Managing Religious Diversity in the Library

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Managing Religious Diversity in the Library
February 3, 2006 Session 1027 905 am-1020
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• Joseph Romain
• Mohamed Taher
• Ontario Multifaith Council for Spiritual and
  Religious Care,
• 789 Don Mills Suite 208, Toronto Ontario Canada,
  M3C 1T5 [phone]www.library.omc.ca

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Services OMC Provides to its Clients
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Ten Commandments for Promoting Religious
Diversity in Libraries

• Develop program for librarians to promote
  tolerance and accommodation
• Document religious information needs of the
  community you serve
• Recruit faith-based volunteers to work with
  diverse groups
• Prepare a diversity sensitivity checklist for
  librarians
• In all community programs add spirit-de-corps

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Ten Commandments for Promoting Religious
Diversity in Libraries continued

• Post reading lists of items frequently read by
  religious groups
• Create analytical catalogs to foster diversity in
  all possible ways
• Build community profiles based on religious
  diversity to intensify outreach programs
• Survey satisfaction among these users and post
  results
• Document and publish success stories of working
  on diversity issues