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Serving New Immigrant Communities in the Library
Foreword by Kathleen de la Peña McCook
Book Code: LU2970
ISBN: 1-59158-297-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-297-7
272 pages
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Publication: 4/30/2007
List Price: $40.00 (UK Sterling Price: £22.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • 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
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