基本説明
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.
Full 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.
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
