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REFORMA Announces Winners of Research Competition!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: June 1, 2013
Contact: Denice Adkins, President
Patricia L. Guardiola, graduate student in the School of Library and Information Science, University of Kentucky.
Her research presentation is titled, "Serving an Exploding Population: Analyzing the Information Behavior of and Resources Available to Latino Patrons, Using the Louisville Free Public Library System as a Model."
Kaitlin J. Peterson, new MLIS graduate from the University of Maryland-College Park with a concentration on information sources for diverse populations.
Her research presentation is titled, "Including the Culturally Excluded and Socially Forgotten: Information Services for Spanish Migrant Workers in the United States."
Jimena Sagás, Librarian/Assistant Professor at Morgan Libraries, Colorado State University.
Her research presentation is titled, "Where I come from libraries are different: A comparative study of patron experience with libraries in Mexico and the United States."
The REFORMA President's Program research competition was generously co-sponsored by the Library Research Round Table (LRRT). For more information on LRRT and its mission, please visit
http://www.ala.org/lrrt/.
Established in 1971 as an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA),
REFORMA has actively sought to promote the development of library collections to include Spanish-language and Latino-oriented materials; the recruitment of more bilingual and bicultural
library professionals and support staff; the development of library services and programs that meet the needs of the Latino community; the establishment of a national information and support network among individuals who share our goals; the education of the
U.S. Latino population with regard to the availability and types of library services; and lobbying efforts to preserve existing library resource centers serving the interests of Latinos.
For more information on REFORMA, please visit
www.reforma.org.
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Denice Adkins, Associate Professor
SISLT, University of Missouri
President , REFORMA (National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos & the Spanish-speaking)