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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Correction: ALA Library History Round Table (LHRT) Reads: In Silence or Indifference: Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries

  • 1.  Correction: ALA Library History Round Table (LHRT) Reads: In Silence or Indifference: Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries

    Posted May 14, 2025 10:39 AM

    Greetings!

    Please join us online for the next Library History Round Table (LHRT) Reads on Thursday, June 5, 2025. We will be discussing In Silence or Indifference: Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries by Wayne Wiegand. Wayne has kindly agreed to join us at the end of our discussion for an author Q&A. Please bring your questions!

    The event will begin at 7pm EST.  Advanced registration is required :  https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/XF0K6beISkqM53klGr-pOQ

    If you would like to participate but cannot access the book from a local library or afford to allocate resources towards is purchase, please email the LHRT Reads co-organizers, Amanda Belantara and Michele Fenton.

    We look forward to seeing you there!

    Amanda Belantara and Michele Fenton, co-organizers

    Library History Round Table (LHRT) Reads



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    Michele Fenton
    Librarian I/Cataloger
    Indiana State Library
    Indianapolis, IN
    mfenton@library.in.gov
    (317) 234-4937
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