REFORMA IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY!!

According to statistical studies conducted by both the Cervantes Institute of New York City and the U.S. Census Bureau, there will be 132,000,000 Spanish-speaking inhabitants in the United States by the year 2050. Making the United States, the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world after Mexico. From a population point of view, the United States will be the largest Latin American nation surpassing current birth rates in both Mexico and Peru. In terms of language learning, Spanish language matriculation rates at the secondary, high school and university levels are at their highest.

In terms of library usage, the numbers are growing as Latinos and the Spanish speaking are learning more and more how to use libraries . With this in mind, REFORMA has finally established its' first chapter in the Sacramento area precisely to help the area's libraries in improving library services to the Spanish speaking and Spanish language collections.

The chapter is aptly called the California Gold: The Sacramento Valley Chapter of REFORMA
California Gold: The Sacramento Valley Chapter of REFORMA supports the following goals:

. Development of Spanish- language and Latino- oriented collections and programming

. Recruitment of bilingual, multicultural library personnel

. Promotion of public awareness of libraries and librarianship among Latinos

. Advocacy on behalf of the information needs of the Latino community

.Liaison to other professional communities (CLA, EMIERT, SLALM for example)

.Providing training, education for our members and those interested in serving Latinos
and Spanish Speakers.

The California Gold Chapter will be meeting soon ,so dates and times will be forthcoming. A Facebook and website will also be available so stay tuned!

COMMUNITY OUTREACH : FESTIVAL DE LA FAMILA

The 17th Annual Festival de la Famila is just around the corner ... like Sunday April 27th around the corner !! This is an event that you don't want to leave out of your Spring weekend calendar, one that will leave lasting memories as there will be numbers performers from throughout Latin America and even locally from the Sacramento region. Performers will include Salsa group "Tortilla Soup," Brazilian Capoeira dance troupe "Agua do Beber," Spain's "Flamenco Puro," and host of other performers. Also, come and visit the numerous vendor booths representing various Sacramento area civic and business groups such as the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Health Education Council and , of course, the Sacramento Public Library! Our friendly staff will be there to instruct attendees on the benefits of being a member of the Sacramento Public Library and to showcase the new services and ever-growing collections including SPl's exciting Spanish Collection.

Join us for a wonderful day celebrating California's and Sacramento's wonderful and rich Latino heritage April 27th at Sacramento's Cal Expo.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES: WHOLE FOODS MARKET " BACK TO SCHOOL " EVENT.

Well, Outreach Volunteers were at it again! Just can't stay out the that beautiful limelight! On August 11,volunteers Lisa Christensen and Jose Esparza (not pictured) were at the Whole Foods Market Back to School event library promoting services to the public. The library was accompanied by other Sacramento area youth service providers such as the Sacramento YMCA, People Reaching Out, North Area Teen Center, Child Protection Education of America .Outreach volunteers spoke to the public about the libraries many youth services such as Live Homework Help and the highly - popular SPL Teens program. The response from the public was great with much interest focusing on online services . And much praise was directed at SPL's Youth Services department located at Central Library in downtown Sacramento. As the Digital Age continues, we have seen computer usage at SPL's 27 libraries increase, and our customerscontinued interest and demand for more online services increase tenfold.

Another service not traditionally associated with Community Outreach is SPL's downloadable eBooks and eVideos Overdrive site. Here parents can download books and video to aid in the education of their children.

SPL's Community Outreach Services are constantly doing something in the community, so check us out and enjoy what the Sacramento Public Library is doing to make Sacramento's quality of life that much better!

LINK + STARTING SOON AT SPL!

Link + is a new service scheduled to start at Sacramento Public Library on August 13, 2007. This exciting new service will enable Sacramento Public Library customers to search and borrow books from over 30 libraries throughout California and Nevada. Our customers will be able to choose from over 9 million titles from partnership libraries with a simple click of new "LINK +" button soon to appear on Sacramento Public Library website. Items will usually be ready for pickup within 5 days, and the check out period will be for 21 days. Only one 2-week renewal period will be allowed. And a standard $115.00 replacement fee will be assigned for all lost or damaged items. We're happy to provide this service to not only our customers but also to our partnership libraries who will also greatly benefit from this new venture!

COLECCION FOTOGRAFICA DE SACRAMENTO

EL LIBRO ILUSTARDO DE GRAN FORMATO TITULADO " HISTORIC PHOTOS OF SACRAMENTO " FUE PRESENTADO EL 8 DE JULIO 2007 EN EL SUCURSAL DE CARMICHAEL. ESTE LIBRO CONTIENE MAS DE DOCIENTAS FOTOGRAFIAS CUBRIEINDO LOS ENTORNOS DE LA CIUDAD A PARTIR DE 1860 HASTA LA DECADA DE LOS ANOS '60. CUYAS FOTOS PROVENIERON DEL SACRAMENTO ARCHIVES MUSEUM AND COLLECTION CENTER, MIENTAS LAS NARRATIVAS FUERON ESCRITAS POR MIEMBROS DEL PERSONAL DE LA SALA SACRAMENTO.

LA CHARLA FUE MODERADA POR EL BIBLIOTECARIO JAMES SCOTT, HACIENDO HINCAPIE EN UNA COMPARACION DE FOTOS PROVENIENTES DEL LIBRO A LAS DE HOY. LA VIDA COTIDIANA CAPTADA EN UN CONTEXTO HISTORICO Y DEMOGRAFICO; CAMBIOS DE POBLACION ,TENDENCIAS DE TRANSPORTACION Y OTROS ASPECTOS FUERON EXAMINADOS A FONDO DURANTE ESTE PROGRAMA DE UNA HORA Y MEDIA DE DURACION. IMAGINENSE ESTO!...MIRANDO HACIA EL ESTE DESDE LA ESQUINA DE LA CALLE 9 Y LA CALLE "K," QUE PODRA UNO CONCLUIR HACIENDO UNA COMPARACION DE UNA FOTO TOMADA EN EL 1942 Y OTRA TOMADA LA SEMANA PASADA? LOS 38 PARTICIPANTES DE CUYO PROGRAMA FUERON ANIMADOS A COMPARTIR SUS PROPIAS PERSPECTIVAS SOBRE EL FENOMENO DEL TRASTORNO HISTORICO. EL BIBLIOTECARIO TAMBIEN HABLO ACERCA DEL VALOR DE LAS FOTOGRAFIAS COMO UNA MANERA DE APRECIAR Y EVALUAR LA HISTORIA INSTANTEAMENTE. EN CAMBIO, LA PALABRA ESCRITA SUELE PRESENTARSE COMO UN OBSTACULO SIENDO DEMASIADA ACADEMICA Y VAGA. EN OTRAS PALABRAS LAS FOTOGRAFIAS CONSTAN SER UNA VENTANILLA HACIA EL PASADO FACILITANDONOS A LLEGAR A NUESTRAS PROPIAS CONCLUSIONES.
LA CHARLA FUE MODERADA POR EL BIBLIOTECARIO JAMES SCOTT, HACIENDO HINCAPIE EN UNA COMPARACION DE FOTOS PROVENIENTES DEL LIBRO A LAS DE HOY. LA VIDA COTIDIANA CAPTADA EN UN CONTEXTO HISTORICO Y DEMOGRAFICO; CAMBIOS DE POBLACION ,TENDENCIAS DE TRANSPORTACION Y OTROS ASPECTOS.

JAMES SCOTT AND SU COLEGA TOM TOLLEY PRESENTARAN LA MISMA RESENTACION EL 8 DE AGOSTO, 2007 A LAS 18:00 hrs EN LA SALA SACRAMENTO UBICADA EN EL 2ndo PISO DEL CENTRAL LIBRARY. COPIAS DE ESTE LIBROS ESTARAN A LA VENTA A $39.95 CON UN 40% DE LA RECAUDACION DESTINADO A LA FUNDACION AMIGOS DE LA BIBLIOTECA.