<div dir="ltr">FYI<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Loida Garcia-Febo</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:loidagarciafebo@gmail.com">loidagarciafebo@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, May 19, 2016 at 6:47 AM<br>Subject: [REFORMANET] Fwd: Library Services to Immigrants and Refugees - anouncement to the recording of the online event<br>To: <a href="mailto:reformanet@googlegroups.com">reformanet@googlegroups.com</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px">Dear colleagues,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">This might be of interest to you.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Best,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Loida</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Loida Garcia-Febo</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:loidagarciafebo@gmail.com" target="_blank">loidagarciafebo@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, May 19, 2016 at 9:24 AM<br>Subject: Library Services to Immigrants and Refugees - anouncement to the recording of the online event<br>To: IFLA-L <<a href="mailto:Ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr" target="_blank">Ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Link to announcement on the IFLA website: <a href="http://www.ifla.org/node/10483" target="_blank">http://www.ifla.org/node/10483</a></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:2em 0px 0.7em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:0.917em;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:40em;font-stretch:normal;color:rgb(0,45,25);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:1.083em;line-height:1.462">Dear colleagues,</span><br></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.083em;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:40em;line-height:1.462;color:rgb(0,45,25);font-family:georgia,serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">We are pleased to share a link to an archive recording of our “Library Services to Immigrants and Refugees” webinar which took place on 31 March 2016. IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and the New Professionals SIG partnered with the American Library Association to present this one-hour webinar. We are happy to produce an online resource that will be available for everyone to revisit and listen anywhere at any time.</p><div style="margin:2em 0px;padding:1.5em 2em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;line-height:18px;background:rgb(217,243,234)"><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.083em;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:40em;line-height:1.462;background:transparent">View the webinar recordings:</p><ul style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;background:transparent"><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.7em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.083em;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:40em;line-height:1.462;background:transparent"><a href="https://ala.adobeconnect.com/_a1087453682/p14twyow7qp/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:rgb(187,85,119);outline:0px;font-size:12.996px;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(153,0,0);background:transparent" target="_blank">Introduction by Loida Garcia-Febo</a></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.7em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.083em;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:40em;line-height:1.462;background:transparent"><a href="https://ala.adobeconnect.com/_a1087453682/p9qzpfzn7ad/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:rgb(187,85,119);outline:0px;font-size:12.996px;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(153,0,0);background:transparent" target="_blank">Presentations by Jan Richards, Jukka Relander and Jack Hang-tat Leong</a></li></ul></div><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.083em;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:40em;line-height:1.462;color:rgb(0,45,25);font-family:georgia,serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">We believe in libraries serving all the groups in our communities. Therefore, we were glad to collaborate with various library groups to share the most current best practices and models to serve immigrants and refugees. Libraries are vital centers for diverse populations including immigrants, refugees and multilingual people.</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.083em;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:40em;line-height:1.462;color:rgb(0,45,25);font-family:georgia,serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">During the online event, <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12.996px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Jan Richards</strong>, Secretary and Information Coordinator of the IFLA Public Libraries Section, and Manager of Central West Libraries in Australia, shared best practices and models from different countries compiled by her Section which you can find on the document titled “<a href="http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/public-libraries/publications/library_service_to_refugees_0.pdf" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:rgb(187,85,119);outline:0px;font-size:12.996px;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(153,0,0);background:transparent" target="_blank">Responding! Public Libraries and Refugees</a>”. You can read more about their publications and projects on the <a href="http://www.ifla.org/public-libraries" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:rgb(187,85,119);outline:0px;font-size:12.996px;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(153,0,0);background:transparent" target="_blank">IFLA Public Libraries website</a>.</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.083em;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:40em;line-height:1.462;color:rgb(0,45,25);font-family:georgia,serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12.996px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Jukka Relander</strong>, President of the <a href="http://www.eblida.org/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:rgb(187,85,119);outline:0px;font-size:12.996px;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(153,0,0);background:transparent" target="_blank">European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA)</a>, and President of the Finnish Library Association shared insights from the library community in Europe. EBLIDA has developed a strong campaign to promote services to these populations and you can stay updated by following its website which features libraries from different European countries serving refugees.</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.083em;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:40em;line-height:1.462;color:rgb(0,45,25);font-family:georgia,serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12.996px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Jack Hang-tat Leong</strong>, Chair of <a href="http://www.ifla.org/mcultp" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:rgb(187,85,119);outline:0px;font-size:12.996px;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(153,0,0);background:transparent" target="_blank">IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section</a>, and Director of University of Toronto Libraries in Canada, spoke about the <a href="http://www.ifla.org/node/8975" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:rgb(187,85,119);outline:0px;font-size:12.996px;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(153,0,0);background:transparent" target="_blank">IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural Library Manifesto Toolkit</a> published by his Section.</p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:1.083em;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:40em;line-height:1.462;color:rgb(0,45,25);font-family:georgia,serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12.996px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Loida Garcia-Febo</strong>, IFLA Governing Board Member, coordinated the event and shared early findings and initial recommendations about programs, topics, and services based on results of her early research about public libraries serving immigrants and refugees in the U.S.A.</p></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#38761d" size="2">Loida Garcia-Febo</font></b><div>President, Information New Wave</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><font color="#38761d"><b>IFLA Governing Board Member</b></font></div><div><font color="#38761d"><b>IFLA Action for Development through Libraries Programme (ALP) Chair</b></font></div><div><font color="#38761d"><b>ALA Executive Board Member</b></font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Professional website: <a href="http://loidagarciafebo.com/" target="_blank">http://loidagarciafebo.com/</a></span></div><div>INW website: <a href="http://informationnewwave.education/" target="_blank">http://informationnewwave.education/</a></div><div>Emails: <a href="mailto:loidagarciafebo@gmail.com" target="_blank">loidagarciafebo@gmail.com</a> // loida@informationnewwave.education</div><div>Tel. <a href="tel:%2B1%20646-470-5190" value="+16464705190" target="_blank">+1 646-470-5190</a></div><div>CPDWL Member, NPSIG Advisor,</div><div>Coordinator: New Librarians Global Connections online series</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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