Caribbean Studies :
Bibliographic Access and Resources for the
Past, Present and Future
The forty-third Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials
(SALALM) will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on May 23-27, 1998, hosted
by the
Library System and the Center for Social Research of the University of
Puerto Rico, Río
Piedras Campus.
Caribbean Studies : Bibliographic Access and Resources for the Past,
Present and Future-Estudios Caribeños: acceso y recursos bibliográficos para
el pasado, presente y futuro will be the conference theme. Panels will focus
on traditional or less known library collections, research methodologies and
access via new technologies and formats for a variety of disciplines and
regions. The Caribbean is defined to include both island nations and those
countries of Central and South America with Caribbean coastlines. An
exhibitors' area will showcase publications and database products made
available by book dealers and publishers that specialize in Latin American
and Caribbean materials. Additionally, tours of local libraries
and archives will be available.
Invitations and registration materials for SALALM XLIII will be mailed in
January 1998. For information on the program's content, contact Ms.Gayle
Williams, SALALM President, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA
30602 (phone: 706-542-0679; fax: 706-542-4144; e-mail:
gwilliam@uga.cc.uga.edu). Details concerning local arrangements are
available from Victor F. Torres, Chair, Local Arrangements Committee, PO Box
21927, San Juan, PR 00931 (phone: 787-764-0000, ext.3319; fax: 787-763-5685;
email: vtorres@upracd.upr.clu.edu).
Organized in 1956 under the aegis of the Organization of American States
Program of Library and Bibliographic Development, and incorporated as an
independent association in 1968, SALALM continues to address the needs of
librarians, booksellers, educators, and others concerned with building
library collections of Latin America and the Caribbean and making them
available for scholarly use. Recent conferences, held in Rockville, MD
(1997), New York (1996) and Athens, GA (1995) have attracted an increasing
number of participants from around the world.
Cesar Rodriguez
Curator, Latin American Collection
Yale university Library
Box 208240 / 130 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
TEL: 203-432-1835
FAX: 203-432-7231