Serving Multicultural Populations

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The ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services website provides information and resources on improving service to traditionally underserved populations. This page includes resources for serving linguistically, ethnically, or nationally diverse populations. Services to Special Populations includes resources for other populations.


Contents

General Readings

The ALA Office of Diversity has developed a list of recommended reading for individuals interested in exploring diversity issues in the delivery of library and information services. This listing is intended to supplement that resource.

The ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services has assembled extensive resources on services to people of color.

Multicultural Review, a quarterly journal for teachers at all grade levels, college professors, librarians, administrators, and anyone else who is interested in learning about new developments and trends in the field of cultural diversity.

Myra Michele Brown. "What Works - Kids on Campus." School Library Journal, April 1, 2002

From the Council on Interracial Books for Children is a quick checklist 10 Quick Ways to Analyze Children's Books for Racism and Sexism (PDF)

May, Stephen. Language and Minority Rights: Ethnicity, Nationalism and the Politics of Language. New York: Routledge, 2008.

York, Sherry. Booktalking Authentic Multicultural Literature: Fiction, History and Memoirs for Teens. Columbus, Ohio: Linworth Pub, 2008.

Bilingual Collections and Services

Dale, Doris Cruger. Bilingual Children's Books in English and Spanish: An Annotated Bibliography, 1942 Through 2001 = Los Libros Bilingües Para Los Niños En Inglés Y En Español : Una Bibliografia Con Anotaciones, 1942 a 2001. Jefferson, NC; London: McFarland, 2003.

Ethnic Populations

Pacific Rim

Paper Tigers blog Reports and musings on multicultural books for children and young adults from a group of writers.

Native Populations

General materials selection resources

Amy Fisher and Deborah Lee. Native Residential Schools in Canada. This bibliography accompanies the exhibition "Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools" produced by the National Archives of Canada, the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the Aboriginal Healing Charitable Association in collaboration with the National Library of Canada, numerous church and other archives presented at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa from June 18, 2002 to February 3, 2003.

Spanish-Speaking Populations

General materials selection resources

Alire, Camila A., and Jacqueline Ayala. Serving Latino Communities: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2007.

Avila, Salvador. Crash Course in Serving Spanish-Speakers. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited, 2008.

Immroth, Barbara Froling, and Kathleen de la Peña McCook. Library Services to Youth of Hispanic Heritage. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2000.

Moller, Sharon Chickering. Library Service to Spanish Speaking Patrons: A Practical Guide. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2001.

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