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A Cambodian Family Journey
The nuts and bolts of an outreach program for Cambodian families created by the Providence (RI) Public Library. Part of Libraries for the Future's 'Reading America' program. |
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Assisting Patrons When You Don’t Speak the Same Language
Ideally every library would have staff who could speak the languages represented in their community. The reality is that library staff are often called upon to serve patrons even though they can't speak a common language. Here are resources that can help. |
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Bilingual Storytime Templates - Seattle Public Library
Templates for marketing and evaluating Bilingual Storytimes at Seattle Public Library including flyers in Vietnamese, Chinese and Spanish. |
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Bilingual Storytimes: Building Early Literacy and Community
Archive and related resources from July 29, 2009 webinar on Bilingual Storytime programs at the Seattle Public and San Francisco Public Libraries. |
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Central Valley Digital Network: Partners in Bridging the Digital Divide
Libraries and nonprofits are working together to serve Hispanic communities in California's Central Valley. Carol Whiteside of Great Valley Center in Modesto explains. |
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Chinese Storytellers Expand Summer Reading
A program at Seattle Public Library (WA) to include immigrant populations in reading programs |
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Danbury's Exciting LSTA Project
Find out what the Danbury (CT) Public Library is doing for their non-English speaking populations. |
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Diversity and Cultural Competency
Outreach Librarian Ghada Elturk advises us to become aware of what we don't know and then sincerely seek knowledge from authentic sources. These are the first steps toward cultural competency. |
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Equity of Access: Igniting a Passion for Change
Why should libraries strive to provide equal access for all patrons? Two professors of the University of South Florida's School of Library and Information Science take an in-depth look at the social and ethical ramifications. |
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ESL Family Bilingual Library Tour Power Points
These are the Power Points for an ESL family tour we offered at the Whitehall branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library through a partnership with a local ESL teacher. Also useful for off-site outreach! |
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Family Language Kit Program: Connecting with Immigrant Families
In Hamilton, Ontario, the public library is packaging up dual-language information kits to create a friendly welcome for immigrant families. |
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Hartford Public Library American Place program
Supported with LSTA funding, the Hartford Public Library and its community partners are making a sustained effort to provide services to Hartford's ethnically diverse and immigrant populations. |
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InfoBUS: Serving Immigrant and Refugee Populations
The Memphis-Shelby County (TN) Public Library has recruited a colorful, multilingual bus to deliver information and services to a diverse array of patron communities. |
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Interactive Vocabulary List for Common Library Phrases
As part of an LSTA grant, the Free Library of Philadelphia has developed interactive vocabulary lists for words and phrases commonly used in libraries in ten different languages. |
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Libraries and the Bilingual Child
Webinar PowerPoint presentation, and resource list from December 10, 2008 webinar that outlines what current research says about how children acquire a second language. |
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Library collaboration expands and translates job search skills training
In April 2009, the Pima County Administrator challenged The Pima County Public Library (PCPL) and Pima County ONESTOP Career Centers to work in partnership to identify technology-based solutions to meet the needs of the community. |
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Moscow on Cherry Creek: Thoughts on Multi-cultural Public Library Service
A notable list of best practices distilled from a highly successful library outreach project in the Denver area. |
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Providing Library Outreach Services to Immigrants
Ghada Kanafani Elturk, Outreach Librarian at City of Boulder Public Library, shares how her personal experiences as an immigrant inform her approaches to providing library outreach services to immigrants at a kick-off event of the Municipal Action for Immigrant Integration in October, 2011. |
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Reading America: An Intergenerational Book and Film Discussion
This PowerPoint presentation introduces the MetLife Foundation's program to bring immigrant families together in public libraries, building connections with the library and between generations. |
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Recommended ESL Online Resources
This list of online English as a Second Language resources was compiled by REFORMA member Leonardo Melo. |
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