Spanish Language Collection Development

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SPANISH LANGUAGE

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

Diana Miranda-Murillo

Austin Public Library


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THINGS TO CONSIDER: Every Spanish speaking community is very unique,

their needs and preferences vary from library tolibrary.

There is not a perfect provider where you can find allthe different formats and types of materials for yourcommunity.

Remember, people in your community are going to

question your decision to buy Spanish materials.

The more you buy the more the collection willcirculate and the more patrons you will attract.


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HOW DO I KNOW WHAT TO BUY?

Talk to community members

Keep circulation statistics of Spanish materialselectronically, using the catalog, or when reshelving

Have a suggestion box near the Spanish collection

Look for information and reviews on sites like

America Reads Spanish and Crticas.

Search on line los ms ledos or los ms vendidos


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WHAT REFERENCE BOOKS TO BUY?

Reference materials:

Diccionarios enciclopdicos: Ocano, PequeoLarousse Ilustrado.

Enciclopedia Hispnica

Dictionaries: everything by Real Academia Espaola,VOX, Everest, Ocano

Atlas: geography, anatomy, astronomy, and othertopics.


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WHAT FICTION BOOKS TO BUY? Classic Literature

Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes

El Cantar de Mio Cid

La Celestina

Lazarillo de Tormes

Works of Pedro Caldern de la Barca

Works of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

Books by Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz


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WHAT FICTION BOOKS TO BUY? Fiction classics

Gabriel GarcaMrquez

Isabel Allende Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Luis Borges Octavio Paz Pablo Neruda

Julio Cortzar Carlos Fuentes Benito Prez Galds Federico Garca Lorca

Mario Benedetti Ernesto Sbato Reinaldo Arenas Martn Fierro by

Jos Hernndez Mara by Jorge

Isaacs Gabriela Mistral

Horacio Quiroga Csar Vallejo Rubn Daro Jos Mart


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WHAT FICTION BOOKS TO BUY? Other relevant fiction

authors

Alberto Ruy Snchez Carlos Ruz Zafn Francisco Martn Javier Moro Gioconda Belli Ildefonso Falcones William Ospina Roberto Bolao Andrs Neuman J.J. Bentez

Marcela Serrano Paco Ignacio Taibo II Julia Navarro ngeles Mastreta Gustavo Bolvar Claudia Pieiro Zoe Valds

Laura Restrepo Sergio Ramrez Jaime Bayly


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WHAT FICTION BOOKS TO BUY?

Translated fiction

John Grisham Stephenie Meyer Paolo Giordano Nora Roberts Agatha Christie Danielle Steel

Stieg Larsson Dan Brown

Jos Saramago Mario Puzo Humberto Eco Paulo Coelho Gao Xin Jian Michael Crichton

Anne Tayler


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WHAT FICTION BOOKS TO BUY?

Parallel text materials

Short stories, classics, and poetry

Publishers: Dover Publications, and Penguin (Amazon)


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WHAT NON-FICTION TOPICS TO BUY?

Self-help

parenting sexualitybusinesshealthphilosophy sociology religionpsychology

how to books:carpentry, electricity,car repair, plumbing,etc.

baby names, heraldryastrology cooking floral arrangements

and crafts


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RELEVANT NON-FICTION AUTHORS

Jorge Ramos

Fernanda Familiar

Eduardo Galeano

Don Miguel Ruz

Alberto Cutie

Walter Riso

Rhonda Byrne

Robert Kiyosaki

Deepak Chopra

Robin Sharma

Brian Weiss

Og Mandino


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WHERE TO BUY?Amazon

Barnes and Noble

Baker and Taylor

OCLC Language Sets

Multicultural Booksand Videos LanguageSets


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WHO ARE THE BEST PUBLISHERS? Alfaguara

Anaya

Planeta Grupo SM

Albatros

Blume

Editorial CEAC

Editoarial Diana

Ediciones Drac

EDAF

Ediciones B

Espasa Calpe

Fondo de Cultura Econmica Gedisa Everest HASA Editorial Imaginador Norma

Lectorum Oceano Paids Plaza y Jans RBA Seix Barral Santillana Tusquets Ediciones Tutor


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PROMOTE YOUR SPANISH COLLECTION

You are the selling

point Displays of materials

in Spanish Get in touch with local

organizations workingwith the immigrantcommunity

Bilingual staff orbilingual volunteers

Spread the word in

churches, and storesnearby.

Flyers

Contact localnewspapers/radio in

Spanish and English.

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Spanish Language Collection Development