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Sunflower Sol: Collection Development of Spanish Materials

The following resources were provided by Maggie Vallazza and Vicky Ortiz during the 2nd OPAL follow-up session for Sunflower Sol, the Kansas Spanish Language Outreach project.

Recording of OPAL Session:(in mp3 format)

Maggie Vallazza’s PowerPoint Slides

Maggie Vallazza’s Resources:
Start Your Collection Development Here:
Staff/community advisors/(OCLC Language sets

Books:
CRITICAS
Casa del Libro

Children’s Books:
Center for the Study of books in Spanish for Children &Adolescents
Ekare

Online Resources:
CNN
Medicare
Univision
USCIS Citizenship and Immigration Services
Medline Plus
Latin American Newspapers online
National Cancer Institute
Social Security

Audiovisual Materials:
Mexican Film Resource Page
Mejores peliculas Mexicanas
Spanish Multimedia
Facets Multimedia
Laguna Films
Amazon
CD Connection

Vicky Ortiz’s Resources
Community Analysis Tools:

Dodge City Public Library Government Documents
State Data Center

Dodge City Public Library Spanish Resources:
Catalog
Dodge City Public Library Website for Spanish Speakers
Dodge City Public Library Collection Development Policy