Working Internationally for Libraries: Welcoming the world into your library

'Working Internationally for Libraries’ is CILIP’s initiative to promote collaboration and partnership between libraries in England and their international counterparts.

In this webinar, diversity and inclusion advocate Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp talks to Jake Hope, Chair of CILIP’s Youth Libraries group about her passion for reading beyond our borders and for children's books in translation. Ruth will explore the importance of creating a welcoming multilingual landscape in our libraries, with a short presentation covering:

• Libraries and me: how becoming a parent helped me see libraries as a powerful venue for anti-racism and inclusion
• Never too young to explore the world: diversity and inclusion in Storytime and Bounce and Rhyme, and why we founded Babel Babies
• Bilingual books and multilingual bookshelves: the impact of making space for languages other than English
• Inclusivity in library collections: valuing linguistic diversity and overturning perceived language hierarchies
• What is World Kid Lit Month and how can project World Kid Lit help librarians source children's and teen books first published in languages other than English?

PKSB Subject Headings

This webinar supports the following PKSB headings:

• Literacies & Learning
• Wider Library, Information & Knowledge sector context
• Ethics & Values
  
  

Biography

Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp is a literary translator working from German, Russian and Arabic into English, whose work has been shortlisted for the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize, the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize and the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated YA Prize. She translates novels, nonfiction and children’s books, and her published translations include books from Germany, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Russia, Switzerland and Syria. Ruth is co-founder of Babel Babies and co-editor of World Kid Lit. She champions #WorldKidLitMonth in September, and is an advocate for diversity and inclusion in publishing and education.

Jake Hope is a reading development and children's book consultant. He was the Reading and Learning Development Manager for Lancashire Libraries, one of the largest library authorities in the UK. Alongside delivering training and public speaking on books and reading, Jake is an active reviewer and a passionate advocate for libraries books and reading. Jake is currently the Chair of the Youth Libraries Group and is working on a book about visual literacy for Facet publishing.  

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