Saving lives: library services to diverse populations

  • Libraries are vital centers for diverse populations including immigrants, refugees and multi-lingual people. There are 232 million of migrants worldwide with USA and Germany in the top countries. In 2014, there were 59.5 million people forcibly displaced with 19.5 million of those being refugees which might have doubled in 2015. This individual presentation will cover topics such as core principals and guidelines to serve these populations as recently published on IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural Library Manifesto and Accompanying Toolkit, and best practices and models from academic, public, school libraries meeting the needs of immigrants, migrants, refugees and multi-lingual people in communities in the U.S. and in other regions of the globe. These libraries partnered with government, public and private agencies to develop collections, programs and services to meet needs related to education, digital innovation, health, housing, jobs, literacy and women empowerment among others. The presentation seeks to engage librarians and decision makers by starting a conversation about the what, why, when and how of building a library that welcomes and serves diverse populations and in the process saves lives. Some sources: Aspen Institute. Rising to the Challenge: Re-envisioning public libraries. http://csreports.aspeninstitute.org/documents/AspenLibrariesReport.pdf Center for an Urban Future. Branches of Opportunity . http://www.revsonfoundation.org/files/all/branches_of_opportunity.pdf IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section. IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural Library Manifesto and Accompanying Toolkit . http://www.ifla.org/node/8975 United Nations. The number of international migrant reaches 232 million . ttp://esa.un.org/unmigration/documents/The_number_of_international_migrants.pdf United Nations HCR. "Facts and Figures about Refugees. UNHCR Global Trends: Forced displacement in 2014 . http://www.unhcr.org/556725e69.html#_ga=1.126660366.2082244717.1441905339

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Author:Loida Garcia-Febo
URN:urn:nbn:de:0290-opus4-24063
Document Type:Conference publication (Presentation slides)
Language:German
Year of Completion:2016
Contributing Corporation:Information New Wave, non profit providing access to information to developing countries
Release Date:2016/02/15
Tag:Asylbewerber; Einwanderer
immigrants; refugees
Themes:Interkulturelle Bibliotheksarbeit, Diversity
German Bibliothekartage / BiblioCon:105. Deutscher Bibliothekartag in Leipzig 2016 = 6. Bibliothekskongress / Themenkreis 3: Zielgruppen und Dienstleistungen / Willkommenskultur – Grundlagen (14.03.2016, 14:00-15:30, Saal 1)
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung
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