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Spanish Language Outreach Update
February 2008

Spanish Speakers Speak Up: Findings From the Latest SLO Focus Groups
WebJunction recently concluded focus groups in a few select libraries that participated in Round 2 of the Spanish Language Outreach program. The participants in the focus groups were Spanish-speaking library patrons. They shared a number of ideas and concerns about using their local library. You can read the report (http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=19202) and see what your library is doing that matches their expectations.

Find a Workshop in Your Area
WebJunction is now offering a way to discover when a workshop is coming to your area. You can see the list of states participating, and find out how to register (http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=18571) for a workshop.

Pima County Public Library Engages Teen Parents with Family Literacy Program
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. You can read a case study (http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=19087) written by the project coordinator that describes the program.

February Webinar: Library Workshops for Spanish Speakers
Come learn about Oklahoma's successful Siga Adelante program (http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=18853), developed by six Oklahoma public libraries in partership with their state library to provide free workshops on family literacy, health, and citizenship to their local Spanish speaking communities. Pat Williams, the project coordinator, will present.

For more information on the webinar series, visit Spanish Outreach - In Depth (http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=15431) where you'll find a schedule of future sessions, instructions for joining (http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=14184) the online webinars, archives (http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=15431) of the sessions, and related resources (http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=15431).
 

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