Hispanics or Latinos

By Donna L. Gilton

It is the purpose of this page to list not only instructional websites, but also some research libraries, and library science and education resources about and by Hispanics or Latinos. Selection tools, which can be used to buy and critique materials, as well as to teach others to do so will also be listed. Some of the sources listed here discuss the learning styles of Hispanics or Latinos. More on this can be found on the the general page about international, multicultural, and ethnic users. There is also more information on psychological and learning theories, in general.

Websites on Instructing Hispanic or Latino Students

• Griggs, Shirley and Rita Dunn. Hispanic-American Students and Learning Style.
• San Antonio Public Library. Celebrate Hispanic Heritage.

Resources on Library and Information Services

• Alire, Camila and Orlando Archibeque. Serving Latino Communities: A How-to-do-it Manual For Librarians. NY: Neale-Schuman, 1998.
• Allen, Adela Artola. Library Services For Hispanic Children: A Guide For Public and School Librarians. Phoeniz, AZ: Oryx, 1987.
• Guerena, Salvador. Latino Librarianship: A Handbook For Professionals. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1990.
• _____. Library Services to Latinos: An Anthology. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2000.
• Haro, Robert P. Developing Library and Information Service to Americans of Hispanic Origin. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1981.
• Immroth, Barbara and Kathleen de la Pena McCook. Library Services to Youth of Hispanic Heritage. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2000.
• Library Services for Latino Community Members.
• Moller, Sharon Chickering. Library Service to Spanish Speaking Patrons. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000
• REFORMA: National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos
• REFORMA. El poder de la palabra (The Power of Language). Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2001 – Essays from the proceedings of REFORMA’s 2000 conference on Latino leadership, literary services, and library programming.
• Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM).
• Seeds of Change/Semillas de Cambio: Information Competence For the Discipline of Chicano and Latino Studies.
• Spanish in Our Libraries (SOL): Public Libraries Using Spanish (PLUS).
• Tomas Rivera Policy Institute. Latinos and Public Library Perceptions.

Websites of Research Collections

• City U. of New York. Hunter College. Center for Puerto Rican Studies/Centro de estudios puertorriquenos.
• New York Public Library. The Branch Libraries. Bronx's Libraries. Hunt's Point Library.
• University of California, Berkeley. Ethnic Studies Library. Chicano Studies Collections.
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). CSRC (Chicano Studies Research Center) Library and Archive and Special Collections.

Selection Tools

• Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children. – An excellent website reflecting an important collection of Latino, Latin American and Spanish language materials for children and young people. The director, Isabel Schon, has also published several series of bibliographies on this subject over the last several decades that are available at the URI library.
• Criticas. c/o School Library Journal. 245 W. 17th. St. NY, NY 10011
• Isabel Schon International Center for Spanish Books For Youth/Centro Internacional de Libros en Espanol para Ninos y Jovenes.
• The Latino Review of Books. Center for Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies. Social Sciences. 247 U. of Albany. SUNY. Albany, NY 12222
• Libros Latinos: Books of Latin America and the Caribbean.
• REFORMA Newsletter. 218 Doe Library GSSI. U. of California. Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Attn: Susana Hinojosa
  

Other Resources in Education

• Darder, Antonia, Rodolfo D. Torres, and Henry Gutierrez. Latinos and Education: A Critical Reader. Routledge, 1997
• Garcia, Eugene E. Hispanic Education in the United States. Rowman and Littlefield, 2001
• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
• The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education.
• Teaching the Spanish-Speaking Child: A Practical Guide. Center For Applied Linguistics, 1989.
• Trueba, Enrique T. Latinos Unidos. Rowman and Littlefield, 1998.
  

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