[Libs-Or] Multnomah County Library launches multilingual video series

[HUMMEL Penny]

Date:               April, 15, 2009 

 

Contact:          Penny Hummel, Marketing & Communications Manager,
Multnomah County Library 

                        503.988.5498; pennyh at multcolib.org


                                                                        

                                                

Multnomah County Library launches multilingual video series 

Welcome to the Library reaches out to Chinese, Russian and Vietnamese
speakers

 

(Portland OR)  In response to Multnomah County's growing linguistic
diversity, Multnomah County Library has created Welcome to the Library,
an online video series in Chinese, Russian and Vietnamese that
introduces speakers of these languages to the many services offered by
the public library.    

DVD sets of the Welcome to the Library series are being provided to all
public library systems in Oregon for use in their own outreach work.  

Viewable from the library's website <http://www.multcolib.org/> , the
Chinese <http://www.multcolib.org/services/languages/chinese.html> ,
Russian <http://www.multcolib.org/services/languages/russian.html>  and
Vietnamese <http://www.multcolib.org/services/languages/vietnamese.html>
versions of Welcome to the Library parallel each other in content, with
eight chapters that focus on useful information such as how to get a
library card and how to use a library computer.  All three are also
cataloged as DVDs that can be checked out from the library, and are
posted on YouTube
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Rxd7dmi6c&feature=PlayList&p=D3138D85A
DA5BE66&index=0&playnext=1> 

Featuring the library's bilingual staff and community volunteers,
Welcome to the Library is the latest effort of the library's Target
Language Initiative
<http://www.multcolib.org/services/languages/history.html> , which
provides culturally effective library services and information to
speakers of the four most frequently used languages in Multnomah County
(after English).  

Creation of the Welcome to the Library series was supported in part by
the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library
Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library.  

 

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