OUTREACH
Jumpstart Your Outreach Plan
At the Oregon Library Association Conference in April 2016, members of REFORMA Oregon and the Outreach Round Table presented a half-day workshop about how to design and implement an outreach plan. If you're just getting started, the materials from this site can give you a broad series of resources.
Webjunction's Spanish Language Outreach Program Training
Webjunction has a wide variety of materials, webinars and articles about developing an outreach program for Spanish-speaking community members.
Click here to view an archived webinar called "Community Engagement: Serving Diverse Communities Where They Are."
At the Oregon Library Association Conference in April 2016, members of REFORMA Oregon and the Outreach Round Table presented a half-day workshop about how to design and implement an outreach plan. If you're just getting started, the materials from this site can give you a broad series of resources.
Webjunction's Spanish Language Outreach Program Training
Webjunction has a wide variety of materials, webinars and articles about developing an outreach program for Spanish-speaking community members.
Click here to view an archived webinar called "Community Engagement: Serving Diverse Communities Where They Are."
YOUTH SERVICES
Colorín Colorado is a bilingual website with resources and information for parents and educators about literacy, language, and other educational topics.
Read about the necessity of helping children be ready for school and helping kids start to build birth-to-third grade success.
readyforschool.pdf
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Guadalajara Book Fair
Each year, during the last week of November, the world's largest Spanish-language book fair takes place in Guadalajara, Mexico. Members of ALA are able to apply for a scholarship to attend, which will pay for $100 towards airfare costs and also 6 nights of paid hotel costs (if sharing a room) or 3 nights without a shared room. The first 100 librarians to apply are accepted into the program.
Read about the necessity of helping children be ready for school and helping kids start to build birth-to-third grade success.
readyforschool.pdf
Download File
Guadalajara Book Fair
Each year, during the last week of November, the world's largest Spanish-language book fair takes place in Guadalajara, Mexico. Members of ALA are able to apply for a scholarship to attend, which will pay for $100 towards airfare costs and also 6 nights of paid hotel costs (if sharing a room) or 3 nights without a shared room. The first 100 librarians to apply are accepted into the program.
PERFORMERS LIST
This is a printable .pdf list of performers or presenters who may be of interest to the Spanish-speaking/Latino community and who are located in the region, primarily in the state of Oregon. Reforma Oregon doesn't endorse any of these performers, but provides the list for information purposes.
Performer List
For Performers: Would you like to be included on the list? To be added to the list, send an email to Sarah White or to reformaoregon at gmail.com. Please include as much of the following information as possible:
For Library Professionals: Know a great performer? First, please consult the list to see if they are already listed. If not, please get as much of the above information as possible and contact Sarah White at or reformaoregon at gmail.com. Send any updates our way as well! Feel free to use the Reforma Oregon listserv to ask for feedback about performers. The list was last updated in 2017.
Performer List
For Performers: Would you like to be included on the list? To be added to the list, send an email to Sarah White or to reformaoregon at gmail.com. Please include as much of the following information as possible:
- A brief description of your performance, including the intended audience (e.g. adults, children).
- Contact Information (phone number, email address, website)
- Photograph (if available)
- Cost for an hour-long performance
- Location and travel range, plus any cost for travel outside of the travel range (e.g. Portland Metro, Bend, Medford, Lincoln City, Eugene, etc.)
- Number of members in your group
- A description of other programs you offer (if applicable)
- List of other libraries or venues that you have performed at (if applicable)
- Any awards or relevant accolades
For Library Professionals: Know a great performer? First, please consult the list to see if they are already listed. If not, please get as much of the above information as possible and contact Sarah White at or reformaoregon at gmail.com. Send any updates our way as well! Feel free to use the Reforma Oregon listserv to ask for feedback about performers. The list was last updated in 2017.