I just visited the ALA Office for Diversity Website mentioned in the
message below that Audrey had forwarded to this forum about a month ago.
Unfortunately, I could not find any evidence that, on this site,
diversity is conceptualized in terms other than ethnicity, race,
nationality or culture. I have no reason to assume that the absence of
references to people with disabilities (and other groups) happened by
design. Let us help the Office for Diversity to put disability on its
map
-by informing its staff about public programs, events, conferences,
special exhibitions, etc. that involve pertinent disability-related
library issues. 
-by nominating ALA members promoting disability-related diversity issues
in the field of librarianship for the site's "member spotlight."
-by suggesting articles dealing with disability-related issues in
libraries. 
 
The Office for Diversity's main homepage is at
http://www.ala.org/diversity/. Send program and event announcements,
nominations and article suggestions to the following address:
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Greetings,
 
Axel Schmetzke
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Audrey Gorman [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 1:29 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Call for info: Events & more related to diversity
 
Please spread the word...and let them know about any disability-related
things that fit.
............
Hello everyone,
As part of the new Office for Diversity Website (coming soon, stay tuned
for a launch announcement), we want to make sure we highlight all
member/division/affiliate events focusing on diversity. If you know of a
public program, event, conference, special exhibition, collection debut,
anything taking place in the next 6 months, please let me know.  Thank
you for your time, we're very excited about providing this resource to
members and staff alike.
 
Wendy Prellwitz
Communications Officer
Office for Diversity & Spectrum Initiative
ALA
1.800.545.2433 x. 5048