder collects resources from a variety of sources on medical topics in multiple languages.

This study explores the demographic characteristics of recent immigrants to California who arrived in the United States between 1991 and 2000. Data includes their region of origin, age at arrival, geographic concentration throughout California, share of the state?s population, family composition, educational attainment, hourly wages, poverty rates, employment, rates of home ownership, and English language ability.

While somewhat dated, this article provides a good case study from the Queens Borough Public Library on how to not only provide access to technology to new Americans, but also how to make technology useful. Here they share some of their research and network-building best practices.

This article by America Connects highlights best practices for providing technology training to immigrant populations.

www.BuildLiteracy.org is a partnership-building Web site designed to help libraries improve and expand literacy services and programs.