Minutes
May 26, 2001
Tempe, Arizona

Present: Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez (NYPL chair), Denise Hibay (NYPL), Eduardo Lozano (UPitt), Angela Carreńo (NYU), Peter Stern (UMass), Joseph Holub (UPenn), Peter Johnson (Princeton), Pamela Graham (Columbia), Edmundo Flores (LC), Lourdes Vázquez (Rutgers), Dan Hazen (Harvard), Miguel Valladares (Dartmouth), Lynn Shirey (Harvard, recording).

Non-members: Roberta Astroff (Penn State), Heleni Pedersoli (University of Maryland), Teresa Aguilar, Anne Barnhart-Park, Alan Biggins (ILAS, London), Geoff West (British Library).

I. LANE webpage

Most of our collection descriptions have been submitted by LANE members but are not on the page yet. Fernando asked whether holdings should be added to the union list of newspapers? Consensus was No. But it was agreed that we should note cancelled and ceased publications as they come to our attention. Users can go to libraries' OPACs for holdings information.

II. SALALM XLVII (Cornell University, June 1-4, 2002)

We discussed the possibility of holding another pre-conference with REFORMA and LANE participation. Perhaps we could involve the REFORMA Northeast Chapter. There are many undergraduate colleges in NY State. Start thinking about a LANE panel for SALALM 2002. Suggestion that ongoing digitalization projects at NE libraries could be the subject of a panel.

III. IFLA/SALALM workshop (August 23 at Harvard)

Ramón Abad is organizing a panel presentation involving descriptions of LANE, LAMP, SALALM for IFLA participants. Purpose is outreach for SALALM.

IV. Access/Collection Development

Should LANE members work on a union list of large microfilm sets for our webpage? Some libraries have in-house lists. Undecided, probably will not create LANE union list but working on individual links is encouraged. As has been the practice, LANE website will provide links to the individual lists.

V. LANE membership

Peter Johnson brought up the possibility of expanding LANE membership to the following libraries whose representatives were present: University of Marylandof Maryland (Heleni Pedersoli), Penn State (Roberta Astroff), British Library (Geoff West) and ILAS, London (Alan Biggins). No formal decision was made.

VI. Interlibrary Cooperation Committee

Denise Hibay noted that SALALM's Interlibrary Cooperation Committee has had dwindling participation, perhaps due to ARL and regional consortia group meetings. That committee is in need of a chair and is an important one. Perhaps LANE, CALAFIA, etc. should be subcommittees of it.

VII. Major purchases and announcements

NYPL: May purchase the Chicano Serials Collection, the Yale Manuscripts Collection, and selected parts of the Princeton pamphlet collection. Completed previous NEH microfilming project and will now proceed with a new one. It involves the filming of monographs, serials and pamphlets on Caribbean, Central American, and Mexican history published between 1800 and 1950.

NYU: Latin American popular music is being collected-recordings, videos, etc. Archives of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade acquired.

Columbia: Segments of the Brazilian Popular Groups acquired. Also film of El Mercurio (Santiago) and El Universal (Caracas) from Alfredo Montalvo.

Dartmouth: Brazilian Popular Groups; have found large collection of early 20th century Spanish and Latin American plays. Will be filmed or digitized.

Harvard: Has ARL collecting responsibility for Colombia and has purchased 20,000 retrospective titles from Noé Herrera at a special price. Will possibly purchase more of the CIDOC film collection on History of Religiosity in the Americas-last year they purchased about 1/3 of it. As part of Harvard's Library Digital Initiative program, 3,000 Latin American pamphlets (about ˝ of entire collection) are being digitized.

Yale: Has filmed collection of Latin American History Mss. Will be available for purchase soon. Mostly Mexican late colonial, early independence material-will consist of 400-500 reels when complete. Purchased CIDOC collection (History of Religiosity in the Americas), and Projeto Rescate (Brazil), CD-ROMs of colonial documents.

Rutgers: Has collection of 1940-1950's Brazilian literature collected by P. Schoenhoff (musician). Includes plays, playbills.

Cornell: Reports budget problems.

Princeton: Acquired collection of Julio Cortázar manuscripts. including Rayuela. Also correspondence and manuscripts of Octavio Paz. They now have an inventory of titles on the web with links to finding aids.

LC: Has purchased full CIDOC collection. Did not purchase the Latin American poster collection. Will send list of new acquisitions.

Pittsburgh: Has filmed their Bolivian collection.

VIII. Other

A reminder that libraries should post significant acquisitions on LANE-L for current awareness and collecting decisions. Lourdes Vázquez volunteered to have the Fall 2001 LANE meeting at Rutgers University.

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