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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 23:18:38 -0700
From: Walter Teixeira Morales <walter@rip.psg.com>
To: latco@psg.com
Subject: LATIN AMERICAN LIBRARY
>
> DATE=6/24/96
> TYPE=CURRENT AFFAIRS FEATURE
> NUMBER=3-25345
> TITLE=LATIN AMERICAN LIBRARY
> BYLINE=GREG FLAKUS
> TELEPHONE=310-235-7227
> DATELINE=AUSTIN, TEXAS
> EDITOR=SWANEY
>
> CONTENT=(INSERTS AVAILABLE IN AUDIO SERVICES)
>
> INTRO: THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, HAS MANY TIES
> TO MEXICO AND OTHER PARTS OF LATIN AMERICA, PARTLY BECAUSE OF
> STATE GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES AND PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE UNIVERSITY
> OF TEXAS INSTITUTE OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES. AS VOA'S GREG
> FLAKUS REPORTS FROM AUSTIN, THE CAMPUS ALSO HAS A SPECIAL LIBRARY
> USED BY SCHOLARS FROM LATIN AMERICA TO STUDY THE HISTORY OF THEIR
> OWN NATIONS.
>
> TEXT: SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
> AGREEMENT, TEXAS HAS ENHANCED ITS ROLE AS A TRADE LINK BETWEEN
> OTHER STATES AND MEXICO. INTERSTATE 35, WHICH STARTS AT THE
> BORDER IN LAREDO AND LEADS NORTH TO THE UPPER MIDWEST, RUNS RIGHT
> PASS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. HISTORY PROFESSOR JONATHAN BROWN,
> WHO WORKS WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S INSTITUTE OF LATIN AMERICAN
> STUDIES SAYS THE CAMPUS, LIKE THE HIGHWAY, ENHANCES THE STATE'S
> IMPORTANCE AS A LINK TO LATIN AMERICA.
>
> TAPE: CUT ONE BROWN (:45)
>
> "TEXAS IS LOCATED VERY WELL TO ACT AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE UNITED
> STATES AND MEXICO. SO, WE SERVE AS THIS COMMERCIAL ROUTE. BUT
> ACADEMICALLY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HAS ALWAYS SERVED AS AN
> INTELLECTUAL BRIDGE BETWEEN LATIN AMERICAN CULTURES AND THE
> UNITED STATES. THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE PUT A LOT OF MONEY AND
> EFFORT INTO CREATING THIS FACULTY WITH A BROAD SPECIALTY IN LATIN
> AMERICA AS WELL AS CREATING THE BIGGEST REPOSITORY OF LATIN
> AMERICAN MATERIALS IN A LIBRARY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND
> THAT IS THE BENSON LATIN AMERICAN COLLECTION."
>
> TEXT: THE BENSON COLLECTION CONTAINS A WEALTH OF SECONDARY
> RESEARCH MATERIALS, SOME OF WHICH ARE NO LONGER TO BE FOUND IN
> LATIN AMERICA. JONATHAN BROWN SAYS ARCHIVES IN LATIN AMERICA
> HAVE ALL THE IMPORTANT PRIMARY DOCUMENTS RELATED TO MAJOR EVENTS,
> BUT THAT THE BENSON LIBRARY HAS A WIDE VARIETY OF BOOKS AND OTHER
> RESOURCES THAT CANNOT BE FOUND IN ANY OTHER INSTITUTION.
>
> TAPE: (OPT) CUT TWO BROWN (:17)
>
> "LATIN AMERICANS REGULARLY COME HERE IN ORDER TO STUDY THE
> HISTORY OF THEIR OWN COUNTRY BECAUSE OUR COLLECTION IS SO RICH--
> OVER HALF A MILLION VOLUMES. (THERE ARE) MANY MANUSCRIPT
> RESOURCES ON LATIN AMERICA, MICROFILMS, PAMPHLETS, PERIODICALS,
> NEWSPAPERS."
>
> TEXT: (OPT) PROFESSOR BROWN SAYS THERE ARE ALSO MATERIALS THAT
> MAY BE IN LATIN AMERICAN ARCHIVES BUT WHICH ARE NOT EASY FOR
> SCHOLARS TO LOCATE AND USE.
>
> TAPE: (OPT) CUT THREE BROWN (:16)
>
> "THEY CAN GET SO MUCH DONE, EFFICIENTLY, IN ONE SINGLE REPOSITORY
> WHEREAS IN MEXICO CITY, OR BUENOS AIRES OR SANTIAGO IT WOULD BE
> VERY DIFFICULT TO GO AROUND FROM ONE REPOSITORY TO ANOTHER
> TRACKING DOWN THESE ELUSIVE BOOKS."
>
> TEXT: (OPT) JONATHAN BROWN SAYS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS BENSON
> COLLECTION IS ALSO A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THE 75 UNIVERSITY OF
> TEXAS LATIN AMERICA STUDIES PROFESSORS WHO ASSIST THEIR STUDENTS
> IN DEVELOPING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PEOPLES WHO RESIDE
> BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE BORDER.
>
> TAPE: (OPT) CUT FOUR BROWN
>
> "THESE 75 PROFESSORS CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEACHING PROGRAM THAT
> PREPARES THESE PEOPLE, ONCE GRADUATED, TO GO OUT AND TO INTERPRET
> LATIN AMERICA FOR THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC AND PERHAPS INTERPRET
> THE UNITED STATES FOR THE LATIN AMERICAN PUBLIC."
>
> TEXT: (OPT) UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HISTORY PROFESSOR JONATHAN
> BROWN. (SIGNED).
>
> 24-Jun-96 3:12 PM EDT (1912 UTC)
> NNNN
>
> Source: Voice of America
> .