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.

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EMIERT's ALA Presidential Candidates Forum (Video)

  • 1.  EMIERT's ALA Presidential Candidates Forum (Video)

    Posted Mar 06, 2024 09:04 AM

    Greetings to all,

    If you missed yesterday's conversations with Sam Helmick and Dr. Ray Pun, ALA's 2025-2026 presidential candidates, please view the video below.  ALA elections will take place March 11, 2024 - April 3, 2024. Thank you to KC Boyd, ALA's incoming chair, for coordinating this event and to Richard Ashby Jr. for moderating.  Thank you to all EMIERT Board members for their excellent work and commitment to multiculturalism in libraries.   Also, don't forget to join EMIERT at ALA's Annual Conference in San Diego for our annual chair's program and David Cohen Award ceremony, independent author poster session, Taste of the Town, and Read-A-Thon (sponsored with Literacy Nation).  Join us in Cosplay and come dressed to EMIERT events as your favorite book character!

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/10562A5NQA94fMhaUhPUtPWgJmO7sUanR/view?usp=sharing. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-linkindex="1">https://drive.google.com/file/d/10562A5NQA94fMhaUhPUtPWgJmO7sUanR/view?usp=sharing



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    Andrea Jamison, PhD
    Assistant Professor of School Librarianship
    Illinois State University
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