Collections/Services
African American Studies Librarians Section-AFAS
Affiliated: ACRL
Website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl/acrlsections/africanam/afashomepage.htm
Contact:
Chair
Lisa Pillow
University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
612.626.5836
pillow@umn.edu
Vice Chair/Chair Elect
Myrtis Cochran
University of California-Berkeley
510.642.7600
mcochran@library.berkeley.edu

Asian & African Materials Committee
Affiliation: ALA, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services
Website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/alctscontent/catalogingsection/catcommittees/catalogingasiana/catalogingasian.htm
Contact:
Shi Deng
sdeng@ucsd.edu

African American Subject Funnel Group
Affiliation: AFAS, Library of Congress
Website: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/aframerfun.html
Contact:
Dorothy Washington
dwashin2@purdue.edu

Asian, African & Middle Eastern Section-AAMES
Affiliated: ACRL
Website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl/acrlsections/aames/aameshomepage.htm
Contact:
Dr. R.N. Sharma, Chair
Library Director
West Virginia State College
PO Box 1002
Institute, WV 25112-1002
Tel: (304) 766-3117
Fax: (304) 766-4103
Email:sharmarn@mail.wvsc.edu
Term Expires: 06/30/2004
Dr. Majed Kahader, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
Government Documents Librarian
Marshall University, University Libraries
One John Marshall Dr.
Huntington, WV 25755
Tel: (304) 696-3121
Fax: (304) 696-2361
Email:khader@marshall.edu
Term Expires: 06/30/2004

Ethnic, Multicultural Information Exchange Roundtable-EMIERT
Affiliated: ALA Literacy & Outreach Services
Website: http://lonestar.utsa.edu/jbarnett/emie.html
Contact:
Toni Bissessar
Branch Manager
Columbia Pike Branch Library
Arlington County Department of Libraries
Public Service Division
816 S. Walter Reed Drive
Arlington, Virginia 22204
Telephone: 703/228-5711
Fax: 703/228-5559
E-mail: tbisse@co.arlington.va.us

Instruction for Diverse Populations
Affiliation: ACRL, Instruction Section
Website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/iscommittees/rostersacrl/2003rosters/instructiondiverse.htm
Contact:
Kate Manuel, Chair (2001-2004)
New Mexico State University
Zuhl Library
PO Box 30006/Dept. 3475
Las Cruces, NM 88003
505-646-6932 (w) 505-646-3390 (f)
kmanuel@lib.nmsu.edu

Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons
Affiliation: IFLA
Website: http://www.ifla.org/VII/s9/slsdp.htm
Contact:
Acting Chair:
Ms Vibeke Lehmann
Wisconsin Department of Corrections
P.O.Box 7925
MADISON, WI 53707
United States
Tel. +(1)(608)2405147
Fax +(1)(608)2403312
Email: vibeke.lehmann@doc.state.wi.us
Information Coordinator/Editor of Newsletter:
Margaret Forrest
Librarian, Health Promotion Library Scotland, Health Education Board of
Scotland
The Priory, Canaan Lane
EDINBURGH, EH10 4SG, United Kingdom
Tel. +(44)(131)5365582
Fax +(44)(131)5365502
E-mail: margaret.forrest@hebs.scot.nhs.uk

Library Service to the Impaired Elderly Forum-LSIEF
Affiliated: ALA, Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library
Agencies
Website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/ascla/asclaourassoc/asclasections/lssps/lsief/lsief.htm
Contact:
Marilyn S. Stevenson, Chair
Pinellas Talking Book Library
1330 Cleveland Street
Clearwater, FL 33755-5103
Phone: (727) 441-9958
Fax: (727) 441-9068
E-mail: stevenm@tblc.org
Antoinette Igneri, Vice-Chair
Brooklyn Public Library, Service to the Aging
2115 Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11229-1405
Phone: (718) 376-6185
E-mail: A.Igneri@BrooklynPublicLibrary.org

Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section
Affiliated: IFLA
Website: http://www.ifla.org/VII/s32/slsmp.htm
Contact:
Chair:
Ms Jane Dreisig
Helsingor Bibliotek
Lundegade 13
DK-3000 HELSINGOR
Denmark
Tel. +(45)49283626
Fax +(45)49283627
E-mail: jdr65@helsbib.dk
Information Coordinator:
Mr. Robert Pestell
Executive Manager
Millennium Library Service Planning
State Library of Queensland
P.O. Box 3488B South BRISBANE
Queensland 4101, Australia
Tel. +(61)(7)38429488
Fax +(61)(7)38429440
E-mail: robertpestell@connexus.net.au

Library Service to People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Forum
Affiliated: ALA, Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies
Website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/ascla/asclaourassoc/asclasections/lssps/lspdhhf/lspdhhf.htm
Contact:
Chair - Rosa E. Rodriguez, Pinellas Public Library Cooperative, rodrigr @
tblc.org
Chair-Elect - Janice Rosen, District of Columbia Public Library, symphonia @
att.net

Library Services to Spanish Speaking Committee- LSPDHHF
Affiliated: ALA, RUSA, Management and Operation User Services Section
Website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mouss/moussection/mousscomm/spanishspeaking/libraryservices.htm
Contract:
Donavan Vicha
dvicha @ala.org
Library Services to Special Population Children & Their Caregivers
Affiliated: ALA, Association for Library Service to Children
Website:
Contact:
Carrie Banks, Chair
Brooklyn Public Library
Send Mail To: 235 Seeley St., Brooklyn, NY 11218
PHONE: (718) 253-4048
FAX: (718) 252-1520
EMAIL: c.banks@brooklynpubliclibrary.org

Libraries Serving Special Populations Section
Affiliated: ALA, Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies
Website: http://www.ala.org/lsspsTemplate.cfm?Section=LSSPS
Contact:
Jo Ann Radioli (Chair--2003 - 2004)
Manager
Brooklyn Public Library
2115 Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11229-1405
Work: (718) 376-6185
Fax: (718) 376-3222
E-mail: J.Radioli@BrooklynPublicLibrary.org

National Lib. Svr. for the Blind & Physically Handicapped, Library of
Congress
Ruth J. Nussbaum (Vice-Chair--2003 - 2004)
Reference Librarian
1291 Taylor Street, NW
Washington, DC 20542-0001
Work: (202) 707-9286
Fax: (202) 707-0712
E-mail: rnus@loc.gov

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
Affiliated: Library of Congress
Website: http://www.loc.gov/nls/
Contact:
1291 Taylor Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
Email: nls@loc.gov

Outreach to Young Adults with Special Needs
Affiliated: ALA, Young Adult Library Services Association
Website: http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/aboutyalsab/outreachyoung.htm
Contact:
Kevin Scanlon
scanlonk@cantonpl.org

Services to Multicultural Populations
Affiliated: PLA
Website: http://www.ala.org/ala/pla/committeework/servicesmulticultural.htm
Contact:
Oksana Kraus, chair
oksana.kraus@cpl.org
Mary Louise Daneri
mdaneri@sanantonio.gov

Women's Studies Section-WSS
Affiliated: ACRL
Website: http://libr.org/WSS/index.html
Contact:
Sandy River, Chair
Texas Tech University
sandy.river@ttu.edu
Ruth Dickstein, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
University of Arizona
dicksteinr@u.library.arizona.edu

Advocacy Groups

American Indian Library Association-AILA
Affiliation: ALA
Website: http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/aila.html
Contact:
David C. Ongley
Tuzzy Consortium Library
Barrow, AK
david.ongley@tuzzy.org
Rhonda Harris
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
rtaylor@ou.edu

Archivists & Archives of Color
Affiliation: Society of American Archivists
Website: http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/aac/index.
Contact:
Rebecca Hankins
Texas A&M University
Cushing Memorial Library MS 5000
TAMU College Station, TX 77843-5000
979-845-1951 fax 979/845-1441
rhankins@tamu.edu
Rose Roberto
Earth Sciences Library
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London, SW7 5BD, UK
rose@mygarden.com

Asian/Pacific Librarians Association-APALA
Affiliation- ALA
Website: http://www.apalaweb.org/
Contact:
Yvonne Chen
Director, Redwood City Public Library
Redwood City, CA
cheny@pls.ca.us
Heawon Paick
Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library
Los Angeles, CA
Email: hwpaick@netscape.net

Black Caucus of the American Library Association-BCALA
Affiliation: ALA
Website: http://www.bcala.org/
Contact:
Bobby Player
Head, Acquisitions Department
Howard University Libraries
Washington, DC 20059
voice: 202-806-7255
fax: 202-806-7271
email: bplayer@howard.edu
Andrew P. Jackson (Sekou Molefi Baako)
Executive Director, Langston Hughes Community Library Cultural Center
Queens Borough Public Library
100-01 Northern Boulevard
Corona, NY 11368
voice: 718 651-1100 ext 210
fax: 718 651-6258
email: andrew.p.jackson@queenslibrary.org

Chinese American Library Association
Affiliation: ALA
Website: http://www.cala-web.org/
Contact:
Amy Tsiang
ctsiang@library.ucla.edu
Shixing Wen
shwen@umich.edu

Committee on Diversity
Affiliation: ALA
Website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/diversity/commondiversity/committeediversity.htm
Contact:
Chair, Michael Miller
mmiller3@pratt.edu
Office for Diversity Director, Tracie D. Hall
Phone: (800)545-2433x5020
thall@ala.org

Cultural Diversity Committee
Affiliation: ALA, LAMA
Contact:
Lorraine Olley
Phone:(800)545-2433-2156
E-mail: lolley@ala.org
or diversity-l@ala.org

Diversity Committee
Affiliation: New Members Round Table
Website: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/ALA/nmrt/rosterlist_bdchairs_new03-04.html
Contact:
Courtney Young Chair
clyoung@psu.edu

Diversity Council (Sub-Committee of Committee on Diversity)
Affiliation: ALA
Website:http://www.ala.org/ala/diversity/commondiversity/diversitycouncil/diversitycouncil.htm
Contact: Karen LeTarte, Chair
karen_letarte@ncsu.edu

Diversity Leadership Development Committee
Affiliation: SLA
Website: http://www.sla.org/content/community/committe/divers.cfm
Contact:
Terri Brooks (2003-2004)
brooks@ici.org Wei Wei (2003-2004)
wwei@cats.ucsc.edu

Diversity Program
Affiliation: Association of Research Libraries
Webpage: http://www.arl.org/diversity/
Contact:
Jerome Offord
jerome@arl.org

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table-GLBTRT
Affiliation: ALA
Web site: http://calvin.usc.edu/~trimmer/ala_hp.html
Contact:
Anne L. Moore
Coordinator for Access Services
W.E.B. Du Bois Library
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: 413-545-6888
Fax: 413-577-1529
Email: amoore@library.umass.edu
Stephen Stratton
Head of Collection Development & Technical Services
Broome Library
CSU-Channel Islands
Camarillo, CA 93012
Tel: (805) 437-8913
Fax: (805) 437-8569
Email: Stephen.Stratton@csuci.edu

Gay & Lesbian Issues Caucus
Affiliation: SLA
Website: http://www.sla.org/content/community/units/caucuses/caucus.cfm
http://www.sla.org/caucus/kglic/
Contact:
Convenor
Stephen Fleming
Corp Library Young & Rubicam
285 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10017
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tel 1-212-210-3983
Fax 1-212-210-3918
Email stephen_fleming@nyc.yr.com

Racial and Ethnic Diversity Committee
Affiliation: ACRL
Website: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl/acrlcomm/acrlracialethnic.htm

Contact:
Hector Escobar, Jr.,
hescobar@nd.edu

REFORMA- National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to
Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking
Affiliation: ALA
Website: http://www.reforma.org/who.html
Contact:
Linda Chavez-Doyle
County of Los Angeles Public Library
West Regional Office
150 E. 216th Street
Carson, CA 90745
Tel: (310) 830-0231; Fax: 310-834-4097
lcdoyle@colapl.org
José Ruiz-Alvarez
The Ferguson Library
1 Public Library Plaza
Stamford, CT 06904
Tel: (203) 964-1000, ext.228; Fax: (203) 425-9789
reformista4ever@hotmail.com

Women's Issues Caucus
Affiliation: SLA
Website: http://www.sla.org/caucus/kwom/index.html
http://www.sla.org/content/community/units/caucuses/caucus.cfm
Contact:
Convenor
Jeanne Miller
Ctr For The Education Of Women Univ Of Michigan
330 E Liberty St
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2289
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tel 1-734-998-7080
Fax 1-734-998-6203
Email jemiller@umich.edu

Women's Issues Section
Affiliation:IFLA
Website: http://www.ifla.org/VII/s41/swi.htm
Contact:
Chair:
Ms Leena Siitonen
C/Valderribas, 39-3-2
28007 MADRID, Spain
E-mail: lsiitonen@hotmail.com
Information Coordinator:
Ms Maitrayee Ghosh
S.P.college of Engineering
University of Mumbai
Versova Road, Andheri(West)
MUMBAI-400058, India
Fax *(91)(022)26237819
e-mail: mrghose@vsnl.com