FERGUSON LIBRARY BLOG IN SPANISH

This blog has regional/national issues posted. Also you can find helpful links to ESL sites and valuable information about what immigrants can do when faced with raids from the US immigration department...
http://fergusonblog.org/spanishblog/
Also check out their webpage "Serving Stamford's Multilingual Community" where you can find Fergurson blog for New Americans and other interesting links...
http://www.fergusonlibrary.org/mult_languages/wlang.htm

San Diego County Library and CA Native Americans

San Diego County Library's webpage acknowledges the presence of California nations in the state. I saw a posting on the California Library Association CALIX distribution list recently and it highlighted the SDCL page for Native American Day which is the fourth Friday of every September in California.
http://www.sdcl.org/NativeAmericanDay.html
The Four Directions Institute looked interesting to me in that it has a page which highlights the languages of many California nations - so relevant to non-traditionial forms of "literacy" i.e. the oral tradition.
http://www.fourdir.com/california_indians_index.htm
and the library site has links to 8 California tribal websites
There are other resources and links.
San Diego County Library seems to be in sync with ALA President Roy's platform on Celebrating Community, Collaboration, and Culture!
Have fun looking it over!

Thanks to SDCL Polly Cipparrone for posting on the CALIX list.

DIVERSITY COOKBOOK

Webjuction has posted information about a very interesting online database developed by librarians at the Ocean County Library, The Diversity Cookbook. Focus Communities include African American/Black, American Indian, Asian American/Asian/Pacific Islander, Differently Abled, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered, Hispanic/Latino, Multiracial/Interracial, Other, Religious Diversity, Staff, or Women.
http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=17879

Tribute to San Luis Rey Band of Luiseno Indians

I met Monica Chapa-Domercq a couple of weekends ago at a joint meeting of Southern California Chapters of REFORMA (http://www.reforma.org/). She let me know about this tribute below. A great model and homage and so important... She sent the information below:

The Oceanside Public Library just did a tribute to the indigenous people of the San Luis Rey Valley in which
Oceanside (California) is located. It was called Payomkawichum (People of the West). Artifacts, photos and art of the San Luis Rey Band of Luiseño Indians were exhibited. Here is a link to the flyer: http://www.slrmissionindians.org/

Multilingual Literacy

This looks like a great model for a multilingual, multicultural bookfair and great for bilingual, multilingual, family, and international literacy. Is there anybody that will be in San Diego? Monica posted this announcement on the REFORMA listserv. If you don't know about REFORMA you can go to http://www.reforma.org/

If you happen to be in the San Diego area on October 18, please consider joining us for the SERRA Multilingual Book Fair. The book fair helps fund the Serra Multicultural Library Scholarship administered by LIBROS, the San Diego Chapter of Reforma. Hope to see you there!
Saludos,
Monica Chapa Domercq
Serra Multilingual Book Fair
Thursday,
Oct. 18, 2007
10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Martin Luther King Community Center
140 E. 12th St.
National City, CA
(619) 470-5800
Librarians, Teachers and Book Lovers are welcome! Come browse a vast selection of current and quality materials from many national, Multilingual Booksellers. Displays include fiction and non-fiction, adult and children’s materials in various formats and languages (Arabic, Farsi, Tagalog, Chinese, Spanish, and many more!)
Free admission! Free parking! Free refreshments! Free Raffle!
Orders may be placed by purchase order, credit card, or cash. Books will be shipped.
On-site discounts from 10 - 25% are available. For a list of Multilingual Book vendors, go to http://www.serralib.org/
If you have questions, or would like to become a participating vendor, please contact Sandra Tauler, Calexico Camarena Memorial Library, (760) 768-2170, email: stauler@calexico.k12.ca.us