Multicultural Programming

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6th Annual Adult Service ForumOctober 27th, 2014

Monmouth County Library Headquarters

SPEAKERS

• Donna Mansfield Monmouth County Library

• Judy Macaluso Ocean County Library

• Valerie Bell Ocean County Library

• Paulette Doe-Williams Willingboro Public Library

• Mimi Lee (Moderator ) New Jersey State Library

Today’s Agenda

• Introduction• Presentations from the winning libraries

- Monmouth County Library- Ocean County Library- Willingboro Public Library

• Q and A

New Jersey- a brief demographics

• One in five residents of New Jersey are foreign born. • 17.7 percent of the state’s population is Hispanic • Following Asian Indian, the Chinese, Filipino and Korean were the

state’s second, third and fourth largest Asian groups.• The largest increases (2000-2010) in the black population occurred in

Burlington, Middlesex and Union counties.

NJSL 1st Annual Multicultural Program Award 2014

• The Multicultural Program Award was developed to recognize public libraries and their staffs in laying out the groundwork for successful cultural community coalition-building and carefully targeted cultural programming.

• It also renews the State Library’s commitment to helping public libraries engage their cultural and ethnic communities in meaningful and effective partnerships to better serve all New Jerseyans.

NJSL 2nd Annual Multicultural Program Award 2015

• Call for Applications for 2015 will be announced in December 2014.• Prizes: $1,000 honorarium + certificate + statewide

promotion/recognition• For information and updates, go to:

NJStateLib.org>Consulting Services>Adult, Urban & Diversity Services

Contact: • Donna Mansfield: dmansfield@monmouthcountylib.org• Judy Macaluso: jmacaluso@theoceancountylibrary.org• Valerie Bell: vbell@theoceancountylibrary.org• Paulette Doe-Williams: pdwillia@willingboro.org• Mimi Lee: mlee@njstatelib.org

For resources and materials from today’s program: http://www.njstatelib.org/services_for_libraries/consulting_services/adult_services/(Mimi’s page on the state library’s website)http://adultservicesforum.info/(2014 Adult Services Forum site)http://njla.pbworks.com/w/page/12189913/Reference(NJLA wiki page-Reference Section)

Let’s go!

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African American Family Reunions, History & Genealogy Workshop

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SERVING THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY:WILLINGBORO STYLE

Presenters: Paulette Doe-WilliamsAdult Services Librarianpdwillia@willingboro.org

Sponsoring Group: Diversity and Outreach Section

Questions?

Thank you!