Institute for Library Services for Migrant and Seasonal

[Emmy Dunsker <edunsker@INTERACCESS.NET>]

Emmy Dunsker, M.Ed., Ph.d. Candidate
Graduate Assistant
School of Library and Information Science
University of South Florida
edunsker@interaccess.net

ANNOUNCEMENT: INSTITUTE ON LIBRARY SERVICES TO MIGRANT AND SEASONAL
FARMWORKERS IN FLORIDA

The University of South Florida, School of Library and Information
Science will sponsor a week-long summer institute to train librarians
and media specialists in Florida to serve migrant and seasonal
farmworkers and their families.  With approximately 200,000 or more
migrant and seasonal farmworkers, Florida has the third largest
population in the nation.

The Institute will assist participants to acquire the following skills:
· Develop communication strategies associated with language and cultural
differences.
· Create collection policies and procedures that are responsive to
information needs.
· Produce collaborative guidelines for working with social and
public/private service agencies.
· Model service programs to increase participation of this population in
library related activities.
· Create a network of trained information professionals who will further
facilitate such programs in other library communities.

The Institute is funded under a Title II-B Higher Education Act grant of
$46,003 from the U.S. Department of Education.  Space for the Institute
is limited to a total of 40 participants.  Principal investigators for
the project are Marilyn Stauffer and Derrie Perez from the School of
Library and Information Science, University of South Florida.

WHERE AND WHEN?

This institute is tentatively scheduled for June 14-19, 1998 (SUNDAY
AFTERNOON - FRIDAY MORNING) at the Best Western Hotel, Tampa, Florida
(NEAR BUSCH GARDENS). All expenses including meals, hotel
accommodations, notebooks, CD-ROM materials, and transportation to a
migrant housing site will be sponsored by the grant. Participants are
expected to provide their own transportation to and from the Institute.

FURTHER INFORMATION AND APPLICATION PROCESS

Space for the Institute is limited to 40 participants including media
specialists and public librarians within the state of Florida.  A
website is designed to permit interested persons to submit applications
on-line.  The address of the site is as follows:
http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/migrant/MIGRANT.html.  Applications may be
requested by writing to the following:

Marilyn Stauffer, Derrie Perez, or Emily Dunsker
School of Library and Information Science
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
Tampa, FL  33620

For further information on this Institute, please call the School of
Library and Information Sciences, University of South Florida: (813)
974-3520.  You may also send an email message to Emily Dunsker,
edunsker@interaccess.net.

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