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Meet the 2011 SALALM Scholarship Winners!
Lisa Cruces has been a scholar and professional specializing in Latin American materials for the last 7 years. Her specific interests include archival enterprise, special collections and non-textual [Read More]
Griego and Chávez Honored at FIL 25
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Feria Internacional del Libro, Guadalajara, and to celebrate the occasion, groups of 25 professionals in several different fields were awarded honors. In [Read More]
New Publications: Fall 2011
Luis A. González (Indiana University) contributed to Collecting Global Resources (SPEC Kit 324), a national survey of North American research libraries organized by the Area Studies Department of [Read More]
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Presidental Message
December 1, 2011 SALALMistas have been active travelers in the past few months: the LIBER book fair in Madrid was attended by several of our members, and even more attended (FIL) in Guadalajara. Our colleagues Michaela Chavez Villa (Colegio de México) and Adán Griego (Stanford) were among 25 [Read More]
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SALALM’s Presence in Iberoamerican Book Fairs: 2011-The Year in Review
The 2011 book fair cycle for Iberoamerica probably started with Havana, whose book festival celebrated its 20th anniversary in February and is often [Read More]
SALAMistas at Guadalajara’s 25th Feria Internacional del Libro (FIL 2011)
Even before landing in Guadalajara for the 25th annual Feria Internacional del Libro (FIL) SALALM was already present via virtual spaces. On [Read More]
SALALM Member Readies FIL Newbies Online
Last Wednesday, November 16, ALA’s International Relations Office and SALALM jointly hosted the first ever Feria Internacional del Libro (FIL) [Read More]
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A cite for sore eyes…
It’s that time of semester again when most reference questions I get seem to have something to do with punctuation, a DOI, or placement of footnotes. Yep, happy citation season, to one and all! Despite running workshops and creating webpages on citation formatting, it’s often hard to get even [Read More]
Job Announcements
Department Head, Library Archives & Special Collections, New Mexico State University Library
New Mexico State University Library Position Announcement Department: Library Archives & Special Collections Position Title: Department Head –Posting #2011005096 Rank: Associate Professor or [Read More]
Latin American and Iberian Studies Librarian, University of California, Santa Barbara
LATIN AMERICAN AND IBERIAN STUDIES LIBRARIAN The University of California, Santa Barbara, one of ten campuses of the University of California system, is seeking dynamic, highly motivated candidates [Read More]
Literature/Language Librarian, University of Maryland Libraries
Title: School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (SLLC) Librarian Category: Librarian (Open Rank) Department: Humanities and Social Sciences Librarians (HSSL), Public Services Division Benefits: [Read More]
Feature Articles
Puerto Rican Civil Court Documents Collection
Since returning from SALALM LVI in Philadelphia I have been busy with my colleagues working on the digitization of the Puerto Rican Civil Court Documents Collection. Thanks to the CRL’s LAMP award we were able to retain our digital photographer and start digitizing the collection right away. [Read More]
Enlacistas comparten sus experiencias en SALALM56
Con motivo de haber obtenido la beca Enlace para participar en SALALM (Seminario de Adquisiciones de Materiales [Read More]
Northeast Meets Southwest to Celebrate the Latino/a Imaginary
University of New Mexico’s Illustrated Identities exhibit with Codex Delilah on the wall and Crickets in my Mind in [Read More]
Conferences to Come
- The 2012 Lozano Long Conference: A LLILAS-CMAS Collaboration — Central Americans and the Latino/a Landscape: New Configurations of Latina/o America 01/27/2012 Daisy Dominguez
- Forging the Future of Latinos in a Time of Crisis IUPLR Fourth Biennial SIGLO XXI Conference 01/27/2012 Daisy Dominguez
- 22nd Annual Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture 01/23/2012 Daisy Dominguez