Asian Americans

By Donna L. Gilton

It is the purpose of this page to list websites on Asian American research libraries and Asian American librarianship. Selection tools, which can be used to buy and critique materials and to teach others to do so will also be listed. The educational sources listed here discuss the learning styles of Asian Americans. More on this can be found on the the general page about international, multicultural, and ethnic users. There is also more information on psychological and learning theories, in general.

Websites on Instructing Asian American Students

• Feng, Jianhua. Asian-American Children: What Teachers Should Know.
• Huang, Gary. Beyond Culture: Communicating with Asian American Children and Families.
• Le, C.N. A Closer Look at Asian Americans and Education.

Library Websites

• County of Los Angeles Public Library. Gardena Mayme Dear Library.
• Filipino American Library.
• Harvard U. Harvard-Yenching Library.
• Japanese American National Museum. Hirasaki National Resource Center.
• Oakland Public Library. Asian Branch.
• San Francisco Public Library. Chinatown Branch.
• _____. Chinese Center.
• _____. Filipino American Center.
• University of California, Berkeley. Ethnic Studies Library. Asian-American Studies Collection.

Websites on Librarianship

• Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association. (APALA).
• Chinese American Librarians Association. (CALA).

Asian American Selection Tools

• APALA. Asian and Pacific American Librarians’ Association Newsletter. 3735 Palomar Ave. Ste. 150 PMB 26 Lexington, KY
• CALA. Chinese American Librarians’ Association Newsletter. Chinese American Librarians’ Association. Haipeng Li. Oberlin College Library. Mudd Center. 148 W. College St. Oberlin, OH 44074
• Journal of Library and Information Science. National Taiwan U. Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education. Taipei, Taiwan. Republic of China. And the Chinese American Librarians’ Association – A very scholarly journal published in Chinese and English.
  

Books on the Educational Status and Needs of Asian Americans

• Cheng, Rong Lilly. Struggling to Be Heard: the Unmet Needs of Asian Pacific American Children. SUNY Press, 1998
• Nahanishi, Don T. and Tina Yamano Nishida. (eds.) The Asian American Educational Experience: A Sourcebook For Teachers and Students. Routledge, 1994.
• Park, Clara C. and Marilyn Mei-Yung Chi (eds.) Asian American Education: Prospects and Challenges. Bergin and Garvey, 1999.
  

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