NMRLS Members are invited to add resources they find useful.  Send a note to greg@nmrls.org for a password.

Community Leader Interviews

As follow up to diversity training, NMRLS worked with a local consultant, Alan Brickman to develop aids to help library staff gather information about diverse communities through interviews with community leaders.  Click the link to download a handout about this process.  Contact NMRLS for more information. - http://www.nmrls.org/test/nmrls/interview.doc

Spanish Language Outreach Program from Web Junction

http://www.webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=10555

Services to Spanish speakers at Web Junction.  Provides information on marketing, signage, youth services, and more -- http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=7840

Grant Opportunities - http://www.nmrls.org/grants/links.shtml

Handouts from Diversity Workshop Series presented by Yolanda Cuesta, Cuesta MultiCultural Consulting (Dec. 2004-Apr. 2005) - http://www.nmrls.org/test/nmrls/cuestahandouts.shtml

Answers To Go in Spanish  – Please visit and comment. http://www.nmrls.org/answers/espanolindex.html

Foreign Language Book Holdings in NOBLE Libraries --http://www.nmrls.org/reference/holdings_N.shtml

Foreign Language Videos and DVDs and Books by agreement with BPL.

Boston Public Library Deposit Collections

Contact for further information:  Kerry Cronin, Head of Reader and Information Services, kcronin@bpl.org or 617-536-5400, ext. 2340.

 

Boston Public Library catalog at http://catalog.mbln.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=bpl1.  Limit your search by format.  Some DVDs carry foreign language sound tracks.  Call BPL for further information at 617-536-5119.

Diversity Resources for Librarians

REFORMA  - A national association to promote library services to the Spanish speaking community. http://www.reforma.org/

 

Directorio Latino de Massachusetts  - a Spanish language directory -   http://www.eldirectoriolatino.com/

 

ALA

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/archive/protools/referenceguide/guidemultilingual.cfm

Guidelines for Multilingual Materials Collection and Development and Library Services

 

IFLA

http://www.ifla.org/VII/s32/pub/guide-e.htm

Multicultural Communities: Guidelines for Library Services

 

 

Population-Related Web sites:

The Census Bureau Website: includes all of the data collected in the 2000 Census. New analyses are added from time to time.

• Minority Links: http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html

   

• Click on "American FactFinder" for detailed level data.  http://www.census.gov/

Pew Hispanic Center whose mission is to improve understanding of the diverse Hispanic population in the United States and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the nation:  http://www.pewhispanic.org/