Articles and information about managing libraries, collection development, budgeting, customers, fundraising, outreach, and more from Críticas en-us http://www.criticasmagazine.com/community/Serving+Spanish+Speakers/48434.html?nid=4123 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6605985.html?nid=4123 Rose Treviño is the Youth Services Coordinator for the Houston Public Library, one of the largest library systems in the country that serves one of the biggest Spanish-speaking populations in the country. She is an active member of the American Library Association (ALA), the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), the Texas Library Association (TLA), the Public Library Association (PLA), and REFORMA. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6596305.html?nid=4123 More Latinos than previously assumed use public libraries in the United States, according to a new study, Latinos and Public Library Perceptions, sponsored by WebJunction in partnership with 40 state libraries and conducted by the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI). It also recommends how to draw more Latinos to libraries. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6592503.html?nid=4123 In its September 1 issue, Library Journal takes a closer look at how public libraries are selecting materials to better serve non-English-speaking patrons in LJ book review editor Barbara Hoffert’s “Immigrant Nation.” Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6592613.html?nid=4123 The REFORMA’s (The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking) third National Conference will be held September 18–21, in El Paso, Texas. With this year’s theme, Bridging the Gaps: Juntos @ the Border. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6560349.html?nid=4123 Whereas many children in Latin America have a number of magazines catering to them, Spanish-speaking children here have only one: Iguana. Fortunately, it’s a remarkable one. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6542443.html?nid=4123 With more U.S. publishers taking advantage of the boom in Latino publishing, Spanish and Latin American publishers are finding it harder to compete. Close on the heels of Penguin’s announcement that it is launching Celebra, a line of Latino-interest books in English and Spanish, Planeta, the world’s largest publisher of trade books in Spanish, said that it would close its 15-year-old sales and distribution office in Miami at the end of March. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6529414.html?nid=4123 The Public Library Association (PLA) 12th Annual National Conference 2008 has many exciting events for those seeking new ideas for serving Spanish speakers. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6487725.html?nid=4123 Last summer, controversy ensued in Lawrence, GA, when the Gwinnett County Public Library board decided to cut $3000 from the annual budget designated for Spanish-language adult fiction. According to one board member, the decision was based on the premise that the library didn’t need to cater to illegal aliens. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6430584.html?nid=4123 Established in 1996, El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day) is the creation of award-winning author and poet Pat Mora. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6416898.html?nid=4123 In many parts of the United States there are few Latino librarians to fill job openings. According to Hispanic Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook (Information Publications, 2005), only 212 of a total of 5113 library science master’s degrees were given to Latinos in 2001 and 2002. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6373277.html?nid=4123 When I think about that strange and wonderful and not so newborn child of the publishing world known as the bilingual book, other inextricably related issues seem to spin ceaselessly about in my thoughts. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6354089.html?nid=4123 “The familiar parking lot ceased to be a place in Blue Island,” says Deb Beasley, children’s services librarian at Blue Island PL, IL, in reference to the library’s Mexican Independence Day celebration last year, which drew a crowd of more than 300. “The sounds, the food, the people…. I felt as though I’d been transported to a town in Mexico.” Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6344733.html?nid=4123 It’s a hot afternoon in May. On the same street as a taco stand, a church, a few local shops, and behind a lush palm tree, stands the public library branch of Tacubaya, one of Mexico City’s oldest middle-class neighborhoods. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6324634.html?nid=4123 On April 30th, hundreds of public and school libraries in more than 40 states will join the nationwide celebration of books and literacy, Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros (Day of the Children/Day of the Books). Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6275141.html?nid=4123 To better serve the Spanish-language children’s market, U.S. publishers need to go beyond translations. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA609986.html?nid=4123 When Robin Imperial took charge of Spanish services at the Wake County P.L. in Raleigh, NC, back in 2000, she knew she had a lot to learn. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA323763.html?nid=4123 Bilingual Latino Librarians Are Few and Far Between, a Reality That Turns Away Patrons and Bodes Ill for the Spanish-language book market. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA262873.html?nid=4123 Who's Buying Books in Spanish & Where Do They Find Them? Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA216694.html?nid=4123 In tune with the growing need for Spanish-language materials across the country, Críticas profiles here five librarians who epitomize the energy and creativity necessary to respond to their multilingual patrons. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA186581.html?nid=4123 Those who have grappled with collecting Spanish-language materials know how complicated it can be to find what their partons need. And now that patron pool is rapidly growing. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:51:00 PST