Reforma Northeast
JOINT MINI-CONFERENCE
 May 15, 2009
Museum of the American Indian
New York, NY


Information without Borders:
Multicultural and Multilingual Collections
in the Digital Age

Sponsored by:

America Reads Spanish * Bilingual Publications * Fonolibro * Multicultural Books
Oriental Culture Enterprises * Trade Commission of Spain * World Journal Books



AGENDA:

10:45 Tour of the George Gustav Heye Center of the museum
11:45 Lunch & Networking
12:45 INTRODUCTIONS & WELCOME:
Tess Tobin, Reforma Northeast Chapter President
Libbhy Romero, Reforma Northeast Chapter Immediate Past President and Programming Chair
1:00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Ms. Homa Naficy, Manager of Multicultural Education and Outreach Services, Hartford Public Library, CT
Powerpoint Presentation (may take a minute or two to load)

1:15 PANEL DISCUSSION:
Diversity in Collection Development: Meeting the Changing Needs of our Changing Communities

Jea Smith:
"A Reality Check on 'Multilingual Collections' and 'Promoting Multicultural Collections through the Web' as a Working Alternative in Economic Hard Times."
Paper
Table: Multilingual Collections at Queens Borough Public Library
Table: Korean Reference Books at International Resource Center, Queens Borough Public Library

Li Sun and Tao Yang:
"Diversity and Non-English Collections in the Academic Libraries: The Case of the East Asian Library at Rutgers."
Powerpoint Presentation

Li Sun:
"Open Source WMS and its Application in Digital East Asian Collections: The Rutgers Experience."
Powerpoint Presentation

Maria Fung:
"Developing World Language Collections at Brooklyn Public Library."

Dr. Ganga B. Dakshinamurti:
"Diversity in Collection Development - Oral Tradition in a Digital Environment."
Powerpoint Presentation


2:30 PANEL DISCUSSION:
Literacy in the Digital Age and Online Resources for Diverse Populations: Adapting Library Services.

Min Chou and Juan Almodóvar:
"A Practical Approach to Enhancing Library Instruction for Diverse Students in the Digital Age."
Powerpoint Presentation

Robin Osborne:
"Connect! Reflections on Equitable Access for Library Users."
Powerpoint Presentation

3:30 REFLECTIONS AND CONCLUSION:
Loída García-Febo, Queens Public Library and Incoming President, Reforma National

You can check out Loída García-Febo's coverage of the conference through these links:

Also, Min Chou has posted a photo montage of the conference on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K8XG9m8xJU


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