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

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2021 Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants Announced

  • 1.  2021 Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants Announced

    Posted Oct 26, 2021 02:31 PM

    Marion-Perry County Library (Alabama), Southwest Baltimore Charter School (Maryland), and The West Philadelphia Alliance for Children (Pennsylvania) have been selected to receive over 200 books as part of the 2021 Coretta Scott King Awards Book Donation Grant program.

    Awarded each year by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee, the grant program donates books originally submitted for consideration for the Coretta Scott King Book Awards to organizations demonstrating need and potential benefit from receiving the collection. All winners will receive copies of titles submitted to the 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Awards, including a full set of the year's winner and honor books.

    Read the full press release on ALA's website: https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/10/2021-coretta-scott-king-book-donation-grants-announced

    The 2022 Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grant application will open this fall. See the criteria and application on the Coretta Scott King Book Awards website: https://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards/bookgrant



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    Monica Chapman
    Program Coordinator, CSK Book Awards & ODLOS Round Tables
    American Library Association
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