May 7, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

For the 4^th year in a row the Northeast Chapter of REFORMA is teaming up with AILA, APALA, BCALA and CALA to present its widely successful mini-conference. Every year since 2005, the event welcomes librarians, support staff, professors, publishers, distributors and students.  They come from the Northeast, the Midwest, the South, everywhere! Everyone wants to make the Mini-Conference weekend, a New York weekend. There is no registration fee. Lunch is free. There is a maximum capacity of 75 people.

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May 5, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Let’s celebrate 5 de Mayo, Latinos, and Camila Alire!

Alire, champion of diversity, award-winning leader, published author, strong supporter of intellectual freedom, and a former REFORMA President will be the first ALA Latin@ President.

Last Friday, May 2, I had visions of proud Reformistas dancing in the streets, some of them shed tears of joy… it was the first time since ALA was founded in 1876 in Philadelphia that the association would have a Latin@ President. History was made by a dynamo librarian and thousands of believers.

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May 1, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

This post is short and sweet. Click on the following list to see pictures of my visit to Colombia. 
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There you will see pictures from 

 -2nd meeting of President of Latin American library associations, 

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April 29, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (4)

Meet Wilton Hurtado Cuero, librarian and superhero bringing a Maleta Viajera (traveling suitcase) to the residents of Municipio Olaya Herrera in Colombia. 

Last Thursday, April 24, the Colombian library association, ASCOLBI, awarded its Librarian of the Year Awards and Wilton was one of the four librarians honored in the country.

Wilton story inspired me more than anything I saw or listened to during my stay in Bogotá. Shortly after receiving his degree as a librarian in 2004, he started to...Read More

April 23, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

I am in Bogota giving workshops to Latin American librarians to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of ASCOLBI, the Colombian library association, and presenting a workshop about IFLA/UNESCO Internet Manifesto Guidelines to the attendees of the annual meeting of Presidents of Latin American library associations.

ASCOLBI has been wonderful. Their schedule of events included conferences and visits to libraries. Today, I am highlighting two public libraries from Bogota that are part of very interesting concepts:

Biblioteca Parque El Tunal: This library is located in El Tunal Park. It is part of ...Read More