2008 Reforma National Conference: Promoting Library Services to Latinos and Spanish-Speakers

This overview of the Reforma National Conference, held September 18-21 in El Paso, Texas, features musicians at the exhibit hall opening, conversations with Author Luncheon speaker Diana Washington Valdez and former ALA President Carol Brey-Casiano, a tour of the Biblioteca de la Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad in Juarez, Mexico, and music and dance under the stars at the Awards Banquet. More ALA videos available at alfocus.ala.org.

October 1, 2008



This overview of the Reforma National Conference, held September 18-21 in El Paso, Texas, features musicians at the exhibit hall opening, conversations with Author Luncheon speaker Diana Washington Valdez and former ALA President Carol Brey-Casiano, a tour of the Biblioteca de la Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad in Juarez, Mexico, and music and dance under the stars at the Awards Banquet. More ALA videos available at alfocus.ala.org.

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