Joint NE Conf

Since 2005 the Northeast Chapter of REFORMA hosts a mini-conference in partnership with library associations serving diverse ethnic groups in the United States.

The Joint REFORMA Northeast, AILA, APALA, BCALA and CALA mini-conference is an established annual event for students, publishers, librarians and library workers to exchange ideas about library and information services. Below, the schedules for the 2007-2010 mini-conferences.

May 14, 2010

SIXTH ANNUAL JOINT MINI-CONFERENCE
CULTURAL COMPETENCIES AND EQUITY OF ACCESS:
WHAT TODAY’S LIBRARIAN WILL LOOK LIKE TOMORROW
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037-1801
212-491-2200

11:00 AM Tour of the Exhibit – Schomburg Center’s 80th Anniversary
11:45 AM Lunch
12:45 PM Introductions and Keynote Speaker: DR. CAMILA ALIRE, ALA PRESIDENT
1:30 PM Presentation of Reforma Northeast Chapter Lifetime Achievement Award
1:45 PM 1ST Panel: Promoting Cultural Competencies to Ensure Equity of Access
3:00 PM 2nd Panel: What’s the Forecast? Looking at Librarianship Today and Tomorrow.
4:15 PM Reflections

Planning Committee: Roxana Benavides, Tess Tobin, Louis Munoz, Manuel Figueroa, Lisa Melendez,Libbhy Romero, Anthony Loum, Paquita Campoverde

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May 15, 2009

Joint REFORMA Northeast, AILA, APALA, BCALA, and CALA mini-conference at the

National Museum of the American Indian
http://www.nmai.si.edu
One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
212-514-2700
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Call for Presenters

Organizing Committee:

Libbhy Romero

Lisa Melendez

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2008

Joint REFORMA Northeast, AILA, APALA, BCALA, and CALA mini-conference

Friday, May 16

11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Instituto Cervantes

211 East 49th Street
New York, NY 10017
Tel.: 001 212 308 7720 Fax.: 001 212 308 7721

AGENDA-

11:00 Library Tour

12:00 Lunch & Networking

Sponsors: Greenwood Publications,  Baker & Taylor

1:00-3:30 Introductions & Welcoming!

Keynote Speaker: Daniel Figueredo

Director of the Library and Media Center at Bloomfield College. He is editor of Encyclopedia of Caribbean Literature (Greenwood 2006) and co-editor of Encyclopedia of Cuba (Greenwood 2003). He has taught Latin American literature at Montclair State University and Bloomfield College, and regularly contributes to Booklist, Multicultural Review, and other publications.

1^st Panel Discussion – Technology for the underserved

• Hong Yao, Associate Coordinator, Collection Development, Queens Library
• Technologies @ Hartford by Louise Blalock, Chief Librarian of the Hartford Public Librar
• Technologies is used to aid patrons at the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, Resource Center- by Mary Ahenakew,

2^nd Panel Discussion – Surviving the American Workplac

• Challenged to Lead, Hong Miao, Public Services Librarian, Marywood University Library
• STEP, Skills Training & Employment Project at BPL by Kerwin Pilgrim,
• Expectations of employers and applicants in a multicultural society by Phyllis Hodges, Research Associate, Library and Information Service Credit Suisse Securities

Reflections and conclusion of the Mini-Conference

Organizing Committee:

Libbhy Romero, REFORMA NE President

Loida Garcia-Febo, REFORMA NE Past President

Lisa Melendez, REFORMA NE

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2007

Joint REFORMA Northeast, AILA, APALA, BCALA, and CALA mini-conference

“Breaking Down Barriers to Serve our Diverse Communities”

May 18, 2007

Chatham Square Library

33 East Broadway [near Catherine St.],

New York, NY 10002-6804

http://www.nypl.org/branch/local/man/chr.cfm

Schedule

10:30 – 11:00 Library Tour

11:10-12:00 How to coordinate new services @ your library: real-life successful cases

Working with Teens on Detention by Vikki Terrile

Serving Persons with Disabilities by Carrie Banks and Barbara Klipper

12:00-1:00 Lunch & Networking (Lunched sponsored by Bilingual Publications)

1:10-2:10 Libraries Serving Multi Ethnic Populations:

NYPL/ Donnell Library (presented by CALA) by Hung-Yun Chang

Arlington County Public Library, Virginia by Diana Gates, Multicultural Services Manager at Arlington PL

Black Heritage Collection at Langton Hughes Library and Community Center (Presented by BCALA) by Andrew Jackson and B. Johnson

2:15-3:10 “Diversity Counts: Where do we go from here?”   by Mario Ascencio, REFORMA President (2007-2008) and Loida Garcia-Febo, REFORMA NE Past President

3:10-3:30 Reflections and conclusion of the Mini-Conference

Organizing Committee:

Miguel Garcia-Colon, REFORMA Northeast President

Libbhy Romero, REFORMA Northeast Vice-President/President Elect

Loida Garcia-Febo, REFORMA Northeast Immediate Past-President