Welcoming to All: Latinx Culture and Programming: Notes from Latinx Librarians

Authors

  • Cristina E. Mitra
  • Edwin Rodarte
  • Maria F. Estrella
  • Lettycia Terrones

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.18.2.4

Abstract

ALSC prioritizes children’s services and programming to diverse communities. And while ALSC provides guidelines and tangible resources, children’s librarians are still often confronted with not only actualizing library services that support our most vulnerable communities, but also ensuring that our efforts empower our communities and do not result in perpetuating recursive barriers to access.

Author Biographies

Cristina E. Mitra

Cristina E. Mitra is the Family Engagement Coordinator for San Francisco Public Library, curating systemwide cultural and STEM programs. She has been an active member of ALSC since 2014, and most recently served on the 2020 Pura Belpré Book Award.

Edwin Rodarte

Edwin Rodarte is the Senior Librarian of Emerging Technologies at the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL). He leads and oversees technology-related programs and their implementation. He is part of LAPL’s internal Spanish Language Translations committee. He is the current Technology Chair for REFORMA and a co-chair of California Library Association’s Latino Services Interest Group.

Maria F. Estrella

Maria F. Estrella, MLIS, is a Dyad Public Services Manager for the Cleveland Public Library Garden Valley and Woodland branches. She has over twenty years of library experience working in an urban library system and was a Children’s Librarian and Youth Services Subject Department Librarian for eight years. Maria served on the 2016 ALSC/REFORMA Pura Belpré Book Award Committee, the ALSC 2019 Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Committee, 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Awards Jury, and is currently the Chair of REFORMA’s Children’s and Young Adult Services Committee (CAYASC).

Lettycia Terrones

Lettycia Terrones is a doctoral student in Information Sciences and Latina/o Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she researches picturebooks and children’s literature by and about Latinx peoples. Lettycia is a student representative of the American Studies Association (ASA), a member of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS), Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC), and REFORMA’s Children’s & Young Adult Services Committee (CAYASC). She has served on the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award and Pura Belpé Award committees and currently reviews for The Horn Book Magazine. She will serve on the Coretta Scott King Awards Jury for the 2020–22 term.

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Published

2020-06-19

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2020): Summer

Section

Features

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