[OPLINLIST] Enhance Your Library's Services for Spanish-Speakers

[Marsha McDevitt-Stredney]

Sent on behalf of Kathleen M. Hughes

Editor, Public Libraries

Manager, Publications

Public Library Association 

div. of  American Library Association

khughes at ala.org

Please excuse multiple postings...

At p.m. CDT on Oct. 26, 2011, the Public Library Association (PLA) will
host a live, hour-long webinar, "Building Community: Online Tools for
Spanish Speakers"
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/onlinelearning/webinars/spanishsp
eakers.cfm>  as part of PLA's "Public Libraries at Work" monthly webinar
series. During this webinar, participants will learn how to create a
library community that welcomes and assists Spanish speakers by blending
emerging technologies and social media with in-person services such as
programming and reference. Instructor Loida Garcia-Febo, coordinator,
New Americans Program, Queens (N.Y.) Library, will provide successful
service examples from libraries in the U.S., Mexico, Colombia and other
countries.  She'll also explore the usage of Twitter, Facebook, blogs
and wikis, and will include practical ideas that each library can
implement to connect with Spanish-speaking library users.

The cost to attend "Building Community: Online Tools for Spanish
Speakers"
<http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/onlinelearning/webinars/spanishsp
eakers.cfm>  is $28 (PLA Members), $31.50 (ALA Members) and $35
(Nonmembers). Groups of any size can register for $129. The deadline to
register
<http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=olweb&Template=/Conference/Conf
erenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=X>  is 4:30 p.m. CDT on Oct. 24, 2011.
For more information contact the PLA office at (800) 545-2433, ext.
5PLA, or email pla at ala.org.

 

 

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