Pathways to Progress: Issues and Advances in Latino Librarianship

John L. Ayala (Curatore)

Salvador Güereña (Curatore)

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2011

Supplying contributions from Latino librarian practitioners across the nation, this anthology provides broad coverage of the subject of Latino/Spanish speaking library service in the United States. Emphasizing public, school, and academic libraries, Pathways to Progress: Issues and Advances in Latino Librarianship taps the leading minds of the Latino library world to provide expert discourse on a wide spectrum of library services to Latino patrons in the United States. This collection of articles provides an accurate, insightful discussion of the issues and advances in Latino library service. Coverage of library service to the Latino community includes subjects such as special collections, recruitment and mentoring, leadership, collection development, reference services to gays and lesbians, children services, and special library populations. Contributors include library practitioners who are of Mexican, Chilean, Peruvian, Nicaraguan, Puerto Rican, and Cuban descent. Best practices are presented and explained in-depth with practical examples and documented citations.

• Curatore: John L. Ayala, Salvador Güereña
• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Collana: Latinos and Libraries Series
• Anno: 2011
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 256 p.
• Dimensioni: 254 x 178 mm
• Peso: 907 gr.
• EAN: 9781591586449

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