ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


November 1994/ 673

R a c ia l &  
E thnic 

D iv e r s ity
In fo rm a tio n  ex c h a n g e

Conference on library 
services to Latinos
“Alma, Vida, y Corazon: Em­
pow ering the Latino Com­
munity through O ur Librar­
ies” will b e held Saturday,
February 25, 1995, at the 
University of California, Ber­
keley.

Bibliotecas Para La Gente 
(BPLG), in celebrating its 
20th anniversary as an asso­
ciatio n  o f indiv id u als in ­
v o lv ed  in im proving an d  
promoting library services to 
Latinos in Northern California, will sponsor its 
first conference. The conference will provide 
an opportunity to share and learn of informa­
tion and services to the Latino community.

This one-day conference, cosponsored by
the Department of Chicano Studies at the Uni­
versity of California, Berkeley, will offer indi­
viduals w ho provide library services to Latinos 
an opportunity to showcase their successes, ex­
amine problems, and propose new  solutions. 
There will be a main plenary session featuring
speakers yet to b e annouced. From the pro­
posals submitted, BPLG will assemble a num ­
ber of panels, lectures, and workshops to take
place throughout the day. The deadline for pro­
posals is November 30, 1994.

For more information, a proposal, or regis­
tration form, contact: Kathy Blackmer Reyes at
Chicano Studies Library #2570, 3404 D w indle
Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA
94720; e-mail: lcastill@ unlink2.berkeley.edu; 
phone: (510) 642-3859; fax: (510) 642-6459- 
BPLG is a chapter of REFORMA.

N ew  electronic journal on Africana 
studies
Announcing a new  electronic journal, EJAS-L: 
Electronic Journal of Africana Studies (ISSN

 

 

 

 
 
 

Deborah Abston

1076-9870). EJAS-L is a bi­
ennial, peer-reviewed elec­
tronic journal with an edito­
ria l b o a r d  o f  A fric a n  
American scholars. It com ­
municates scholarly thought 
in African American studies.

The first regular, biennial 
issue will deb u t in March 
1995. W hen w arranted by 
th e  v o lu m e  a n d  flow  o f 
scholarship, special and/or 
su p p le m e n ta ry  issu es on 
emergent themes will be dis­
tributed.

EJAS-L, w hich is now  accepting articles, has 
five sections, one o f w hich is refereed: 1) Re­
search and Applications (articles submitted for 
this section will be blind reviewed by at least 
two qualified referees); 2) Essays and Opinions; 
3) News, Letters, and Other Discussions; 4) Re­
views of Print and Electronic Resources; and 5) 
Preprints and Abstracts Distribution. Articles may 
b e  submitted for inclusion in any of the five 
categories.

EJAS-L will be distributed through a listserv 
fileserver, an ftp site, and a gopher server. Sub­
scribers will be made aware of the available 
issue by distribution of a quaterly table o f con­
tents to AFAS-L, AFRO AM, and other e-confer­
ences that request the service.

For information on form and style of sub­
missions, please contact the editorial board by 
e-mail: ejased@ kentvm (B itnet) or ejased@ 
kentvm .kent.edu (Internet).

N e w  listserv on Chicana issues
MUJER-L is a free and open forum for discus­
sion and exchange of information for those w ho 
share an interest in Chicana an d /o r Latina is­
sues, and to build an international netw ork 
among those w ho share these interests. To sub­
scribe, sen d  a m essage to listproc@lmrinet. 
gse.ucsb.edu. To post a message, send e-mail 
to mujer-l@lmrinet.gse.ucsb.edu. ■

Submissions f o r  this column should be made to 
Deborah Abston, head o f  current periodicals/micro- 
form s at Arizona State University, Hayden Library, 
B o x 871006, Tempe, A Z 85287-1006;phone:
(602)965-6928/6392; fa x : (602) 965-9169;
Bitnet: iddxa@asuacad; Internet: iddxa‹Sasuvm. 
inre.asu.edu

mailto:lcastill@unlink2.berkeley.edu
kentvm.kent.edu
gse.ucsb.edu
mailto:mujer-l@lmrinet.gse.ucsb.edu
inre.asu.edu