Tuesday June 18th 2013

News

Mapping of Internationally-Funded Citizen Security Projects in Central America

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Mapping of Internationally-Funded Citizen Security Projects in Central America, a joint project of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the [Read More]

Diario de Pernambuco Now Online, 1825 – 1863

The Latin American Collections in the Special & Area Studies Collections Department, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida are proud to announce the online launch of the Diario de [Read More]

Meet the Spring 2013 SALALM Scholarship Winners!

  D. Ryan Lynch has an A.B. in Latin American History and Hispanic Literature and Culture from Brown University, an M.A. in Latin American History from Emory University, and is currently [Read More]

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SALALM Speaks

La Industria Editorial de México en el “Global Market Forum” de BookExpo America 2013

BookExpo no es la feria más apropiada para un bibliotecario latinoamericanista. Destinos como las ferias del libro de Guadalajara, Buenos Aires y Bogotá son mucho más fructíferos para encontrar nuevos títulos, conectar con editores y familiarizarse con nuevas tendencias en la industria [Read More]

Messages

Presidential Message

Dear Colleagues, The SALALM conference is a few weeks away.  The tentative program of the conference has been posted and we are making the final [Read More]

Presidental Message

For the last few months I have been diligently working on the organization of the SALALM conference. Before I proceed to talk about the progress I [Read More]

From the President

The year 2012 ended with the energizing news of Roberto Delgadillo’s winning the “I Love My Librarian Award.” We were also happy with the [Read More]

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Sombre but promising: reflections on web 2.0

Since this column started, I’ve talked about a lot of web 2.0 tools that librarians can use in their everyday work. Recently though, I’ve been noticing a disturbing trend. Mendeley, the citation manager, has been sold to Elsevier. Google’s RSS Reader is being pulled in July. Jing screen [Read More]

Job & Internship Opportunities

Latin American and Iberian Area Studies Librarian, Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University (BYU), a privately owned and operated university of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Provo, Utah, invites application for the position of Latin [Read More]

Cuban Heritage Collection Librarian – University of Miami

Position number: 003338 The University of Miami Libraries seek a dynamic and innovative librarian to help develop the Cuban Heritage Collection’s and the Libraries’ resources on Cuba and its [Read More]

Mexican Materials Bibliographer – UT Austin

Hiring department: UT Libraries Monthly salary: $3,833 – $4,500+ depending on qualifications Hours per week: 40.00 Standard from 800AM to 500PM Posting number: 13-03-17-01-0080 Job Status: Open [Read More]