From the new issue of Today\’s Librarian:
In a community where 93 percent of the population is White, implementing a diversity plan hardly seems a necessity. Especially one that costs tens of thousands of dollars. But administrators at Ocean County (NJ) Public Library saw those in the minority population as an integral part of the library community. Five years ago, they made it their mission to reach out and welcome them . . .
Introducing more diversity into the library had been on Jean Vogrin\’s mind for years. As director of Ocean County\’s Barnegat Branch, Vogrin tapped into minority communities by bringing in speakers and adding ethnic programming . . .
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