Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials

The Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) is the oldest professional Area Studies library organization for academic librarians, archivists, book vendors, scholars, and students who specialize in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.[1] Members are from at least 20 different countries.[2] SALALM promotes better library services and purchasing power among individual members and member libraries.[3] With the Secretariat based at Tulane University's Latin American Library, it is an international non-profit professional organization with three official languages: English, Spanish, and Portuguese.[4] SALALM is an affiliate of the American Library Association.[5] As of May 2015, the organization had 242 personal and 84 institutional members including librarians, archivists, book dealers, vendors, and university libraries.[6]

History

SALALM had its first meeting in 1956 with approximately 30 librarians and professors and one international bookseller met in Florida at Chinsegut Hill[5] in a meeting convened by the Pan-American Union.[7] Their discussions were “concerned with the selection, acquisition, and processing of library materials from the Latin American nations and the dependent territories of the Caribbean.”[5] Although participants thought this meeting would be a one-time occurrence,[8] they agreed there was a need for more study of the challenges with acquisitions and to continue the discussion by meeting for annual seminars held at the invitation of an institution or organization. Each conference has a theme,[9] like the 57th annual conference theme, "Popular Culture: Arts and Social Change in Latin America," and plenary sessions may discuss the theme, present new research or projects related to Latin American Librarianship, or share committee reports.

Since the 1960s, SALALM has published a number of serials and monograph series including a newsletter, conference proceedings, progress reports, and bibliographies.[10] Conference proceedings cover topics like "The Handbook of Latin American Studies: Its Automated History and a Comparison of Available Formats."[11] The archival records of the organization are held at the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin.[12]

Since 1956, SALALM has provided a unique national and international forum that focuses on library collection development and services related to Latin American resources. SALALM was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1968, and the members adopted a constitution and bylaws and elected A. Curtis Wilgus as the first president. An Executive Board, administers SALALM from the Secretariat, which is currently at the Latin American Library at Tulane University. The operational aspects are managed by several Executive Board committees. Program committees take care of intellectual and technical activities related to resources and services of libraries with Latin American collections. The SALALM Secretariat is housed for three to five year periods at institutions that have strong Latin American programs. Hortensia Calvo is the current Executive Secretary.

Locations of past conferences and presidents

SALALM has held conferences is North and South America, Europe, and the Caribbean.[13] In the table below, Presidents are listed with institutional affiliations, if applicable, at the time of their service during the year their terms end.

Table showing the ordinal number, year, institution, and location of past SALALM Conferences.
Number Year Host Institution Location SALALM President, and Institution
I 1956 University of Florida Chinsegut Hill, Florida, USA *
II 1957 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas, USA *
III 1958 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, USA *
IV 1959 Library of Congress Washington, DC, USA *
V 1960 New York Public Library New York, New York, USA *
VI 1961 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois, USA *
VII 1962 University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida, USA *
VIII 1963 University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin, USA *
IX 1964 Washington University St. Louis, Missouri, USA *
X 1965 Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan, USA *
XI 1966 Columbia University New York, New York, USA *
XII 1967 University of California, Los Angeles Pasadena, California, USA *
XIII 1968 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas, USA (first president elected—term ends in 1969)
XIV 1969 Universidad de Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico A. Curtis Wilgus, unaffiliated
XV 1970 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Carl Deal, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
XVI 1971 Puebla, Mexico Nettie Lee Benson, U. of Texas at Austin
XVII 1972 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Glenn Read, Cornell U.
XVIII 1973 University of West Indies Port-of-Spain, Trinidad Donald Wisdom, Library of Congress
XIX 1974 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas, USA Rosa Q. Mesa, U. of Florida
XX 1975 Bogotá, Colombia Emma Simonsen, Indiana U.
XXI 1976 Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, USA Rosa Abella, U. of Miami
XXII 1977 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida, USA Mary Ruth Magruder Brady, U. of Saskatchewan
XXIII 1978 Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London London, England William V. Jackson, U. of Texas at Austin
XXIV 1979 University of California, Los Angeles Pasadena, California, USA Alma T. Jordan, U. of West Indies
XXV 1980 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Ludwig "Larry" Lauerhass Jr., U. of California Los Angeles
XXVI 1981 Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Laura Gutiérrez-Witt, U. of Texas at Austin
XXVII (joint meeting with LASA) 1982 Library of Congress Washington, DC, USA Barbara Valk, U. of California Los Angeles
XXVIII 1983 University of Kansas & Universidad de Costa Rica University of Kansas & Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, USA Jane Garner, U. of Texas at Austin
XXIX 1984 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA John Hébert, Library of Congress
XXX 1985 Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey, USA Dan C. Hazen, unaffiliated (formerly at Stanford U.)
XXXI 1986 Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Berlin, Germany Iliana Sontag, San Diego State U.
XXXII (joint meeting with ACURIL) 1987 University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida, USA Mina Jane Grothey, U. of New Mexico
XXXIII 1988 University of California, Berkeley & Stanford University Berkeley, California, USA Paula Covington, Vanderbilt U.
XXXIV 1989 University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Barbara Jon Robinson, U. of Southern California
XXXV 1990 Library of Congress Office, Rio & Fundação Getúlio Vargas Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ann Hartness, U. of Texas at Austin
XXXVI 1991 San Diego State University & University of California, San Diego San Diego, California, USA Deborah Jakubs, Duke U.
XXXVII 1992 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas, USA David Block, Cornell U.
XXXVIII 1993 Feria Internacional del Libro & Instituto de Bibliotecas, Universided de Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Patricia Noble, U. of London
XXXIX 1994 Brigham Young University Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Nelly S. González, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
XL 1995 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia, USA Robert A. McNeil, Oxford U. (England)
XLI 1996 New York University, New York Public Library, Columbia University New York, New York, USA Peter Stern, Rutgers U.
XLII 1997 Library of Congress, Oliveira Lima Library (Catholic University of America), and University of Maryland Rockville, Maryland, USA Mark Grover, Brigham Young U.
XLIII 1998 Universidad de Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico Gayle Ann Williams, U. of Georgia
XLIV 1999 Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee, USA Richard Phillips, U. of Florida
XLV 2000 University of California, Los Angeles Long Beach, California, USA César Rodríguez, Yale U.
XLVI 2001 Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, USA Victor Federico Torres, Universidad de Puergo Rico
XLVII 2002 Cornell University Ithaca, New York, USA Denise A. Hibay, New York Public Library
XLVIII 2003 Duke University Cartagena, Colombia Darlene Hull, U. of Connecticut
XLIX 2004 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Angela Carreño, New York U.
L 2005 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida, USA Pamela Howard-Reguindin, Library of Congress
LI 2006 Stanford University Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Adán Griego, Stanford U.
LII 2007 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Molly Molloy, New Mexico State U.
LIII 2008 Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana, USA John Wright, Brigham Young U.
LIV 2009 Ibero-American Institute Berlin, Germany Pamela Graham, Columbia U.
LV 2010 Brown University Providence, Rhode Island, USA Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez, Princeton U.
LVI 2011 University of Pennsylvania and Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Nerea Llamas, U. of Michigan
LVII 2012 The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, The National Library and Information System Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago and the Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Lynn Shirey, Harvard U.
LVIII 2013 University of Miami Libraries and Florida International University Libraries Coral Gables, Florida, USA Martha Mantilla, U. of Pittsburgh
LIX 2014 Brigham Young University Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Robert Delgadillo, U. of California Davis
LX 2015 Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey, USA Luis A. González, Indiana U.
LXI 2016 University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Paloma Celis Carbajal, U. of Wisconsin-Madison
LXII 2017 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Daisy V. Domínguez, The City College of New York (CUNY)
LXIII 2018 Colegio de México Mexico City, Mexico Suzanne Schadl, U. of New Mexico
LXIV 2019 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas, USA Melissa Guy, U. of Texas at Austin
LXV (All but business meetings postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) 2020 University of California, Davis Sacramento, California, USA Sarah Buck-Kachaluba, U. of California San Diego
LXVI 2021 New York University and New York Public Library New York, New York, USA Sócrates Silva, Columbia U.

*Note: 1st SALALM President elected at 13th conference.

Purpose

SALALM's primary mission revolves around the control and dissemination of bibliographic information about all types of Latin American publications and the development of library collections of Latin Americana in support of educational research.[14] SALALM also promotes cooperative efforts to achieve better library service. SALALM is a forum for the unique challenges of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Librarians and with related professional development. In collaboration with REFORMA, SALALM also provides library materials for the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking populations in the United States. SALALM shares and disseminates the work of its member through an annual conference proceeding.[15]

Awards and scholarships

SALALM currently sponsors a series of Awards and Scholarships including the SALALM Conference Attendance Scholarship, the Dan C. Hazen SALALM Fellowship, Enlace Travel Awards, the José Toribio Medina Award, and the SALALM Award for Institutional Cooperation.[16] SALALM also awards honorary memberships to retired members who have a long record of service to the organization combined with professional achievements.[17]

Since 1986, SALALM has sponsored the Enlace Travel Awards, which provides funding for librarians and information professionals from Latin American and the Caribbean to attend SALALM's annual meetings.[18] To date, the awards have funded conference attendance opportunities from every Spanish-speaking country in the Americas in addition to Brazil, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Basque Country in Spain.[19]

Since 2011, SALALM has provided scholarships to students enrolled in ALA-accredited library and information science programs. Originally a general scholarship, the scholarship now funds attendance at the group's annual conference.[20]

Additional information

As of 2019, SALALM has held 64 annual conferences around the world. The 2020 in-person conference has been postponed because of the COVID-19 crisis but business meetings will be held remotely as scheduled.[21]

SALALM's outreach efforts include an extensive bibliography on Latin American, US Latinx, and Iberian Studies librarianship.[22]

Affinity groups

SALALM has both regional and topical/working groups that function through member participation but are outside of the SALALM organizational structure.

Regional groups
  • LANE is the Latin American North East Libraries Consortium. LANE is the older and most robust of the Regional Groups and includes participants from many Ivy League institutions.
  • LASER is the Latin American Studies Southeast Region.
  • MOLLAS stands for the Midwest Organization of Libraries for Latin American Studies.
  • CALAFIA is the California Cooperative Latin American Collection Development Group which also includes members from Oregon, Washington, and Utah.

Topical/working groups
  • ALZAR: Academic Latina/o Zone of Activism & Research
  • DíScoLA: Digital Scholarship in Latin America. DíScoLA was founded in 2015 during a no-host lunch at Princeton University during the SALALM annual conference for three purposes: to explore what digital scholarship means in Latin American Studies, to build skills and share knowledge about projects, tools and methods within the SALALM community, and to raise SALALM's profile in this emergent area.[23]
  • HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index. HAPI evolved out of The SALALM Committee on Bibliography.[24]
  • LAIPA: Latin American and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Subject Authority Cooperative Program Funnel
  • LAMP: Latin American Materials Project
  • LARRP: Latin Americanist Research Resources Project
  • Libreros (book vendors)

Similar organizations

REFORMA is the National Organization to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking and is based in Anaheim, CA with 21 chapters.[25] Latin American Studies Association or LASA has over 13,000 members.[26] SALALM members are active in both REFORMA and LASA.

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