Scarecrow Press
Pages: 353
Trim: 5½ x 8½
978-0-8108-4460-5 • Paperback • January 1994 • $83.00 • (£64.00)
Vladimir F. Wertsman, formerly Senior Librarian at NYPL's Mid-Manhattan Library Job Information Center, is Chair of the Publishers and Multicultural Materials Committee of EMIE (Ethnic Materials Information Exchange) Round Table, American Library Association. He is the author of Armenians in America, 1618-1976; Romanians in America, 1748-1974; Romanians in America and Canada; Russians in America, 1727-1970; Ukranians in America, 1608-1975; The Librarian's Companion; and the forthcoming What's Cooking in Multicutural America; and co-author of Free Voice in Russian Literature, 1950's-1980's. His biography is included in Contemporary Authors and Who's Who in America (47th and 48th edition).
... This is a handy reference for use in education, job and career information, and scholarly pursuits. It is recommended for all libraries where students, academics, and special job-seekers require foreign language resources.
— I.C. Butnaru, Emie Bulletin
... unique source.... Wertsman provides essential job search hints, job titles, and a selective bibliography in the guide's appendix. The reader can proceed to prepare his resume, cover letter, and mailing list at once....
— Susan Vince, President, Technology Generation and Training
... a very worthy compilation....
— Reference Reviews
This book has something for everybody in the employment cycle.
— The Journal Of College Admission
This work effectively combines information from a variety of directories, such as national and international association, college and university, U.S. and foreign embassy, and library, as well as tips on successful job hunting...Recommended for all academic, public, and school libraries.
— American Reference Books Annual
...offers a quick way to locate educational resources for learning non-English languages and identifying employers in hiring professionals with foreign language skills....
— Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie
This book is a wonderful resource...Wertsman's choices are excellent. He has dug deep to find rare cookbooks of cuisines whose delicacies usually are unknown outside of immigrant communities from those nations...a unique and valuable reference source...readers will have their appetites whetted...
— Multicultural Review