Project Welcome: Libraries Serving Refugees and Asylum Seekers Summit
Posted January 5, 2017
The Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and the American Library Association invite you to the Project Welcome: Libraries Serving Refugees and Asylum Seekers Summit on February 6, 2017 in Chicago.
At the meeting we will hear from and with US and international librarians, international and national governmental agencies, and national resettlement and social services about the information needs of refugees and asylum seekers and the library services needed to support and empower them in their resettlement and integration process. You will learn from posters describing best practices and research, and engage in discussions with others interested in serving refugees. The information will be used to identify potential collaborations, priorities and gaps, develop recommendations and an action plan for library services to refugees and asylum seekers.
Registration is $200 USD, which includes light breakfast, breaks and lunch. Registration is open at:https://my.library.illinois.ed
You are also invited to present a poster. Please read the extended call at: https://publish.illinois.edu/p
For more information on the Summit and Project Welcome, a one-year IMLS-funded (LG-82-16-0059-16) planning grant (May 2016 – April 2017), see https://publish.illinois.edu/p
Project Coordinators: Clara M. Chu and Susan Schnuer, Mortenson Center for International Library Program
Project Partners: Michael Dowling and Jody Gray, American Library Association