Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT)
Our Mission
- To serve as a source of information on recommended ethnic collections, services, and programs.
- To organize task forces, institutes, and workshops to carry out the functions of the Round Table as defined in the petition.
- To develop for Annual conferences forums and symposia programs that deal with the key issues of ethnicity and librarianship.
- To maintain a liaison with the Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services and cooperate with other ALA units, including the ethnic affiliates, in joint projects for the betterment of outreach services.
- To disseminate the work of the Round Table through a program of presentations and/or publications.
Featured
Our resources and bibliographies provide guidelines, assistance, examples and materials related to multicultural and diversity resources and...
Explore our past programming at ALA Midwinter and Annual.
Read about the established purpose and governance of our round table.
Get Involved with EMIERT
Existing ALA members can add a prorated membership to EMIERT at any time. Learn more about ALA member types and round table membership in the Member Center.
The EMIERT Distinguished Librarian Award recognizes significant accomplishments in library services that are national or international in scope and that include improving, spreading, and promoting multicultural services in libraries.
EMIERT News
Rosters
Executive Board
Committees and Task Forces
Staff Liaisons
Danielle Ponton
Program Manager for Round Tables
dponton@ala.org
Kevin Strowder
Director, Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services
kstrowder@ala.org
