2018 NJLA Conference: Building and Maintaining a World Language Hongmei Liu, Archana Chiplunkar, Linda Tripp Technical Services and Collection Development Section

Vendors and Resources from Presentation 2-3 Survey Data 4-7

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2018 NJLA Conference: Building and Maintaining a World Language Collection Hongmei Liu, Archana Chiplunkar, Linda Tripp Technical Services and Collection Development Section

Chinese Timesbook, Inc. has one of the biggest online Eastern Culture Bookstore 东方文化事业公司 bookstores in Northern America. You can order 13-17 Elizabeth Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10013 online or ask the vendor to choose the books for you. its Tel: (212) 226-8461 Chinese magazines are very inexpensive. It has email: [email protected] simplified Chinese books only. ​ web: http://www.oceweb.com ​ French Eastern Culture Bookstore established in 1976 in Renaud-Bray/collectivites Chinatown, New York purchases most of its books from 6255, rue Saint-Hubert, 3e étage Hong Kong and has mostly traditional Chinese books. It Montréal (Québec) H2S 2L9 is one of the largest Chinese bookstores in the United Tel: 1 (800) -667-3628 States. email: [email protected] web: www.renaud-bray.com ​ ​ Xinhua Bookstore 新华书店 37-19 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11354 It has over 30 branches and has become the biggest Tel: (718) 358-2478 chain of French-language bookstores in North America. email: [email protected] It helps you to choose good French books at your web: http://www.xinhuabookstore.org request. ​

Xinhua Bookstore established in 1937 in has only Indian Languages simplified Chinese books purchased from mainland Butala Emporium China. It owns the largest chain of bookstores in China, 3746 74 Street the one in Flushing is one of its overseas branches. Jackson Heights, NY 1137 Tel: (718) 899 5590 World Journal Bookstore 世界书局 web: www.indousplaza.com ​ 136-19 38 Ave. Flushing, NY 11354 Tel: (718) 445-2661 Magazines in various Indian languages email: [email protected] web: http://www.wjbookny.com Movie Time Video ​ 1404 Oak Tree Road World Journal Bookstore has most books in traditional Iselin,NJ,08830,USA Chinese published in Taiwan. It provides a big selection Tel: (732) 283-1919 of Chinese DVDs and Chinese magazines. Flushing www.njmtv.com branch is one of the ten branches in the US. Movies and music in Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Science Press USA Inc. 中国科技出版集团, 美国 Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, 214 Princeton-Highstown Road Urdu. Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 Tel: (609) 275 9898 Korean email: [email protected] Bandibooks web: http://www.bookspreading.com 147-24 Northern Blvd. ​ Flushing, NY 11354 Science Press USA Inc. selects very good simplified Tel: (718) 353 4411 Chinese books, especially Chinese fiction. It email: [email protected] provides you with lists regularly with detailed web: www.bandibookus.com ​ information about each book.

Timesbook, Inc. 时代图书 601 East Linden Ave, Linden, NJ 07036 Tel: (908) 769-0788 email: [email protected] web: http://www.timesbook.com ​ ​

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2018 NJLA Conference: Building and Maintaining a World Language Collection Hongmei Liu, Archana Chiplunkar, Linda Tripp Technical Services and Collection Development Section

Russian Russian House Ltd. Rosen Publishing (PowerKids Press) 102-05 63rd Road, 1st FL 29 East 21st Street Forest Hills, NY 11375 New York, NY 10010 Tel: (718) 472 2665 http://rosenpublishing.com/ email: [email protected] web: www.russianpublishinghouse.com ​ Spanish and Bilingual English-Spanish books for Russian Publishing House Ltd. provides bi-monthly Children newly released descriptive Russian book lists. A printed slip is inserted to each Russian book with a call number, Multiple Languages book description, author, title, publisher in both Russian Multicultural Books & Videos and English which is great help for selecting and 30007 John R Road cataloging if we do not understand Russian. Madison Heights, MI 48071 Tel (248) 556-7960 Russian, Continued Tel (800) 567-2220 email: [email protected] Books for U, Inc. ​ web: www.mcbv.com 7 Brighton 1st Rd ​ ​ Brooklyn, NY 11235 Tel: (800) -531-1037 Books and DVDs for Adults and Children in many web: http://www.ruskniga.com/ languages.

Spanish EBSCO The Bilingual Publications Company https://www.ebsco.com/contact 270 Lafayette Street, Suite #506 Baker & Taylor New York, NY 10012 http://www.btol.com Tel: (212) 431-3500 email: [email protected] ​ WT. Cox Information Services It provides Spanish book lists for all ages. The office 201 Village Road prepares displays according to the interests of the Shallotte, NC 28470 visitors. Tel: (800) 571-9554 E-mail: [email protected] ​ Lectorum web: http://www.wtcox.com/ ​ 205 Chubb Avenue, Bldg A-1 Periodicals and Newspapers Lyndhurst, NJ 07071

Tel: (201) 559-2200 Tel: (800) 345-5946 ******************************************************* web: http://lectorum.com/ ​ Demographic Information

Spanish and Bilingual English-Spanish books for American Community Survey (ACS) Children and Teens https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/

Capstone Statistical Atlas 1710 Roe Crest Drive https://statisticalatlas.com/state/New-Jersey/Languages North Mankato, MN 56003 http://www.capstonepub.com/library/ Data from 2010 US Census and 2009-2013 American Community Survey is used to create maps, including a ​ Spanish and Bilingual English-Spanish books for Map of Language Spoken at Home by County; by Children County Subdivision, and more.

United States Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/

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2018 NJLA Conference: Building and Maintaining a World Language Collection Hongmei Liu, Archana Chiplunkar, Linda Tripp Technical Services and Collection Development Section

Q2. World Language Collections in New Jersey , Adult

Q3. World Language Collections, Children

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2018 NJLA Conference: Building and Maintaining a World Language Collection Hongmei Liu, Archana Chiplunkar, Linda Tripp Technical Services and Collection Development Section

Q5. Budget

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2018 NJLA Conference: Building and Maintaining a World Language Collection Hongmei Liu, Archana Chiplunkar, Linda Tripp Technical Services and Collection Development Section

Q6. Cataloging

Other: Copy cataloging; MARC vendors (BookWhere, ITS.MARC, B&T, SkyRiver, OCLC); WorldCat ​

Q7. Determining Languages

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2018 NJLA Conference: Building and Maintaining a World Language Collection Hongmei Liu, Archana Chiplunkar, Linda Tripp Technical Services and Collection Development Section

Q8. Tips/advice for novice librarian staff looking to add world language materials to their collections.

● Make sure you are making a large enough initial investment to ensure that you have enough materials to have patrons return repeatedly for books. ● Check census for speakers of other languages in households, stats gathered from town schools, speak with local ethnic organizations or religious groups. (Multiple respondents) ● Demographics only may not reflect the need. Checking circulation can help. Romance languages have less circulation. Native born adults (esp. visiting senior family members) check out more books. ● Poll patrons to see where their interests lie. (Multiple respondents) ● Reach out to community members for donations, to find resources and promote your collections and programs. (Multiple respondents) ● Network with other librarians specializing in foreign language collection. (Multiple respondents) ● Develop a relationship with a foreign language materials vendor. (Multiple respondents) ● For Spanish collections: Join Reforma to receive information about book fairs and other professional development events they sponsor. ● Purchasing Spanish books is easy because they are reviewed in a number of the journals used to order books. The listing is in English and includes suggested age range, ISBN number, and a brief summary. ● Gently approach patrons you hear speaking other languages, express interest and inquire what language they speak (Arabic? Persian? Russian? Polish?) ● Language specialists should be hired cooperatively among libraries. ● If part of a consortium, browse the catalog to see which member libraries have books in the various languages you intend to buy. Start by ordering titles already owned by others in consortium. ● Seek out local vendors/stores and ask salespeople for help. ● Collections should include a balance of translated English language works, as well as titles from popular authors from countries where the language is spoken. (Multiple respondents) ● Begin with a core collection and just keep growing. Reach out to colleagues for advice. Don't be too intimidated if you do not speak the language. Market your materials through social media and public outreach. ● Enlist/hire staff who speak the language and are familiar with the culture to select collections. (Multiple respondents) If you can't hire a native speaker try to find someone who speaks the language that might be willing to help volunteer. Even just a few hours a week would be a huge boon. ● Difficulty is in finding and cataloging and marketing; and also folks not understanding how copyright law, international law, and rights play into what is available, where, and how. ● Check Jerseycat for cataloging also speak to cataloging librarians who deal with specialized collections for advice. ● Review World Language Best Seller Lists ● Especially with non-Latin alphabets, the ability to read and sound out the original alphabet is helpful, but be careful of using just translators. ● It's important to weed all collections, even world language ones, to keep them current and fresh. ● Keep in mind that some fiction books written in the past will have racist or other overtones that would not be acceptable today, but were at the time the book was published (akin to purchasing Huck Finn despite its perception now). That is not to say, you should not purchase them, but know your patrons. Books that classics, might be accepted, even if controversial, or may be considered outright criminal. Thus order wisely and use reviews as a guide.

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