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Book Synopsis Library Services to Latinos by : Salvador Güereña
Download or read book Library Services to Latinos written by Salvador Güereña and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2000-06-02 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of 17 professional readings provides effective strategies for serving Latinos in the library. These selected case studies focus on the organization and expansion of Spanish-language collections, meeting the demands of Latino children, eliminating cultural and linguistic barriers, and developments in electronic resources and the World Wide Web, among other topics. This work will help stimulate discussion about some of the pressing professional issues of relevance to Latino librarians, such as leadership development, outreach, recruitment and mentorship.
Book Synopsis °Hola, Amigos! by : Susana G. Baumann
Download or read book °Hola, Amigos! written by Susana G. Baumann and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Besides the cultural and language barriers library personnel encounter when interacting with the Latino community, libraries generally lack the funding to engage in multicultural advertising as well as the time and specialized personnel to do it. Provides a practical, easy-to-follow guide to creating a bilingual-friendly facility that will attracts Latino users. Offers a systematic, orderly plan that directs outreach activity with worksheets, discussion reports, and easy-to-follow schedules, and more than 100 marketing ideas, tips, and examples from libraries around the country that can easily be incorporated into day-to-day activities. Many of the strategies can be applied to outreach of other minorities as well.
Book Synopsis Latinos in Libraries, Museums, and Archives by : Patricia Montiel-Overall
Download or read book Latinos in Libraries, Museums, and Archives written by Patricia Montiel-Overall and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by three experienced LIS professionals, Latinos in Libraries, Museums, and Archives demonstrates the meaning of cultural competence in the everyday work in libraries, archives, museums, and special collections with Latino populations. The authors focus on their areas of expertise including academic, school, public libraries, health sciences, archives, and special collections to show the importance of understanding how cultural competence effects the day-to-day communication, relationship building, and information provision with Latinos. They acknowledge the role of both tacit and explicit knowledge in their work, and discuss ways in which cultural competence is integral to successful delivery of services to, communication with, and relationship building with Latino communities.
Book Synopsis Pathways to Progress by : John L. Ayala
Download or read book Pathways to Progress written by John L. Ayala and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplying contributions from Latino librarian practitioners across the nation, this anthology provides broad coverage of the subject of Latino/Spanish speaking library service in the United States. Emphasizing public, school, and academic libraries, Pathways to Progress: Issues and Advances in Latino Librarianship taps the leading minds of the Latino library world to provide expert discourse on a wide spectrum of library services to Latino patrons in the United States. This collection of articles provides an accurate, insightful discussion of the issues and advances in Latino library service. Coverage of library service to the Latino community includes subjects such as special collections, recruitment and mentoring, leadership, collection development, reference services to gays and lesbians, children services, and special library populations. Contributors include library practitioners who are of Mexican, Chilean, Peruvian, Nicaraguan, Puerto Rican, and Cuban descent. Best practices are presented and explained in-depth with practical examples and documented citations.
Book Synopsis Pathways to Progress by : John L. Ayala
Download or read book Pathways to Progress written by John L. Ayala and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-11-18 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplying contributions from Latino librarian practitioners across the nation, this anthology provides broad coverage of the subject of Latino/Spanish speaking library service in the United States. Emphasizing public, school, and academic libraries, Pathways to Progress: Issues and Advances in Latino Librarianship taps the leading minds of the Latino library world to provide expert discourse on a wide spectrum of library services to Latino patrons in the United States. This collection of articles provides an accurate, insightful discussion of the issues and advances in Latino library service. Coverage of library service to the Latino community includes subjects such as special collections, recruitment and mentoring, leadership, collection development, reference services to gays and lesbians, children services, and special library populations. Contributors include library practitioners who are of Mexican, Chilean, Peruvian, Nicaraguan, Puerto Rican, and Cuban descent. Best practices are presented and explained in-depth with practical examples and documented citations.
Book Synopsis Library Services for Multicultural Patrons by : Carol Smallwood
Download or read book Library Services for Multicultural Patrons written by Carol Smallwood and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, libraries are struggling to deal with a growing diversity in the cultural background of their patrons. Problems arising from this cultural diversity afflict all library types--school, public and academic. Library Services for Multicultural Patrons is by and for all libraries that are striving to provide multicultural services to match the growing diversity in the cultural background of patrons. The book is designed to offer helpful tips and practical advice to academic, public, and school librarians who want to better serve the multicultural groups in their communities. The contributors to the book are themselves practicing librarians and they share creative ideas for welcoming multicultural patrons into libraries and strategies for serving them more effectively. Librarians will find in these chapters tried and true tips and techniques for marketing and promotion, improving reference services for speakers of English as a second language, and enhancing programming that they can easily implement in their own libraries and communities. The chapters are divided into the following categories for ease of access: 1) Getting Organized and Finding Partners, 2) Reaching Students, 3) Community Connections, 4) Applying Technology, 6) Outreach Initiatives, 6) Programming and Events, and 7) Reference Services. Librarians of all types will be pleased to discover easy-to-implement suggestions for collaborative efforts, many rich and diverse programming ideas, strategies for improving reference services and library instruction to speakers of English as a second language, marketing and promotional tips designed to welcome multicultural patrons into the library, and much more.
Author :Susannah Mississippi Byrd Publisher :American Library Association ISBN 13 :9780838909027 Total Pages :132 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (9 download)
Book Synopsis ¡Bienvenidos! ¡Welcome! by : Susannah Mississippi Byrd
Download or read book ¡Bienvenidos! ¡Welcome! written by Susannah Mississippi Byrd and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2005-05-02 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a guide to the ideas, resources, and strategies for increasing library service to Latino populations.
Book Synopsis Library Services to Youth of Hispanic Heritage by : Barbara Immroth
Download or read book Library Services to Youth of Hispanic Heritage written by Barbara Immroth and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the United States becomes ever more comfortable with recognizing the cultural diversity of the many groups that make up its population, library services must seek to meet patrons' needs as they are shaped and expressed by their cultural backgrounds. This goal is particularly important for youth library services. For young people of Hispanic heritage, library services attuned to their specific needs and interests are crucial. Many librarians struggle with how to properly create and maintain library programs and collections that are suitable to the needs of Hispanic youth. In this series of essays prepared for the Trejo Foster Foundation for Hispanic Library Education Fourth National Institute, national leaders in librarianship present their insights about how best to meet the needs of young Hispanic library patrons. The text is introduced by the editors, and the essays are arranged in parts: Programs; Collections; Planning and Evaluating; Bibliographical Resources; and For the Future. Information about the contributors and an index conclude the volume.
Book Synopsis Library Service to Spanish Speaking Patrons by : Sharon Moller
Download or read book Library Service to Spanish Speaking Patrons written by Sharon Moller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-01-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If your library serves a Latino population, you'll want this book. It will help you better serve the needs of Spanish-speaking patrons of all ages. The author gives background information on various Hispanic groups, explaining some of the cultural differences that can lead to misunderstanding. She then offers a variety of program and collection building ideas. A list of distributors of Spanish-language materials-books, periodicals, AV materials, computer and other educational resources-is provided, as well as Web site addresses of Spanish-language sites. Vocabulary lists for library and computer-related words and phrases and guidelines for correctly writing Spanish words are also included.
Book Synopsis Serving Latino Communities by : Camila A. Alire
Download or read book Serving Latino Communities written by Camila A. Alire and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aqui esta! Here it is - the long-awaited new edition of Serving Latino Communities. Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking), build the case for increased service to this important and growing community and provide ideas for making outreach a success. Chapter coverage helps library staff understand the needs of their library's Latino community; develop successful programs and services; obtain funding for projects and programs; prepare staff to work more effectively with Latinos; establish partnerships with relevant external agencies and organizations; improve collection development; and perform effective outreach and public relations. to aid in outreach, new strategies for conducting focus groups and bilingual surveys, an increased number of programming ideas, and even more examples of bilingual promotional materials. A completely revised and updated resource directory points to the best publications, organizations, and sites for more information on this growing community.
Book Synopsis Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries by : Shannon D. Jones
Download or read book Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries written by Shannon D. Jones and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores some of the challenges that libraries and librarians face due to diversity and inclusion issues among library staff, as well as the patrons that they serve. Its goal is to increase awareness of and sensitivity to the social, cultural, and educational needs of everyone involved.
Book Synopsis Serving Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students by : Melvina Azar Dame
Download or read book Serving Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students written by Melvina Azar Dame and published by New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers. This book was released on 1992-12-31 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a framework for expanding the school library's function to meet the needs of linguistically and/or culturally diverse students. The text examines the need for specialised materials and services and makes recommendations on how to provide these services.
Book Synopsis Latino Librarianship by : Salvador Güereña
Download or read book Latino Librarianship written by Salvador Güereña and published by Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Directory of Resources on Library Services to the Spanish Speaking by :
Download or read book Directory of Resources on Library Services to the Spanish Speaking written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis 25 Latino Craft Projects by : Ana-Elba Pavon
Download or read book 25 Latino Craft Projects written by Ana-Elba Pavon and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2003 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides twenty-five craft projects that revolve around Latino culture to create such items as masks, pi~natas, and dolls.
Book Synopsis So You Want To Be a Librarian by : Lauren Pressley
Download or read book So You Want To Be a Librarian written by Lauren Pressley and published by Library Juice Press, LLC. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provides information about librarianship as a career, including types of libraries, types of jobs within libraries, professional issues, and educational requirements"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis The Storyteller's Candle by : Lucía M. González
Download or read book The Storyteller's Candle written by Lucía M. González and published by Children's Book Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the early years of the Great Depression, New York City's first Puerto Rican library, Pura Belpre, introduces the public library to immigrants living in El Barrio and hosts the neighborhood's first Three Kings' Day fiesta.
