[Libs-Or] What Are the Best Ways that Libraries Can Help Immigrants?

[Diedre Conkling]

http://www.districtdispatch.org/2013/05/what-are-the-best-ways-that-libraries-can-help-immigrants/

What Are the Best Ways that Libraries Can Help Immigrants?
Posted on May 7, 2013 by Jazzy Wright

How do library workers provide information services to immigrants and still
stay within state laws that place limits on such activities? Next month,
the American Library Association (ALA) will address immigration issues
librarians face when they host free the webinar titled "Taking Action: Best
Practices to Support Librarians and Library Workers Facing Laws Limiting
Access to Information and Library Services to Immigrants."

Register now: https://ala.adobeconnect.com/_a1087453682/takingaction/

The webinar--which will be hosted by REFORMA <http://www.reforma.org/>, the ALA
Washington Office <http://www.districtdispatch.org/>, the ALA Office for
Diversity <http://www.ala.org/offices/diversity>--will take place on May 14,
2013, from 3:00-4:00 p.m. EST. The event is cosponsored by the ALA Office
for Library Advocacy <http://www.ala.org/offices/ola>.

As part of the webinar, participants will hear recommendations from REFORMA
members who supported immigrants despite difficult situations. REFORMA
members will share resources that will help librarians advocate for
services for immigrants and multi-ethnic populations.

Participants can expect to hear strategies and recommendations from the ALA
Office for Diversity. Additionally, the ALA Washington Office will discuss
ways to effectively communicate with elected officials and government
agencies. Finally, the ALA Office for Library Advocacy will present
successful examples from libraries in the USA, grassroots efforts,
strategies and recommendations.

Webinar speakers will include:

   - Loida Garcia-Febo, chair, REFORMA Legislative Committee
   - Marci Merola, director of the American Library Association Office for
   Library Advocacy
   - Patricia Montiel Overall, associate professor at the Mexican American
   Studies Department of the University of Arizona
   - Emily Sheketoff, executive director of the American Library
   Association Washington Office

https://ala.adobeconnect.com/_a1087453682/takingaction/

http://www.districtdispatch.org/2013/05/what-are-the-best-ways-that-libraries-can-help-immigrants/


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*Diedre Conkling**
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR 97365
Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066
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