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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Celebrate Global Picturebooks at ALA Annual

  • 1.  Celebrate Global Picturebooks at ALA Annual

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    Join USBBY as we meet Koshiro Hata and Yuko Ohnari, the husband-and-wife creative team behind several picture books published in Japan. Hata also works as a manga artist and writes essays and children's songs. Downpour, their first book in English, has garnered numerous awards including being named both an ALSC Notable and USBBY Outstanding International Book. It is the first in a planned series of four titles; the second, The Voice of the Snow, is due out in September 2026. They were both born in Osaka but now live in Tokyo.
    They will be presenting at ALA Annual on Saturday, June 27, 2:30 pm at the Hyatt Regency, Room Clark ABC.


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    Kim Sigle
    Curriculum Resource Teacher
    Fairfax County Public Schools (VA)
    she/her/hers
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