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SALALM: An Introduction
Víctor Federico TorresUniversidad de Puerto Rico
Orchid MazurkiewiczUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials
Seminario sobre la Adquisición de Materiales de Bibliotecas Latinoamericanos
SALALM
History Organization Activities Projects
Origins
1956, Florida Problems associated with the
acquisition of materials form Latin America– Identifying what’s been published– Obtaining materials at each library– Processing and preservation
Organizational Structure
Incorporated in 1968 Executive Board Executive Secretary Secretariat
Membership
Personal members Institutional members
Commitees
Membership Constitution & By-laws Finance Editorial Board Nominations
Substantive Committees
Acquisitions Access & Bibliography Library Operations & Services Interlibrary Cooperation
Committee Projects
New serial titles list Booksellers directory Video database Latin American periodical price index Brazilian serials for exchange José Toribio Medina Award Enlace travel awards
Activities
Annual conference Next conference:
– April 16-19 2005, Gainsville, FL
Publications
Conference papers Bibliography & Reference Series Special publications SALALM newsletter, 1976-
Awards
Enlace– Carlos Delgado, Enlace committee chair
[email protected] Presidential Travel Fellowship
– Pamela Howard-Reguindin, President [email protected]
Affiliated Projects
Latin American Microfilm Project (LAMP) Latin Americanist Research Resources
Project– Latin American Periodicals Table of Contents
(LAPTOC)– Presidential messages
Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)