Gyeonggi Province Hosts Seminar to Promote Multicultural Library Services

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hoon] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 27th that it will hold the 'Gyeonggi Province Multicultural Library Services Activation Seminar' on the 28th at the Convention Center of Gyeonggi Provincial Museum of Culture and Arts.

The seminar, conducted as part of the 'Development of Library Multicultural Services Manual' project, will be held under the theme of 'Coexistence and Communication in a Multicultural Era, Together as One' and is aimed at multicultural service managers from libraries throughout the province. The seminar was organized to share the introduction and application methods of the multicultural services manual and contribute to the activation of library multicultural services through presentations of best practices. The library multicultural services manual was developed based on an investigation and analysis of the operational status of multicultural services currently being conducted at public libraries, and includes systematic approaches, practical development plans, and actual operational cases. At the seminar, certificates of completion will be awarded to 12 multicultural specialists trained through the Global Guardians (multicultural educational activists) program. The province plans to continuously promote Global Guardians who have completed the program to libraries throughout the province so they can be utilized as specialized personnel in charge of cultural arts and humanities education at public libraries and small libraries.

A provincial official stated, "Going forward, we will continue to pursue customized support projects to expand understanding of multiculturalism and eliminate cultural prejudices, and will conduct education and consulting to encourage the active participation of library staff."