SALALM Conference (fwd)
Molly Molloy (mmolloy@lib.nmsu.edu)
Fri, 26 Jan 1996 09:51:57 -0700 (MST)
> XLI SALALM CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK CITY
> JUNE 1 - JUNE 5, 1996
>
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>The forty-first Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American
>Library Materials (SALALM) will be held in New York City from
>June 1 to June 5, 1996. New York University's Division of
>Libraries and the New York Public Library, in cooperation with
>the NYU/Columbia Consortium for Latin American Studies, will host
>the conference.
>
>SALALM in the Age of Multimedia: Technological Challenge and
>Social Change will be the conference theme. Multimedia is used to
>describe and incorporate the widest possible spectrum of media
>employed to transmit information, from physical materials such as
>print, microforms, CD-ROMs, audio and video tape and film, to
>electronic media transmitted through computer networks. Speakers
>include librarians, scholars, producers, and managers of computer
>networks.
>
>The majority of meetings and the book exhibits will take place on
>the campus of New York University located in the heart of
>Greenwich Village in downtown Manhattan. One afternoon and
>evening will be devoted to a panel discussion on the performing
>arts and a reception at the New York Public Library's landmark
>42nd Street Building.
>
>Invitations and registration materials for SALALM XLI will be
>mailed in January 1995. Information on the content of the program
>can be obtained from Peter A. Stern; President, SALALM; Alexander
>Library; Rutgers University; 169 College Avenue; New Brunswick,
>NJ, 08903 (Phone: 908-932-8270; Fax: 908-932-1101; E-Mail:
>pstern@zodiac.rutgers.edu)
>
>
>
>Details concerning local arrangements are available from Angela
>Carre=90o; Chair, Local Arrangements for SALALM XLI; Elmer H. Bobst
>Library; New York University; 70 Washington Square South; New
>York, NY 10012 (Phone: 212-998-2606; Fax: 212-995-4070; E-Mail:
>carreno@is.nyu.edu)
> SALALM
> Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library
>Materials
>
>Organized in 1956 under aegis of the Organization of American
>States' Program of Library and Bibliographic Development, and
>incorporated as an independent association in 1968, SALALM
>focuses on the challenge of collecting library materials from
>Latin America and the Caribbean. Since its founding, the
>membership of SALALM has been active in:
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> -developing rich and varied library collections on Latin America=20
and the Caribbean;
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> -designing collections which support advanced scholarship
and educational research at every level;
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> -disseminating bibliographical information on all types of =
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Latin American publications;
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> -promoting cooperative efforts between libraries to
strengthen and complement library collections and
services;
>
> -forging productive working relationships with Latin
American bookdealers and publishers; and
>
> -promoting a dialogue and exchange of ideas with the library
> profession in the region.
>
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>For general information about SALALM, contact Laura Gutierrez-Witt;=20
Executive Secretary; SALALM Secretariat, Benson Latin
>American Collection; University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX
>78713-7330 (Phone: 512-495-4471; Fax: 512-495-4488; E-Mail:
>LAURAGW@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU)
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