EMIERT (Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table)

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  • To serve as a source of information on recommended ethnic collections, services, and programs.
  • To organize task forces, institutes, and workshops to carry out the functions of the Round Table as defined in the petition.
  • To develop for Annual conferences forums and symposia programs that deal with the key issues of ethnicity and librarianship.
  • To maintain a liaison with the Office of Library Outreach Services and cooperate with other ALA units, including the caucuses in joint projects for the betterment of outreach services.
  • To disseminate the work of the Round Table through a program of publications

Learn more about EMIERT on the ALA website.

Frances Hardinge and Terry Farish at Annual

  • 1.  Frances Hardinge and Terry Farish at Annual

    Posted Jun 18, 2016 02:33 PM

    You won't want to miss a chance to hear English author Frances Hardinge, whose novel The Lie Tree won the Costa Book of the Year and  the fiction category of the Boston Globe-Hornbook Award when she joins Terry Farish for a panel discussion "The Threads that Hold a Spine." USBBY welcomes them to the ALA Annual Conference session on Saturday, June 25th @ 5-6pm at the Orange County Convention Center, Room W102B