Research Catalog

Title

Connecting cultures : ethnic services in the libraries of New York State / edited by Irina A. Kuharets, Brigid A. Cahalan, Fred J. Gitner ; with a foreword by Yolanda J. Cuesta.

Publication

Guilderland, New York : New York Library Association, Ethnic Services Round Table, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Kuharets, Irina A.
• Cahalan, Brigid A.
• Gitner, Fred J.
• New York Library Association. Ethnic Services Round Table.

Description

xiv, 196 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Alternative Title

Ethnic services in the libraries of New York State

Subject

• Libraries and minorities > New York (State)
• Libraries and immigrants > New York (State)
• Public libraries > Cultural programs > New York (State)
• Libraries and community > New York (State)
• Libraries and community
• Libraries and immigrants
• Libraries and minorities
• Public libraries > Cultural programs
• Public libraries
• New York (State)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Discovering librarianship: recruiting a workforce reflective of the communities libraries serve / Tess Tobin -- Managing for diversity in suburbia / Edana McCaffery Cichanowicz -- Serving the Bangladeshi community at the Parkchester Library / Wendy Archer -- Nurturing cultural roots / Alla Roylance -- Creating community across human diversity: practicing English through conversation / Cherie Chigama -- ¡Bienvenido a la biblioteca! / Madelyn Folino -- Taste a world of difference: tea @ your local library / Galina Chernykh -- The European book club: enjoying literature in translation / Brigitte Doellgast -- Growing Chi at the Chatham Square Library / Andrea Nicolay and Qi Wen Wu -- Imagine Ireland at the library: breaking down assumptions / Jacqueline Z. Davis -- Multimedia programming in a multiethnic environment / David Callahan -- Socializing virtually en Español / Vilma W. Alvarez -- Words that speak to everyone: how visiting authors inspire cross-cultural understanding / Danica Heflin -- Anne Carroll Moore: a trailblazer in outreach to ethnic populations / Harriet Gottfried -- Bringing technology to Spanish-speaking older adults / Brigid A. Cahalan -- Ellis Island's untold story: Black immigrants from the Caribbean / Margaret J. Gibson -- Enhancing cultural understanding: collaboration between the Taipei economic and cultural office and public libraries in New York City / Brian Su and Karen Chu -- The sacred in society: fostering faith discussion in diverse communities / Kailen Rogers and Natalie Tschechaniuk -- Vamos a leer a nuestros niños = Let's read to our children: Hispanic outreach at the New York Public Library / Leslie Ederer -- We are New York / Nydia Parries -- Inside far from home / Brian G. Martin and Corinne F. Leone -- The best club for bringing people together / Kacper Jarecki -- Dynamic library programming for ethnic communities / Tejas Desai -- Give them what they want: serving immigrants at Queens Library / Fred J. Gitner -- Building community connections one book at a time: the Afghan community shares their culture / Karen Bradley -- Learning English is a family affair on suburban Long Island / Carolyn Walsh and Beth Donovan -- One moon, many cultures / Susan Donohue and Elizabeth Marcus -- Serving diverse populations at the health & wellness information center at Finkelstein Memorial Library / Tracy Y. Allen -- Más que libros: serving the Mexican and Latino community on Staten Island / Adriana Blancarte-Hayward -- Empowering teens of color / Syntychia Kendrick-Samuel.

Call Number

JFD 23-575

ISBN

• 9780931658778
• 0931658772

OCLC

• 858918676
• 858918676

Title

Connecting cultures : ethnic services in the libraries of New York State / edited by Irina A. Kuharets, Brigid A. Cahalan, Fred J. Gitner ; with a foreword by Yolanda J. Cuesta.

Publisher

Guilderland, New York : New York Library Association, Ethnic Services Round Table, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Kuharets, Irina A., editor.

Cahalan, Brigid A., editor.

Gitner, Fred J., editor.

New York Library Association. Ethnic Services Round Table.

Research Call Number

JFD 23-575