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Friday, September 30 • 8:50am - 9:50am
Library Resources for those Serving Asian Communities Across Minnesota

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This session will provide attendees information related to specific service needs of Asian communities, suggestions of collection and vendor resources and examples of successful cultural programs to meet the needs of Minnesota's growing Asian communities; as well as the broader society's need for high quality resources related to the cultural heritage of Asian Minnesotans. Attendees will leave with increased information about the Asian communities in Minnesota and how they may meet the service needs of the Asian populations they serve with their libraries.
Speakers
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Mark Pfeifer, PhD, Hmong Cultural Center

Dr. Mark Pfeifer is the Director of Programs and Development at the Hmong Cultural Center in Saint Paul. He is also the Librarian for Hmong Cultural Center. Pfeifer is the editor of the Hmong Studies Journal and editor of Diversity in Diaspora: Hmong Americans in the Twenty-First... Read More →
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Cecelia Hsu, Associate Librarian, Hennepin County Library

Cecilia Hsu is a new associate librarian with the Hennepin County Libraries. She earned her Bachelors degree in Animation at Ball State University, and has always had a strong interest in cross disciplinary work. Her time at Ball State was heavily invested in meeting study abroad... Read More →
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Kay Yang-Cha, Librarian, Hennepin County Library

Kay Yang-Cha is a librarian in Hennepin County, Minnesota. She had over ten years of librarian experience at a public library in South Korea before moving to the American Library System. She offered world Language story-times and many cultural events at the Hennepin county libraries... Read More →
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Phuoc Thi Minh Tran, Librarian, Author, and Storyteller

Phuoc Thi Minh Tran is the first Vietnamese librarian in Minnesota, a storyteller, and a published author. She has shared her experiences and knowledge of Vietnamese culture at various cultural events, storytelling programs, conferences, libraries, universities, colleges, and schools... Read More →

Friday September 30, 2016 8:50am - 9:50am CDT
Gooseberry Falls Room 1
  Authors Literature and Cultural Programming

Attendees (15)