Library Services to Youth of Hispanic Heritage
Library Services to Youth of Hispanic Heritage

Author: Barbara Immroth

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2000-05-01

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780786407903

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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.

Library Services to Latinos
Library Services to Latinos

Author: Salvador Güereña

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2000-06-02

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780786409112

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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.

Latinos in Libraries, Museums, and Archives
Latinos in Libraries, Museums, and Archives

Author: Patricia Montiel-Overall

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-12-17

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1442258519

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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.

Pathways to Progress
Pathways to Progress

Author: John L. Ayala

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-11-18

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1610691172

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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.

°Hola, Amigos!
°Hola, Amigos!

Author: Susana G. Baumann

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1591584744

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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.

Library Service to Spanish Speaking Patrons
Library Service to Spanish Speaking Patrons

Author: Sharon Moller

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Published: 2001-01-15

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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Presents practical information for librarians serving Spanish-speaking people, providing historical background on various Spanish-speaking cultures and their library trends, and covering adult services, preschool to elementary children, middle grade students, teenagers, communication with patrons, and Internet resources.

Library Services for Multicultural Patrons
Library Services for Multicultural Patrons

Author: Carol Smallwood

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0810887223

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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.

¡Bienvenidos! ¡Welcome!
¡Bienvenidos! ¡Welcome!

Author: Susannah Mississippi Byrd

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2005-05-02

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780838909027

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Presents a guide to the ideas, resources, and strategies for increasing library service to Latino populations.

Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries
Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries

Author: Shannon D. Jones

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-07-24

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1538114402

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The news and scholarly literature are replete with stories and articles describing the challenges that diverse individuals face in their local communities and workplaces. Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries: A Call to Action and Strategies for Success is arranged in three parts: Why Diversity and Inclusion Matter, Equipping the Library Staff, and Voices from the Field. This book tackles these issues head on and should appeal to a broad audience interested in diversity as it relates to libraries and librarianship, including professional librarians and paraprofessional library staff. Offering best practices strategies tempered by experiences and wisdom, this book will help libraries realize a high level of inclusion.

Serving Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students
Serving Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students

Author: Melvina Azar Dame

Publisher: New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers

Published: 1992-12-31

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13:

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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.