Serving New Immigrant Communities in the Library

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Sondra Cuban

Foreword by Kathleen de la Peña McCook

Book Code: LU2970

ISBN: 1-59158-297-0

ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-297-7

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272 pages

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Publication: 4/30/2007

List Price: $40.00 (UK Sterling Price: £22.95)

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Media Type: Paperback

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Serving New Immigrant Communities in the Library offers a guide to developing library services for new immigrant communities....This is a well researched book, documented in the 20-page "Selected Bibliography." It is enriched with anecdotes and profiles from the author's research and experience with immigrant communities. It is recommended for all libraries that serve immigrant communities.
—Technicalities March/April 2008
Cuban provides a guide for librarians interested in developing their institution's services for new immigrant communities. Coverage includes knowing and planning for new immigrants' needs, assessing community needs and assets, gathering resources for serving new immigrant communities, communicating competently with new immigrant communities, changing library policies to meet new needs, accommodating new immigrants with library services, building multicultural collections for new immigrant communities, and connecting new immigrants to learning opportunities.
—Reference & Research Book News August 2007

Description: Build strong bridges with new members of your community. With this insightful guide, you will learn how to assess your current organizational performance with immigrants, gather data, and use that information to gain support for organizational initiatives. You will also discover how to adapt policies to better fit changing needs, overcome language barriers, develop public relations strategies that reach immigrants, and build culturally relevant collections, services, and programs for a changing community. Filled with quotes, anecdotes, and profiles from the author's research with immigrant communities, the book provides both a positive vision and practical plan for serving immigrants in your library, school, or organization.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Kathleen de la Peña McCook
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Serving New Immigrant Communities
Chapter 1: Knowing and Planning for New Immigrants' Needs
Chapter 2: How to Assess Community Needs and Assets
Chapter 3: Gathering Resources for Serving New Immigrant Communities
Chapter 4: Communicating Competently with New Immigrant Communities
Chapter 5: Changing Library Policies to Meet New Immigrant Needs
Chapter 6: Accomodating New Immigrants with Library Services
Chapter 7: Building Multicultural Collections for New Immigrant Communities
Chapter 8: Connecting New Immigrants to Learning Opportunities
Final Thoughts: A Dynamic Future for Work with Immigrants
Selected Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 2006036843

LCC Class: Z711

Dewey Class: 027

PDF Catalogs:
LU Textbook Catalog Fall 2007.pdf	LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf


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