Challenges and Opportunities: About
Overview of the Summit
"Challenges and Opportunities: Information Access for North Carolina’s Spanish-Speaking Population" is a free, day-long summit open to all education-related professionals. On Friday, March 7, 2008, from 8am to 5pm in the Watson School of Education Building Room 162 on the UNCW Campus, we will be exploring the following core issues for North Carolina libraries: How has the changing population and increase in Latino/Hispanic demographics locally and throughout North Carolina impacted information literacy and information access and how can libraries collaborate to better serve this specific user group?
Summit Speakers
- Mario A. Ascencio, President 2007 - 2008, REFORMA
and Visual Arts Liaison Librarian, University Libraries, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA - Barbara Biba, ESOL Program Coordinator, Cape Fear Literacy Council, Wilmington, NC
- Maria Black, Hispanic Services Liaison or Hispanic Outreach Coordinator, New Hanover County Schools, NC
- Dr. Amanda Boomershine, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, UNCW
- Carlos Bryson, Wilmington Health Access for Teens (WHAT), Wilmington, North Carolina
- Beth Cramer, Catalog/Collection Development Librarian, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
- Trish Doyle, Executive Director, Tileston Health Clinic, Wilmington, North Carolina
- Dr. Kathy Fox, Assistant Professor, Watson School of Education, UNCW
- Sherman Hayes, University Librarian, UNCW
- Dorothy Hodder, Public Services Librarian, New Hanover County Public Library, Main Library, Wilmington, North Carolina
- Anna Lee, Project Coordinator, Working Films, Wilmington, NC
- Dr. Stephen McFarland, Vice Provost, UNCW
- Marcio Moreno, Senior Assistant Director, Admissions, UNCW
- Dr. Eleni Pappamihiel, Assistant Professor, Watson School of Education, UNCW
- Kathy Sabella, Retired ESL Teacher, Pender County, NC
- Edelmira Segovia, LEP and Migrant Education Program Coordinator for Pender County Schools, Pender County, NC
- Alice Sheridan, Consumer Health Librarian, New Hanover County Public Library, Wilmington, North Carolina
- Susan Suárez Webster, Hispanic Services Librarian, Union County Public Library, NC
- Jorge Trujillo, James Sprunt Community College Academic Advisor/Recruiter, Kenansville , NC
Summit Sponsors
- UNCW Randall Library
Summit Organizers
- Anne Pemberton, Instructional Services Coordinator: pembertona[at]uncw[dot]edu
- Liza Palmer, Creative & Fine Arts Librarian: palmerl[at]uncw[dot]edu
- Kathryn Batten, Coordinator of the Curriculum Materials Center & Education Librarian: battenk[at]uncw[dot]edu
- Ameet Doshi, Public Programming Librarian: doshia[at]uncw[dot]edu
- Peter Fritzler, Sciences Librarian: fritzlerp[at]uncw[dot]edu