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Multiculturalismo
De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

El multiculturalismo es una teoría que busca comprender los fundamentos culturales de cada una de las naciones, las cuales se caracterizan por su gran diversidad cultural, la cual hace más problemática la relación entre sus integrantes, pues todo ello genera por una parte cierta tensión por querer encontrar su identidad; y por otro lado genera intercambios culturales en beneficio de los grupos; de tal manera que tensión e intercambio coexisten.


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        1.      Abu El-Khair, I.,  "Arabic Information Retrieval".  Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Vol. 41, 2007, pp. 505-533.

Descriptores: Arabe/Recuperación de la información/Multiculturalismo

Resumen: David Bearman, Ibrahim Abu El-Khair, and Harmeet Sawhney and Krishna Jaykar) may be par for the ARIST course, but they are none the less valuable for that: The national security implications of research in Arabic IR, for instance, hardly need stating, and the pace of developments in digital librariesa procrustean label, to be sureis such that regular updates are required, an observation that could be applied equally well to policy and empirical research addressing access issues such as the digital divide.



        2.      Aito, E.,  "Terminologie, dénomination et langues minoritaires face à la modernité: vers une interrogation soucieuse du social".  Terminologies nouvelles, No.  21, 2000, pp. 46-50. http://www.rint.org/cadreIndex3.htm

Descriptores: Terminología/Multiculturalismo/Lenguas minoritarias

Resumen: Loin de se restreindre à la seule rubrique des pratiques institutionnelles de normalisation, la socioterminologie permet d’appréhender les multiples facettes d’une terminologie soucieuse du social. La question de dénomination conduit inéluctablement à une double équation dénomination/ conceptualisation, dénomination/ définition, et il incombe de s’orienter vers « une perception socialisée du réel » ( Gaudin 1993: 98 ).



        3.      Annamalai, E.,  "Language policies in multilingual societies".  Congreso Mundial sobre Políticas Lingüísticas, No. 1, 2002. http://www.linguapax.org/congres/plenaries/annamali.html

Descriptores: Globalización/Política lingüística/Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo

Resumen: The countries in the world are necessarily multilingual demographically given the universal historical facts that people migrate to new lands and the states annex new lands. Both migration, voluntary and forced, and annexation, by war and other means, give rise to a population in a country that speak more than one language.



        4.      Annichiarico, M.,  "Ala in miami beach: summer bummer.".  Library Journal, Vol. 119, No. 13, 1995, pp. 40-47.

Descriptores: Congresos/Asociaciones profesionales/Adolescentes/Redes de ordenadores/Multiculturalismo/Legislación/Redes de información/Libertad de expresión/CD-ROM/Reconocimiento profesional/American Library Association/Internet

Resumen:  Provides an overview of the 1994 American Library Association Convention. Highlights include problems with the location; teen violence; federal legislation; awards; speakers; gender issues and technology, including video games and the Internet; intellectual freedom; multiculturalism and librarian recruitment; CD-ROM; and exhibits.



        5.      Annichiarico, M.,  "Free speech headlines in San Francisco.".  Library Journal, Vol. 122, No. 13, 1997, pp. 36-42.

Descriptores: Congresos/Autores/Libros/Censura/Multiculturalismo/Libertad de expresión/Internet /Legislación/Tecnologías de la información/American Library Association/Externalizacion de servicios/Telecomunicaciones

Resumen: Reports on the 116th Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA) held in San Francisco June 26-July 1, 1997. Discusses intellectual freedom and Internet filters, the Communications Decency Act, the 1996 Telecommunications Act's Universal Service provision, the Hawaii outsourcing model, exhibits, books and authors, diversity, ALA council and executive search, and technology.



        6.      Astigarraga, M. F.,  "Bibliotecas vascas de la diáspora: situación en argentina.".  Jornadas del Sistema Nacional de Bibliotecas de Euskadi, No. 1, 2003. http://www1.euskadi.net/libro_bibliotecas/libroybibliotecas/home/jorna21.pdf

Descriptores: Bibliotecas nacionales/País Vasco/Argentina/Emigrantes

Resumen: La República Argentina posee una extensión de 3.761.274 km 2 , distribuidos entre 23 provincias y la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Esta amplitud geográfica tan grandiosa desde el punto de vista de las bellezas naturales, a veces se vuelve un obstáculo cuando se plantean encuentros o comunicaciones asiduas (de Norte a Sur, son aprox. 3.800 km y de Este a Oeste, 1.400 km). En el país existen actualmente 62 instituciones vascas reconocidas por el Gobierno Vasco, una población de 36.000.000 de habitantes, de los cuales se estima que alrededor de 3 millones tienen ascendencia vasca.



        7.      Atibakwa Baboya, E.,  "Terminologie européenne et terminologie africaine : éléments de comparaison".  Terminologies nouvelles, No. 21, 2000, pp. 32-37. http://www.rint.org/cadreIndex3.htm

Descriptores: Terminología/Multiculturalismo

Resumen: Bien qu’elle soit difficile, la comparaison entre la terminologie européenne et la terminologie africaine fait ressortir de nombreuses différences qui justifient la nécessité d’une approche théorique différente; L’européenne est séculaire, s’occupe de technologies de pointe, de normalisation et d’harmonisation internationale et entre dans l’ère informationnelle. L’africaine, par contre, est à peine naissante, s’occupe de technologies de base et de connaissances de masse, d’appropriation de la nouveauté par les cultures locales.



        8.      Atuti, R. M.,  "The challenge of public library systems to meet information needs for diverse multicultural communities: a case of mobile library service in Kenya ".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 68, 2002. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla68/papers/033-130e.pdf

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Africa/Países en desarrollo/Bibliotecas públicas/Necesidades de información

Resumen: The paper sets out with a background information and explains the contextual situation for adaptation of mobile service in the public library system in Kenya. It also presents the status quo and synchronizes the cross-types of mobile service that KNLS provides. The paper collates the mobile library bookstock with users needs and levels and makes deductions. The challenges that face the service providers are enlisted and possible remedies suggested on how to transform the said challenges into opportunities for improvement of the service. The paper concludes with a brief analysis on the way forward.



        9.      Audunson, R.,  "The public library as a meeting-place in a multicultural and digital context: The necessity of low-intensive meeting-places".  Journal of Documentation, Vol. 61, No. 3, 2005, pp. 429-441. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00220410510598562

Descriptores: Información a la comunidad/Bibliotecas digitales/Sociedad de la información/Multiculturalismo

Resumen: Purpose  The purpose of the paper is to develop an improved conceptual framework for researching and discussing the public library's role as a meeting-place in a multicultural and digital society. Design/methodology/approach  The development of today's Western societies from societies dominated by one cultural canon, and where the role of the public library is to give the public access to that canon, into societies where a multitude of cultural expressions and values are tolerated and appraised, is summarized. This development is linked to the digital revolution, which opens up for increased communication but might increase a development where people live in segregated cultural niches without being exposed to other values and interests. The general challenge of creating meeting-places with a potential of promoting that degree of cross-cultural communication which a community presupposes is presented. Theory and research on meeting-places and arenas for community communication are presented. Findings  The concepts of high-intensive versus low-intensive meeting-places are developed. High-intensive meeting-places are those arenas where people invest their primary engagement, whereas low-intensive meeting-places are arenas where one is exposed to the values and interests of others. The role of low-intensive meeting-places in promoting tolerance and community is discussed, and the public library's potential as a low-intensive meeting-place is analyzed. Research limitations/implications  Empirical research based on the concept of high-intensive and low intensive meeting-places should be undertaken. Practical implications  The concept of low-intensive meeting-places has practical consequences for public librarianship. Some of these are specified in the paper. Originality/value  The paper develops a new concept that might prove fruitful for research as well as for practical librarianship.



        10.     Benítez de Vendrell, B.,  "De Europa a Misiones: fuentes para el estudio de la inmigración".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 70, 2004. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla70/papers/093-Vendrell.pdf

Descriptores: Fuentes de información/Emigrantes/Europa

Resumen: Este trabajo pretende poner a consideración de los estudiosos una selección de fuentes informacionales que referencian la historia de la inmigración europea en la Provincia de Misiones. Se describen las fuentes documentarias y no documentarias que testimonian los usos, las apropiaciones del saber, las voces y los procesos complejos, plurales, heterogéneos y contradictorios, vivenciados por los inmigrantes y reflejados en objetos, sujetos y documentos de todo tipo, tales como: Instituciones (Universidades, Museos, Archivos, Bibliotecas, Iglesias, ONGs); Personas (historiadores; profesores; hijos, nietos y bisnietos de inmigrantes); Documentos (Libros, artículos, filmes, música, grabaciones; investigaciones, tesis, Obras de arte).



        11.     Benítez de Vendrell, B.,  "From Europe to Misiones: sources for the study of immigration".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 70, 2004. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla70/papers/093e_trans-Vendrell.pdf

Descriptores: Fuentes de información/Emigrantes/Europa

Resumen: This paper brings together a bibliography of historical sources dealing with the subject of European immigration to the Province of Misiones, Argentina. These sources, documentary and non-documentary, demonstrate and record the many complex experiences undergone by the immigrants. The sources can be documents of all kinds or objects. These can be held in institutions such as universities, museums, archives, libraries, churches, and NGOs. The sources can be the testimony of historians, of university professors, of the sons, daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the original settlers. As well as books and printed matter, research works and theses, the source material includes film, music, recordings and pieces of art.



        12.     Boff, C., Singer, C., and Stearns, B.,  "Reaching Out to the Underserved: More Than Thirty Years of Outreach Job Ads".  Journal of Academic Librarianship, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2006, pp. 137-147 . http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00991333

Descriptores: Enseñanza a distancia/Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas universitarias

Resumen: Contents of outreach position announcements posted in College and Research Libraries News from 1970 through 2004 were examined. Ads fell within three broad groups: distance education, multicultural services, and specialized. Overall, outreach positions have been on the rise with the exception of multicultural services librarian positions that have not increased at a stable rate.



        13.     Bouquin-Keller, H.,  "Les langues dites d'immigration dans les bibliothèques municipales françaises".  Bulletin des bibliothèques de France, Vol. 48, No. 5, 2003, pp. 24-32. http://www.enssib.fr/bbf/bbf-2003-5/04-bouquin.pdf

Descriptores: Minorías/Bibliotecas públicas municipales/Información a la comunidad/Emigrantes

Resumen: Les bibliothèques municipales françaises, fidèles dans leur ensemble au « modèle » républicain d'intégration, ne proposent généralement pas de fonds dans les langues dites « d'immigration ». Cependant, quelques-unes ont constitué des collections dans ces langues et continuent à les enrichir. Ne faudrait-il pas généraliser ces initiatives isolées, qui permettent aux lecteurs d'origine étrangère de maintenir des liens avec leur culture, et contribuent aussi à promouvoir ces cultures auprès de tous les autres lecteurs ? Pour les bibliothécaires, il s'agit d'un travail difficile qui nécessite des méthodes adaptées. On peut formuler un certain nombre de propositions inspirées d'expériences françaises et étrangères, en particulier scandinaves et allemandes.



        14.     Boyd, A. and Lenix Hooker, C. J.,  "Afrocentrism: hype or history?".  Library Journal, Vol. 117, No. 18, 1992, pp. 46-49.

Descriptores: Minorías/Racismo/Gestión de la colección/Colecciones/Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas universitarias/Enseñanza secundaria/Universidades/Servicios bibliotecarios/Bibliotecas públicas/Bibliotecas especializadas

Resumen:  Discusses the concept of Afrocentrism and presents the arguments of several scholars for and against the role of Afrocentrism in education. Implications for librarians are considered, and guidelines for related collections and services are offered. Major African studies repositories and suggested titles for Afrocentric collections are listed.



        15.     Bradley, P.,  "Country and Regional Search Engines".  Ariadne, No. 29 , 2001. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue29/search-engines/

Descriptores: Motores de búsqueda/Multiculturalismo/Recuperación de la información/Internet

Resumen:  When I run my courses on searching the Internet for information one of the questions that I’m commonly asked is for regional or country based search engine information. Of course, I knew about some of the major sites and search engines that help in this area, but I always had a sneaking suspicion that there was probably a lot more out there than I was aware of. Consequently I thought it was about time I took a look at country and regional based search engines in a little more depth to see what I could come up with, so I started a little list. This ‘little list’ now has over 1,400 different search engines in it, so I thought it might be of interest if we took a little world tour to see exactly what is out there. If you’re in a hurry, the list is available from my website.



        16.     Braun, B.,  "Library service for and in cooperation with persons of foreign origin".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 69, 2003. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla69/papers/200e_Birgit_Braun.pdf

Descriptores: Bibliotecas/Emigrantes/Aspecto social

Resumen: After World War II the area of Berlin called Kreuzberg was partly destroyed by allied bombs, where half of all houses were in ruins. Cheap housing attracted students, refugees and social out-casts, as well as an increasing number of foreign workers. In June of 1961 93 Turkish “guest-workers” arrived in West-Germany. By the end of the year 7.000 Turks worked in the country, and by 1974 28.000 Turkish people lived in Kreuzberg. Also in 1974 the only Turkish library in Berlin was established. The Namik-Kemal-Library (named after a famous Turkish author) offered library materials for adults and children, and was headed by a Turkish librarian.



        17.     Broström, C.,  "Recent library developments ".  Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2002. http://www.splq.info/issues/vol35_3/11.htm

Descriptores: Lenguas minoritarias/Bibliotecas públicas/Minorías/Inmigrantes/Dinamarca

Resumen: FINFO is a web service provided by the Danish State and University Library/ The Danish Central Library for Immigrant Literature. The service is maintained jointly by the Immigrant Library and 68 regional and municipal libraries. The overall aim of FINFO is to provide representatives of ethnic/language minorities with better access to information about their rights, obligations and opportunities in the Danish society. Furthermore it is an objective of FINFO to prompt relevant authorities and organisations to provide targeted information for ethnic minorities on their web sites. This information is presented in 13 languages.



        18.     Brown, C. C.,  "Reference services to the international sdult learner: understanding the barriers".  Reference librarian, No. 69-70, 2000, pp. 337-347 .

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo/Minorías/Servicios de información bibliográfica

Resumen: International adult learners include immigrants, nonimmigrants, and foreign-born residents of the United States who are non-native speakers of English and come from a variety of cultures. This population presents a challenge to delivery of reference services, but at the same time is extremely rewarding. Barriers to service are discussed. Linguistic barriers include selection of vocabulary, sentence structure, and various sociolinguistic considerations. The variety of the world's cultures and the impact on reference service are discussed in the context of cultural barriers. Technological barriers include the fast rate in technology change, information literacy, and the impact of the World Wide Web.



        19.     Byrne, A.,  "Freedom of access to information and freedom of expresion in a pluralistic world".  IFLA journal, Vol. 25, No. 4, 1999, pp. 223-231.

Descriptores: Bibliotecas/Acceso a la información/Multiculturalismo/Aspecto social/Libertad de expresión/Libertad de información/Derecho a la información

Resumen: Los enormes movimientos de población en el último siglo  han creado un mundo plural en el que se entremezclan razas, credos y lenguas. En éste mundoo la tolerancia y el respeto de los derechos humanos es imprescindible. Estos estan expresados en la Declaración de Derechos Huumanos, especialmente del artículo 19 de Libertad de expresión y de acceso a la información. Habría que preguntarse cual es el papel de las bibliotecas en este mundo



        20.     Caidi, N. and Allard, D.,  "Social inclusion of newcomers to Canada: An information problem? ".  Library & information science research, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2005, pp. 302-324. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/07408188

Descriptores: Emigrantes/Necesidades de información/Aspecto social/Información a la comunidad

Resumen: This article examines how information service providers, particularly libraries, may assist effectively in meeting the information needs of immigrants. In order to understand information practices of immigrants and cater to their needs, a holistic approach is advocated that encompasses a closer examination of theories and principles of social inclusion and social capital in addition to information seeking behavior. Only through this holistic overview can one apprehend the role that information plays in the world of immigrants at various stages of their integration into their adopted society. The issues raised have implications for frontline information providers as well as for policy makers interested in programs, policies, and funding priorities concerning information provision and access strategies that enable social inclusion of newcomers and longer established immigrants into the social fabric of Canada. 



        21.     Centelles, M.,  "Informe del BOBCATSSS 2004 Symposium “Library and Information in Multicultural Societies” (Riga, Letònia, 26-28 de gener de 2004)".  BiD : Biblioteconomía y Documentació, No. 12, 2004. http://www2.ub.es/bid/consulta_articulos.php?fichero=12centel.htm

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Congresos

Resumen: Entre el 26 i el 28 de gener de 2004 va tenir lloc a Riga, capital de Letònia, el BOBCATSSS 2004 Symposium. El BOBCATSSS és un simposi anual organitzat, des del 1993, pels estudiants de centres d’ensenyament europeus que imparteixen estudis en l’àrea de biblioteconomia i documentació, sota el paraigua de l’EUCLID (European Association for Library and Information Education and Research). Els seus destinataris són especialistes en informació, estudiants i professors en l’àmbit de la recerca i l’educació en biblioteconomia i documentació, i professionals que desenvolupen les seves tasques en biblioteques i centres de documentació.



        22.     Chattoo, C. D.,  "Reference services: meeting the needs of international adult learners".  Reference librarian, No. 69-70, 2000, pp. 349-362.

Descriptores: Educación de adultos/Servicios de información bibliográfica/Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo/Minorías

Resumen: International adult learners constitute a very large percentage of the international student and scholar population in the United States. The ability of this adult group to use libraries is hampered not only by their language, cultural and educational barriers, but also by librarians' limited understanding of their differences in learning styles. The relationship between learning styles and the methods of instructing them in library use is addressed in this paper. Recommendations for training and instruction of librarians on meeting the needs of this culturally diverse group are also provided.



        23.     Chaudhry, A. S.,  "Knowledge sharing practices in Asian institutions: a multi-cultural perspective from Singapore".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 71, 2005. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/066e-Chaudhry.pdf

Descriptores: Difusión de la información/Multiculturalismo/Asia/Gestión del conocimiento

Resumen: Research studies on knowledge sharing carried out in Singapore during the last five years are reviewed and special features of knowledge sharing practices in Asian institutions are discussed. Cultural traditions had positive and negative effect on knowledge sharing practices in the multi-ethnic and diverse society of Singapore. Understanding of these factors is important for information institutions and education providers to support knowledge management initiatives.



        24.     Clara M. Chu ,  "Immigrant Children Mediators (ICM): Bridging the Literacy Gap in Immigrant Communities".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 65, 1999. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/109-145e.htm

Descriptores: Inmigrantes/Integración/Bibliotecas/Aspecto social/Servicios bibliotecarios

Resumen: Studies and observations of immigrants with limited dominant language literacy reveal their use of various literacy strategies to communicate with and function in the dominant society. One of these is the interpreter strategy whereby immigrants rely on their children to serve as cultural, linguistic, and informational mediators. Sociologist Betty Lee Sung refers to this undertaking of adult responsibilities by immigrant children as the reversal of parent-child roles. This paper examines the mediation activities and information needs of ICMs, and recommends strategies librarians can use to prepare ICMs to competently mediate for their family and friends by teaching them how to find relevant sources of information, to critically examine the sources of information available to them, and to consider mediation as a life skill.



        25.     Cousins, J.,  "The European Library? pushing the boundaries of usability".  The Electronic Library, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2006, pp. 434-444. http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4103BEFFCC2ADFD29CA0

Descriptores: Usabilidad/Europa/Bibliotecas/Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo

Resumen:  The purpose of this article is to present an overview of The European Library as a portal and discuss the issues of usability this gives in delivery of multicultural, multilingual access to the cultural heritage in Europe's National Libraries. Design/methodology/approach ? The approach is a description of the service its business model, management structure and technical base with an emphasis on how this does or does not work for the user. Findings ? Portals are not great user experiences. This is further complicated in the case of The European Library by the language barrier for search and retrieval across national boundaries. However, the existence of The European Library is at least of accessing material that would otherwise remain only accessible within the library itself. It is also a big step towards the creation of a European Digital Library. Originality/value ? The paper discusses more of the effects of such a portal on the user than has elsewhere been published. The value is in its description of collaborative working, its example of a management and organisational structure, its working business model and the technical solution that sits behind it. As an example of creating cross country and cultural access to digitised information it has been successful to date.



        26.     Daugaard, V.,  "The Co-operation Across Cultures In Public And Scientific Libraries: The Co-operation In Net Librarian / BiblioteksVagten: A Danish “Ask The Librarian”  Service".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 69, 2003. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla69/papers/106e-Daugaard.pdf

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Cooperación bibliotecaria

Resumen: An important task for the libraries is to provide the citizens with information and in Denmark the two library sectors have joined forces in carrying out this job. They co-operate in the service Net Librarian.



        27.     Dawson, A.,  "Celebrating African-American Librarians and Librarianship".  Library trends, Vol. 49, No. 1, 2000, pp. 49-87.

Descriptores: Bibliotecarios /Bibliotecas/Africa/Multiculturalismo/Aspecto social/Minorías

Resumen: This article celebrates the achievements of African-American librarians and their contributions to librarianship. It identifies and reviews records of scholarship that can serve as starting points for students and scholars. It chronicles the achievements of numerous individuals and provides additional resources for further investigation. Although it includes major studies, major organizations, and recurring themes in the literature, attention is also given to lesser known individuals and facts that appear in primary and secondary sources. Suggestions are made for areas of further investigation where the history of library services to African-Americans remains to be written.



        28.     Diki-Kidiri, M.,  "Terminologie et diversité culturelle".  Terminologies nouvelles, No. 21, 2000, pp. 5-. http://www.rint.org/cadreIndex3.htm

Descriptores: Terminografía/Multiculturalismo

 Resumen: Depuis sa constitution en tant que discipline, vers la fin du XIX e siècle, la terminologie n’a pas cessé d’évoluer sous la pression de nouveaux besoins, de nouvelles situations qui émergent et deviennent dominants au sein de la société.



        29.     Diki-Kidiri, M.,  "Une approche culturelle de la terminologie".  Terminologies nouvelles, No. 21, 2000, pp. 27-31. http://www.rint.org/cadreIndex3.htm

Descriptores: Terminología/Africa/Multiculturalismo

Resumen: Le développement des langues africaines pour les rendre aptes à exprimer toutes les réalités du monde moderne en général et de l’Afrique d’aujourd’hui en particulier passe nécessairement par un travail important en terminologie et en néologie dans tous les domaines de connaissance et de spécialité. Mais ce travail exige une nouvelle méthode de travail basée sur une approche culturelle de la terminologie, approche qui conduit à reconsidérer autrement certains aspects de la théorie terminologique classique, pour la faire évoluer.



        30.     Duwairi, R. M.,  "Machine Learning for Arabic Text Categorization ".  Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 57, No. 8, 2006, pp. 1005-1010. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc/76501873/

Descriptores: Arabe/Recuperación de la información/Multilingüismo/Multiculturalismo/Transliteración

Resumen: In this article we propose a distance-based classifier for categorizing Arabic text. Each category is represented as a vector of words in an m-dimensional space, and documents are classified on the basis of their closeness to feature vectors of categories. The classifier, in its learning phase, scans the set of training documents to extract features of categories that capture inherent category-specific properties; in its testing phase the classifier uses previously determined category-specific features to categorize unclassified documents. Stemming was used to reduce the dimensionality of feature vectors of documents. The accuracy of the classifier was tested by carrying out several categorization tasks on an in-house collected Arabic corpus. The results show that the proposed classifier is very accurate and robust.



        31.     Ekman, M.,  "Llegar a los usuarios multiculturales en las bibliotecas: algunas reflexiones y ejemplos de Suecia ".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 65, 1999. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/008-106s.htm

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas /Suecia/Usuarios/Estudio de usuarios

Resumen:  'Llegar' -- ¿qué significa realmente esto en términos bibliotecarios? El primer paso es estar disponible para lo que la gente necesita en el momento adecuado - ser una fuente de crecimiento personal en el centro de una sociedad democrática - un lugar para la integración y la comprensión en un mundo demasiado segregado. El derecho a la información y al conocimiento ha ido haciéndose más y más importante a medida que la diferencia entre ricos y pobres crece -y entre quienes tienen acceso al conocimiento y quienes no lo tienen. Las bibliotecas construyen la infraestructura para la democracia y la igualdad en la sociedad.



        32.     Ekman, M.,  "To Reach Multicultural Users in Libraries - some reflections and examples from Sweden".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 65, 1999. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/008-106e.htm

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas /Suecia/Usuarios/Estudio de usuarios

Resumen:  'To reach' - what does that actually mean in library terms? The first step is to be available for what people need at the right time - to be a source for personal growth in the centre of a democratic society - a room for integration and understanding in an all too segregated world. The right to information and knowledge has become more and more important as the gap between rich and poor increases - and between those who have and those who do not have access to knowledge. Libraries build the infrastructure for democracy and equality in society.



        33.     Estevez Saá, J. M.,  "Reflexiones sobre ‘Valor’, ‘Gusto’ e ‘Interpretación’
desde una Perspectiva Cultural".  Congreso internacional de AEDEAN, No. 27, 2003.

Descriptores: Cultura/Multiculturalismo

Resumen: By paying attention to the thoughts developed by a fan of scholars (Dewey, Montgomery, Abbagnano, Altick, Eagleton, Eco…) I will try to revise the current uses of notions such as value, taste and interpretation. My aim will be to vindicate their importance at the moment of approaching the different cultural manifestations that have emerged in the last decades, especially those made possible thanks to the fields of research opened by Cultural Studies and in particular by Popular Culture. The new international moment of multiculturalism demands a reconsideration of the role of intellectuals as interpreters, as well as a reestablishment of Western scales of high/low cultural taste and value-hierarchization as Bauman, Frow and Featherstone have proclaimed under the influence of predecessors such as Williams or Barthes, among others.



        34.     Fisher, K. E., Durrance, J. C., and Hinton, M. B.,  "Information grounds and the use of need-based services by immigrants in Queens, New York: A context-based, outcome evaluation approach ".  Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 55, No. 8, 2004, pp. 754-766. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/107628781/PDFSTART

Descriptores: Necesidades de información/Inmigrantes/Aspecto social

Resumen: We elaborate on Pettigrew's ([1998], [1999]) theory of information grounds while using an outcome evaluation approach enriched by its focus on context to explore the use of need-based services by immigrants in New York City. Immigrants have substantial information and practical needs for help with adjusting to life in a new country. Because of differences in language, culture, and other factors such as access, new immigrants are a difficult population to study. As a result, little research has examined their predilections from an information behavior perspective. We report findings from a qualitative study of how literacy and coping skills programs are used by and benefit the immigrant customers of the Queens Borough Public Library (QBPL). From our interviews and observation of 45 program users, staff, and other stakeholders, we derived a grand context (in Pettigrew's terms) woven from three subcontexts: the immigrants of Queens, New York; the QBPL, its service model, and activities for immigrants; and professional contributions of QBPL staff. Our findings are discussed along two dimensions: (a) building blocks toward information literacy, and (b) personal gains achieved by immigrants for themselves and their families. We conclude that successful introduction to the QBPL - as per its mission, programming, and staff - can lead immigrants to a synergistic information ground that can help in meeting broad psychological, social, and practical needs.



        35.     Flores de la Fuente, M. L.,  "Bibliotecas Alternativas".  Metabase, 2003. http://www.metabase.net/metarecursos/documentos/Bibliotecas_Alternativas.pdf

Descriptores: Bibliotecas/Aspecto social/Minorías/Emigrantes/Homosexualidad

Resumen:  Según los diccionarios de la lengua española se define que alternativa es la “opción entre dos cosas” Nos corresponde hoy seleccionar alternativas que beneficien a nuestros usuarios y nos ayuden a cumplir nuestra misión social. En algunos países se han planteado bibliotecas alternativas como aquellas que promueven el acceso a las fuentes de información sobre la protección de los derechos humanos y de las libertades del individuo cuando el régimen en donde se desenvuelven no facilita el libre acceso a la información.



        36.     Fowler, Y.,  "No Role Plays PleaseWe're British: Devising Workshops on Working through an Interpreter for Police, Social Workers and Probation Officers".  Critical Link, Vol. 2, 2001 . http://www.criticallink.org/journalscl2/8.pdf

Descriptores: Interpretes jurados/Aspecto social/Minorías/Emigrantes

Resumen: This paper describes some of the difficulties faced in enabling public service organizations to recognize their responsiblities when working through an interpreter. It highlights the crucial communicative role played by the Service Provider, and urges a process model of in-service training. While recognizing that Police Officers, Social Workers and Probation Officers are all working in different environments and may have conflicting agendas, the model can be adapted to suit each context provided that five main principles are observed. The five principles are described, as is the format for putting them into practice. Service Provider responses to the activities are summarized. The paper concludes that becoming skilled in providing a service to non-English speaking service users is to provide a better service to all, whether English speaking or not.



        37.     Frâncu, V.,  "The Impact of Specificity on the Retrieval Power of a UDC-Based Multilingual Thesaurus ".  Cataloging & classification quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1-2, 2003, pp. 49-64. https://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?sid=82ATF0VJW1QK8MGFETSH163PXESHFAM9&ID=40760

Descriptores: Clasificación /Multiculturalismo/CDU/Tesauros/Recuperación de la información/Compatibilidad

Resumen: The article describes the research done over a bibliographic database in order to show the impact the specificity of the knowledge organising tools may have on information retrieval (IR). For this purpose two multilingual Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) based thesauri having different degrees of specificity are considered. Issues of harmonising a classificatory structure with a thesaurus structure are introduced, and significant aspects of information retrieval in a multilingual environment are examined in an extensive manner. Aspects of complementarity are discussed with particular emphasis on the real impact produced on IR by alternative search facilities. Finally, a number of conclusions are formulated as they arise from the study.



        38.     Freyre, E. and Bourdon, F.,  "UNIMARC: ¿qué soluciones presenta para la catalogación en diversas lenguas - diversas escrituras?".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 65, 1999. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/100-155s.htm

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/ISBD/UNIMARC/MARC/Multilingüismo

Resumen: En general las ISBD recomiendan que los centros bibliográficos nacionales usen una sola lengua y/o una sola escritura de catalogación. Sin embargo, hay países que tienen diversas lenguas y/o escrituras oficiales. En este caso ¿qué lenguas y/o escrituras debe elegir el centro bibliográfico nacional? Las reglas nacionales de catalogación ofrecen diferentes soluciones. En algunas ocasiones es necesario gestionar simultáneamente catálogos en diversas lenguas y/o escrituras.



        39.     Freyre, E. and Bourdon, F.,  "UNIMARC : what solutions for multilingual / multiscript cataloguing ?".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 65, 1999. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/100-155e.htm

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/ISBD/UNIMARC/MARC/Multilingüismo

Resumen: The following themes will be approached during the meeting : Generally ISBDs recommend a given national bibliographic agency to use only one cataloguing language and/or one cataloguing script. But some countries have several official languages and/or official scripts : in this case what language and/or what script must be chosen by the national bibliographic agency ?



        40.     García Gómez, F. J.,  "Biblioteca Pública Municipal. Ayto. de San Javier: La biblioteca pública española en el ámbito rural: una solución para problemas de exclusión".  Foro Biblioteca y Sociedad, 2004. http://www.anabad.org/foro/index.php?b=3&c=19

Descriptores: Bibliotecas públicas municipales/Murcia/Aspecto social/Minorías/Inmigrantes

Resumen: Biblioteca Pública Municipal. Ayto. de San Javier: La biblioteca pública española en el ámbito rural: una solución para problemas de exclusión.



        41.     García Gómez, F. J.,  "Biblioteca Pública Municipal. Ayto. de San Javier: La biblioteca pública española en el ámbito rural: una solución para problemas de exclusión".  Boletín de la ANABAD, Vol. 54, No. 1-2, 2004. http://www.anabad.org/encuentros/foroexperiencias/index@b=3&c=19.html

Descriptores: Bibliotecas públicas municipales/Murcia/Aspecto social/Minorías/Inmigrantes

Resumen: Biblioteca Pública Municipal. Ayto. de San Javier: La biblioteca pública española en el ámbito rural: una solución para problemas de exclusión.



        42.     García-Romeral Pérez, C., García Núñez, A. C., and Ramón Jiménez, I.,  "Las bibliotecas públicas de la Comunidad de Madrid: un espacio intercultural".  Congreso Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas, Vol. 3, 2006, pp. 105-113. http://travesia.mcu.es/documentos/Congreso_3bp/actas_congreso3bp.pdf

Descriptores: Interculturalidad/Madrid/Inmigrantes/Información a la comunidad/Bibliotecas públicas

Resumen: El programa Biblioteca Abierta se inserta en el Proyecto de Inserción Laboral de Inmigrantes en las Bibliotecas Públicas de la Comunidad de Madrid desarrollado entre octubre del 2005 y junio de 2006. Este proyecto tuvo lugar en ocho bibliotecas de titularidad de la Comunidad de Madrid. Por primera vez se incorpora a las plantillas de las bibliotecas públicas la figura del “mediador intercultural” que tiene, entre otras funciones, relacionarse con las comunidades de inmigrantes, mantener una colección suficiente y atractiva en su cultura de origen y realizar actividades culturales para difundirla. Esta actividad ha sido llevada a cabo por cuarenta mediadores que han realizado tareas de colaboración en servicios bibliotecarios, la realización de encuestas entre la población inmigrante que se acerca a la biblioteca... etc. Se distribuyeron por las bibliotecas teniendo en cuenta la distribución de la inmigración en los distritos. Las comunidades y lenguas representadas han sido: ruso, búlgaro, polaco, rumano, chino y países árabes.



        43.     Gaudet, F.,  "Virtual Reference Canada (VRC): A Canadian service in a multicultural environment.".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 68, 2002. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla68/papers/004-128e.pdf

Descriptores: Servicios de información bibliográfica/Internet/Canadá/Multiculturalismo/Servicios de referencia en línea

Resumen: Virtual Reference Canada (VRC) is a digital reference service using World Wide Web technology. It was initiated by the National Library of Canada (NLC) in spring 2001 and went into test mode at the start of 2002. It draws on the contribution of a wide range of Canadian libraries and allied institutions. The development of VRC owes a great deal to the pioneering work undertaken by the Library of Congress and its Collaborative Digital Reference Service (CDRS). We would like to highlight their contribution and extend our thanks to them.



        44.     Genieva, E.,  "The Trophy Collection of Books from Sárospatak in Cultural Context of the New Millenium".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 68, 2003. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla68/papers/133-089e.pdf

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo

Resumen: Strange as it may seem, the problem of cultural valuables displaced as a result of wars is discussed as a cultural issue in the last place. Yet the very roots of this problem are related to basic cultural archetypes, compared to which all legal and political aspects are secondary. Originally, victors treated captured “cultural valuables” (as we call them now) as material valuables and, at the same time, as sacral ones. Under modern civilization cultural and sacral values have merged in many ways: the fruits of other people’s spiritual culture are their sacred objects, so to appropriate such objects means, consequently, to defeat the enemy’s spirit. That is why the issue of “trophy” objects of art and books is so important to the tolerant mentality which will not stand either victory or defeat in spiritual sphere.



        45.     González Rodríguez, I.,   "Biblioteca e integración: un espacio donde cabe todo el mundo: la biblioteca municipal 'Teresa Murga' de Ermua y los colectivos especiales".  Jornadas del Sistema Nacional de Bibliotecas de Euskadi, No. 1, 2003. http://www1.euskadi.net/libro_bibliotecas/libroybibliotecas/home/jorna09.pdf

Descriptores: País Vasco/Bibliotecas públicas municipales/Integración/Inmigrantes

Resumen: Ermua es un pueblo con unas características demográficas y orográficas especiales. La Biblioteca Municipal ha intentado adaptarse a esa diversidad, aceptando e incorporando la multiculturalidad, la discapacidad y los colectivos específicos a los servicios que presta la biblioteca. La creación de puntos de lectura en la Casa de la Mujer o el área de Pediatría del Ambulatorio, los cuentacuentos bilingües para el colectivo inmigrante, la interacción con los centros escolares o la incorporación de lenguaje de signos en algunas actividades son algunas de las iniciativas que acercan los servicios a los colectivos o personas de la población que los requiere. Todas las personas y sectores sociales caben en la biblioteca municipal y la integración y el servicio a toda la comunidad rigen el trabajo diario que se desarrolla.



        46.     Graniel Parra, M. d. R.,  "Aspectos lingüísticos a considerar en bibliotecas dirigidas a las comunidades indígenas Mexicanas".  Métodos de información, Vol.  6, No. 32-33, 1999. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00001647/01/1999-32-54.pdf

Descriptores: Bibliotecas públicas/Latinoamérica/Lengua/Multiculturalismo/Minorías/México

Resumen: El presente trabajo esboza algunas reflexiones sobre los servicios bibliotecarios que tienen acceso a las comunidades indígenas mexicanas. En la primera parte se expone someramente algunas cuestiones teóricas y conceptuales pertenecientes a los campos de la lingüística, la sociolingüística y la bibliotecología, con base en las cuales se aborda la problemática. En la segunda se abordan algunos antecedentes históricos que muestran las influencias que tuvieron dichas comunidades indígenas por parte de la cultura mexica, durante la época de la colonia española, la independencia y más recientemente. Por último se describe la situación actual de las comunidades indígenas por lo que toca a su lengua y cultura y se plantean algunas reflexiones útiles para la implantación de servicios bibliotecarios en esas comunidades.



        47.     Gray, S. and Abaid, T.,  "Building a multicultural media collection".  MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2002. http://wings.buffalo.edu/publications/mcjrnl/v8n2/multi.pdf

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Multimedia/Gestión de la colección/Selección/Bibliotecas públicas/Bibliotecas universitarias/Adquisiciones

Resumen: This paper introduces a philosophical framework for cultural diversity in academic and public library collections followed by a practical approach to collection development for library media collections. It investigates issues related to identifying, evaluating, and acquiring audiovisual resources that accurately portray people from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds. Practical information such as sources for selection, sources of reviews, promotion of multicultural collections, current awareness strategies for identifying new resources, and listings of relevant catalogs and Web sites are discussed.



        48.     Green, R.,  "Keynote panel : ISKO's Fith International Conference, Lille France".  Knowledge organization, Vol. 25, No. 4, 1998, pp. 143-161.

Descriptores: Clasificación bibliográfica/Congresos/Multiculturalismo/Interdisciplinariedad

Resumen: La Conferencia Internacional sobre Organización del Conocimiento (ISKO) se celebró en Agosto de 1998 en Lille (Francia). La conferencia abierta con un panel en el que destacaban grandes figuras internacional en el tema de la organización y la clasificación del conocimiento McIlwaine, Neelameghan, Hudon, Flhur, Joan Mitchel... , bao la moderación de Rebecca Green en torno al tema general de la conferencia 'Relaciones y estructuras sobre la organización del conocimiento', cada uno de los participantes disponía de un periodo para exponer las prácticas  en una o más áreas en relación con el tema de la conderencia : 1. El papel de las relaciones jerárquicas en la organización del conocimiento. 2. Relaciones con los contexto multilingües, multiculturales y multidisciplinarios y 3. Relación con la recuperación de la información en línea



        49.     Inghilleri, M.,  "Mediating Zones of Uncertainty Interpreter Agency, the Interpreting Habitus and Political Asylum Adjudication ".  The Translator, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2005, pp. 69-86.

Descriptores: Interpretes de conferencias/Emigrantes

Resumen: This paper builds on previous work by the author (Inghilleri 2003) which explored the status of norms in relation to the notion of an 'interpreting habitus' and the contexts and cultures of interpreter training and practice. It attempts to further elaborate one aspect of the conceptual framework used in this previous work, namely the notion of an interpreting habitus, considering it in relation to translation and interpreting theory more generally. The paper argues for a view of interpreted events within the asylum system as crucial sites for the convergence of competing fields and their accompanying habitus. It suggests that, given the present constitution of the public service interpreting profession as a 'zone of uncertainty', a term Bourdieu uses to refer to weak positions located in the gaps between fields within social space, the status of interpreters' knowledge within interpreted events remains vulnerable to exercises of power outside of their control. Under these conditions, the 'interpreting habitus'  the 'product' of the convergence of fields, habitus and capital  remains oriented toward the maintenance of control of the social/interactive space by the dominant legal and political institutions involved in the political asylum process. The paper is based on a current ethnographic investigation of interpreting activity in the political asylum application process in the United Kingdom.



        50.     Jeffries, L. E.,  "Schema affirmation and White Asparagus: cultural multilingualism among readers of texts".  Language and Literature, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2001, pp. 325-343. http://www.ebsco.com/online/direct.asp?ArticleID=EFM6U9AABDAL3K42Y6V6

Descriptores: Literatura/Multiculturalismo

Resumen: This article builds on the work of Cook (1994) and Semino (1997), although it begins by attempting to demonstrate that their claims that the general function of literature is to change a reader's schemata are logically difficult to sustain, difficult to demonstrate empirically and counter-intuitive for many experiences of reading literature. Two poems are considered as examples of 'schema-affirmation': the identification in a text of prior knowledge or experience which is rarely or never publicly articulated in that genre. It is claimed that this is a common experience for readers of literary works, particularly for those who in some way feel themselves oppressed or alienated by the mainstream culture. It is suggested that the ability to read simultaneously from a number of viewpoints should become the foundation of any model of textual meaning, and that readers' tendency to construct what they see as the 'intended' meaning is not necessarily affected by their other or alternative readings. The need for empirical work investigating these phenomena is acknowledged and it is suggested that reader-response studies could be adapted to this end.



        51.     Kempster, G.,  "Valorando diferencias: la experiencia del British Council conectando culturas".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 69, 2003. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla69/papers/009s_trans-Kempster.pdf

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas

Resumen: Grace explorará las razones fundamentales del éxito del British Council en diferentes culturas y argumentará cómo este ha prosperado gracias a la vigencia de las bibliotecas a nivel mundial. Describirá también lo que ha aprendido de trabajar en diferentes ambientes y concluirá haciendo un llamamiento a los bibliotecarios para que enfoquen su trabajo en la experiencia de trabajar con diferentes culturas.



        52.     Kempster, G.,  "Valuing difference  the British Council experience of connecting cultures".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 69, 2003. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla69/papers/009e-Kempster.pdf

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas

Resumen: Grace will explore underlying reasons for the British Council success working in so many different cultures and argues that it has flourished through the currency of libraries at the heart of its offer worldwide. She will describe what it has learned about working in many different environments and conclude with a call for every librarian to focus on the expertise of working between cultures and maintaining enduring relationships between people.



        53.     Kumar, S. L. and Suresh, R. S.,  "Strategies for providing effective reference services for international adult learners".  Reference librarian, No. 69-70, 2000, pp. 327-336.

Descriptores: Bibliotecas universitarias/Multiculturalismo/Servicios de información bibliográfica/Educación de adultos

Resumen: In their mission or goals statements, most universities declare their commitment to promoting a multicultural campus. A multicultural campus can only come about with the creation of an environment that provides the support and encouragement that allows for academic growth and success for international students. Reference librarians serve a special role as information providers and can play a significant part in ensuring the academic success of these students. To achieve this, we must first increase our basic understanding of the cultural and economic impact of international students at a national and university level. Further, recognizing the unique pressures under which these international students function will increase awareness and help us to position ourselves to effectively meet their information needs. This paper will describe obstacles and problems international students generally deal with in choosing to pursue studies abroad and then suggest practical strategies for overcoming these problems and providing effective reference services.



        54.     Kwasnik, B. H.,  "Stretching Conceptual Structures in Classifications Across Languages and Cultures ".  Cataloging & classification quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1-2, 2003, pp. 33-47. https://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?sid=82ATF0VJW1QK8MGFETSH163PXESHFAM9&ID=40758

Descriptores: Clasificación /Multiculturalismo/Clasificación Decimal de Dewey

Resumen: The authors describe the difficulties of translating classifications from a source language and culture to another language and culture. To demonstrate these problems, kinship terms and concepts from native speakers of fourteen languages were collected and analyzed to find differences between their terms and structures and those used in English. Using the representations of kinship terms in the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) and the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) as examples, the authors identified the source of possible lack of mapping between the domain of kinship in the fourteen languages studied and the LCC and DDC. Finally, some preliminary suggestions for how to make translated classifications more linguistically and culturally hospitable are offered.



        55.     Larsen, J. I., Jacobs, D. L., and Vlimmeren, T. v.,  "Multiculturalidad en la bliblioteca".  Colección Biblioteca y Gestión, Vol. 13, 2005. http://www.fundacionbertelsmann.org/bertelsmann-stiftung-de/ESP/media/ByG13.pdf

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas públicas

Resumen: La multiculturalidad es un fenómeno de rápido crecimiento en todas las sociedades del mundo. También representa un reto importante para las bibliotecas, que deben adaptar sus servicios a grupos de usuarios y a demandas cambiantes. Esta es la razón por la que la International Network of Public Libraries (Red Internacional de Bibliotecas Públicas) de la Bertelsmann Stiftung decidió investigar esta materia. Las motivaciones de los autores para estudiar la multiculturalidad fueron tanto su firme convicción de que las bibliotecas deben servir a todos los miembros de la sociedad como su convencimiento de que hay mucho que aprender de otras bibliotecas sobre cómo mejorar los servicios que prestan a la población.



        56.     Larson, K. C.,  "The Saturday Evening Girls: a Progressive Era Library Club and the Intellectual Life of Working Class and Immigrant Girls in Turn-of-the-Century Boston".  Library Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 2, 2001, pp. 195-230. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/LQ/toc.html

Descriptores: Siglo 19º/Club de lectura/Emigrantes/Estados Unidos

Resumen: Originally established in 1899 to provide intellectual and social stimulation on Saturday evenings to poor, young Jewish and Italian working women and girls living in the North End of Boston, the Saturday Evening Girls' Club successfully expanded into seven additional library clubs over the next twenty years. By die 1910s, the clubs were supporting approximately 250 members, publishing a newspaper called the S.E.G. News, and operating an acclaimed art pottery, the Paul Revere Pottery. Under the tutelage of Edith Guerrier, a librarian, her partner Edith Brown, an artist, and Helen Osborne Storrow, their financial patron, the clubs' meetings focused on weekly discussions of literature, economics, politics, music, art, and employment opportunities. Participation in these clubs enabled some of the members to pursue higher education at a significantly greater rate than their cohort, and indeed even that of native-born white women of the time period. Using rarely available primary documents, I examine the role clubs and social reform organizations played in advancing educational and economic agendas, and provide a rare look at the intellectual life of immigrant and working-class women.



        57.     Liestman, D.,  "Reference services and the international adult learner".  Reference librarian, No. 69-70, 2000, pp. 363-378.

Descriptores: Educación de adultos/Servicios de información bibliográfica/Multiculturalismo/Minorías

Resumen: International adult learners are a growing patron constituency. They share a number of common characteristics, notably their unfamiliarity with many library services. In addition, barriers such as language and communication differences as well as functional issues present challenges to effective service. Libraries can better meet the needs of International Adult Learners by determining what their needs are. In doing so they will be able to provide better programming and improve library instruction. In addition, libraries can partner with other community agencies and institutions to improve service for International Adult Learners. Staff training should also be undertaken to improve the ability of library personnel to interact with this particular user group.



        58.     Lillo, A.,  "From Alsatian Dog To Wooden Shoe: Linguistic Xenophobia In Rhyming Slang".  English Studies, Vol. 82, No. 4, 2001, pp. 336-348. http://www.swetswise.com/link/access_db?issn=0013-838X

Descriptores: Lenguaje oral/Inglés/Inmigrantes

Resumen: Slang has often been considered an illegitimate topic in linguistics. Perhaps the main reason for this is to be found in the fact that slang, like other modes of nonstandard speech, runs counter to the idealized and homogeneous models of language that many linguists have aimed to describe. Such neglect has no doubt been unfortunate, among other reasons because it has discounted the importance of verbal playfulness and creativity in wordformation.



        59.     Lim, E.,  "Pasarelas temáticas del Sudeste Asiático: análisis de sus métodos de clasificación".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 65, 1999. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/011-117s.htm

Descriptores: Clasificación bibliográfica/Asia/Bibliotecas /Multiculturalismo

Resumen: Desde siempre, la biblioteca tradicional ha formado colecciones o facilitado acceso a recursos de información diseñados para satisfacer las necesidades de sus usuarios más inmediatos. Es decir, el espacio de información en la que han de navegar sus usuarios tiende a ser concentrado, cerrado y finito. Internet, por otra parte, con un espacio de información casi ilimitado y la ausencia de una organización coherente, plantea serios problemas de navegación a los investigadores y otras personas interesadas en la búsqueda de información. Para facilitar el acceso a la gran cantidad de información disponible han surgido una serie de servicios de indización que se encargan de indizar gran parte de la World Wide Web.



        60.     Lim, E.,  "Southeast Asian Subject gateways: examination of their classification practices".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 65, 1999. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/011-117e.htm

Descriptores: Clasificación bibliográfica/Asia/Bibliotecas /Multiculturalismo /Portales

Resumen: The traditional library has always built collections or provided access to information resources designed to meet the needs of its primary clientele. That is to say, the information space within which its users have to navigate tend to be more focused, confined and finite. The Internet, on the other hand, with its almost infinite information space and lack of coherent organisation, poses serious navigational problems for researchers and other information seekers. To facilitate access to the large quantity of information available, a number of indexing services have sprung up to index a large proportion of the World Wide Web. Unfortunately, however, the major search engines or directory services like Alta Vista, Northern Light, HotBot, Excite and Lycos are not wholly satisfactory for effective information retrieval for a variety of reasons.



        61.     Lincoln, T.,  "Cultural Reassertion of Alaska Native Languages and Cultures: Libraries’ Responses".  Cataloging & classification quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 3-4, 2003. http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=YDTQEQ36VYR8JG60DKJJ

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Catalogación/Multilingüismo

Resumen: During the past thirty years, scholars in many fields have written voluminously on the maintenance and significance of Native languages among ethnic minorities.   Language endangerment and erosion is viewed as a tragic phenomenon on a global level.  Yet, it is in the circumpolar North that these losses have been especially poignantly felt. This essay will address those aspects of the history of Alaska Native languages and language loss as it has unfolded within the broad spectrum of socio-cultural forces affecting Alaska Native cultures.   Evidence suggests that the legacy of language loss has been substantial.  Throughout the spectrum of Alaska Native cultures, this tragedy is felt profoundly as it has brought about a sense of irreplaceable loss and left many questions unanswered.  Have the outside forces working within been the primary causes of this erosion or, perhaps, have the victims of this tragedy also played a role of enablers in this process? The recognition of this condition has triggered strong, positive reactions throughout the state of Alaska and its Native communities.  These culturally integrated responses indicate tenacity, courage, wisdom and hope for a renaissance. How can libraries become more sensitive and culturally responsive in this emerging milieu? We do not want to be perceived, as libraries often are, as a component of a white, European imperialist institution but rather as supportive partners in this process of cultural reassertion. Thus, our methodologies of selection, preservation, classification, access, and dissemination may need to be refashioned and explained in terms that fit into the vision and philosophy of connectivity to Alaska Native cultures. Keywords:  Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Oral History Program UAF, Alaska Native Language Center UAF, Arctic minority languages endangerment, Native language lossAlaska, Alaska Native peoplehistory, Alaska Native peopleassimilation, Circumpolar RegionsLibrary collections, bilingual education, Alaska cultural reassertions, culturally responsive libraries.



        62.     Lodares, J. R.,  "¿El español es una lengua internacional?: La pobreza y el papel internacional del español".  Apuntes, No. 1, 2002. http://www.el-castellano.com/lodares5.html

Descriptores: Español/Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo

Resumen: ¿El español es una de las grandes lenguas internacionales? Con casi 400 millones de hablantes, nuestra lengua es una de las que cuentan con más hablantes nativos del mundo. Sin embargo, la crítica situación económica y el analfabetismo que afectan a buena parte de los latinoamericanos sitúan al español por detrás de otros idiomas menos hablados, como el francés y el alemán. El lingüista Juan Ramón Lodares analiza cómo los problemas económicos y sociales de América Latina obstaculizan un reconocimiento más amplio del español como lengua internacional.



        63.     Lois Mai Chan , Xia Lin , and Zeng, M.,  "Structural and multilingual approaches to subject access on the web".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 65, 1999. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/012-117e.htm

Descriptores: Búsquedas bibliográficas/Acceso a la información/World Wide Web/Internet/Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo

Resumen: Among the many challenges in discovering and mining useful resources on the World Wide Web are the sheer volume of what is available and language barriers. Mechanisms that can organize web resources for more efficient and effective retrieval are urgently needed, and there is an equally obvious and pressing need for programs that can accommodate multiple languages. In this presentation, which is in three parts, we will discuss some of the efforts currently being made on both fronts.



        64.     Lois Mai Chan , Xia Lin , and Zeng, M.,  "Un Enfoque Estructural y Multilingüe al Acceso por Materias en la Web".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 65, 1999. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/012-117s.htm

Descriptores: Búsquedas bibliográficas/Acceso a la información/World Wide Web/Internet/Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo

Resumen: Entre los muchos desafíos que plantea la búsqueda y explotación de recursos útiles en la World Wide Web están el del enorme volumen de datos disponibles y el de las barreras lingüisticas. En este sentido, existe una urgente necesidad de desarrollar mecanismos que permitan organizar los recursos web de modo más eficiente y efectivo, así como programas que puedan funcionar con múltiples idiomas. En el presente artículo, dividido en tres partes, analizaremos algunos de los esfuerzos que en ambos sentidos se están llevando a cabo en la actualidad.



        65.     Lozano Martínez, J. and Ballesta Pagán, J.,  "Universidad de Murcia: El acceso a la información de los jóvenes de Secundaria inmigrantes de la Región de Murcia".  Foro Biblioteca y Sociedad, 2004. http://www.anabad.org/admin/archivo/docdow.php?id=138

Descriptores: Bibliotecas universitarias/Murcia/Aspecto social/Minorías/Inmigrantes

Resumen: En los albores del siglo XXI nos encontramos que la información empieza a ser el capital mas cotizado (Castells, 1998) y al mismo tiempo, los informes de personas e instituciones influyentes nos hacen volver la mirada hacia atrás. Aparecen de nuevo expresiones como el saber, saber hacer, saber convivir (Delors, 1996), aunque en un marco distinto, en una denominada, quizá abusivamente, sociedad de la información o también llamada interactiva y reticular, en donde podemos detectar una falta de dialéctica entre educación, aprendizaje y sociedad (Imbernón, 1999). Ahora bien, esa información es posible que no esté al alcance de todos, sino sólo de minorías cada vez más selectas; o incluso, adentrándonos en la temática que a continuación abordaremos y, en concreto referido al alumnado inmigrante escolarizado en la Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, nos cuestionamos: ¿ tiene este colectivo las mismas oportunidades de acceso a la información que los demás alumnos en sus hogares?, ¿saben hacer uso de los mismos medios y para los mismos fines que el resto de sus compañeros de aula y del centro?.



        66.     Lozano Martínez, J. and Ballesta Pagán, J.,  "Universidad de Murcia: El acceso a la información de los jóvenes de Secundaria inmigrantes de la Región de Murcia".  Boletín de la ANABAD, Vol. 54, No. 1-2, 2004. http://www.anabad.org/encuentros/foroexperiencias/index@b=3&c=19.html

Descriptores: Bibliotecas universitarias/Murcia/Aspecto social/Minorías/Inmigrantes

Resumen: En los albores del siglo XXI nos encontramos que la información empieza a ser el capital mas cotizado (Castells, 1998) y al mismo tiempo, los informes de personas e instituciones influyentes nos hacen volver la mirada hacia atrás. Aparecen de nuevo expresiones como el saber, saber hacer, saber convivir (Delors, 1996), aunque en un marco distinto, en una denominada, quizá abusivamente, sociedad de la información o también llamada interactiva y reticular, en donde podemos detectar una falta de dialéctica entre educación, aprendizaje y sociedad (Imbernón, 1999). Ahora bien, esa información es posible que no esté al alcance de todos, sino sólo de minorías cada vez más selectas; o incluso, adentrándonos en la temática que a continuación abordaremos y, en concreto referido al alumnado inmigrante escolarizado en la Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, nos cuestionamos: ¿ tiene este colectivo las mismas oportunidades de acceso a la información que los demás alumnos en sus hogares?, ¿saben hacer uso de los mismos medios y para los mismos fines que el resto de sus compañeros de aula y del centro?.



        67.     MacEwan, A.,  "Crossing language barriers in Europe: linking LCSH to other subject heading languages".  Cataloging & classification quarterly, Vol. 29 , No. 1-2, 2000, pp. 199-207.

Descriptores: Europa/Encabezamientos de materia/Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo/Bases de datos

Resumen: A study group representing four European national libraries (the Swiss National Library, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, the Bibliotheque nationale de France and The British Library) recently conducted a study on the possibility of establishing multilingual thesaural links between the headings in the LCSH authority file and the authority files of the German indexing system SWD/RSWK and the French indexing system RAMEAU. The study demonstrated a high level of correspondence in main headings, but also revealed a number of issues requiring further investigation. The study group's findings led to recommendations on the scope for the development of a prototype system for linking the three Subject Heading Languages (SHLs) in the databases of the four institutions.



        68.     Mason, R. M.,  "The Critical Role of Librarian/Information Officer as Boundary Spanner Across Cultures Humans as Essential Components in Global Digital Libraries".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 71, 2005. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/013e-Mason.pdf

Descriptores: Bibliotecas digitales/Multiculturalismo

Resumen: As libraries become increasingly based on digital storage and access technologies, knowledge management approaches seem particularly useful. Most knowledge management systems emphasize the role of information and communications technologies, and the question arises about the role of librarians in these systems. This paper posits that if globally digital libraries are to realize their potential for providing access to the widest feasible range of knowledge, librarians and information officers need to fulfill a challenging and critical role as boundary spanners across cultures. This paper is based on evidence that knowledge is culturally derived, acquired, and applied, and that learningthe acquisition of new knowledge is enabled by skills that are culturally dependent. This aspect of knowledge suggests that the tacit dimension of knowledge and learning may require humans to aid in spanning the boundaries across different knowledge domains and different cultures.



        69.     Massil, S. W.,  "Immigrant Librarians in Britain: Huguenots and Some Others".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 69, 2003. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla69/papers/058e-Massil.pdf

Descriptores: Inmigrantes/Bibliotecas/Gran Bretaña/Aspecto social

Resumen: From around 1500, librarians active in Britain have included foreigners. Many were recruits from the Continent for the royal and archiepiscopal libraries. Successive generations of refugees and their descendants have also enjoyed careers in the libraries of Britain. Their achievements cast an unexpected light on British librarianship and the prominence of our libraries. This paper discusses the intellectual momentum of the Reformation and identifies firstly the Huguenots who found places in the libraries of England and Ireland and their careers whose characteristics have anticipated those of later immigrants also bringing the leaven of Europe to the development of our libraries.



        70.     Mateo, V.,  "La biblioteca de Rubí y la población inmigrante extrangera".  Jornadas de Bibliotecas Infantiles y Escolares, Vol. 5, 1998, pp. 183-189.

Descriptores: Bibliotecas Públicas /Inmigrantes /Lectura

Resumen: El acercamiento de la población inmigrante extranjera a la biblioteca ha condicionado que esta cuente con un fondo documental especial para estas minorias; además se organizan diversas actividades para reforzar la comprensión intercultural entre las diferentes comunidades que viven en esta población.



        71.     McCaffery Cichanowicz, E. and Chen , N.,  "Planning for Multilingual Chat Reference Service in a Suburban Public Library Syste".  The Reference LibrarianThe Reference Librarian, Vol. 41, No. 85, 2004, pp. 115-126. https://www.haworthpress.com/store/Toc_views.asp?sid=5HL2702E48SM9P7QF0ASTLHKSW55BHUC&TOCName=J120v41n85%5FTOC&desc=Volume%3A%2041%20Issue%3A%2085

Descriptores: Bibliotecarios/Chat/Español/Chino/Inmigrantes/Referencias bibliográficas

Resumen: Recent immigrants are settling not only in urban centers, but are dispersing throughout the suburban landscape. Formany of these new immigrants, the local public library can provide a vital connection to the American Dream, if only librarians can effectively reach them. This article discusses the planning for multilingual chat reference service (currently English, Spanish, and Chinese) and some of the issues and challenges that librarians face in a suburban public library system.



        72.     McCook, K. d. l. P. and Lippincott, K.,  "Library schools and diversity: who makes the grade?".  Library Journal, Vol. 122, No. 7, 1997, pp. 30-32.

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas escolares/Minorías/Análisis comparativos/Universidades/Datos estadísticos/American Library Association

Resumen: Discusses minorities and diversity in the library and information profession. Highlights include comparisons of minority graduation rates from 1985 to 1995; library schools in rank order according to minority graduation rates; and efforts by the ALA (American Library Association) to improve diversity.



        73.     Mohi, J. H.,  "A New Zealand perspective on managing cultural diversity".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 65, 1999. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/095-106e.htm

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas nacionales/Australia

Resumen: Describes the work of the New Zealand National Library and its commitment to being a context for diversity so that the collections within it are a reflection of the community it represents. The National Library consultation with Mäori has centred on a strategic partnership goal and acknowledges Mäori as the tangata whenua. It will have a strategy for developing an effective partnership with Mäori by 2002. The library is nothing if it is not part of the community it represents and the collections held within it are anything less than a reflection of New Zealanders.



        74.     Mohi, J. H.,  "Una perspectiva neozelandesa sobre la gestión de la diversidad cultural".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 65, 1999. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/095-106s.htm

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas nacionales/Australia

Resumen: Describe el trabajo de la Biblioteca Nacional de Nueva Zelanda y su compromiso de ser un contexto para la diversidad de manera que las colecciones que contiene sean un reflejo de la comunidad que representa. La consulta de la Biblioteca Nacional con los maoríes se ha centrado en una meta estratégica de colaboración y reconoce a los maoríes como 'tangata whenua'. Tendrá una estrategia para desarrollar una colaboración efectiva con los maoríes hacia el 2002. La biblioteca no es nada si no es parte de la comunidad que representa, y las colecciones contenidas en ella son algo menos que un reflejo de los neozelandeses.



        75.     Morales, E.,  "Diversidad, pluralidad e información: Una riqueza multicultural".  Documentación de las ciencias de la información, Vol. 29, 2006, pp. 325-334. http://www.ucm.es/BUCM/revistasBUC/portal/modules.php?name=Revistas2_Historico&id=DCIN&num=DCIN050511

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas

Resumen: Análisis del nuevo ambiente de pluralidad de ideas y pensamientos propios de nuestro siglo aplicados al pensamiento bibliotecológico. Reflexión sobre el objeto de la Bibliotecología y su papel cambiante en función de hechos como la diversidad y pluralidad en relación con el concepto de información.



        76.     Nelson, C. O.,  "Unity through diversity: a call to work.".  Library Journal, Vol. 119, No. 16, 1994, pp. 38-42.

Descriptores: Racismo/Congresos/Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecarios/Diferencias culturales/Gestión/Asociaciones profesionales/Bibliotecas escolares/Bibliotecas públicas

Resumen: Describes the highlights of the Second National Conference of African American Librarians, held in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) in August 1994, that focused on multicultural issues. An overview of conference programs discusses leadership development and the dangers of diversity. Sidebar articles list conference award winners and exhibitors.



        77.     Olucha Sansano, E.,  "Storyteller By Leslie Marmon Silko ".  Jornades de Foment de la Investigació, 2003. http://sic.uji.es/publ/edicions/jfi6/story.pdf

Descriptores: Cine/Estados Unidos/Multiculturalismo/Minorías

Resumen: Reading the Storyteller has been for me an eye opening experience. Like most non-American people, the only information I have received of the American Indians has come mainly from films. These “Western” films paint a picture of Native Americans as half-naked savages. However, reading Storyteller has been a great opportunity to learn about the Native American culture, that it is completely different from the one we have often been exposed to in films. In Storyteller, Leslie Marmon Silko tells her story and the story of her people. The story is of the Lagunas, who are a part of the Pueblo Indians. The book brings us to a different culture, with different values and between these values is the strong importance of the older members in the community decisions. Another important point for this culture is the fact that for Indians, the word was sacred and the one who had the power of the word, the storyteller, was an authority of the tribe. In the book, the American Indian storyteller is presented as a mythmaker, a teller of her tribe that keeps the knowledge alive through the times. This point is clearly reflected in the following lines, where the role of the storyteller and the stories is discussed:



        78.     Pawley, C.,  "Unequal Legacies: Race and Multiculturalism in the LIS Curriculum".  Library Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 2, 2006, pp. 149-168. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/LQ/toc.html

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Documentación/Formación profesional

Resumen: Race remains poorly understood and inadequately represented in library and information science (LIS) education. Educators tend to avoid the term 'race,' preferring the more inclusive 'multiculturalism.' Yet these terms are far from equivalent: the various dimensions of multiculturalism, including race, ethnicity, class, and gender, have different histories and different theoretical explanations. Four models dominate LIS research and teaching: science/ technology, business/management, mission/service, and society/culture. Each has left its own racialized legacy, invisibly influencing the field's current concepts of race. Drawing on recent research into 'whiteness' and racial formation, I show that although each model transmits an inheritance that perpetuates white privilege, each also carries the potential for positive transformation. Arguing that courses in all four areas have the capability to foreground race, the article outlines ways in which faculty, students, and library practitioners together can make curricular changes that contribute to the creation of libraries as 'nonwhite' or 'race-neutral' spaces.



        79.     Pedzich, J.,  "Taking the law into your own hands.".  Library Journal, Vol. 118, No. 10, 1993, pp. 9-84.

Descriptores: Colecciones/Selección/Bibliografías/Inmigrantes/Minorías/Legislación/Industria editorial/Obras de referencia

Resumen: Describes how to select materials needed by the growing legal self-help movement, the importance of currency, and publishers in the field. An annotated bibliography of 25 titles includes general guides and books focusing on estate planning, going to court, contracts, animals, immigration, domestic issues, real estate, and bankruptcy.



        80.     Pérez Iglesias, J.,  "Nosotras red(volucionarias): O como tejer una RED que haga las bibliotecas menos excluyentes".  Educación y Biblioteca, Vol. 14, No. 130, 2002, pp. 96-103.

Descriptores: Bibliotecas/Aspecto social/Exclusión social/Minorías/Emigrantes/Homosexualidad

Resumen: NOSOTRAS [personas bolleras, maricas, transexuales, disidentes, inmigrantes, disconformes, gitanas, extravagantes, exiliadas, petardas, amantes de las músicas raras, de los libros publicados hace años, fanzineras, punkis, siniestras, raperas, activistas, antiglobalizadoras, antifascistas, queer, no blancas, no cristianas, tatuadas, piercinadas, teñidas, anticapitalistas, antiprohibicionistas, okupas, ...] (1) que trabajamos en una biblioteca queremos ofrecer a nuestras usuarias [personas bolleras, maricas, transexuales, disidentes, inmigrantes, disconformes, gitanas, extravagantes, exiliadas, petardas, amantes de las músicas raras, de los libros publicados hace años, fanzineras, punkis, siniestras, raperas, activistas, antiglobalizadoras, antifascistas, queer, no blancas, no cristianas, tatuadas, piercinadas, teñidas, anticapítalistas, antiprohibicionistas, okupas,...] espacios de identificación, herramientas de lucha, comunidades virtuales y servicios de referencia útiles para enfrentar a una sociedad enferma.



        81.     Peterson, L.,  "Multiculturalism: affirmative or negative action?".  Library Journal, Vol.  120, No. 12, 1995, pp. 30 31.

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Igualdad/Empleo/Bibliotecas/Minorías/Racismo/Legislación/Futuro/Gestión de la colección/Política bibliotecaria/Servicios bibliotecarios/Estadística/Aspecto social

Resumen: Defines multicultural groups, discusses the evolution of multiculturalism, analyzes the 'one-third myth,' which says that America will be one-third minority by the year 2000, discusses statistical multicultural theories, and reviews laws and regulations that provide equality in jobs and education. Also examines multicultural trends in library policies, services, and collection development.



        82.     Porcher, L.,  "Une multitude d’espèces ".  Le Français dans le monde, No. 329, 2003. http://www.fdlm.org/fle/article/329/interculturel.php

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Francés

Resumen: Les rencontres de l’ASDIFLE 0, qui avaient lieu le 28 mars 2003 à l’Alliance française de Paris sur le thème « Français et insertion », ont mis à l’honneur les composantes d’une authentique pédagogie interculturelle. L’occasion d’un panorama unique sur cette question, avec l’un de ses plus ardents promoteurs.



        83.     Ramavonirina, O.,  "Symbolisme végétal et terminologie dans la culture malgache".  Terminologies nouvelles, No. 21, 2000, pp. 43-45. http://www.rint.org/cadreIndex3.htm

Descriptores: Terminología/Africa/Multiculturalismo

Resumen: En décrivant le rôle important du symbolisme végétal dans la formation de la néologie et l’enrichissement de la terminologie dans la langue malgache, nous voulons ainsi démontrer la nécessité de préserver la diversité culturelle, génératrice de modes spécifiques d’appropriation du savoir, face au danger que représente une conception réductrice et hégémonique de la mondialisation.



        84.     Reece, G. L.,  "Multiculturism and Library Exhibits: Sites of Contested Representation".  Journal of Academic Librarianship, Vol. 31, No. 4, 2005, pp. 366-372. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00991333

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas universitarias

Resumen: This article analyzes a multicultural library exhibit presenting the Palestinian/Israeli conflict as a site of contested representation. Qualitative methodology is used to interrogate the exhibit and its audience reception. Drawing on insights from critical pedagogy, implications for libraries arising from this case study are given and suggestions are made for transforming controversy into educative situations.



        85.     Reference and User Services Association,  "Guidelines for Library Services to Hispanics".  Reference & user service quarterly, 2001. http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaprotools/referenceguide/guidelineslibrary.htm

Descriptores: Minorías/Bibliotecas/Aspecto social/Estados Unidos/Multiculturalismo/Normas/Servicios bibliotecarios

Resumen: In this document the RASD Committee on Library Services to the Spanish Speaking has reached a goal in the articulation of longawaited guidelines to reach this important minority community. Provision of library services to Hispanics can prove to be complex: nationality, regional differences, and culture provide myriad combinations for that single community. As an example, there are significant linguistic and cultural differences reflected in the varieties of Spanish spoken by Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and other Hispanic groups. To recognize these differences and to respond correctly to them is a major theme within these guidelines.



        86.     Ríos Balderrama, S.,  "This Trend Called Diversity ".  Library trends, Vol. 49, No. 1, 2000, pp. 194-214 .

Descriptores: Minorías/Servicios bibliotecarios/Bibliotecas públicas/Multiculturalismo/Aspecto social

Resumen: The work of diversity in libraries begins at the crossroad where superiority, inaction, and denial become intolerable. Yet in working toward true diversity, we work without the familiar construct of a mainstream. We respond to, or ignore, repetitive critique of being too exclusive or not inclusive enough. We decide whether it is appropriate to quantify the existence of a people or to trust what we know intuitively. These paradoxes present us with questions that serve as teachable moments or paralyzing hurdles. Once at the crossroads, however, there are systematic strategies and operating principles for bringing significance, meaning, and action to this trend called diversity.



        87.     Robbin, A.,  "We the People: One Nation, A Multicultural Society".  Library trends, Vol.  49, No. 1, 2000, pp. 6-48.

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Sociedad de la información/Minorías/Bibliotecas/Aspecto social/Indicadores

Resumen: This article examines selected economic and social indicators of our multiracial and multiethnic society at the end of the twentieth century to provide an information base for wise decisions about effective library services. The statistical profile describes the demography, economic well-being, and educational attainment of the principal racial and Hispanic origin groups. The data show that progress in our nation's well-being has occurred, but a great deal remains to be done to achieve the goals of equity and equality of opportunity.



        88.     Roulon-Doko, P.,  "Le geste technique, fondement conceptuel du verbe".  Terminologies nouvelles, No. 21, 2000, pp. 39-42. http://www.rint.org/cadreIndex3.htm

Descriptores: Verbos/Terminología/Gramática/Africa/Multiculturalismo

Resumen: « Le sens d’une forme linguistique se définit par la totalité de ses emplois, par leur distribution et par les types de liaisons qui en résultent » Émile Benveniste, 1966, Problèmes de linguistique générale, p. 290. Par l’examen précis des divers emplois de quelques verbes gbaya, langue oubanguienne de Centrafrique, l’auteur montre l’importance qu’il y a à comprendre le geste technique qui fonde le sens de chacun de ces verbes. C’est à ce niveau que peut être perçue la conceptualisation du sens de base du verbe, son noyau sémantique qui organise tous les autres sens.



        89.     Ryskamp, G. R.,  "Les archives de l’émigration européenne, 1820-1925".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 70, 2004. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla70/papers/117f_trans-Ryskamp.pdf

Descriptores: Archivos históricos/Siglo 19º/Emigrantes/Europa

Resumen: Les archives de l’émigration sont étonnantes, mais négligent souvent de donner une image complète des émigrants et des expériences des processus par lesquels ils sont passés. Les archives de l’émigration européen ne donnent des informations considérables en ce qui concerne les émigrants individuels, comprenant souvent le lieu d’origine. Il n’existe pas d’études de tous ces documents et il n’existe même pas de liste complète des types de documents et des lieux pour aucun pays d’Europe. En décrivant le travail du « projet des ancêtres immigrants » de l’universitéBrigham Young cet article identifie les différents types de documents produits par les immigrants au cours du processus de l’émigration, donnant des exemples de plusieurs pas où on peut trouver chaque type de document.



        90.     Ryskamp, G. R.,  "European emigration records, 1820-1925".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 70, 2004. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla70/papers/117e-Ryskamp.pdf

Descriptores: Archivos históricos/Siglo 19º/Emigrantes/Europa

Resumen: Immigration records are wonderful, but often fail to give a complete picture of the emigrants and the experiences and processes they went through. European emigration records provide extensive information about individual emigrants, often including the place of origin. No survey of all such records exists and there is not even a complete list of records types and locations for any single European country. In describing the work of the Immigrant Ancestors Project at Brigham Young University this paper identifies the various record types that were generated by emigrants in the process of emigration, giving examples from several countries where each type of record may be found.



        91.     Sánchez- Pardo González, E.,  "¿Modernismo mestizo?: Expatriación, Diáspora e Hibridación Etnorracial y Genérica en la Construcción de la Vanguardia Angloamericana.".  Congreso internacional de AEDEAN, No. 27 , 2003.

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo

Resumen: En las últimas dos décadas, y debido al gran auge que han experimentado los Estudios Postcoloniales, nociones como hibridación, diáspora, transculturalidad, identidad, comunidad y nación, han ocupado un lugar central en la teoría. Esta mesa redonda tiene por objeto estudiar hasta qué punto los debates generados por muchos de estos fenómenos ya estaban en germen en el Modernismo, como movimiento eminentemente transnacional que fue.



        92.     Sarri, P.,  "Creating a Library Plan for the Sámi in Sweden".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 70, 2004. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla70/papers/167e-Sarri.pdf

Descriptores: Suecia/Multiculturalismo/Planificación/Bibliotecas

Resumen: The work of researching and implementing a library plan for the Sámi in Sweden is now complete. The whole process began as early as August 1994, when the Swedish Sámi Parliament’s Executive Council determined that the office of the Sámi Library Consultant was to be moved from the Central Lending Library for Upper Norrland Province [län] at the City Library of Umeå to the Sámi Parliament. Then, in February of 1995, a full plenary meeting of the Sámi Parliament determined that the office of Sámi Consultant was to be located in Jokkmokk, and that the Executive Council “should investigate the feasibility of establishing a Sámi central library regarding financing, areas of responsibility, location, etc.”



        93.     Scott-Smith, C. K.,  "Challenges in providing public library services in a multicultural and geographically remote area".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 65, 1999. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/134-139e.htm

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Inmigrantes/Bibliotecas públicas/Aspecto social

Resumen: Ferdinand Magellan landed on Guam in 1521 and Spain subsequently claimed the island in 1565. Guam became a U.S. possession and was placed under the administration of the U.S. Navy after the Spanish-American War in 1898. In 1950, after the enactment of the Organic Act, the island was placed under the civilian administration with a governor appointed by the President of the United States of America, under the consent of the Senate. The first election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor was held in November 1970. Guam elected its own executive and legislative branches of government then, and thereby increased its local autonomy.



        94.     Seden, T.,  "Changes in Multi-Cultural Library Activities for Ethnical Minorities as Exemplified by Berlin".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 69, 2003. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla69/papers/199e-Tarik_%20Seden.pdf

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas/Aspecto social/Minorías/Emigrantes

Resumen:  According to the annual statistics of the Berlin Commissioner for Foreigners, 437,777 foreigners were registered as living in Berlin in 1999, among them 130,449 Turks. Naturally these statistics do not include those who are in Berlin illegaly or semi-legally, i.e. without police  registration, and this number is estimated at being several ten thousand.



        95.     Solé, I.,  "La Biblioteca Sant Pau-Santa Creus : espacio de convivencia de culturas".  Educación y biblioteca, Vol. 11, No. 107, 1999, pp. 13-15.

Descriptores: Bibliotecas públicas/Aspecto social/Multiculturalismo

Resumen: Cada barrio, pueblo o ciudad es un mundo. También cada biblioteca en ese contexto. La Biblioteca de Sant Pau-Santa Creu se planteó atender a la diversidad de colectivos que viven a su alrededor, y que poceden de otras culturas, misión recogida en el Manifiesto de la Unesco



        96.     Somerville, M. R.,  "Global is local.".  Library Journal, Vol. 120, No. 3, 1995, pp. 131-133.

Descriptores: Inmigrantes /Minorías/Aspecto social/Multiculturalismo/Servicios bibliotecarios/Bibliotecas públicas/Colecciones/Bibliotecarios/Multilingüismo

Resumen: By reflecting the new global community in staffing, collections, programs, exhibits, and services, public libraries will be fulfilling their role in the acculturation and education of new citizens, as well as contributing to greater community understanding and a new world order. A sidebar lists seven steps for serving recent immigrants.



        97.     Star, S. L.,  "Grounded classification: grounded theory and faceted classification.".  Library trends, Vol. 47, No. 2, 1998, pp. 218-232.

Descriptores: Etnografía/Multiculturalismo/Clasificación facetada/Ranganathan

Resumen: Este artículo compara el método cualitativo de la teoría, con la clasificación de Ranganathan sobre la construcción de facetas en las bibliotecas y ciencias de la información.Ambos estudios son fundamentalmente problemáticos. La representación de palabras vernáculas y procesos, descubiertos empiricamente, serán, aunque etnograficamente satisfactorios, convincentes mas allá del esudio de cada caso. El artículo compara el trabajo realizado por Glaser y Strauss de 1967 con el de Ranganathan de 1950.



        98.     Stoffle, C. J. and Tarin, P. A.,  "No place for neutrality: the case for multiculturalism.".  Library Journal, Vol. 119, No. 12, 1994, pp. 46-49.

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecarios/Cambio organizacional/Conducta/Gestión/Modelos organizativos

Resumen: Discusses the role of libraries and library staff in helping society grapple with the ramifications of multiculturalism. Definitions of multiculturalism, steps in creating a diverse library staff, training needs, and dealing with charges of political correctness are addressed. A graphic model of stages in the process of developing a multicultural organization is included.



        99.     Strong, G. E.,  "Relever le défi de la diversité à la Queens Library ".  Bulletin des bibliothèques de France, Vol. 47, No. 1, 2002, pp. 81-85. http://bbf.enssib.fr/bbf/html/2002_47_1/2002-1-p81-strong.xml.asp

Descriptores: Bibliotecas públicas/Estados Unidos/Minorías/Inmigrantes/Aspecto social

Resumen: La Queens Library de New York dessert une population de plus de 2,3 millions de personnes dans le comté le plus varié des États-Unis : des particuliers et des familles, qui viennent de plus de 120 pays, qui parlent plus de 180 langues et dialectes différents. La Queens Borough Public Library offre des collections, des programmes, des services et un accès électronique qui permettent aux usagers d'apprendre à se servir de la bibliothèque, quelle que soit leur langue maternelle, ou de trouver une aide à l'intégration dans le pays. L'auteur décrit les nombreux services offerts par la bibliothèque, qui font d'elle une des plus exceptionnelles institutions d'éducation en Amérique aujourd'hui.



        100.    Studwell, W.,  "Universal subject environment : aspirations for a multinational, multicultural, and multilingual subject access system".  Technical services quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 3, 1999, pp. 21-30.

Descriptores: Encabezamientos de materia/Internet/Reglas de catalogación/Normalización/Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo

 Resumen: Se hace una propuesta futura para el desarrollo de un sistema de encabezamientos de materias basado en las Library of Congress subject headings . El 'Universal Subject Environment'  sería un anexo natural a las Cataloging Anglo-american Rules y a Internet, ya que ambos son de alcance internacional. Se plantean algunos detalles del nuevo sistema, como son las maneras de implementación



        101.    Sturges, P.,  "Understanding cultures, and IFLA's Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) core activity ".  Journal of Documentation, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2005, pp. 296-305 . http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00220410510585232

Descriptores: Acceso a la información/Multiculturalismo/Bibliotecas

Resumen: Purpose  Aims to explore an alternative approach to library and information service in multicultural communities, based on the principles of IFLA's Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Committee. Design/methodology/approach  Literature-based analysis of current approaches to multicultural services and the basis for a different approach. Findings  The need in information and library services for multicultural communities is often described as if it is solely for members of minority communities to be able to obtain materials in their own languages and cultural traditions. A more considered view stresses the need for access to richly informative resources so that all members of a multicultural society can move towards a deeper understanding of each other. IFLA's FAIFE initiative implies more than just a campaign against the suppression and censorship of information and communication. It implies creating conditions for information access unhindered by prejudices, misconceptions and inadequate competences. FAIFE's role in facilitating removal of restrictions, combating suppression of information, fostering rights of access and supporting the development of information competences in all communities and in the information professionals who serve them, is potentially a major contributor to the enhancement of fair and harmonious relations in multicultural communities. Research limitations/implications  There is no new research in the paper: it builds on sources already published. Practical implications  A modified approach to multicultural library and information services based on FAIFE principles. Originality/value  Addresses providers of multicultural services in libraries.



        102.    Thackray, B.,  "Multilingual information society projects under review  ".  Managing information, Vol. 5, No. 10, 1998, pp. 20.

Descriptores: Comunidades Europeas/Información/Política de información/Sociedad de la información/Tecnologías de la información/Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo

Resumen: At the end of October, the european Commission undertook a mid-term review of eleven MLIS (MultiLingual Information Society) projects, to help evaluate the progress of the projects and provide the consortia with feedback and guidelines for further steps.



        103.    Tove Skutnabb-Kangas,  "Language policies and education: the role of education in destroying or supporting the world's linguistic diversity".  Congreso Mundial sobre Políticas Lingüísticas, No. 1, 2002. http://www.linguapax.org/congres/plenaries/skutnabb.html

Descriptores: Globalización/Política lingüística/Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo/Educación

Resumen: I shall in this paper discuss the future of the planet in terms of ecosystem health. We people are but one small part of the planet's ecosystem, but we have done more than any other part of this system to harm and destroy its health. We are today killing both biodiversity and linguistic and cultural diversity, and through this forced homogenisation ruining the planet.'



        104.    Tsuji, K. and Kageura, K.,  "Automatic Generation of Japanese-English Bilingual Thesauri Based on Bilingual Corpora".  Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology , Vol. 57, No. 7, 2006, pp. 891-906. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc/76501873/

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo/Tesauros/Indización automática

Resumen: The authors propose a method for automatically generating Japanese-English bilingual thesauri based on bilingual corpora. The term bilingual thesaurus refers to a set of bilingual equivalent words and their synonyms. Most of the methods proposed so far for extracting bilingual equivalent word clusters from bilingual corpora depend heavily on word frequency and are not effective for dealing with low-frequency clusters. These low-frequency bilingual clusters are worth extracting because they contain many newly coined terms that are in demand but are not listed in existing bilingual thesauri. Assuming that single language-pair-independent methods such as frequency-based ones have reached their limitations and that a language-pair-dependent method used in combination with other methods shows promise, the authors propose the following approach: (a) Extract translation pairs based on transliteration patterns; (b) remove the pairs from among the candidate words; (c) extract translation pairs based on word frequency from the remaining candidate words; and (d) generate bilingual clusters based on the extracted pairs using a graph-theoretic method. The proposed method has been found to be significantly more effective than other methods.



        105.    Vickery, B. and Vickery, A.,   "Online search interface design.".  Journal of Documentation, Vol. 49, No. 2, 1993, pp. 103-187.

Descriptores: Interación hombre-máquina/Búsquedas bibliográficas/Redes de ordenadores/Búsquedas bibliográficas/Programas informáticos/Bases de datos /Diseño/Interfaces/Semántica /Descriptores/Necesidades de información/Sistemas de información/Estrategia de búsqueda/Estrategia de búsqueda/Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo

Resumen: Discusses the design of interfaces for online systems and suggests requirements that must be met to offer maximum aid to inexperienced users. Highlights include the online search process, user data, query processing, database descriptors, semantic links, multilingual processing, search strategies, and distributed systems. A 20-page bibliography and an index of software are included.



        106.    Winston, M. D. and Walstad, K.,  "Recruitment and diversity: A research study of bilingualism and library services".  Library & Information Science Research, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2006, pp. 390-406 . http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W5R-4KSD5CB-1/2/3f6a999b0b1aa5fd041a3d8d16b38482

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo/Servicios bibliotecarios/Aspecto social/Minorías

Resumen: Recruitment theory considers the relative importance of a range of factors (i.e., individuals, experiences, and other factors) in the decisions of those who select a profession, a professional specialty, and a specific employer. This study of the recruitment of bilingual librarians is based on a survey of the membership of REFORMA (The National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish Speaking). The data reflect the factors that influenced the career decision making of current library and information professionals who are, in the main, bilingual and Hispanic, as well as the factors influencing potential retention decisions. The research results indicate the importance of factors, such as entering a service profession and the desire to serve the Spanish-speaking community, in particular. As is the case with the prior (and limited) recruitment research in the profession, this article provides insights in terms of recruitment strategies for bilingual librarians who serve this segment of the population. While the research relates to a growing segment of the U.S. population, with its demographic complexity and range of information needs, implications, which are applicable to other language groups, bilingual circumstances, and other countries, are considered, as well.



        107.    Zachée Denis Bitjaa Kody,   "Gestion du plurilinguisme urbain par les communautés religieuses à Yaoundé".  Terminologies nouvelles, No. 22, 2002. http://www.cfwb.be/franca/termin/charger/rifal22.pdf

Descriptores: Multiculturalismo/Multilingüismo/Sociolingüística/Política lingüística

Resumen:  Le Cameroun étant l’une des nations les plus multilingues au monde, il s’y est toujours posé le problème du choix des langues de travail, quel que soit le domaine d’activité examiné. Dans cette contribution, nous examinons la manière dont les confessions religieuses exerçant dans la capitale camerounaise, utilisatrices par excellence de l’instrument linguistique, s’adaptent au plurilinguisme urbain à travers l’application de différents modèles qui illustrent chacun une politique linguistique potentielle. Le premier modèle s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une politique linguistique extravertie qui favorise les langues étrangères et n’accorde aucune place aux langues locales dans les églises. Le second modèle impose une langue nationale aux côtés des langues occidentales, ceci sans considération aucune de l’existence des autres langues nationales ; ce second modèle participe certes d’une politique linguistique introvertie, mais il dessert la majorité des langues locales. Le troisième et dernier modèle appliqué tente de promouvoir les langues locales majeures aux côtés des langues officielles ; ce modèle semble s’inscrire dans le cadre d’une politique linguistique introvertie qui déstructure l’État-nation camerounais actuel et préfigure un État post-moderne.



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