This document summarizes multicultural services available through the State Library of New South Wales. It notes that NSW is Australia's most culturally diverse state, with over 200 languages spoken. The library loans materials in 43 languages through local public libraries, and provides audiobooks and large print books in some languages. It encourages promoting these multicultural services on library websites and shelves. Challenges in finding non-Latin script materials are addressed. Popular authors and titles are shown translated into multiple languages. Contact information is provided for the multicultural consultant.

1. Multicultural Services
2013

2. Multicultural NSW
Australia’s most culturally diverse state
2011 Census: Born overseas
•31% of NSW population
•26% of Australian population
Over 200 languages spoken

3. Available from the State Library of NSW:
Community language collections to borrow
through local public libraries in 43 languages
Audiobooks (CD/Mp3 format) and large print
available in some languages
Newspapers in community languages

5. Promoting Multicultural Services
Does your Library website lists Multicultural
Services?
Ensure that State Library collections in
Languages Other than English (Multicultural
Bulk Loans) are displayed on open shelves and
accessible to everyone
Raise awareness in the CALD community of
multicultural lending collections and other
services

6. RSS feeds on the library’s homepage

7. Advanced catalogue search
Limit your search to only the multicultural material collection

8. : Multicultural Unit
http://pinterest.com/slnswlote/

9. Challenges
Searching for books in the catalogue
Latin Script vs. transliterations
Solution 
I want to read my favourite author…..
Non Latin Script Hindi, Russian, Greek, Urdu, Serbian
Solution 

10. Reading the latest Best sellers

11. Dan Brown
ENGLISH
printed , sound recording and Large
print
ARABIC Shīfrah Dāfintshī
HEBREW Tsofen Dah Ṿintsi
PERSIAN Rāz-i Dāvīnchī
ITALIAN Il códice Da
Thai, Croatian, Czech
TB, Swedish, Hungarian, Slovak, U
krainian, Greek, Polish, Spanish
book and TB

12. Yann Martel
Hayāt bāy ARA
Pijev život CRO
Pi’nin yaşmi TUR
Źycie Pi POL
Piin elämä FIN
Vita di Pi ITA
Life of Pi
ENGLISH/LP/TB

14. ITA
Suzanne Collins
La ragazza di fuoco
Il canto della rivolta
The Hunger Vlammen DUT
Games Jocurile foamei RUM
 Em chamas POR
Catching fire
GERMAN
Mockingjay
SPANISH
KOREAN

15. E.L. James
Cinquanta sfumature di
grigio / (2012) ITA/01313
ITA/01349
Cinquanta sfumature di
nero / (2012) ITA/01331
ITA/01348
Cinquanta sfumature di
rosso / (2012) ITA/01347
SERBIAN
ITALIAN
SPANISH

16. Leo Tolstoy
Sound recording and book
English and Czech
Books in:
German Hungarian
Polish Russian
Spanish Serbian

17. Oriana Acevedo
Multicultural Consultant
Public Library Service
oacevedo@sl.nsw.gov.au
(02) 9273 1544