Libros for Oregon: Collections Connect Communities
Libros for Oregon Website including How to Apply, chairs and committee members, and the contact page.
Libros for Oregon Facebook Page
Project Goal: Spanish-speaking Oregonians state-wide will have access to high quality, culturally relevant collections at libraries participating in Libros for Oregon.
Project abstract: In order to improve library services to Oregon’s Hispanic communities, especially those in rural areas, Libros for Oregon will:
Libros for Oregon Facebook Page
Project Goal: Spanish-speaking Oregonians state-wide will have access to high quality, culturally relevant collections at libraries participating in Libros for Oregon.
Project abstract: In order to improve library services to Oregon’s Hispanic communities, especially those in rural areas, Libros for Oregon will:
- send representatives to the Feria Internacional del Libro (FIL) in Guadalajara to purchase high quality Spanish-language books for participating libraries, with an emphasis on small, rural Oregon libraries (the FIL is the largest Spanish-language book fair in the world and the best source of culturally-appropriate books written in Spanish, which are difficult and sometimes impossible to procure via usual means in the US);
- help libraries to develop and implement outreach plans for working with their Hispanic communities (OLA’s Outreach and Reforma Round Tables will assist with outreach training, including archive-able webinars, and will help participating libraries develop outreach strategies that can be implemented by Spanish- and non-Spanish-speaking staff);
- and create a “Best of FIL” booklist (annotated to show US availability) for all Oregon libraries to use in collection development.
More Information
| Handout - Libros for Oregon Project |
| LSTA Grant Application - Libros for Oregon Project |
| 2016-17 Final Report - Libros for Oregon |
Articles & Presentations
“Crossing the Border for Hard-to-Find Books,” about LfO founder Deborah Gitlitz’s FIL trips, published in her local library’s newspaper, the Wilsonville Spokesman.
"Libros for Oregon: Collections Connect Communities A New LSTA Grant to Help More Oregon Libraries Take Advantage of the Guadalajara Book Fair," published in the OLA Quarterly, Volume 24, Number 2 (2018).
Presentation slides from an OLA Conference 2018 session The Guadalajara Book Fair and Your Library: The Launch of Libros for Oregon”; the slides are available via NW Central and the OLA conference website.
"Libros for Oregon: Collections Connect Communities A New LSTA Grant to Help More Oregon Libraries Take Advantage of the Guadalajara Book Fair," published in the OLA Quarterly, Volume 24, Number 2 (2018).
Presentation slides from an OLA Conference 2018 session The Guadalajara Book Fair and Your Library: The Launch of Libros for Oregon”; the slides are available via NW Central and the OLA conference website.
