Research Catalog

Title

Bridging 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 Susan Lehman Keitel.

Publication

Albany, N.Y. : New York Library Association, Ethnic Services Round Table, 2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

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

Description

xiv, 230 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

Advances in ethnicity and librarianship in New York State and around the country / David Cohen -- Just play it! Games from many lands / Zahra M. Baird and Jennifer L. Ransom -- Amherst: Amherst Public Library: our path to service for ethnic groups in the community / Mary F. Bobinski -- Amsterdam: Ethnic harmony / Esther Dean and Sally Romano -- Buffalo: African American writers' reception / Suzanne Jacobs ; Integrating the melting pot: the University at Buffalo Libraries' Rx for diversity / Glendora Johnson-Cooper ; Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. / Suzanne Jacobs -- Canandaigua: Cultural connections and beyond / Patricia Stocker -- Florida: Bookstart in Spanish: comenzando con libros / Madelyn Folino -- Glens Falls: Sister libraries: Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls, New York and the Saga City Municipal Library, Saga City, Japan--and beyond / Christine McDonald -- Greenwich: Black history celebration / Claudia Blackler -- Guilderland: Dutch heritage week / Dorothy Holt -- From cornbread to Kugel to Kuchen to Kwanzaa: a multicultural celebration / Dorothy Holt -- Huntington: Celebrate Black poetry day! / Stanley A. Ransom -- Lafayette: Putting a face on it: public library outreach to diverse populations / Cara Jane Burton -- New Rochelle: This is our home/Éste es nuestro hogar: the Antonio Valencia Local History Collection at the New Rochelle Public Library / Robin Osborne -- New York City: Accents from the Big Apple: a brief history of services to speakers of languages other than English at the Donnell World Languages Collection, the New York Public Library / Bosiljka Stevanovic ; The Chinese Heritage Collection at the Chatham Square Regional Branch, the New York Public Library / Ronald S. Chan ; Community analysis for the twenty-first century: the new Americans program model / Fred J. Gitner and Wai Sze Chan ; Conexiones: serving the incarcerated Hispanic inmate / Stephan Likosky ; Connecting with the Khmer Community / Brigid A. Cahalan ; Hispanic heritage month at Sunset Park Branch, Brooklyn / Dorothy Buice ; I lift my lamp: the New York Public Library serves immigrants / Harriet Gottfried ; More than a melting pot: selecting books that reflect the full range of human diversity / Caren Shilling Koh ; Multicultural multimedia: ethnic film & video programming / David Callahan ; Multicultural programs in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick, 1999-2000 / Thomas W. Brogan ; The new Americans program: forging partnerships for diversity / Fred J. Gitner ; New York Online Access to Health (NOAH): New York libraries partner to provide quality consumer health information in English and Spanish / Kristine Alpi, Jane Fisher and Patricia Gallager ; Recent developments in Queens, the global village: forecasting the future / David Cohen -- Serving the Russian readership: going beyond the basics / Irina A. Kuharets -- Storytelling with Zena Cheza Oriolla / Thomas W. Brogan -- Newburgh: Newburgh Free Library's Business Resources & Information Exchange (BRIX) Program / Anne McCarthy Kenney.

Call Number

JFD 23-1136

ISBN

• 0931658489
• 9780931658488

LCCN

2004273694

OCLC

48460219

Title

Bridging 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 Susan Lehman Keitel.

Imprint

Albany, N.Y. : New York Library Association, Ethnic Services Round Table, 2001.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Kuharets, Irina A.

Cahalan, Brigid A.

Gitner, Fred J.

New York Library Association. Ethnic Services Round Table.

Research Call Number

JFD 23-1136