2. Multicultural NSW
Australia’s most culturally diverse state
2011 Census: Born overseas
•31% of NSW population
•26% of Australian population
Over 200 languages spoken
3. Available from the State Library of NSW:
Community language collections to borrow
through local public libraries in 43 languages
Audiobooks (CD/Mp3 format) and large print
available in some languages
Newspapers in community languages
4.
5. Promoting Multicultural Services
Does your Library website lists Multicultural
Services?
Ensure that State Library collections in
Languages Other than English (Multicultural
Bulk Loans) are displayed on open shelves and
accessible to everyone
Raise awareness in the CALD community of
multicultural lending collections and other
services
8. : Multicultural Unit
http://pinterest.com/slnswlote/
9. Challenges
Searching for books in the catalogue
Latin Script vs. transliterations
Solution
I want to read my favourite author…..
Non Latin Script Hindi, Russian, Greek, Urdu, Serbian
Solution
11. Dan Brown
ENGLISH
printed , sound recording and Large
print
ARABIC Shīfrah Dāfintshī
HEBREW Tsofen Dah Ṿintsi
PERSIAN Rāz-i Dāvīnchī
ITALIAN Il códice Da
Thai, Croatian, Czech
TB, Swedish, Hungarian, Slovak, U
krainian, Greek, Polish, Spanish
book and TB
12. Yann Martel
Hayāt bāy ARA
Pijev život CRO
Pi’nin yaşmi TUR
Źycie Pi POL
Piin elämä FIN
Vita di Pi ITA
Life of Pi
ENGLISH/LP/TB
13.
14. ITA
Suzanne Collins
La ragazza di fuoco
Il canto della rivolta
The Hunger Vlammen DUT
Games Jocurile foamei RUM
Em chamas POR
Catching fire
GERMAN
Mockingjay
SPANISH
KOREAN
15. E.L. James
Cinquanta sfumature di
grigio / (2012) ITA/01313
ITA/01349
Cinquanta sfumature di
nero / (2012) ITA/01331
ITA/01348
Cinquanta sfumature di
rosso / (2012) ITA/01347
SERBIAN
ITALIAN
SPANISH
16. Leo Tolstoy
Sound recording and book
English and Czech
Books in:
German Hungarian
Polish Russian
Spanish Serbian