Immigrants Outreach Program

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Some other innovative approaches to reaching out to immigrants outreach were found. In Milan, Italy, original tactics are used to advertise free programs for immigrants offered at the library. The program is called “Living Library” and promotes the library in the streets. Some of the ideas described include “Librarian cooks in the marketplace,” “Walkers on stilts.” and “Homer in the coffee bar” (Vimercati and Pirola 2011, 391-392).
An outreach program at the racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois, targets seasonal workers and their families. A bookmobile that has been present for a number of years has helped build trust in the library (Voss 2005, 325-326 quoted in Hammond-Todd 2008, 38). See Turabian 19.10 for proper style for secondary …show more content…

This campaign resulted in a much higher than expected turn out of Spanish speakers registering for the classes (Medina 2013, 37).
Planning
Baumann (2011) proposes multiple plans in all aspects of library operations to improve outreach services to Latinos. Similarly, Library Services Immigrants Abridged “Library Services for Immigrants, an Abridged Version ”(2009, 125) considers planning a crucial step in the development of programs and services for immigrant patrons. It provides a step-by step guide to developing a plan for this group of users.
Vårheim (2011, 12, 13) indicates that the behavior and attitude of immigrants who participate in library programs should be further researched in order to plan new programs and services. To bridge the digital divide, Valentine (2008, 199, 200) discusses the need for planning for multilingual use of computers and Internet resources in libraries to make them more user friendly to non-English speaking users.
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A questionnaire was sent to public libraries across the country, and 181 surveys were completed and analyzed. The study concluded that, although libraries were doing a good job in providing services and materials to minorities, there was one aspect that all the libraries were neglecting. This was the presentation of these minorities as part of Sweden’s cultural heritage and Sweden’s self-image. Hansson (2011, 413) states that there is tension between these minorities and the mainstream population: on one hand, they want to feel integrated The use of a convenience sample has limitations: It will not be representative of the population. There will be a selection bias since people interviewed will be Latinos who visit a Latino market, and these may be people who don't speak English very well, Latinos who are perhaps more integrated with American society and may speak better English may feel comfortable going to non-Latino markets. It will not be possible to generalize results. In addition, the Sarasota Latino population is not characteristic of the U.S as shown in the table

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