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Serving Diverse Populations
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filed under:
Special Libraries,
Academic Libraries,
Best Practices,
Public Libraries,
School Libraries
Resources for serving patrons who are print-impaired or who don't speak/read English.
- PolyTalk
- PolyTalk is a volunteer network of bilingual interpreters willing to be contacted by telephone to provide real time interpretation on request by staff of Illinois libraries.
- Talking Book Centers
- As part of a national and statewide network, two Talking Book Centers provide service in the PALS area to people who are unable to use print material due to a visual or physical disability.
- Refwiki: Foreign Language Collections in PALS Libraries
- Refwiki: Assistive Technology in PALS Libraries
- "Immigrant Nation"
- Library Journal article (Sept. 1, 2008), with a list of vendors for books in a couple dozen languages.
