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Los libros para todo! - at Paxton Carnegie Library
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
Anne Newman, of Paxton Carnegie Library, shares her experiences with a small community library, incorporating cultural acceptance into their everyday routine.
Mission Branch Builds Community Through Storytime
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
Children's Manager Rachel MacNeilly of the San Francisco Public Library's Mission Branch has developed innovative children's programming to develop loyal library users.
Missoula Bilingual Card Application - Spanish
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
An example of a bilingual card application in English and Spanish from the Missoula Public Library.
Missoula Library Brochure - Spanish
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
An example of a brochure explaining library resources and services in Spanish from the Missoula Public Library, MT.
Oklahoma Spanish Language Outreach Program: Siga Adelante (Moving Forward)
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
An overview of the Siga Adelante (Moving Forward) Project and templates for workshops in Spanish and English on the topics of citizenship, health, family literacy, employment, finances, and community/culture.
Pima County Public Library engages youth with Hands On curriculum
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
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.
Project L.I.F.T. (Literacy Involves Families Together)
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
Links to fact sheets and program templates from Project L.I.F.T., a Pima Public Library (Tucson, AZ) family literacy outreach program for teen parents in Tucson and Pima County which aims bring reading and reading-related activities into the daily lives of teen parents, their babies and extended families.
Reaching out to learn about the Spanish-speaking population at Columbus Met
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
Katie Cunningham from the Columbus Metropolitan Library describes her efforts to learn more about the needs of the Spanish-speaking population in Columbus, Ohio.
Research into practice: Latino Perception of Public Libraries
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
ALA 2009 presentation and associated resources on research exploring Latino perceptions of public libraries and their public-library use and on best practices for utilizing research to inform strategic planning, advocacy, and outreach.
Responding to Latino Perceptions of Libraries
Last Modified: 21 March 2012
From PLA 2010, a collection of brainstormed responses to the recommendations coming out of the Latinos & Public Library Perceptions Report.