For second year! Loida's participation in Queens Library's promotional campaign on buses and shelters!!

 

 

Education

Ph. D. Student at The Palmer School, Long Island University- C. W. Post Campus

Master of Library and Information Science,University of Puerto Rico

Bachelor of Arts, Business Education, University of Puerto Rico

 

Work Experience

 

January 2006- Present

Assistant Coordinator, Special Services

Queens Library/Special Services and Job Information Center

Manages Queens Library/ Special Services unit which serves persons with disabilities, in correctional facilities, older adults, job seekers and medically underserved populations. Staff: Outreach librarians, Job Information librarian, Public Health specialists, Community Associate, Special Services Associate, hourly rates, volunteers.

Manages library aspects of Queens Library Health Link, a five-year federally funded unique initiative in partnership with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, American Cancer Society and Queens Cancer Center.

• supervise and train full-time library staff, Health Link Specialists
• oversees mammography van visits to libraries and selected community locations, educational programs, development of community groups: Cancer Action Councils
• coordinate systemwide trainings for participating libraries
• coordinate development of resources to promote the project in community libraries, web site, etc.

*Oversees development of projects to better serve senior centers, e.g. Book Club kit, Memoir Writing Kit, Intergenerational Projects, Genealogy Workshops, and various publications integrated to the library's collections.

*Oversees establishment of the first HEAL pilot project in the nation with ReServe and Libraries for the Future.

*Coordinates training for systemwide staff about Special Services componenets and others such as "Serving the Spanish Speaking Community," a systemwide workshop geared to public service staff of all levels working at libraries with Spanish-speaking customers.

*Developed a brochure in Spanish about library services and how to use the library.

*Coordinated installation of a video relay service for the deaf at locations serving a large deaf population.

 

Novem ber 2000- December 2005

Spanish Language Collections/Cultural Arts Manager

Queens Library/New Americans Program

Selected, purchased, evaluated and maintained Spanish language collections.
Oversaw NAP Spanish language collections budget.
Co-established Spanish collections ‘Say Si’ Committee.
Coordinated evaluation of 23 Spanish language collections.
Served as a resource for the library in a consultative and collaborative capacity on the acquisition of e-books, data bases, and encyclopedias in Spanish.
Developed NAP Spanish language promotional materials for public use such as bibliographies, book lists, and specialized supplements.
Translated into Spanish and revised translations of library informational materials.
Contributed to the mantenance of Queens Library Website Spanish interface.
Selected and Updated content of Bienvenidos a Queens data base.

Planned cultural arts programs in languages representing ethnic groups in Queens.
Coordinated contracts, payment, and equipment request for cultural arts programs.
Oversaw NAP cultural arts budget and special grants as assigned.
Collaborated on the successful application for a New York State Council on the Arts [NYSCA] grant to present a Latino Authors Series.
Initiated and maintained contact with multi ethnic community and arts organizations in Queens and New York metropolitan area.

January - June 2000

Librarian

Unit of Library Services for the Blind and Disable/Unidad de Servicios Bibliotecarios para Ciegos e Impedidos/Biblioteca Jose M. Lazaro/University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus

Served as Acting Chief of Unit while Chief was on Maternity Leave.

Maintained the unit’s database
Developed library collection.
Catalogued videos, books, catalogues, newsletters, magazines, etc.
Recommended new resources such as books, body-models, catalogues, CD-ROM, databases and multimedia.
Worked closely with distributors to request/acquire resources and information about new equipment for the disabled.
Coordinated conferences and orientations related to computer programs.
Summarized library statistics monthly and yearly.
Prepared work plans, monthly and yearly reports.

 

Publications

Garcia-Febo, L. Recruitment for Diversity. Guest Blogger at Webjunction BlogJunction. November 16, 2007.

Garcia-Febo, L. U.S. Libraries and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment- How Librarians are Coping with Discrimination to Better Serve Hispanic Communities. Criticas. October 1, 2007.

Garcia-Febo, L. 2007. International Perspectives in the New Librarian Experience. Feliciter, 53 (2).

Garcia-Febo, L. Librarians unite against H.R. 4437. Latino American Experience database. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2007.

Garcia-Febo, L. Our Daughters - Young Latinas in Crisis. Criticas. 15 August 2006.

Garcia-Febo, L. 2006. Librarians Unite Against H.R. 4437. REFORMA Newsletter. 24 (1/2): 11.

Garcia-Febo, L. ALA Ethnic Caucuses Without Borders. Versed. January 2006.

Garcia-Febo, L. New Professionals Wave at IFLA. Versed. January 2005.

Garcia-Febo, L. 2004. Diary of a Young Latina Librarian at IFLA 2004 - Buenos Aires. REFORMA Newsletter. 22(3): 1-19.

 

Honors/Awards

Selected by 2007 Library Journal Mover & Shaker; Freedom Fighters section.

Named one of NYC Outstanding Women 2007 (Mujeres Destacadas 2007) by Impremedia and Diario La Prensa.

Selected to be one of three librarians whose picture appears in Queens Library’s promotional campaign in buses and buses’ shelters in New York. Her add was translated into Spanish to outreach Queens’ Spanish-speaking population. Campaigns on 2006 and 2007. http://www.sisterama.com/loidapromoJan06.htm

Selected to participate in a Soaring to Excellence video (national) teleconference from College DuPage in April 7, 2006, titled Serving Immigrant Populations: A Library Prototype for Diversity. http://www.newamericansunited.net/

Queens Library’s Library Luminary Award for “developing and promoting the Spanish language collection; planning, organizing and promoting cultural arts programs, location of partners for co-sponsorship of Hispanic cultural events and more, in support of multilingual and multicultural library services. September 2004.”

Selected from more than 750 applicants as one of the 30 fellows for the "Fellowship for the Americas' program, sponsored by the IFLA 2001 National Organizing Committee to attend the IFLA Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August, 2004.

 

Selected Presentations

National and International

Queens Library HealthLink Project. Presented at The Internet Manifesto and Public Health Information: The Library’s Role. IFLA/FAIFEworkshop in Connecticut and New York. From November 26 to December 1st. Friday, November 30, 2007.

Recruiting for Diversity. Nationwide Webinar presented by Webjunction. November 20, 2007.

IFLA/UNESCO Internet Manifesto Guidelines Workshop. Mexico City. November 7-9, 2007.

Ensuring equal access to information on the Internet in Latin America/Asegurando acceso igual a la Información en el Internet en Latino América. Webchat hosted by the US Embassy - Mexico. October 25, 2007.

FAIFE Activities and the Internet Manifesto. July 11, 2007. XXII Brazilian Congress on Library Science, Documentation and Information Science. Presented by the Brazilian Federation of Librarians Associations, Information Scientists and Institutions. Brasilia, Brazil.

Marketing Library Services to the Melting Pot
cosponsored by PLA/LAMA at ALA Annual Conference in Washington D.C. June 25, 2007.

Serving Spanish Speakers with Disabilities. ALA Annual Conference. Washington, D.C. June 23, 2007.

Webinar presented by Webjunction. Effective Ways of Dealing with Anti-Immigrant Sentiment. June 12, 2007. USA. Nationwide webinar.

Diversity Counts: Where do we go from here? Joint REFORMA Northeast, AILA, APALA, BCALA, and CALA Mini-Conference. May 18, 2007. Chatham Square Library. New York City.

Services to Immigrant Populations// Breaking Down Walls to Serve Latino Immigrants. April 17, 2007. Connecticut Library Association Annual Conference, New Haven, CT.

IFLA/UNESCO Internet Manifesto Guidelines workshop. San Jose, Costa Rica. March 2007.

Immigrant Communities and Libraries. REFORMA Northeast. January 12, 2007. Newark Public Library, New Jersey.

After 9/11: Latino and Asian immigrants and the Public Library. Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC). Dallas, Tx. October 12, 2006.

Library Services for New Americans @ Queens Library: Collection Development in Languages other than English. SEFLIN/ Outreach and Service to Diverse Populations. Miami, FL. July 27, 2006.

Homeland Insecurities: Library Cards for Latino Immigrants/Libraries Yesterday and Today. American Library Association. Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. June 24, 2006.

Improving Service to the Spanish Speaking. 2006 Connecticut Library Association Conference. April 21, 2006.

Serving Immigrant Populations: A Library Prototype for Diversity. College DuPage Soaring to Excellence Videoconference. April 7, 2006.

Serving Spanish Speakers. BCALA-Connecticut Diversity Conference. October 29, 2005.

¡Bienvenidos! Welcome! Marketing Your Libraries to Latinos/ Collections section. American Library Association. Annual Conference, Chicago. June 25, 2005.

Developing a Spanish Language Core Collection. Connecticut Library Association. Annual Conference. April 12, 2005.

Networking & Leadership through Professional Organizations. Spectrum Leadership Institute, ALA Office for Diversity & Spectrum Initiative. University of Central Florida, ALA Annual Conference. Orlando, FL. June 24, 2004.

An Online Gateway to Information in Spanish for Newcomers, poster resentation at ALA/Diversity Fair. ALA Annual Conference. June 25, 2004.

Does your library web page speaks Spanish?, ALA Annual Conference. Orlando, FL. June 29, 2004.

Digital Librarian: Models of Services for the Latino Community in New York City. REFORMA/Puerto Rico Chapter National Conference. January 16, 2004.

Web Site Development in Spanish…Getting Started. Connecticut Library Association. Annual Conference. April 9, 2003.

Queens Borough Public Library’s New Americans Program. Poster Session. ACURIL XXXIII. Annual Conference. Puerto Rico. June 2003.

De colores: A Spectrum of Library Services to Latinos/Translations sections. LA Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA. June 2002.

 

State and Local Presentations

Queens Library HealthLink. October 20, 2007. New York Library Association Annual Conference. Buffalo, NY

Serving Diverse Communities: Adult Reference. October 19, 2007. New York Library Association Annual Conference. Buffalo, NY

Diversity Counts: Where do we go from here? Joint REFORMA Northeast, AILA, APALA, BCALA, and CALA Mini-Conference. May 18, 2007. Chatham Square Library. New York City.

Strategies to serve Multiethnic Populations. May 11, 2007. WestchesterLibrary Association Annual Conference. Yonkers, N.Y.

Library Services to Latinos in NYC. April 28, 2007. The 2007 Annual Conference of New York State Assembley Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force. Albany, N.Y.

Libraries yesterday and today: serving immigrants. Suffolk Library Association 2nd Annual Intellectual Freedom Conference 4/21/06, Breaking Down the Walls: Making Your Library a Community Cultural Center,

Librarian's Toolkit for Serving Spanish Speakers. New York Library Association. Annual Conference. Buffalo, NY. October 28, 2005.

Cultural Awareness and Collection Development in Spanish, training at Bringing the Mountain: Important Multi-Lingual Interlibrary Loan Services for Non-English Reading Inmates and Related DOCS Library Issues. New York State Department of Correctional Services Prison. May 5, 2004.

Serving Spanish Speakers. New York Library Association. Annual Conference. November 7, 2003.

The American Dream. Queens Library. New York. October 20, 2002.

 

Workshops and Classes

Effective Strategies to Serve Multicultural Populations: Approaches for Public and Academic Libraries. June 5, 2007. Presented by the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) as part of Spring 2007 Professional Development. NY, NY.

Providing and Promoting Library Services for the Latino/Hispanic Community. Jacob Edwards Library Southbridge, MA. March 25, 2005.

Using Spanish in the Library. State of Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services. March 8, 2005.

Providing and Promoting Library Services for the Latino/Hispanic Community. State of Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services. March 8, 2005.

Cultural Awareness and Programming for Latinos, Westchester Public Library. Services for Spanish Speakers Series. August 10, 2004.

 

Conference Organizing Committees

2008 Joint REFORMA Northeast, BCALA and CALA Conference

2007Joint REFORMA Northeast, AILA, APALA, BCALA and CALA Conference

2006 Joint REFORMA Northeast, BCALA and CALA Conference

2005 Joint REFORMA Northeast and BCALA Conference

 

Advisory Service

The Latino American Experience, 2006 - Present

Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

 

Professional Service...

ALA

International Relations Committee 2006-2008

Intellectual Freedom Round Table/ Director-at-Large 2006-2008

International Relations Round Table/ Americas Subcomittee member, 2002-2004; 2004-2006

Diversity Committee/Diversity Council [REFORMA rep.] 2004-2005; 2005-2006

 

IFLA

New Professionals Discussion Group [NPDG] -Co-Founder and Co-Convenor 2004 - Present

Management of Library Associations Section - Ex-Officio member 2005 - Present

FAIFE Co-opt member 2006-2007; Member 2007-2011.

 

REFORMA, Association to Promote Library Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking

Executive Board member/ Chapter Representative 2006-2008

Northeast Chapter President, 2005-2006

Board Member/ Librarian of the Year Award [LOTY], Chair 2003-2005

Northeast Chapter Programs Committee, 2003-2004

 

NYLA

REFORMA Northeast Chapter Liasion to New York Library Association [NYLA] 2003-2005

 

ACURIL, Association of Caribbean Universitites, Research, Investigation Libraries. Active member

Public Relations Committee, 2003

 

Skills

Languages: Fluent in English and Spanish;
Working knowledge of Portuguese

Web design: Macromedia/Dreamweaver 8; HTML, Camtasia Studio

www.sisterama.com