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Library Services for Multicultural Patrons
Strategies to Encourage Library Use
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2012
Summary
Increasingly, libraries are struggling to deal with a growing diversity in the cultural background of their patrons. Problems arising from this cultural diversity afflict all library types—school, public and academic. Library Services for Multicultural Patrons is by and for all libraries that are striving to provide multicultural services to match the growing diversity in the cultural background of patrons.
The book is designed to offer helpful tips and practical advice to academic, public, and school librarians who want to better serve the multicultural groups in their communities. The contributors to the book are themselves practicing librarians and they share creative ideas for welcoming multicultural patrons into libraries and strategies for serving them more effectively. Librarians will find in these chapters tried and true tips and techniques for marketing and promotion, improving reference services for speakers of English as a second language, and enhancing programming that they can easily implement in their own libraries and communities.
The chapters are divided into the following categories for ease of access: 1) Getting Organized and Finding Partners, 2) Reaching Students, 3) Community Connections, 4) Applying Technology, 6) Outreach Initiatives, 6) Programming and Events, and 7) Reference Services.
Librarians of all types will be pleased to discover easy-to-implement suggestions for collaborative efforts, many rich and diverse programming ideas, strategies for improving reference services and library instruction to speakers of English as a second language, marketing and promotional tips designed to welcome multicultural patrons into the library, and much more.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8722-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8723-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
338
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
1 Becoming a Multicultural Services Library No access
2 No Surprise, Community Engagement Works No access
3 International Advisory Committee at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library No access
4 The Gathering Place No access
5 Partnerships Linking Cultures No access
6 The Bridge No access
7 Connecting Native American Students to Cline Library No access
8 Delivering Library Instruction in a Native Language No access
9 The Role of Teacher-Librarians in Encouraging Library Use by Multicultural Patrons No access
10 Expanding Services to International Students and Scholars at Midsize and Small Universities and Colleges No access
11 Reaching Out to International Students at the University of Lethbridge Library No access
12 The Solo Career College Librarian No access
13 Serving Diverse Populations No access
14 The Community Speaks for Itself No access
15 Connecting with Multicultural Teens (and Their Families by Extension) No access
16 “¡Soy Culto!” No access
17 Fotonovelas and Historietas No access
18 Reaching Out through Graphic Novels No access
19 The Multilingual Glossary Project and myLanguage No access
20 Developing a Job Help and Computer Skills Program for Recent Immigrants No access
21 Opening the World No access
22 Virtual Services to Latinos and Spanish Speakers No access
23 Web-Based Language Technologies No access
24 “If You Build It, [They] Will Come” No access
25 Community Family Literacy Programs at the Azusa City Library No access
26 An Oral History Guide No access
27 Librarians’ Role as Educators in Promoting Library Resources for Multicultural Patrons while Advancing a National Health Initiative No access
28 Programs, Signage, and the Kitchen Sink No access
29 Raising Awareness in Academic Libraries with Multicultural Exhibits, Installations, and Decorations No access
30 Bridging the Gap No access
31 Café a las Siete/Coffee at Seven No access
32 So You Think You Can Write? No access
33 English Conversation Clubs at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library No access
34 Active Listening without Visual Cues No access
35 The Culturally Relevant Reference Interview No access
36 Risk Looking Stupid No access
37 Genealogy Reference for Diverse Customers No access
Index No access Pages 317 - 326
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 327 - 338
