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Super Wednesday: Programming diversity at your place
February 6, 2008
Looking for programming ideas, are you? The Diversity Exchange database is a work of librarianly genius that just might save you a whole lot of time and trouble. It’s a pile of good, concise blueprints for cultural programs. You could go there right now and quickly find something that would fly in your bookbarn, community center, or museum.
The 47 program "recipes" that are there right now all have a multicultural focus--some connection with the notion of diversity. The tool is maintained by the good folks at New Jersey’s Ocean County Public Library.
These are ideas that in many cases give you a pretty strong map of the steps you would take to bring the program off, start to finish. In other cases you’ll see carefully structured suggestions that can inspire local adaptation.
Librarians are all about that whole, whaddayacallit, organization-of-information thing, right? Even when they’re charged with tasks, such as programming, that might seem pretty far removed from that core function. The beauty of the Diversity Exchange database is that it makes it so easy to find information that fosters successful programming aimed at audiences of chosen age groups, cultural backgrounds, or linguistic or sexual orientations. Whether you are looking for an idea, or whether you have a good program idea you want to share with the world, bookmark the easy-to-use database at http://www.oceancounty.lib.nj.us/cookbook/index.asp, put it to use and help it grow into a towering monument to diversity in libraries and related cultural institutions.
Posted by Bruce Jensen on February 6, 2008 | Comments (15)
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at 2/11/2008 10:09:02 AM, Loida commented:
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at 3/3/2009 6:47:14 PM, Helen commented:
The hyper links do not work and give a date in July of 2003 (stating that they are being looked at promptly...). Sorry I could not access this wonderful information.
at 3/5/2009 12:28:08 PM, bruz commented:
Actually it doesn't say "2003," Helen. I too am sorry the resource disappeared five months after the blog post. The OCPL site now says this:
"A problem has been detected with Ocean County Library's Diversity Exchange and is temporarily out of service.
We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to resolve the issue quickly.
July 3, 2008 4:44 pm"
at 8/30/2009 8:23:43 AM, Excergoloog commented:
Questions and answers about programming are in short supply--thanks much for this post!
at 9/23/2009 7:36:31 PM, FrankieB commented:
Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again - taking your feeds too now, Thanks.
at 9/25/2009 5:02:38 PM, Kelli Garner commented:
Great site, how do I subscribe?
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