10th Annual Diversity & Outreach Fair

Join the ALA’s Office for Literacy & Outreach Services and the ALA Committee on Literacy in…
Celebrating Extraordinary Examples of Diversity and Outreach in Action @ America’s Libraries

10th Annual Diversity and Outreach Fair
ALA Annual Conference – Washington, D.C.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Washington Convention Center

The 2007 Diversity and Outreach Fair will highlight bookmobile and other innovative services to underserved communities including,

§ Bookmobiles and literacy programs v Mobile access to technology
§ Bookmobile services to specific v Innovative services to other underserved
populations, including: communities, including:
§ People with disabilities § Poor and low-income families
§ Homeless people § Homebound people
§ Communities of color § At-risk youth
§ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Community
§ Incarcerated persons
§ New Americans
§ Children & Seniors

Librarians are invited to share their experiences and resources through a poster presentation and informal conversations with colleagues. Showcase your library’s accomplishments and help inspire others interested in creating and sustaining literacy and outreach services at libraries across the country. Entry forms are available online at www.ala.org/divfair and will be accepted through April 30th, 2007.

For additional information, contact: Tanga Morris
ALA – Office for Literacy and Outreach Services
(800) 545-2433, ext. 4294
tmorris@ala.org

Prizes will be awarded in recognition of presentations that demonstrate visual appeal, creativity, and how programs and services impacted their local communities.

The Diversity and Outreach Fair is generously supported by DEMCO

ALA Diversity Counts Survey

American Library Association releases national study of diversity in library workforce.Confirms need for continued recruitment of people of color. Read Full Press Release, 10/12/06

DALLAS - Today the American Library Association (ALA) released "Diversity Counts," a comprehensive study of gender, race and age in the library profession.

Using 1990 and 2000 Census data (the most current available), the study found that the nearly 110,000 credentialed librarians were predominantly ages 45 - 54, female and white. The number of racial and ethnic minorities receiving accredited library master's degrees (MLIS) grew 4 percent, up to about 13 percent in 2000 from 9 percent in 1990.

Diversity Counts Report