Arist (2007) chose three outstanding examples of libraries – academic, special, and public – that demonstrate how to provide information, technology, programming, and services to their communities. Its aim is to encourage every library to do the same. The prime example is Northwestern University, which provides exceptional resources for African American studies through the Herskovits Collection of Africana founded in 1954. . (Arist, 2007, p. 1-2) Includes 285,000 volumes, 2,800 current periodicals, and 250 current newspapers. The collection also includes 15,000 books written in 300 different African languages. Additionally, there are collections of photographs, maps, etc. Online resources for studying Africa, four staff members to help with questions, and bibliographic instructions make this library stand out. The position of curator also exists because of protests in the 1960s and 1970s for an African American to be in that position. Due to student requests, Northwestern has also established Asian American Studies programs, departments, a research center, and an East Asian Studies librarian is available. (Arist, 2007, p. 1-2) Second, Arist (2007) mentions the Illinois State Library. It provides for multicultural diversity through the Illinois Diversity Program (IDP) created in 2003 “to assist the Illinois library community in developing cultural and minority diversity initiatives.” (As cited in Arist, 2007) The program works with more than 100 librarians in Illinois. Its staff also offers technology workshops, works with an online forum designed to reach Spaniards, is formulating a web page to provide resources to various groups and trains staff to become diversity experts. Also......half of paper......currently. All my teachers during elementary school were Anglo-American and at that time they never took into consideration a different culture, language or ethnicity. Things have changed for the better. Works Cited Arist, S. (2007). Success in diversity: How three Illinois libraries embrace multiculturalism. ILAReporter, 25(5), 4-7. http://www.ila.org/pub/reporter.htmArsenault, R. & Brown, P. (2007). The case for inclusive multicultural collections in the school library.CSLA Journal, 31(1), 20-21. http://thejournal.com/Home.aspxAsselin, Marlene (2003). Literacy and diversity: working with the grain. Teacher Librarian, 30(4),53-4. http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/Gomez, Martin (2007, October). The color of diversity. Illinois Library Association Reporter, 25(5).http://www.ila.org/pub/reporter.htm