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The Guadalajara’s FIL is a vibrant event bringing massive amounts of people from all around the world, which makes it exciting and stimulating. Arriving in Guadalajara on November 30th, we took advantage of the professional days of early December, which gave us a fair amount of hours a day to move around the fair more easily and make the purchases. This was key, considering that Libros for Oregon had a record of eleven participating libraries this year! In order to more efficiently purchase for them all, we subdivided the Libros group into two. Mine was led by Jessica Marie, Youth Services Senior Librarian at Salem Public Library, who had attended the fair the year before, and Jennifer Fischer, Children's Services Librarian Specialist at Crook County Library, who, like me, was also attending the fair for the first time.
Attending FIL 2019 with Libros for Oregon was an enriching experience both as a library student and a person, and one that I’d most definitely love to repeat in the future!