Title: Latin American collection concepts : essays on libraries, collaborations and new approaches /
Authors: Williams, Gayle Ann, 1954-; Krentz, Jana Lee,
Year: 2019
Subjects: Acquisition of Latin American publications.; Libraries Special collections Latin America; Collection development (Libraries) United States.; Acquisition of Latin American publications.; Collection development (Libraries); United States
Abstract: "Presenting perspectives from several independent Latin American libraries, this collection of new essays covers the history of collecting, current strategies in collection development, collaborative collection development, buying trips, and future trends and new technologies"--
Contents: From the print to the digital, networked era: transformations in Latin American studies, scholarly communication and Latin American library collecting and collections / Sarah A. Buck Kachaluba -- Latin American materials project: forty years of preserving unique Latin American research material / Judith Eckoff Alspach -- Changes and continuities in the Mexican academic publishing industry, 1980-2015: reflections of a book vendor / A. Leif Adelson -- The librarian's treasure hunt: acquisition trips to Latin America and the Caribbean / Peter Altekrueger and Ricarda Musser -- Crescent City connections to Latin America: a history of the Latin American Library at Tulane University / Hortensia Calvo and Guillermo Náñez Falcón -- Collections a collaborators: documenting and facilitating inclusion, social justice and cultural agency at the Benson Latin American Collection / Julianne Gilland, Melissa Guy and Theresa E. Polk-- Over one hundred years of collection Latin Americana and Caribbeana at the University of Florida / Lara Lookabaugh, Paul S. Losch and Richard F. Phillips -- Promoting and maintaining collaborative collecting: a case study / Holly Ackerman and Teresa Chapa -- Building shared Latin American and Iberian research collections: 2CUL as case study of an enduring collaborative model / Sean Patrick Knowlton and Sócrates Silva -- Collaborative collection development the Brazilian way: the Brazil BorrowDirect Program / Jana Lee Krentz -- A case study of small-scale collaborative approval plans for Latin American collecting / Philip S. MacLeod and Laura D. Schedenhelm -- Collecting collaborations / Lynn M. Shirey -- Beyond print: developing music collections / Daisy Domínguez -- Collecting the law of Latin America: history, challenges and trends in U.S. law libraries / Julienne E. Grant and Teresa M. Miguel-Stearns-- The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library: bringing the community to the academic library / Sarah Aponte and Nelson Santana -- Latin American and Caribbean documentary memory in the digital age / Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez and Luis A. González -- Archiving the Latin American web: a call to action / Pamela M. Graham and Kent Norsworthy -- Open access in Latin America: considerations for collection development / Jennifer Osorio -- Nosotros: a digitization story between a university library and its Latin American community / Denis Lacroix.