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Walter Dean Myers Keynote 2009 Presenter(s): The University of Tennessee Type: On Demand Air Date: 4/18/2009 Air Time: 1:10 PM EDT Duration: 1 Hour 34 Minutes 24 Seconds	Session 2 Presenter(s): The University of Tennessee Type: On Demand Air Date: 4/20/2007 Air Time: 11:00 PM EDT Duration: 56 Minutes 17 Seconds
Trends and Issues in Contemporary Multicultural Childrens and Young Adult Literature (Session 1) Presenter(s): The University of Tennessee Type: On Demand Air Date: 4/20/2007 Air Time: 9:00 AM EDT Duration: 1 Hour 37 Minutes 21 Seconds Langston Hughes Library, Childrens Defense Fund Haley Farm, Clinton, TN The place of multiculturalism in literature and in civic life has continued to be a controversial and highly debated topic. Childrens and young adult literature published in the United States has only fairly recently begun the large task of addressing and assessing the representation of diverse cultures. As childrens literature expert, Rudine Sims Bishop, has observed: Children need literature that serves as a window onto lives and experiences different from their own, and literature that serves as a mirror reflecting themselves and their cultural values, attitudes and behaviors. Information professionals serve an important role in mediating childrens and young adults access to this literature that serves as both window and mirror. You are invited to attend a panel discussion with members of the advisory board of the Childrens Defense Funds Langston Hughes Library about current issues and trends in multicultural childrens and young adult literature. Everyone in the SIS community is invited to attend this event. This event is highly recommended for those taking the IS 575 course on Multicultural Childrens and Young Adult Literature offered this summer (attendance of this event is not mandatory for taking the course; a webcast of this event will be provided for those at a distance). There is no charge for this event. The discussants include the following LHL advisory board members and experts in multicultural young adult and childrens literature and youth services: Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop Professor Emeritus, College of Education, Ohio State University Ms. Cheryl Willis Hudson Editorial Director and Publisher, Just Us Books, Inc. Mr. Andrew Jackson Executive Director Queens Borough Public Library Langston Hughes Community Library & Cultural Center Dr. Carole J. McCollough Chair, Coretta Scott King Task Force Ms. Effie Lee Morris Former Coordinator of Children's Services, San Francisco Public Library Robin Sally Curriculum Coordinator, Childrens Defense Fund National Freedom Schools There are additional LHL advisory board members who may NOT be in attendance of this event. They are: Dr. Darwin Henderson Associate Professor of Teacher Education, University of Cincinnati Dr. Dianne Johnson Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, University of South Carolina

Walter Dean Myers Keynote 2009
Presenter(s): The University of Tennessee
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 4/18/2009
Air Time: 1:10 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 34 Minutes 24 Seconds

Session 2
Presenter(s): The University of Tennessee
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 4/20/2007
Air Time: 11:00 PM EDT
Duration: 56 Minutes 17 Seconds

Trends and Issues in Contemporary Multicultural Childrens and Young Adult Literature (Session 1)
Presenter(s): The University of Tennessee
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 4/20/2007
Air Time: 9:00 AM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 37 Minutes 21 Seconds

Langston Hughes Library, Childrens Defense Fund
Haley Farm, Clinton, TN

The place of multiculturalism in literature and in civic life has continued to be a controversial and highly debated topic. Childrens and young adult literature published in the United States has only fairly recently begun the large task of addressing and assessing the representation of diverse cultures. As childrens literature expert, Rudine Sims Bishop, has observed: Children need literature that serves as a window onto lives and experiences different from their own, and literature that serves as a mirror reflecting themselves and their cultural values, attitudes and behaviors. Information professionals serve an important role in mediating childrens and young adults access to this literature that serves as both window and mirror.

You are invited to attend a panel discussion with members of the advisory board of the Childrens Defense Funds Langston Hughes Library about current issues and trends in multicultural childrens and young adult literature. Everyone in the SIS community is invited to attend this event. This event is highly recommended for those taking the IS 575 course on Multicultural Childrens and Young Adult Literature offered this summer (attendance of this event is not mandatory for taking the course; a webcast of this event will be provided for those at a distance). There is no charge for this event.

The discussants include the following LHL advisory board members and experts in multicultural young adult and childrens literature and youth services:

Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop
Professor Emeritus, College of Education, Ohio State University

Ms. Cheryl Willis Hudson
Editorial Director and Publisher, Just Us Books, Inc.

Mr. Andrew Jackson
Executive Director Queens Borough Public Library Langston Hughes Community
Library & Cultural Center

Dr. Carole J. McCollough
Chair, Coretta Scott King Task Force

Ms. Effie Lee Morris
Former Coordinator of Children's Services, San Francisco Public Library

Robin Sally
Curriculum Coordinator, Childrens Defense Fund National Freedom Schools

There are additional LHL advisory board members who may NOT be in attendance of this event. They are:

Dr. Darwin Henderson
Associate Professor of Teacher Education, University of Cincinnati

Dr. Dianne Johnson
Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, University of South Carolina