Saturday, May 2, 2009

Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Book Display

In celebration of Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Social Sciences Division has a book display in the Great Hall of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library 901 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 related to the Asian/Pacific Islander experience in the United States, culture and biographies. Please stop by, to check out these books.

Also the social sciences librarian recently compiled a select bibliography of adult and children's materials on Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture. Also search our catalog: http://citycat.dclibrary.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/x/0/49 for books and other materials related to Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage.

Also check out these additional resources on the Internet:

Mayor Fenty's Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month Celebration and Events http://newsroom.dc.gov/show.aspx/agency/apia/section/2/release/16833


Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month: Lighting the Past, Present and the Future
http://asianpacificheritage.gov/

Asian Pacific American Film, Inc.
http://www.apafilm.org/

Encyclopedia Smithsonian- Asian Pacific American History and Culture
http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/History_and_Culture/AsianPacificAmerican_History.htm

Japan-America Society of Washington DC
http://www.us-japan.org/dc/

Library of Congress-Asian Division
http://www.loc.gov/rr/asian/

Our Story in History Bibliography Asian Pacific American History
http://americanhistory.si.edu/ourstoryinhistory/bibliography/searchresults.cfm?list=Asian

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