One Community New Jersey: Diversity in Libraries Conference

Collection Development

Bilingual Publications Company
email: lindagoodman@juno.com
Fiction, nonfiction, and children’s titles are both U.S. produced and imported. The catalogs supply annotation for every title. Approval plans and special orders are among the options available to libraries. A donor of raffle prizes to the One Community, New Jersey Diversity in Libraries Conference.

Boulder Public Library Multicultural Links http://www.boulder.lib.co.us/special/multicultural/multilinks.html
Most helpful to Spanish speakers, this directory points to resources for library staffs and patrons; covered are technology, job services, health, and language.

D.K. Agencies
http://www.dkagencies.com
Termed “the Indian amazon.com,” D.K. Agencies procures books, serials, and reports in English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and other languages of the subcontinent. A donor of raffle prizes to the One Community, New Jersey Diversity in Libraries Conference.

Kuharets, O., ed. (2001). Venture into cultures: A resource book of multicultural materials and programs. Chicago: American Library Association.
Sections featuring recommended African, Caribbean, Indian, Jewish, Korean, Latino, Middle Eastern, Native American, and Russian children’s books, audiovisual materials, and websites, as well as programming themes.

Multicultural Books & Videos
http://www.multiculturalbooksandvideos.com
Books and a full range of other formats in 40 languages as well as ESOL materials, bilingual books, and dictionaries for all age groups. This company also offers materials for learning languages other than English. A donor of raffle prizes to the One Community, New Jersey Diversity in Libraries Conference.

MultiMAC
http://www.npl.org/Pages/Multimac
Centered at The Newark Public Library, “MultiMAC offers information, materials and step by step assistance and support to New Jersey librarians interested in advancing the full spectrum of library services to constituents who speak languages other than English. The Center offers materials and a variety of services in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Korean, Pilipino, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese. These materials are integrated into The Newark Public Library's World Languages Collection, which also includes: German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese and Ukrainian.”

Neely, T., & Lee-Smeltzer, K, eds. (2002). Diversity now: people, collections, and services in academic libraries. Binghampton, NY: Haworth Press.
Not just for college and university systems: diversity in collections and in recruitment, retention, and promotion of ethnically diverse staff. Notable is SCILS’ Dr. Mark Winston’s essay, “Communication and Teaching: Education about Diversity in the LIS Classroom,” which also applies to continuing education in libraries.

New Jersey Library Association Special Populations Section http://www.njla.org/sections/special_populations/newsletter.doc
Keep up with efforts to address services and collections for older adults, people with disabilities, new immigrants, prison inmates, and people wanting to learn how to read. The Special Populations Section is developing a list of model programs around the state as a follow-up to the Diversity Conference. In addition, this group is identifying librarians, support staff and trustees in the State who are willing to share their diversity, outreach, and special services expertise and knowledge with other library staffs.

Ocean County Library. Valuing Differences: Diversity Mission and Plan. http://oceancountylibrary.org/About/Diversity-Plan.htm
The history, goals, process, plan, and activities of this very well developed initiative are presented on the library’s website. For further information and analysis, look for Winston, M. (in press). Leadership diversity theory: a public library case study [of Ocean County Library], Public Library Quarterly, 28 pages.

Russian Books and Periodicals
http://www.russianpublishinghouse.com/books/defaulteng.htm
“We are proud to be an OCLC Cataloging Partner. Every book ordered from us has MARC record in OCLC WorldCat. We insert into each book a transliterated slip with all bibliographical information and OCLC MARC record number.” Known for its excellent inventory and exceptional customer service, this company also provides ESOL titles. A donor of raffle prizes to the One Community, New Jersey Diversity in Libraries Conference.

Unicont Enterprises, Inc. / ViOLa Publishing, LLC
http://www.podpiska.us or 800-763-7475 or podpiska@unipressa.com
Periodicals and books for Russian language readers. A donor of raffle prizes to the One Community, New Jersey Diversity in Libraries Conference.

Young Adult Library Services Association. Professional Development Topics: Multicultural Resources. http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/professsionaldev/multicultural.htm
Standards, online materials, bibliographies, and articles supporting service to teens of diverse identities and backgrounds.

African American Collection Development

Black Caucus of the American Library Association
http://www.bcala.org/
Includes a substantial list of resources for librarians seeking employment. The Black Book Award, established by New Jersey’s Dr. Alex Boyd, is given by this organization; for a list of winners, see http://www.bcala.org/awards/past_winners.htm .

Josey, E. J., & DeLoach, M., Eds. (2000). Handbook of Black librarianship. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow.
This landmark work treats diversity, African Americans in librarianship and in library education, issues related to technology, and library services to African American populations. “Of special interest is the section on African American resources, which covers archival and fugitive literature, library holdings, literature, oral history programs, and museums, with several chapters on awards.” Rutgers Professor Mark Winston’s chapter, “Establishing African American Collections” is particularly valuable.

Quarterly Black Book Review
http://www.qbr.com/
Of great interest are the reviews, news, interviews. See too the QBR “Sacred 100,” the canon of must-read titles.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Intersexed Collection Development

Gough, C., & Greenblatt, E. (1990). Gay and lesbian library service. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
A core collection (print, film, and music) as well as discussion of young adult materials, discrimination issues, and other topics. Although somewhat dated, this classic volume contains ideas that remain on the cutting edge of library service.

Kester, N.G. (1997). Liberating minds: the stories and professional lives of gay, lesbian, and bisexual librarians and their advocates. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
“Some of the issues addressed are the need to uphold intellectual freedom, challenging the censorship of gay materials in libraries, AIDS material in the library, the information needs of gay and lesbian patrons, collection development, and confronting homophobia.”

Kilpatrick, T.L. (1996). A critical look at the availability of gay and lesbian periodical literature in libraries and standard indexing services. Serials Review, 22(4), 71ff (also at EbscoMasterFilePremier).
“Libraries and indexing services not keeping pace with dramatic progress in gay and lesbian civil rights; Accessibility of literature; Gay and lesbian journals avoided by indexers and collection development librarians.”

Lambda Literary Foundation
http://www.lambdalit.org/
The Book Report and awards will be of special value to library collections.

Library Q
http://library.auraria.edu/libq/index.html
For library workers, this site includes information about administration, collections, reference, periodicals, youth services. Abundant links to organizations for additional material.

New Jersey Library Association Gay and Lesbian Round Table http://www.njla.org/sections/gay_lesbian
Since its inception, the Gay and Lesbian Round Table has advocated and educated on behalf of librarian, support staff, and patron gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersexed communities. The Round Table has served this role under a rubric of program initiatives, collection development advisory, provision of reference and access services, and collaboration with other professional organizations. Membership is open to lesbians, gay men, bisexual, transgender and intersexed library personnel. All librarians committed to diversity including GLBTI constituencies and to supporting colleagues and the profession's values are also encouraged to join the Round Table.

Queer Resources Directory. (2004).
http://www.qrd.org
Librarians may especially value the sections about media, workplace issues, and organizations.

Spence, A. (1998). Gay books in the public library: responsibility fulfilled or denied?: how 19 large urban American and Canadian libraries compare in service to their communities. Toronto : International Information Research Group.
This study by a seasoned bibliographer of gay and lesbian literature and media.

Latino Collection Development

Alire, C., & Archibeque, O. (1998). Serving Latino communities: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians. Neal-Schumann.
This book’s goals are to “help library staff understand the needs of their library's Latino community; develop successful programs and services; obtain external funding for improved services; prepare staff to work more effectively with Latinos; establish partnerships with relevant external agencies and organizations; improve collection development; and do effective outreach and public relations. Includes sample handouts and flyers; a resource directory with selected publications, organizations, and sites.”

Brodart Espanol
http://www.espanol.brodart.com
“Truly a worldwide collection, our offerings are imported from 16 countries, with nearly 300 US-based publishers and over 300 off-shore publishers. From this remarkable resource, we provide fully cataloged and processed materials.” Note also the company’s McNaughton plan, which permits libraries to rent books during their time of highest demand. A donor of raffle prizes to the One Community, New Jersey Diversity in Libraries Conference.

Chulainn Publishing Corporation
Email: editors@aol.com or libros@qwest.net
Distributor of Spanish language fiction, romance, arts and crafts, self-help, mystery, and other popular subjects. A donor of raffle prizes to the One Community, New Jersey Diversity in Libraries Conference.

Librarian’s Guide to Latino Services
http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/seworkspace/hbooth/electronicresources.html
Prepared by LIS students from the University of Illinois in 2001, this guide to websites for librarians working with Latino populations provides relevant links to programs, collections, and demographics

LibrosSinFronteras.com: Books Without Borders
http://www.librossinfronteras.com
“Libros Sin Fronteras is a bilingual company dedicated to the distribution of important, hard-to-find, Latin American and other high quality Spanish language materials.” Its partnership with OCLC allows it to provide MARC records and shelf-ready physical processing for Spanish-language materials. A donor of raffle prizes to the One Community, New Jersey Diversity in Libraries Conference.

Marquis, S.K. (2003). Collections and services for the Spanish-Speaking: issues and resources. Public Libraries, 42(3), 106-112.
Strategies for highlighting materials for Spanish speaking people are informed by cultural and linguistic awareness in both technical and public services departments.

Moller, S.C. (2001). Library services to Spanish speaking patrons: A practical guide. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
“Better serve the needs of Spanish- speaking patrons of all ages by learning about various Hispanic groups and some of the cultural differences that can lead to misunderstandings. A variety of Latino program and collection building ideas follows the cultural information. A list of distributors of Spanish-language materials-books, periodicals, AV materials-is provided, as well as Web addresses of Spanish-language Internet sites.”

North Carolina State Library. Hispanic Services Project
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/hispanic/index.htm
“…[A] three-year project that will result in public librarians having the skills and resources necessary to provide appropriate services for North Carolina's rapidly increasing Hispanic and Latino communities. Primary beneficiaries of this project will be the growing number of Hispanic and Latino individuals in North Carolina. Public library staff will also benefit from this project since the skills they learn as part of this project will be useful in designing library services to any special population.” Along with conclusions and recommendations, this report presents good booklists and web links.

Reforma: The Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking
http://www.reforma.org/
Note especially the employment listings, the resources for children, the “U.S. Public Library Websites with Information in Spanish,” “Spanish for Librarians,” and the directory of publisher and distributors.

Older Adult Collection Development

American Library Association. Library Services to Older Adults Guidelines.
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaprotools/referenceguide/libraryservices.htm Services, collections, access, staffing, and outreach for seniors.

Honnold, R., & Mesaros, S.A. (2004). Serving seniors: a how-to-do-it manual. Neal-Schuman.
The publisher promises: “…Collection building for seniors (including large print materials, audio books, program kits, and assistive technologies); discussion groups and coffee clubs; and programming. The authors provide practical guidance on partnering with other agencies; mixing seniors and youth for reading and storytimes as well as for computer-based activities. Programs covered include book and film discussion groups and topics ranging from cooking to travel to games and historical eras. Also…Internet services to seniors, volunteer programs, outreach and homebound services, and services to residential facilities. A special section lists print and on-line sources for tips from other librarians reaching out to an aging population.”

Different Ability Collection Development

Montclair Free Public Library’s Website
http://www.montlib.com/adults/special.html
“Montclair Public Library is one of twelve Regional Resource Centers for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and is one of six Libraries Statewide participating in the FM Library Loan Program… The library has purchased a variety of materials to help persons with disabilities:…”

Linda Lucas Walling Collection: Materials for and/or about Children with Disabilities
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/facst/walling/bestfolder.htm
Ideal picture books, award winners, bibliographies, material about bibliotherapy, and more.

Bibliographies

Bibliography on Race, Gender, and Affirmative Action. (2003).
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~eandersn/biblio.htm
Useful “exemplary works.”

Culturally Competent Services: Bibliography of Materials.
http://tinyurl.com/3unw4
Prepared by the staff of the Maternal and Child Health Library of Georgetown University, this list of materials about cultural competencies for health care services have wide application to libraries.

A World of Books, 2002.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/books02.html
“Interesting books published abroad,” as identified and annotated by specialists from Library of Congress.

Bibliographies by, for, and about African Americans

Givens, A., ed. (1997). Spirited minds : African American books for our sons and our brothers. W.W. Norton.
“…More than one hundred outstanding works of literature. With selections for readers of all ages, these works of fiction, poetry, biography, autobiography, folktales, drama, and history celebrate the African American male experience from childhood to adulthood.”

Givens, A., ed. (1998). Strong souls singing: African American books for our daughters and our sisters. W.W. Norton.
“Over 100 books, plays, short stories, focusing on female authors and female main characters.”

Quarterly Black Book Review
http://www.qbbr.com/
Of great interest are the reviews, news, interviews. See too the QBR “Sacred 100,” the canon of must-read titles.

Rand, D., & Paker, T.T. (2001). Black books galore!--guide to great African American children's books about boys and Black books galore!—a guide to great African American children’s books about girls. Wiley.
Black Issues Book Review said: “Dedicated to identifying and distributing quality African American children's books which portray positive, active characters, Rand and Parker have created two more solid resources that will help parents and educators find and select books for their children and students. In each volume, the titles are organized by three main entries: Books for Babies and Preschoolers, Books for Early Readers, Books for Middle Readers. In addition, Books for parents of boys and of girls are listed respectively.”

Richards, P., & Schlager, N. (1999). Best literature by and about Blacks. Gale.
The 3,500 annotated listings for both adults and children are by historical period and then by genre (fiction and nonfiction).

Bibliographies by, for, and about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Intersexed People

American Library Association. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Roundtable
http://www.ala.org/ala/glbtrt/welcomeglbtround.htm
The Stonewall Book Awards and the diverse bibliographies provide fine leads for collection development.

Coming Out Resources and Readings. http://www.si.umich.edu/LILA/cominout.pdf
This extensive 1999 bibliography offers a wide range of titles: personal narratives, fiction, family relationships, workplace issues, etc.

Lambda Literary Foundation
http://www.lambdalit.org/
The Book Report and awards will be of special value to library collections.

Simply the best. (2004) The Advocate, 22 June, 172-7.
A list of best nonfiction about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered experiences.

Bibliographies by, for, and about Latinos

Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
http://www.csusm.edu/campus_centers/csb/
From California State University at San Marcos, this bilingual site recommends books. You can also customize your own book lists here.

Zimmerman, M. (1992). U.S. Latino literature: an essay and annotated bibliography. MARCH/Abrazo Press.
”The bibliography itself was specifically designed for new readers of Latino literature. It is not complete, nor is meant to be; but I have tried to include most of the major works, or at least one or more representative works, by each of the more important or successful writers. …Clearly preference has been given to English language texts or Spanish texts that have been translated. But questions of Spanish or English are not so important as the kinds of Spanish and English.”

Web Resources

ALA: Equity of Access
http://tinyurl.com/529cw
Use this checklist as guide for assessing how your library is addressing equity and setting goals for improvement.

American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) http://www.aahe.org/diversity.htm
AAHE is an independent, membership-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to building human capital for higher education. As such, the AAHE provides a statement on diversity to which they'd like their constituents to adhere. They emphasize that statements are not enough; educators and organizations must DO something to promote diversity issues.

Frank G. Bowe
http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/frank_g_bowe
The home page of the keynote speaker for the One Community, New Jersey: Diversity in Libraries conference.

Citizen--Senior Services
http://www.state.nj.us/Senior%2BServices.html
From the New Jersey Department of State, a directory of services for
older adults, including health, housing, insurance, fraud, and more.

Culturally Competent Services: Bibliography of Materials. http://tinyurl.com/3unw4
Prepared by the staff of the Maternal and Child Health Library of Georgetown University, this list of materials about cultural competencies for health care services have wide application to libraries.

Developing a Plan to Improve Minority Representation Throughout the Organization
http://www.omhrc.gov/clas/sec5ck4.htm
A brief step-by-step guide to increase opportunities for an institution’s employee diversity.

Get Connected! EMIERT Resources and Links
http://lonestar.utsa.edu/jbarnett/emielinks.html
From the American Library Association’s Ethnic Materials Information Exchange Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table, websites of organizations of librarians belonging to or serving various ethnic groups.

Implicit Association Test https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/selectatest.html
Explore your self-awareness around age, gender, race, sexuality, ethnicity, and weight

Leading the Way: Making Diversity Real. (2004).
http://www.namme.org/career/publications/report_leading.pdf
From the National Association of Minority Media Executives: How a diverse organization operates, and checklists for how to achieve that reality.

Library Faculty/Staff Recruitment and Retention Diversity Team http://www.psu.edu/president/pia/database/teams/team0286.htm
A plan for best practices at Penn State University, this document has broad applicability to other libraries of all types.

Media Awareness Network. (2004). Deconstructing Hate Sites.
http:// www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/online_hate/deconst_online_hate.cfm
Knowing how these sites capitalize on fear, suggest divine sanction, conceal bigotry behind a pretense of moderation, argue in pseudo-scientific terms, engage in historical revisionism and jingoism, promulgate misinformation, etc.

MSU Moorhead Civil Rights: Equal Opportunity for Minorities in Moorhead. Final Report of Recommendations for Promoting Equal Opportunity and Improving Community Relations from the Community Study Circle Process.
http://www.mnstate.edu/mhdrights/Final_Report.htm
Thirty groups, meeting in libraries and other community spaces in this Minnesota town, developed goals and activities for leadership by formerly marginalized groups in education, housing, public safety, business, media, etc,

Multi Cultural Calendar
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
Recipes, historical background, significance of the holidays, and the special ways in which these days are observed—all as told by children—inspire celebration of diversity.

Multicultural Pavilion: Resources and Dialogues for Equity in Education
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural
Librarians may recognize, in the “Lists, Tools, and Factsheets” pages, “Stages of Multicultural School Transformation” and “So You Think You’re an Anti-Racist.” Along with these and other self-awareness instruments are “Multicultural Education Paths,” (links to websites of use to teachers and learners at all levels).

National Association of Social Workers. (2001). NASW standards for cultural competence in social work practice. http://www.naswdc.org/practice/standards/NASWCulturalStandards.pdf Ethics and values, self awareness, cross-cultural knowledge, cross-cultural skills, service delivery, empowerment and advocacy, diverse workforce, professional education, language diversity, cross-cultural leadership.

New Jersey Department of State Commission on American Indian Affairs http://www.state.nj.us/state/american_indian/index.html
Powhattan-Renape, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape, Ramapough Mountain, and
Intertribal People representatives work with the State for assuring
equal opportunity and civil rights and for promoting appreciation of
Native American culture in New Jersey. "The Department of State
continues its leadership and public awareness campaign designed to
encourage individuals and groups to gain a greater understanding and
appreciation of each other. It is a unifying force that promotes
successful strategies for improving human relations."

New Jersey Department of State Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission http://www.state.nj.us/state/mlk/index.html
Inspired by the philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr., the commission
on a variety of diversity initiatives for people of all backgrounds.

New York Times. Racial Issues and Identities: A guide to resources on the web.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/race/web-guide.html
A directory of ethnic sites, civil rights, business, government and politics, media, statistics, health, organizations, and educational resources.

Ocean County Library. Valuing Differences: Diversity Mission and Plan. http://oceancountylibrary.org/About/Diversity-Plan.htm
The history, goals, process, plan, and activities of this very well developed initiative is presented on the library’s website. For further information and analysis, look for Winston, M. (in press). Leadership diversity theory: a public library case study [of Ocean County Library], Public Library Quarterly, 28 pages.

Ohio Library Council Diversity Awareness and Resources Committee
http://www.olc.org/diversity/index.html
Age, disability, gender, religion, sexual orientation and ethnicity are addressed in well annotated links about adaptive technology, best practices, children's services, language resources, professional development, selection aids and vendors, sample job descriptions, and much more. This valuable, inspiring website engenders such pride in our profession.

Seymour, R. (2000). 8 Steps toward cultural competence.
http://poynteronline.org/content/content_view.asp?id=9530&sid=5
Some guidelines for communication, originally written by the Poynter Institute for journalists, but useful to anyone.

Tolerance
http:// www.tolerance.org
An array of materials for teachers, parents, and young people on living together and celebrating and learning from differences instead of fearing and fighting them

Understanding Prejudice (2004).
http://www.understandingprejudice.org
“…more than 2,000 links to prejudice-related resources, as well as searchable databases with hundreds of prejudice researchers and social justice organizations. Very useful for self-searching as well as for sharing with others.

Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu/index.asp
Especially relevant are the pages for “Gender and Sexuality Studies: and “Minority Studies,” but all sections attend to cultural diversity.

Links by, for, and about People with Different Abilities

American Library Association. Library Services for People with Disabilities.
http://www.ala.org/ala/ascla/asclaissues/libraryservices.htm
Basic commitment to equity of services, facilities, collections, technology, employment, library education.

ASL Web Browser
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb
“An online American Sign Language (ASL) browser where you can look up video of thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them.”

Blind Readers’ Page
http://blindreaders.info/index.html
“This site is a guide to sources of information in alternative formats (braille, recorded cassettes, large print, e-texts, web audio) accessible by people with print disabilities--those with visual and physical handicaps as well as dyslexia. It is also a guide to information about blindness, visual handicaps and other physical handicaps...” Although some sites here are most appropriate for residents of Wisconsin, the majority are valuable to us all. Note the “Best Practices” links.

Common Questions about Assistive Technology in Libraries
http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/technology/ada.htm
Useful disability awareness and sensitivity training, products, and guides for accessible web design.

Disabilityinfo.gov
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/SiteMap.do
Federal information in detail on employment, education, housing, transportation, health, income support, technology, independent living, and civil rights.

Durham County Library Services and Materials for People with Disabilities http://www.durhamcountylibrary.org/ada.htm
An attractive, friendly, and helpful online brochure from a North Carolina system.

Internet Links, Services for People with Handicaps
http://www2.njstatelib.org/lbh/bhlinks.htm
Jobs, support groups, reading services, assistive devices, and technology referrals are available here.

Montclair Free Public Library’s Website http://www.montlib.com/adults/special.html
“Montclair Public Library is one of twelve Regional Resource Centers for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and is one of six Libraries Statewide participating in the FM Library Loan Program… The library has purchased a variety of materials to help persons with disabilities:…”

National Association for the Deaf
http://www.nad.org
This advocacy organization site educates us about American Sign Language, deaf culture, captioning, interpreting, and technology.

New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped
http://www2.njstatelib.org/lbh/index.htm
Described is the range of services. With a link to the National Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Union Catalog.

NJ Post-Secondary Disability Support Directory http://adaptivetech.tcnj.edu/directory.html
A useful and unique directory compiled by the staff of the Adaptive Technology Center. The directory includes the current disability support information from every college and university in New Jersey, contact information for each college, their disability support staff and admission's office.

Seattle Public Library. Libraries for All
http://www.spl.org/lfa/central/pwgjan2000/pwg20000112-disability.html
What patrons with disabilities requested of a new building.

Within Our Reach
http://www.ntftd.org/report.htm
Costs of inclusiveness are shown to be minimal in comparison to benefits. Funding streams, education, and partnering potentialities are spelled out.

Links by, for, and about African Americans

Black Caucus of the American Library Association
http:// www.bcala.org
Includes a substantial list of resources for librarians seeking employment. The Black Book Award, established by New Jersey’s Dr. Alex Boyd, is given by this organization; for a list of winners, see http://www.bcala.org/awards/past_winners.htm .

Black Librarians Network of New Jersey
http://www.geocities.com/blnnj2003
“…A statewide organization established to foster professional camaraderie amongst African-American information Professionals…our focus is expanding local interests in our profession and expanding opportunities to enhance our professional image.”

Newark Public Library’s African American Webguide
http://www.npl.org/Pages/InternetResources/SubjectGuides/africanamerican.html A massive directory, with information about African American experiences in the Arts, entertainment, biography, business, careers, education, family, health, history, literature, media, New Jersey history, science and mathematics, and social issues.

Links by, for, and about Older Adults

Newark Public Library. Webguide for Seniors.
http://www.npl.org/Pages/InternetResources/SubjectGuides/seniors.html
Health, housing, finance, technology, recreation, organizations, etc.

Links by, for, and about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Intersexed People

Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County
http://www.gaamc.org/services.html
Services of this oldest continuing GLBTI organization in New Jersey include a variety of meetings, a directory of groups and services, a speaker's bureau, assistance to youth, and a hotline. Notice too the links and programs buttons.

Gay & Lesbian National Hotline: Serving the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Community
http://www.glnh.org/
Peer counselors will answer questions about identity, coming out, safe sex—whatever callers need to discuss.

Pride at Work (2004)
http://www.prideatwork.org/news.html
“The purpose of Pride At Work is to mobilize mutual support between the organized Labor Movement and the LGBT Community around organizing for social and economic justice.” An affiliate of the AFL-CIO, this group has been addressing issues such as domestic partnership benefits, hate crimes, and other discrimination.

Links by, for, and about Immigrants

MLA Language Map
http://www.mla.org/census_main
Based on data from the 2000 U.S. Census, the Language Map exhibits concentrations of language speakers in zip codes and counties.

New Americans Program
http://www.queens.lib.ny.us/programs/nap
Test preparation, cultural and culturization programs, agencies, mail- a-book services, and collections in many languages at the Queens Borough Public Library.

Pacific Bell: Blue Web’n Learning Sites Library. (2000). Foreign Language Sites.
http:// www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/esl.html
A directory of guidance for students, teachers, and providers of information to people for whom English is a second language. “Discussing Cultural Knowledge for Life in the USA” may provide an especially helpful framework for an English language conversation group.

Links by, for, and about Latinos

Spanish in Our Libraries
http://www.sol-plus.net/plus/todo/hiring.htm
Advice on approaching the hiring of Latino staff. (Explore all the Plus material, especially "Tu Bibliotecario Electrónico.")

Spanish Subject Headings http://www.bibliotecasparalagente.org/sujetos.html
“The Oakland Public Library (OPL) has been assigning Spanish language equivalents to Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) in its Spanish language bibliographic records since the early 1980's. The primary source for these Spanish subjects headings is Bilindex (1984) and its 1986 supplement. When Spanish language equivalents to LCSHs cannot be found in Bilindex, OPL library staff with appropriate language and cataloging expertise create them, following linguistic and structural patterns established by the primary source. This file constitutes all those Spanish subject headings created in-house with their LCSH equivalents.”