Multicultural Outreach Services: Programs and Outreach
The University of Illinois Libraries has begun a coordinated outreach program designed to support several academic and culturally-related programs and offices as a way to help promote an open and inclusive environment for all students, faculty and staff. The following partnerships provide information about current collaborative partnerships underway between the library and other campus services.
Fifth annual Multilingual Library Tours (2009)
- The Library is once again holding tours of the library in many languages. This year, you can sign up or drop in for a tour in French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Swahili, Russian, Serbian, Croatian and German.
- To sign up, e-mail Emily Love at elove@uiuc.edu, or simply meet in the Marshall Gallery in the Main Library (entrance across from the Undergraduate Library) shortly before the tour.
Wednesday, Sept 2nd Thursday, Sept 3rd 1pm French Spanish 2pm Korean Chinese 3pm Serbian, Croatian German 4pm Swahili Russian
International Film Week at the Library
The Main Library will be hosting the Third Annual International Film Week from Monday, March 9th - Wednesday, March 11th, 2009. Please join us in the Main Library, Room 66 at 7pm to watch the screenings of Watoto Wa Mitaani, a documentary produced by former University of Illinois Alum, Michael Stewart; the Czech film, Something Like Happiness, an official selection of the Toronto and London Film Festivals; and the Indonsian Film, Gie. Light refreshments will be served.
- Watoto Wa Mitaani
- Monday, March 9th
- Guest Speaker: Michael Stewart
- Something Like Happiness
- Tuesday, March 10th
- Gie
- Wednesday, March 11th
- Guest Speaker: Tinuk Yampolsk
Office of Minority Student Affairs
- McNairs Scholars Program McNairs Scholars Program – Library hosts an integrated library instruction program into the semester long program to help prepare students with advanced researching skills.
- Weekly Drop-in Library workshops – Students can sign up for one-to-one tutoring on time saving search strategies.
- Wednesdays at 3pm
Cultural Centers: Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, La Casa, Asian American Cultural Center, Native American House
- Time-Saving Research Workshops –A librarian visits the cultural centers to give an overview of effective, time-saving research practices to help students with the research and writing process during term-paper season
- Asian American Cultural Center: Tuesdays at 1pm
- African American Cultural Center: First and third Tuesdays of the month at 2pm
- La Casa: Second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 2pm
- Exhibits – The Undergraduate Library has collaborated in the past with some of the cultural centers on creating exhibits that promote cultural diversity on campus and in the community
Study Abroad Office
- Library Resources Information for Study Abroad students Library Resources Information for Study Abroad students – Information packets on library resources are available to students studying abroad both online and at the Study Abroad Office
Office of International Students and Scholars
- New Student Orientations (Fall, Spring, Summer)
Contact Information:
Emily Love
Outreach Librarian for Multicultural Services
elove@uiuc.edu
(217) 333-3285
