WebJunction

This area of WebJunction offers resources for libraries serving Spanish-speaking patrons including outreach, marketing, programming, and computer related resources. The resources have grown as a result of the many experiences, successes, best practices, and strategies shared by libraries and staff from around the country who participated in WebJunction's Spanish Language Outreach Program. Your experiences, templates, and questions are all welcome here if you work to support services for Spanish speakers.

Spanish Language Outreach Course

Revamped and Relaunched! WebJunction's Spanish Language Outreach Course has returned to the WebJunction catalog after an extensive makeover. This self-paced course contains a wealth of information, techniques and tools you can use to jump start your library's outreach efforts to your local Spanish-speaking community. And now you can enhance your online learning experience by joining others who are taking the course in the new Spanish Language Outreach Course Group on WebJunction. The group is for all members to connect to other learners, to share progress on your action plans and to exchange additional resources, questions and tips for outreach to Spanish-speakers.

Featured Webinar Archive

Mission Critical: Services to Spanish Speakers

The archive for this outsanding webinar, the third in a series presented in collaboration with REFORMA is now available. Now more than ever, programs for Spanish speakers at libraries around the country are seeing record attendance and positive feedback from participants. Find out how your outreach efforts and your community can help position the *library as critical* in the eyes of stakeholders and decision makers. Hear practical, successful examples of library services targeted to new immigrants, including English Language Learning (ELL), computer instruction, children's concurrent programming, job search workshops and resources, GED workshops, family literacy programming, and how to successfully communicate with library decision makers, staff, community leaders and officials. Presenters for this webinar included Emily A. Klopstein, Senior Librarian, Hampden Branch of the Denver Public Library; Loida Garcia-Febo, REFORMA President 2009-2010, and assistant coordinator for the New Americans Program and special services at the Queens Library; and Carol Brey-Casiano, Director of Libraries, El Paso Public Library, Past-President of ALA, and Chair of ALA/ Committee on Library Advocacy.