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Serving Spanish-Speaking Populations in the Library: Part 1
1. Milly C. Lugo, M.L.S.
and Radames Suarez, M.L.S.
ALA Editions Workshop
January 2013
Serving Spanish-Speaking
Populations: an Introduction
Part 1
2. Part 1
• Demographics
• Why Spanish?
• Habla español?...no?…no problem….
• Hispanic Culture
• State of Latino librarianship
• Q&A
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3. Part 2
• Assessing the needs of your Hispanic population
• Collection development
• Outreach
• Programming
• Resources
• Q&A
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4. GOAL
• To help you
Understand the Latino/Hispanic migrant population
Generate ideas
Work through hurdles
Create your personal „help desk‟ of resources
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6. Reality #1
2010 CENSUS
More than 50 MILLION
Hispanics
Source of chart:
http://www.pewhispanic.org/2012/03/16/latinos-by-
geography/
7. Reality #2
• Hispanic population grew FOUR TIMES faster than
U.S. population
• increased by 15.2 MILLION between 2000 and
2010; almost half of the total population increase
• Mexicans are the LARGEST Hispanic group
nationwide
From the 2010 Census web site:
http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11- Information released May 26, 2011 by US
cn146.html Census CB11-CN.146
9. States with Largest Hispanic
Populations, 2010
STATE POPULATION
(in Thousands)
California 14,014
Texas 9,461
Florida 4,224
New York 3,417
Illinois 2,028
Source: Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting_Files-PL_94-171 for states
PEW HISPANIC CENTER
10. 250,000
States with So
fastest growing Carolina, 236,00
0
200,000
Hispanic
Population
186,000
150,000
So Carolina, South
95,000
100,000
Carolina
76,000
50,000 Alabama
0
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2000 2010
12. Reality #3
“We speak Spanish in various languages”
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13. Myths about the Spanish language
#1: Spanish in the United States is a result of immigration in the
20th and 21st centuries
#2 : Spanish in the United States is a uniform language.
#3: Spanish language use in the United States presents a threat
to the use of English.
Source: http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/spanglish/usa/
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14. Myths about Spanish
#4: Libraries in the U.S.
should not provide
materials in Spanish.
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16. English Country Translations Comments
Word
Baby Most: bebé; Argentina, Uruguay: beba In PR, Cuba, and DR “guagua”
(girl), bebe (boy); Chile: guagua means bus
Bug Most: bicho; Mexico: insecto In PR: "bicho" has a sexual meaning
(it's a key part of the male
anatomy).
Information from Regional Variations at: http://www.rennert.com/translations/resources/spanishvariations.htm
Accessed: December 12, 2012
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17. English Country Translations Comments
Word
Cake Most: pastel; Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, "Torta" in Mexico means
Uruguay,Venezuela: torta; Bolivia, Costa "sandwich" (torta de jamón)
Rica: queque; Colombia: ponqué, torta;
Cuba: cake; Dom Rep, PR: bizcocho; etc.
Good Most: buenas tardes; Colombia, Ecuador: In other countries “buenas tardes”
Evening buenas noches means “good afternoon” and
“buenas noches” means “good
night”
Information from Regional Variations at: http://www.rennert.com/translations/resources/spanishvariations.htm
Accessed: December 12, 2012
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30. Belonging
Source: Hispanic and Latino Traits accessed on 12/13/2012 from:
January 2013 http://www.hispanic-culture-online.com/hispanic-and-latino.html#axzz2EyuJi9lZ 30