Mission Critical: Services to Spanish Speakers
Originally presented May 26, 2010.
Join us for this webinar, the third in a series presented in collaboration with REFORMA. 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. Come 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 include 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.
Archive viewing options:
- View full Archive (combined archive of audio, slides, Q&A and chat)
- View the slides (pdf)
- View Chat log (xls)
- Captioner's Transcript (txt)
Resources and Links:
- Services to Spanish Speakers including:
- Marketing including examples from PiƱata de Recursos 2005 and 2007
- Programming
- Outreach
- Spanish Language Collection Development
- Spanish Language Outreach Course (recently revamped and relaunched) and Course Group
- Public Relations
- Demonstrating Impact
- From Denver Public Library Community Learning Plazas
- Community Learning Plaza Video
- Community Learning Plaza Flyer
- Activities & Classes Flyer - English and Spanish
- Public Libraries Nov/Dec 2009 article, Welcoming Newcomers with Practical Library Programs about DPL's Tu Biblioteca Hoy/Your Library Today (TBH) program
- El Paso Public Library
- on Facebook
- on Flickr (survey used for Snapshot Day available in English and Spanish on the Texas Library Association Snapshot Day site: http://www.texaslibrarysnapshotday.org/)
- on Twitter
- Queens Library
- The Latino Book & Family Festival
- CONEVyT Plaza Comunitarias
- Discussion on Fotonovelas (please add your ideas!)
