THE FUTURE OF LATIN AMERICAN LIBRARY COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH: Contributing and Adapting to  New Trends in Research Libraries.

Even though the challenges posed by technological innovations are not new to research libraries, emerging models of publishing, scholarly communication, acquisitions, processing, and access delivery have combined with recent economic misfortunes to accelerate the pace at which collection development practices are being transformed. These trends are certain to wield systematic implications on the way in which Latin American research library collections are built and the manner in which research libraries provide access to the region's documentation and creative expression production. The consequences for the future of Latin American Studies scholarship and of intellectual engagement with the area remain an open question requiring sustained thought and analysis

SALALM LV will serve as a broad forum for examining, debating, and learning about practical as well as theoretical aspects related to recent trends in collection development and management, information access and delivery, scholarly communications, and other relevant areas as they relate to Latin American Studies librarianship, scholarly research and teaching. Special attention will be given to the likely opportunities, risks and consequences presented by those trends, and to the strategies which SALALM, its members, and other important stakeholders are --or could be-- implementing in order to adapt and shape outcomes.

The program will include scholarly presentations and panels, roundtable discussions, and workshops on practical problems and issues related to the conference theme. For more detailed information on this conference, please visit its website by clicking here!

 

HAITI INFORMATIONAL MEETING: “Future Medical Partnerships in Port-au-Prince, Haiti” 

Join us next Wednesday, July 7 to hear more about Brown's plans for long-term academic medical education collaboration in Haiti:

Goal:               Create dialogue to advance an in-country academic experience that focuses on prevention

                         and community health.

Objectives:    1. Share information with Brown Community about a recent endeavor by Brown faculty

                               in Haiti.

                         2. Discuss the process of identifying a location, and collaborators for an academic pediatric

                              rotation for Haitian medical students.

                         3. Elicit discussion on others’ experience and future directions of the academic rotation.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010    -    5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.   -   Biomed Center Room 291--Eddy Auditorium,
171 Meeting Street

 

For more information please visit our website  http://med.brown.edu/GHI/ or contact Camille C. Carino, Program Coordinator, Global Health Initiative. 401-863-1499   -   Camille_Carino@Brown.edu

 

              

ANNOUNCING THE NEW ENGLAND FESTIVAL OF IBERO-AMERICAN CINEMA 2010

The 1st Annual New England Festival of Ibero-American Cinema (NEFIAC) will be held Saturday, September 18, 2010 through Saturday, September 25, 2010 in Providence, RI. NEFIAC will be screening films at the Avon Cinema, the Cable Car Cinema, as well as various local University locations. Screenings in other cities in the area will include Cambridge, MA (Harvard Film Archives), New Haven, CT (Yale University), and Williamsburg, VA (William & Mary College).

The New England Ibero-American Film Festival (NEFIAC) is a ground-breaking competitive film festival dedicated to the promotion of the Hispanic and Portuguese cultures through the exhibition and discussion of feature films, documentaries, shorts and animations, as well as through other artistic manifestations, produced in or about Latin America, Spain and Portugal. NEFIAC's mission is to link the rich academic knowledge available in the New England region to the community at large.

For more information or to keep up to date with the 2010 schedule of events, please visit www.nefiac.com or contact CLACS Outreach Coordinator and NEFIAC director José Torrealba at (401) 863-2645 or by email.

                       

REBUILDING CHILE

The Providence community is coming together to support relief and rebuilding efforts for earthquake and tsunami victims in Chile following a devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake on February 27.

  • Keep up with the latest news from Chile on 24 Horas, a news program by Televisión Nacional de Chile.
  • Visit the Harvard-MIT Students' Relief Effort website, where Chilean students at Harvard and MIT are accepting donations to support reconstruction efforts in their country.
  • Learn about Amnesty International's response to the humanitarian crisis in Chile.
  • Donate to the initiative Chile ayuda a Chile, a telethon and campaign to raise funds for the construction of 30,000 basic homes in the earthquake zone.

Haiti @ Brown, Brown in Haiti

Haiti and Haitian language studies have an important place at Brown. We are one of the few universities outside Haiti to offer two full years of Haitian language (Creole) through Prof. Patrick Sylvain and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Prof. Sylvain has organized a mentoring program between Brown students and Haitian students at Hope High School. Brown will host the Haitian Studies Association annual meetings at Brown in November 2010. The John Carter Brown Library houses the second best collection in the world of materials on colonial Haiti and is digitizing its Haitian materials in partnership with Yelé Haiti. Brown’s Alpert Medical School has exchange programs with three medical schools in Haiti.

These collaborations and partnerships make it all the more important for the Brown community to step forward at this time and help Haiti in the short and long term.

Please check this website regularly for updates and information about Haiti Earthquake Response Efforts @ Brown!

Thanks to all for your commitment in responding to Haiti’s crisis,

Matthew Gutmann
Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Professor of Anthropology

Barrymore Bogues
Harmon Family Professor
Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science

ALUM SPOTLIGHT: TAYLOR BARNES '09

Since graduating from Brown, CLACS concentrator and former DUG leader Taylor Barnes '09 has worked as a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor. Taylor recently published pieces exploring the fluid border between Mexico and Texas ("Mexico: All Aboard the 'School-Bus' Plane to Texas") and the success of Mexican immigrant investors in San Antoni0 ("Who's Creating US Jobs? Mexicans"). Her future plans include freelancing for the Monitor in Mumbai and eventually returning to Latin America or Mozambique to continue working on her Spanish and Portuguese. CLACS congratulates Taylor and wishes her continued success in these endeavors!

Choices on Haiti!

Brown’s Choices Program has developed a lesson for high school students, drawing on interviews with two Brown faculty members Professors Tony Bogues (Africana Studies) and Patrick Sylvain (Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies). The Haitian Crisis: Thinking Historically challenges students to think beyond the earthquake, consider the role of Haiti’s rich history in the current crisis, and think about the global role in long term reconstruction.

"Ports of Sorrow," poem by Professor Patrick Sylvain

Brown University Haitian Creole language and culture Professor Patrick Sylvain is also a writer, essayist and poet. Professor Sylvain has been published in several anthologies, magazines and reviews including African American Review, Agni, and American Poetry Anthology, among several others. His latest book, Love, Lust & Loss / Lanmou, anvi ak pèdans, was published by Mémoire d'Encrier in October 2005. To listen to Professor Sylvain's interview on PBS' Art Beat Weekly Poem, please visit PBSNEWSHOUR. If you want to read more of his poetry, please go to the Brockton Public Library Poetry Series.