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<p class="MsoNormal">Hola a tod@s:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nowadays, our country is going through a dramatic demographic change. As librarians we have to be prepared to attend the needs of all our patrons. Why do we need to know more about library services for Latin@s and Spanish speakers? How
do we reach those who are new to the library world? What about those who are new immigrants? And, migrant workers?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">REFORMA Oregon is a professional organization for librarians and library staff who serve Spanish speaking and Latino communities and is presenting a half session in the 2016 OLA Pre-Conference: “<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">¡</span>Bienvenidos
a la biblioteca! Outreach and Engagement with Latino and Spanish Speaking Populations in your Communities”. In this session, you will learn about REFORMA Oregon, what it has to offer and how you can become involved; hear stories of how librarians are building
relationships with their Latino and Spanish speaking communities, their successes and lessons learned; and you will gain outreach strategies, program ideas, and information about resources specific to Latino and Spanish speaking populations. We will also include
time for you to share your needs to better serve this diverse community, and together, we will develop ideas for an action plan.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Join us! <span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">¡</span>L@s esperamos!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Martín<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Martín Blasco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Outreach Librarian for Latino and Youth Services Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Washington County Cooperative Library Services | 503-681-5093<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:martinb@wccls.org">martinb@wccls.org</a> |
<a href="http://www.facebook.org/bibliotecaswccls">facebook.org/bibliotecaswccls</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">President, REFORMA Oregon Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-size:9.0pt">"Ordenar bibliotecas es ejercer de un modo silencioso el arte de la crítica".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">“To sort libraries is, in a silent way, to exercise the art of criticism.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Jorge Luis Borges</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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