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News  


  • Love for a Librarian Who Helps Immigrants. New York Times January 3, 2024
  • I Love my Librarian: Fred Gitner   ​https://ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian/fred-gitner/ January 2024
  • Encuentro Bibiotecario Interamericano de Informacion y Alfabetizacion. November 24-26, 2023  Tacna, Perú. 
  • ​Latinos: Contributing to the Fabric of the Nation Symposium: Hispanic Heritage Month Symposium.
    September 19, 2023. Webcast recordng featuring Loida Garcia Febo, David Lopez, Elisa Anais Garcia, Marcelo Rodriguez, Isabel Espinal. 
  • New York Public Library unveils New Book Collection for NYC Educators. Bronx News12  May 19, 2023
  • The New York Library Association Reaffirms the Right to Read in Response to the Hilton Schools Hate Crime ​NYLA  April 23, 2023
  • Dia de los Ninos Each Story Matters, Every Child Counts. ALA/ ALSC Initiatives. April 2023 
  • Manny Figueroa: Oral History. Queens Memory. Queens Library. April 9, 2023
  • Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times, Virtual Conference, April 4, 2023. Loida Febo-Garcia, chair
  • URI GSLIS Annual Gathering on May 12 features the Library of the Year and Alumni of the Year.  Rhode Island Library Association. https://rilibraries.org/blog/13147179
  • REFORMA 2023 Día Mini-Grants Winners. REFORMA  03/09/2023
  • 2023 Youth Media Award Winners. American Libraries. January 30, 2023.
  • Materialities of Contemporary Latin American Publishing. https://centerforbookarts.org/people/paloma-celis-carbajal. January 25, 2023
  • Latino Book Awards 2023. Rhode Island Latino Arts. 
  • Voices for Information Equity. Rhode Island Library Association. Cornucopia.: A Library Community of Color. January 23. 
  • Presenting the e-book “Beyond Virtual and Hybrid Programs: How Libraries Recreated a Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic”
  • 2023 Youth Media Award Winners. American Libraries. January 30, 2023.
  • Beyond Virtual and Hybrid Programs: How Libraries Recreated a Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic”.." Webinar & E-Book Launch. REFORMA Northeast Chapter - Leadership Institute Committee, Presented on December 2, 2022. 
  • .Bronx is Reading. Movers & Shaker Finalists. 6th Annual Bronx Book Festival.  Friday, June 9th, 2023.
  • Building Diverse Social Justice Collections and Programming That Builds Bridges Between Teens and Their Communities  
    Elisa Garcia, Supervising Librarian of Educator collections NYPL and Shauntee Burns-Simpson, NYPL. YALSA's Young Adult Services Symposium Nov. 4-6, 2022 in Baltimore, MD.  
  • Bilingual Storytime with Miss Maria / Cuentos Bilingües con Miss Maria. Blog  October 13, 2022. 
  • Hartford Librarian Aims to Empower Local Hispanic Women Hispanic Heritage Month September 2022 NBC/CT
  • Libraries Serving Communities: Post Covid-19 Recovery. Webinar  May 2, 2022
  • Pura Belpre Way Street Co-naming. by REFORMA Press release May 2, 2022 
  • NYC Street Honors Pura Belpré, NYPL's First Puerto Rican Librarian. NYPL Staff. April 18, 2022
  • Libraries for all our children. by Valerie Garcia. Daily News. April 15, 2022​
  • The American Library Association announces the 2022 Youth Media Awards https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/01/american-library-association-announces-2022-youth-media-award-winners
  • Libraries Serving Communities: Post Covid 19 Pandemic Recovery. March 29, 2022.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZM_BNjTBZg
  • The IFLA Section Library Services to Multicultural Populations is celebrating its 40th Anniversary.  REFORMA Newsletter 12/2021 
  • ​National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowships, NYPL Center for Research in the Humanities,Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. 
  •  Juliet Respira Profundo. May 9, 2021 by Elia Garcia.  #INTLYALITMONTH: https://glli-us.org/2021/05/09/intlyalitmonth-julietrespira-profundo/
  • REFORMA Announces 2020 & 2021 Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement Award Winners  REFORMA Press Release, June 9, 2021
  • REFORMA Announces 2020-2021 LOTY Awards REFORMA Press Release  June 2021
  • REFORMA Leadership Institute: Champions' Showcase: Ideas We Should Steal!! February 5, 2021   https://youtu.be/jBb8w7IYRbs
  • ALA Announces the 2021 Youth Media Awards.https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/01/ala-announces-2021-youth-media-awards
  • RNE Leadership Institute: The Leader in the Digital Age.  October 3, 2020 
  • Services to Spanish Speakers in COVID 19 times. REFORMA  June 16, 2020  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtQmE50GlhU
  • 16th Annual REFORMA Northeast Chapter Joint Mini Conference June 19th, 2020  https://youtu.be/3xYXAWlmu_E
  • ​REFORMA Northeast Chapter 16th Annual Joint Mini-Conference:Sí Se Pudo by Adriana Blancarte-Hayward. (REFORMA Newsletter 7/13/2020 
  • Reflections on Race and Racism. American Libraries/blog ALA affiliate and division leaders speak out.  June 5, 2020
  • REFORMA National Announces 2020-2021 Scholarships Recipients. BLOG  6/24/2020
  • How to Start your Spanish-Language Collection. Alexandra Gomez  Library Journal May 4, 2020
  • Recomendaciones de Mayo: En-celebracion-de-la-herencia-americana-asiatica-y-del Pacifico/ Book Recommendations in Celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage. Bilingual Blog by Alexandra Gomez 5/4/2020 
  • Coronavirus: fiction & facts on your screen/Coronavirus: ficcion y no-ficcion a traves de tu pantalla by Alexandra Gomez  4/13/2020  
  • Tribute to Teresa Mlawer: Exceptional Hispanic Translator and Author of Children's books. https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/03/25/tribute-teresa-mlawer-hispanic-translator - Alexandra Gomez, NYPL March 25, 2020 
  • Conferencia Reforma apuesta por la educación y lectura  El Diario NY lunes 2 de marzo 2020
  • ALA  Announces Youth Media Awards 2020 https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/01/american-library-association-announces-2020-youth-media-award-winners
  • ​Spanish on our Shelves Collection Development: Spanish Language Materials by Libbhy Romero (Library Journal, July 2014)
  • Reporting from Guadalajara's 2014 Book Fair by Adan Griego (SALALM, December 2014)
  • REFORMA- Promoting Hispanic Culture with Library Services by Mary Marques (IFLA- New Professionals Interest Group Blog, February 2015)
  • Reporting from the Bogota Book Fair by Adan Griego (SALALM, May 2015)
  • Multiculturalism: Best Practices and Reaching Out by Mary Marques (IFLA- New Professional Interest Group Blog, May 2015)
  • Spanish On-Screen | Spanish-Language Media: Collection Development by Alexandra Gomez (Library Journal, May 2015)
  • Las Comadres and Friends National Latino Book Club Launches First Annual 2015 Summer Reading List “Connecting Latinos all over the world through Literature” (Press Release, Las Comadres.com, June 2015)
  • REFORMA Announces 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) Winner (Source AmericaReadsSpanish.com, June 2015)
  • Librarians Without Borders: Libraries Transforming Communities by Mary Marques (IFLA- New Professional Interest Group Blog, July 2015)
  • The Multicultural Library – a gateway to a cultural diverse society in dialogue (IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural Library Manifesto, August 2015). Available in several languages. Leer aquí la versión en español. 
  • "LATINO AMERICANS is a landmark six-hour documentary featuring interviews with nearly 100 Latinos and more than 500 years of History."
  • Need Sources for Spanish Books for Kids? Look No Further | Libro por Libro by Alexandra Gomez (School Library Journal, September, 2015)
  • Serving the Spanish-Speaking (U.S. General Service Administration (GSA),  June 2015)
  • Serving Spanish Speakers in the Library Workshop by Loida Garcia-Febo (ALA Store)​​
  • Best Multicultural Books for 2015 compiled by the Center for the Study of Multicultural of Children's Literature, December 2015.
  • Attending Book Fairs: Why it Matters by Adan Griego (SALALM, December 2015)
  • 2016 Rhode Island Latino Books Month Award. For additional information please contact Marta V. Martinez. 
  • CUNY Librarians in Cuba | Peer to Peer Review by William “Bill” Blick (Library Journal, March 2016)
  • "Connecting Latinos all over the world through Literature" Press Release by Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club, March 2016.
  • Sunset Park Library Wins Top Prize in NYC Neighborhood Library Awards by Rachel Silberstein, Sunset Park Voice, June 2016.
  • Top Shelf: 20 years of literature for Latino Kids by David Bowles, The Monitor, June 2016.
  • Belpré AUTHOR AWARD ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, ALSC, June 2016.
  • Celebrating 20 years of the Pura Belpré Book Award, Children Book Council, June 2016 (Video included).
  • Author credits family and librarians in speech by David Bowles, The Monitor, July 2016.
  • A Sneak Peek At What's New is Spanish-Language Publishing by Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal, January 2018. ​
  • ALSC selects Georgina Rivas-Martinez as 2019 Emerging Leader (ALA Press Release - ALSC November 2018)​
  • Dia Mini-Grant Award Winners  REFORMA,  March 2019
  • REFORMA Institute 2019: The Power of Communication (ALA, June 20-21, 2019)7/9/2019
  • Cotto receives national recognition for her work with Latino community (The Valley Breeze, July 9, 2019)
























































































































































































































































































































































































































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