Breaking Down Barriers to Serve our Diverse Communities

Joint REFORMA Northeast, AILA, APALA, BCALA, and CALA Mini-Conference


“Breaking Down Barriers to Serve our Diverse Communities”

Joint REFORMA Northeast AILA, APALA, BCALA, and CALA Mini-Conference

May 18, 2007

Chatham Square Library

33 East Broadway [near Catherine St.],

New York, NY 10002-6804

Draft Schedule

10:30 – 11:00 Library Tour

11:10-12:00 How to coordinate new services @ your library: real-life successful cases

  • Working with Teens on Detention by Vikki Terrile

      • Serving Persons with Disabilities by Carrie Banks and Barbara Klipper

12:00-1:00 Lunch & Networking

1:10-2:10 Libraries Serving Multi Ethnic Populations

      • NYPL/ Donnell Library (presented by CALA) by Hung-Yun Chang
      • Arlington County Public Library, Virginia by Diana Gates, Multicultural Services Manager at Arlington PL
      • Black Heritage Collection at Langton Hughes Library and Community Center (Presented by BCALA) by Andrew Jackson and B. Johnson

2:15-3:10 “Diversity Counts: Where do we go from here?” by Mario Ascencio and other two librarians

3:10-3:30 Reflections and conclusion of the Mini-Conference

Please, direct any questions, comments, suggestions or ideas to LoidaGarcia-Febo.