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Alan Moss | In Memoriam
It is with regret that we announce the death of Alan Moss, a former staff member of the Main Library of the Cave Hill Campus of The University of the West Indies, who was also very active in [Read More]
Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art
Recently, a large digital collection of Latin American and Latino artwork and related primary sources became freely accessible online. Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art consists [Read More]
Winter 2011/2012 Newsmakers
Meagan Lacy (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis University) has published “The Virtues of a Committed Dilettante: Embracing Nonexpert Expertise” in College and Research [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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Why travel?
On the same trip that took him to Machu Picchu, Hiram Bingham purchased an enormous cache of manuscripts, printed books and periodicals that are [Read More]
The Rare, Unique and Exotic @ San Francisco’s Antiquarian Book Fair.
In past years, when the Antiquarian Book Fair comes to San Francisco, the rainy weather has been a welcome incentive to spend a weekend indoors [Read More]
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]
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Plus ça change?
Google +: Facebook slayer or privacy exploiter? Yet another log in, or the dawn of a new age? Asset? Liability? Plus? Minus?! Launched to great fanfare in September 2011, commentators pounced gleefully on Google +, Google’s latest attempt to join the social media bandwagon. For the uninitiated, [Read More]
Job Announcements
Research and Instruction Librarian, Tulane University
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library invites applications for the position of Research and Instruction Librarian at The Latin American Library (LAL). The library seeks to build its professional staff by [Read More]
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Librarian at UIUC
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Librarian Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Library Administration University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Position Available: Position available [Read More]
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]
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