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Serving Immigrant Populations

Soaring to Excellence

Randi Weiss

Randi Weiss is the Project Coordinator for PolyTalk, an LSTA grant-funded project to help limited-English-proficient patrons make full use of the resources of Illinois libraries through an online network of volunteer interpreters. The goal of the project is to create a network of telephone-based, volunteer interpreters to assist non-English speaking library patrons in Illinois, which is one of the most linguistically diverse states in the country. Nearly one in five Illinois residents speaks a language other than English at home. PolyTalk has the potential to eliminate communication barriers and equalize access to public resources throughout the state. For more information, visit PolyTalk.

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