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Alachua County Library, Partnering with the Latina Womens League to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
Travis Fristoe Of the Alachua County Library shares with us his experiences with a Latino Film Festival during Hispanic Heritage Month.
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Blogging for la Biblioteca: Case Study of the Blog de la Biblioteca Ferguson
Launched in the Fall of 2006, Blog de la Biblioteca Ferguson is a Spanish-language library blog created for the Spanish-speaking community of Stamford, CT.
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Cornelius Public Library: Seeing the Forest...Tree by Tree (September 2003)
By responsively building programs and relationships, an Oregon library uses grass roots strategies to reach out to its Latino community. WebJunction member Mary Williams (member name: maryw) reports.
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Des Plaines Public Library: Case Study of a Library Providing Computer Classes for Spanish Speakers
Find out about the successful program to teach Spanish speakers computer skills at the Des Plaines Public Library in Des Plaines, Illinois.
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ESL Tutoring with Bookends Literacy: 2007 Diversity Fair Scholarship Winner Case Study
Read Sara Peté from the Olympia Timberland Library describe her ESL tutoring program for Spanish speakers.
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Jennings Public Library, biblioteca pequeña, corazón grande
Sandra Allen of the Jennings Public Library shares her inspiring outreach activities.
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Latino Youth Summit 2006 Schedule of Events
The Latino Youth Summit is a yearly event held in Washington state for the past 5 years. Hundreds of Latino teenagers attend this day long event which takes place at a different college each year. Workshops in Spanish and English are held on topics ranging from financial aid, introduction to community college, and other college planning and educational topics.
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Los libros para todo! - at Paxton Carnegie Library
Anne Newman, of Paxton Carnegie Library, shares her experiences with a small community library, incorporating cultural acceptance into their everyday routine.
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New Carlisle, OH: Cultivating Relationships
Children's Librarian Maggie Bollar tells the story of an Ohio library's successful efforts to reach out to its Spanish-speaking patrons.
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Notes from Jose Aponte, CA June Progress and Support Session
Jose Aponte, San Diego County Library Director guest speaker at California's June Spanish Language Outreach progress and support session provided a wealth of ideas and strategies for serving Spanish speakers.
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Orange County (FL) Library System: The Real Magic Kingdom
A coordinated pan-library-system effort is bringing library services--and awareness--to Orlando's Spanish-speaking community.
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Pima County Public Library engages youth with Hands On curriculum
The Project LIFT (Literacy Involves Families Together) youth outreach program empowers youth to utilize diverse cultural strengths that apply to literacy skill building helping to unifying family generations as they promote reading with their children and learn about what their community libraries offer.
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Reaching out to learn about the Spanish-speaking population at Columbus Met
Katie Cunningham from the Columbus Metropolitan Library describes her efforts to learn more about the needs of the Spanish-speaking population in Columbus, Ohio.
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Round Lake Area Library- Ahead of the Outreach Curve
Elena Lara shares her insights about how the Round Lake Area Library is successfully engaging the Hispanic community. Take a look!
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Seattle Public Library's new South Park branch embraces its community
A multicultural neighborhood with a rich history but more recently faced with crime and poverty provided interesting challenges and opportunities for community involvement in the planning process for South Park Library.
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Using the Web to Solicit Books for Rural Schools in Latin America
Case study demonstrating the use of web 2.0 tools to raise money and books for libraries in Honduras.
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Utah State Library leverages a local bookmobile library to reach Spanish speakers
Strategic partnerships combined with innovative approaches to library traditions can create effective services for Spanish speakers.
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