MOSAIC: August 2010

Thursday, August 12, 2010

SOL - "SPANISH IN OUR LIBRARIES"

Many public libraries find it difficult to fully serve all their communities because of the time and expertise needed for translation and multilingual outreach work.

PLUS seeks to lend a hand by gathering useful resources that can help you make your library a more welcoming place for Spanish speakers. Card applications, brochures, programming suggestions, signage, press releases and news articles―many in Spanish with a side-by-side English translation―are collected here and are yours to use as you wish.

http://www.sol-plus.net/plus/home.htm

Our Mission

"The purpose of the committee is to promote cultural awareness and develop strategies for effective outreach services." In adhering to this, the Committee meets four to seven times a year to discuss any and all issues that arise within the libraries that affect service to our diverse communities. These issues can range from collection development, to programming ideas, to creating documents in non-English fonts, to where to send a non-English speaking person for immigration information. The Committee would like to think of itself as a clearinghouse on best practices in serving diverse communities. One of our main goals is to disseminate and share information in a collegial fashion.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

SOL - "SPANISH IN OUR LIBRARIES"

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL

Minutes