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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 07:17:14 -0400 From: Gladys Smiley Bell <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: The Black Caucus of the American Library Association <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [BCALA] Upcoming Library Diversity Events and Resources -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Hello Colleagues: We in the ALA Office for Diversity hope that this summer is affording you at least a few opportunities for personal and professional renewal. To aid in that hope, we are providing you with information about a few programs, websites of interest and links to resources that might assist you in diversity related planning, programming and policy making. If your organization has any diversity-related information or professional tools to share please contact me in the Office for Diversity at [log in to unmask] Wishing you all the best, Tracie Hall, Director--Office for Diversity ___________________________________________________ Upcoming Events Conference: Building Organizational Strength Through Inclusion: The 2004 Diversity Conference August 17-18, 2004, Embassy Suites Hotel, Dublin, Ohio 43017 (Columbus) On August 17 and 18, the Ohio Library Council (OLC) will host the 2004 Diversity Conference that builds on a five-year tradition of heightening the awareness of the library community to the changing nature of the people and communities they serve. The conference will feature such outstanding speakers as Josč Aponte, the director of Pikes Peak Library in Colorado; Tracie Hall, director of the Office for Diversity and the Spectrum Initiative; Raymond Santiago, the director of the Miami-Dade Public Library; and Natasha Tarpley, popular author of children's books that celebrate African-American culture. Martín Goméz, the incoming President of the Urban Libraries Council, will speak at the annual Ohio Dinners for Spectrum on August 17. OCLC will underwrite all costs of the dinner, so that every ticket sold is a contribution to the Spectrum Scholarship Initiative of the American Library Association. There will also be a showing of the film "Flag Wars" about culture clash in a gentrifying neighborhood of Columbus. This film, which premiered on the PBS series "POV," is a powerful documentary that has sparked considerable debate about urban change. Registration for the dinner is separate from the conference, and is available at http://www.oclc.org/news/announcements/announcement101.htm. Celebrate your commitment to diversity at OLC's 2004 Diversity Conference! For more information or to register, go to http://www.olc.org/diversity/ and click on Registration is Now Open or call OLC at (614) 416-2258. The registration fee for the conference is only $75. The Conference is co-sponsored by OLC's Diversity Awareness and Resources Committee, OHIONET, and OCLC and generously underwritten by grants from the Ohio Library Foundation and LSTA funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, awarded by the State Library of Ohio. Conference: Association of American Colleges and Universities Diversity And Learning: Democracy's Compelling Interest October 21-23, 2004 Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel Nashville, Tennessee http://www.aacu-edu.org/meetings/diversityandlearning/DL2004/program.cfm Diversity and Learning: Democracy's Compelling Interest explores the most effective ways to tap diversity's full assets to promote the deepest learning, while also teaching students about the contentious struggles for democracy that continue to dominate our local and global landscapes. The conference will explore key questions, such as: What do we mean by democracy's compelling interests? What is the role of colleges and universities in a diverse and stratified democracy? What do students need to develop capacities to construct shared futures with and for one another, both here and around the globe? What would the structures, pedagogies, programs, and policies look like in a truly inclusive academy? *--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Publications: Office for Diversity's Versed Bulletin Check out and Consider submitting an article to Versed, the first nationwide multi-type library diversity publication: http://www.ala.org/ala/diversity/versed/versed2004/may2004abc/may04.htm *--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Opportunities: Special Library Association's Diversity Leadership Development Program http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/awardsrecognition/awardsdescriptions/ dlpnomform.cfm *--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Online Resources: HRDR Director, Lorelle Swader alerted me to an important study: A Visual Essay: Blacks, Asians and Hispanics in the Civilian Labor Force http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/06/ressum.pdf The American Association for Affirmative Action aggregates highly useful electronic resources: http://www.affirmativeaction.org/resources/index.html The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission provides useful information on types of employment discrimination: http://www.eeoc.gov/types/index.html Diversity Central has a variety of Diversity Statistics covering various communities http://www.diversitycentral.com/business/diversity_statistics.html#gl If your library or organization has an event, resource or opportunity to share please contact me at [log in to unmask] Tracie D. 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