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1. Wanted: Good sources of
Spanish-language materials ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: Mignon Morse mmorse@ci.wylie.tx.us
We are getting more and more requests for Spanish materials.
Can you suggest some publishers that write their catalogs in English
who have Spanish materials? That would be very helpful. Thank
you,
Mignon Morse, Library Director
Smith Public Library
800 Thomas Street
Wylie, Texas 75098
972-442-7566; 972-442-4075 (fax)
http://www.ci.wylie.tx.us/library
Recognizing the considerable accumulated experience
& wisdom of the participants on this list, Flaco will mention
just a few things and then step aside, awaiting your suggestions
and tips. Though Mignon Morse asked about publishers, many
of the sources cited below pertain to booksellers. In any
case those, too, should be of interest to a buyer trying to become
familiar with the terrain:
The Barahona Center for the Study of Books in
Spanish for Children & Adolescents site has a page with a great
search tool featuring a scroll-down list of publishers:
http://www.csusm.edu/cgi-bin/portal/www.book.book_home?lang=SP
REFORMA's website includes a list of bookstores
& distributors: LINK
The National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education
offers a linked list of 22 publishers emphasizing YA materials:
http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/links/publishers/spanish.htm
Francisco Garcia's fabulous Latino Website
Pathfinder links you to ten booksellers: http://www.atm-info.com/pathfind.htm
SOL 25 printed a list of online
booksellers handling Spanish-language titles. Many of these
sites do not offer interfaces in English, however: http://skipper.gseis.ucla.edu/students/bjensen/html/sol/issues/july24n25.htm
An online source not mentioned there is BookCloseouts.com,
which sells low-priced remaindered items (this, folks, is where
to find ¿Dónde está Waldo?) on the Spanish titles section of their
site: LINK
Among dealers printing catalogs in English are
Books from Mexico (1-877-606-2005) and Libros Latinos:
http://www.libroslatinos.com
Finally, Publishers Weekly ran a story
last year that's worth reading, especially because it quotes your
fellow SOLista Brigida:
Publishers Weekly: "Books Across the Border:
Selling to the Spanish-Language Market in the U.S." ('Not
only do public and academic libraries buy more Spanish books than
many publishers realize, but librarians across the board are also
discovering that it pays to shop around for books in Spanish. "Typically
only 5% of Spanish-language titles we need can be purchased through
Baker & Taylor and another 5% is available from Ingram,"
says Brigida Campos, ethnic evaluator for the L.A. County Library
System. "Although both have begun to address Spanish-language
materials with catalogues, we purchase the newest titles both in
and out of the U.S." ' ) http://www.publishersweekly.com/articles/19990913_80738.asp
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2. Eleventh Cross-border Library Forum
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FORO XI will be happening March 15-17, 2001 in Flaco's former
stomping grounds of Hermosillo, Sonora. Check out the website-in-progress
at http://victoria.ciad.mx/biblioteca/eventos/foro_xi.htm
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3. These plugs for PLUS:
Will they ever end?
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Not likely. So you might just as well visit Public
Libraries Using Spanish at http://skipper.gseis.ucla.edu/students/bjensen/html/plus/home.htm
, try out the search engine, and--if you'd be so kind--kick back
some suggestions about how to make the site work better for you.
If you're feeling really community-minded, you might even find something
kicking around your library that you'd like to share with others
via the site.
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4. Don't quote me
on it
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After I lit into Bob Costas for telling us that Mexico is in
Central America (SOL
35) my team of proofreaders let a few whoppers slip
through their net in the last issue. Yogi's words, courtesy
of Teresa, thus seem truer than ever.
From: Teresa Pacheco tpacheco@mail.hall.public.lib.ga.us
Bruce - I laughed out loud at your posting. I think it wasYogi Berra
who said, "I really didn't say all those things I said."
Teresa Pacheco
Computer Services Asst.
Hall County Library
127 Main St., NW
Gainesville, GA 30501
tpacheco@mail.hall.public.lib.ga.us
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We
pay tribute to some of our favorite battlers, beginning with a birthday
toast today to Martín Luis Guzmán, the Mexican
novelist and journalist born in 1887 who joined Pancho Villa's troops
and later wrote one of the most important biographies of the General.