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1. Help for Webmasters Using
Spanish
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From: Hal Bright, hbright@mail.nhfpl.org
I am trying to set up a moderated
list for webmasters of Spanish-language pages in libraries.
I want to include a whole range of ideas from good Spanish-language
reference sites to translation and technical problems one might
face unique to operating a Spanish page in a non-Spanish operating
system.
Thanks,
Hal Bright
New Haven Public Library
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2. Meet Margot Kavanagh, Palo
Alto CA
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From: Margot Kavanagh <kavanagh@pls.lib.ca.us>
Hola!
Yes, I would like to participate
in the SOL discussion group. I am the Community Services Librarian
at the East Palo Alto Library for the San Mateo County Library.
We have over 4000 books in Spanish,
and need about twice that to serve our growing Spanish-speaking
community. The issues I am interested in are:
1) Locating and purchasing books
in Spanish!
2) Locating, and developing productive
relationships with, Latino groups in my community
3) Developing Spanish-language handouts
that promote our services
4) Doing a needs assessment in Spanish
Thank you for coordinating this
discussion.
Margot Kavanagh
650-321-7712
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3. Magazines for the Young &
Not-So Young
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The continuing search for pre-teen
Spanish-language magazines was discussed most recently in SOL 18
and SOL 20. I was in Tijuana yesterday with librarian Joaquín
López and we found one called Niño which is published
by, you guessed it, Televisa. As a pre-teen version of Eres,
it is aimed at girls and boys. Nothing here about dating or
dieting; this slick, commercial revista features fun content
appealing to the eight-to-twelve age group.
Sophisticated and cynical youth
and adults will appreciate the satiric humor magazine El Chamuco,
a biweekly founded by the prolific Mexican cartoonist Rius.
This might be compared to MAD Magazine, with a more
political bite. It's published by Grijalbo, and distribution
is in the hands of Casa Autrey, Avenida Taxquena 1798, Colonia Paseos
de Taxquena,04250, Mexico DF. Phone: 6240100 within Mexico;
use the country code of 52 to call from outside.
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4. A Tip o' the SOL Sombrero
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...to Rory Litwin and Library
Juice, in appreciation of that always-informative e-publication
and a recent plug therein. If you haven't seen the other
LJ, do yourself a big favor and check the site at http://www.libr.org/Juice/
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SOL: Spanish in Our Libraries
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