SALALM XLIV  
May 30-June 3, 1999 
Vanderbilt University 
Nashville, TN 

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SALALM XLIV

Conference Schedule

Location, Registration and Book Exhibit Information
Saturday, 29 May
Sunday, 30 May
Monday, 31 May
Tuesday, 1 June
Wednesday, 2 June
Thursday, 3 June


Location of Meetings and Exhibits  

All meetings and activities will take place at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza in the hotel's conference facilities with the exception of the following: 

Location of Special Events  
Host Reception                        University Club, Vanderbilt University* 
Libreros Reception                  Country Music Hall of Fame 
Tours                                         The Hermitage and Belle Meade Plantation 
Electronic Workshop              Wilson Hall* 

Vanderbilt University Libraries*  
Open House                              Central Library Lobby 
Gallery Talk                                Special Collections 
Library Exhibits                         Lobby and Special Collections 

The Libraries are open for your use throughout the conference. The Central Library Reference Department will be happy to meet with you and acquaint you with the library's resources. There are nine other libraries on campus. Consult the ACORN guide in your packet. 

*see map in ACORN guide 
(The University Club is located on the within walking distance. Please refer to the map on the invitation.) 

Registration & Information Desk        Belle Meade Foyer 
Saturday 3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 
Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 
Monday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 
Tuesday 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 
Wednesday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 
Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 

Book Exhibits                                            Belle Meade/Cheekwood Ballrooms 
Monday 2:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 
Tuesday 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 
Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 
Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 

Saturday, 29 May 

3:00-5:30 p.m.     
        REGISTRATION                                   Belle Meade Foyer 

6:00 p.m. 
        Piano Bar Social                                     Piano Bar, Lobby 

7:00 - 10 p.m.  
        LAMP                                                      Carmichael/McTyeire 
 

Sunday, 30 May  

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  
        REGISTRATION                                   Belle Meade Foyer 

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. 
        Orientation for new members              Sarratt 
        Calafia                                                     Neely 
        LANE                                                      Carmichael/McTyeire 
        LASER                                                    Kirkland/Calhoun  

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.  
        Library/Book Dealer/Publisher            Carmichael/McTyeire 
        Nominating                                             Neely 
        Medina Awards Panel                          Sarratt 
        HAPI                                                       Kirkland/Calhoun 

10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 
        National Level Cooperation                 Carmichael/McTyeire 
        Audio-visual Media                              Sarratt 
        Serials                                                      Neely 
        Membership                                           Kirkland/Calhoun 

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  
        Cuban Bibliography                              Kirkland/Calhoun 
        Standards                                                Sarratt 
        Bibliographic Instruction                      Carmichael/McTyeire 
        RLG Members                                         Neely 

12:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.  
        Lunch Break 

2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.  
        Cataloging & Bibliographic                 Kirkland/Calhoun 
                    Technology 
        Gifts & Exchange                                   Sarratt 
        ARL Projects Update                            Carmichael/McTyeire 

3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. 
        Electronic Resources                             Carmichael/McTyeire 
        Policy, Research & Investigation        Sarratt 

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.  
        Gallery Talk-Confessions of a               Special Collections 
              Colombianist  Bibliophile                 Vanderbilt Library 
        Professor J. León Helguera 
 
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  
        Vanderbilt Library Open House             Central Library 
         (tours every 15 minutes) 
        Tours also scheduled Wed. 4-5 p.m. 

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.  
        Vanderbilt Host Cocktail Reception       University Club 

Monday, 31 May 

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  
         REGISTRATION                                       Belle Meade Foyer 

8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.  
         Official Publications                                  Neely 
         Constitution and By-laws                         Sarratt 
         Marginalized Peoples                                Carmichael/McTyeire 

9:45 - 11:00 a.m.  
         Reference Services                                    Neely 
         Editorial Board                                            Sarratt 

10:00 - 11:30 a.m.  
         Libreros                                                        Snaffles A 

11:00 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.  
         Finance                                                         Neely 
         Outreach/Enlace    Carmichael/McTyeire 

12:15 - 1:30 p.m.  
          Lunch                                                            Break 

1:30 - 2:45 p.m.  
         Acquisitions                                                  Carmichael/McTyeire 
         Access and Bibliography                            Sarratt 
         Library Operations and Services                Kirkland/Calhoun 
         Interlibrary Cooperation                              Neely 

2:45 - 3:30 p.m.  
         Opening of Book Exhibits and                    Belle Meade/ 
                   Welcome Coffee                                  Cheekwood Ballrooms 

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.  
         Executive Board (open to all members)      Chancellor's Board Room 

6:00 - 7:30 p.m.  
         Book dealer reception                                   Country Music Hall of 
         Enlace Raffle                                                         Fame and Museum 
         (buses leave at 5:30, 5:45 and 6:00 p.m.) 
 

Tuesday, 1 June 

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.  
          REGISTRATION                                           Belle Meade Foyer 

9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.  
          Book Exhibits                                                 Belle Meade/ 
                                                                                   Cheekwood Ballrooms 

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.  
          OPENING SESSION                                      Belmont Ballroom 

          Richard Phillips, President 
                University of Florida 
          Paul Gherman, University Librarian 
                Vanderbilt University Library 
          Russell Hamilton, Dean 
                The Graduate School, Vanderbilt University 
          James Lang, Director, Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies 
                Vanderbilt University 
          Paula Covington, Chair, Local Arrangements 
                 Vanderbilt University Library 
          Barbara A. Tenenbaum, Library of Congress 

          Presentation of the José Toribio Medina Award: 
          Dr. Margaret Rouse-Jones, University of West Indies 
                    St. Augustine, Trinidad 
          "Preserving a Nation's Culture: Libraries Yesterday, Today and 
                    Tomorrow" 
           Darlene Waller, Rapporteur, University of Connecticut 
 
10:00 - 10:40 a.m.  
           Coffee with Book Exhibitors                                Belle Meade/ 
                                                                                            Cheekwood Ballrooms 
 
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  
           THEME PANEL I                                                  Belmont Ballroom 
           Art, Music and Identity  

           Moderator:  William Luis 
           Rapporteur: Peter S. Bushnell, University of Florida 

           Simon Collier, Vanderbilt University 
              The Tango and the Urban Identity of Buenos Aires, 1900-1950  

           Leonard Folgarait, Vanderbilt University 
              The Body as Vehicle of Political Identity in the Art of José Clemente 
                            Orozco  
 
12:00- 1:30 p.m.  
            Lunch Break 

CONCURRENT SESSIONS (select one) 
 1:30 - 2:50 p.m.  

THEME PANEL II                                                            Carmichael/McTyeire 
             Ethnicity and Resistance  

             Moderator: Jeremy Stahl, Middle Tennessee State University 
             Rapporteur:  Eileen Oliver, Kent State University 

             Murdo MacLeod, University of Florida 
                Mexican Inquisition and Witchcraft: A Search for Sources  

             Jane Landers, Vanderbilt University 
                 Searching for African Maroons in the Historical Record: New 
                               Approaches  

             Rafael Tarragó, University of Minnesota 
                 Dual Identities: Printed Sources for Research on the Andean Gentry 
                               in the Kingdoms of Peru, 1537-1826  
 

THEME PANEL III                                                           Neely 
              Famous Folk and Folk of the Fringe: Documenting Latin American 
              Popular Culture through Folklore  

              Moderator: John B. Wright, Brigham Young University 
              Rapporteur: Marianne Siegmund, Brigham Young University 

              Colleen Trujillo, University of California, Los Angeles 
                 In Their Own Words: Folk Literature of South American Indians  

              Peter A. Stern, University of Massachusetts at Amherst 
                Gringa Folklorista: Frances Toor and the Mexican Cultural 
                             Renaissance  

              John B. Wright, Brigham Young University 
                 Yo Vivo de lo que Escribo: Antonio Paredes-Candía, Bolivian 
                             Folklorist  

THEME PANEL IV                                                            Kirkland/Calhoun 
             Cultural Themes    

              Moderator:  Russell Hamilton, Vanderbilt University 
              Rapporteur: Pamela Howard-Reguindin, Library of Congress - Rio de 
                                Janeiro Office 

               Larry Crook, University of Florida 
                  Maracatu: Music of Recife  

               Elizabeth Ginway, University of Florida 
                  Researching Brazilian Science Fiction, 1909-1989  

               Earl Fitz, Vanderbilt University 
                   Latin American Identity in an Inter-American Context: The View 
                             from Literature 
  
               Christopher Maurer, Vanderbilt University 
                    García Lorca CD-Rom Project  

3:00 p.m.  
                Buses leave from hotel for tours of: 
                The Hermitage or Belle Meade Plantation 

5:30 p.m.  
                Buses return 

CONCURRENT SESSIONS (select one) 
7:30 - 9:30 p.m. 
               Session 1                                                             Kirkland/Calhoun 
               The Withering of Latin American Newspaper Microfilm Collections?  

                Moderator:  Scott Van Jacob, Notre Dame University 
                Rapporteur: Edmundo Flores, Library of Congress 

                Alfredo Montalvo, Editorial Inca 

                Scott Van Jacob, Notre Dame University 
 
               Session 2                                                             Carmichael/McTyeire 
               Access and Preservation of Caribbean and Latin American Film 
                          Resources  

               Rapporteur:  Marian Goslinga, Florida International University 
               Moderator: Víctor Torres, Universidad de Puerto Rico 

               Film Showing 

               Víctor Torres, Universidad de Puerto Rico 
                    Los Esfuerzos por Recuperar y Preservar el Cine Puertorriqueño  

               Gayle Williams, University of Georgia 
                    Latin American Screenplays in Print: A Bibliography and Archival 
                                   Record  
 

Wednesday, 2 June 

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  
               REGISTRATION                                                Belle Meade Foyer 

9:00 - 5:00 p.m.  
              Book Exhibits                                                       Belle Meade/ 
                                                                                             Cheekwood Ballrooms 

CONCURRENT SESSIONS (select one)  
8:30 - 10:15 a.m.  
              Improving Research Skills:                                Carmichael/McTyeire 
             A Critique of Strategies  

             Moderator: Peter T. Johnson, Princeton University 
             Rapporteur:  Ramón Abad, Instituto Cervantes 

             Hortensia Calvo, Duke University 
             Harold Colson, University of California, San Diego 
             Norma Corral, University of California, Los Angeles 
             Paula A. Covington, Vanderbilt University 
             Pamela Graham, Columbia University 
             Peter T. Johnson, Princeton University 
 
             THEME PANEL V                                              Kirkland/Calhoun 
             Oral History as a Source for Documenting Popular Culture  

             Moderator:  Mark Grover, Brigham Young University 
             Rapporteur: Bartley A. Burk, Notre Dame University 

             Margaret Rouse-Jones, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and 
             Enid Brown, University of the West Indies, Jamaica 
               Documenting Cultural Heritage: Focusing on the Oral History 
                          Collections at the University of the West Indies  

             Mark Grover, Brigham Young University 
               Menchú, Stoll and Ideology: Oral History as a Document  

             Jennifer Joseph, University of the West Indies, Trinidad 
                Preserving Our Heritage: The Work of Al Ramsawak, Folklorist of  
                           Trinidad and Tobago  
  
             THEME PANEL VI                                                 Neely 
             The Forgotten Minority: Women in Latin America and the Caribbean  

              Moderator: Marian Goslinga, Florida International University 
              Rapporteur: Laura Shedenhelm, University of Georgia 

              Marian Goslinga, Florida International University 
                 The Search for Identity: Caribbean Women Writers Today  

              Mina Jane Grothey, University of New Mexico 
                 The Urban Woman in the Electronic Age: A Survey  

              Lesbia Varona, University of Miami 
                 Escritoras Cubanas en los Estados Unidos  

              Nelly González, University of Illinois 
                A Bolivian Literary Minority: Women Writers 
 

10:15  - 10:30 a.m.  
              Break                                                                        Belle Meade Foyer 
 
CONCURRENT SESSIONS (select one)  
10:30 a.m - 12:00 p.m.  
              THEME PANEL VII                                               Carmichael/McTyeire 
               Interpreting Sources for Contemporary History and Politics  

              Moderator:  William Canak 
              Rapporteur: Joseph C. Holub, University of Pennsylvania 

              Marshall Eakin, Vanderbilt University 
                Cultural Amnesia: Systematically Erasing the History of Brazilian 
                         Industrialization  

              Wendy Hunter, Vanderbilt University 
                 Assessing Military Power and Privilege in Present-Day Latin 
                        America 

              Kurt Weyland, Vanderbilt University 
                 Old Pitfalls and New Opportunities in Documenting Popular 
                       Political Culture in Latin America  

              James Lang, Vanderbilt University 
                 The Potato's Path through the Library: The Untold Story  

             THEME PANEL VIII                                               Neely 
             On and Off the Margins: Visual Documentation of Popular Culture 
             and Movements in Latin America  

             Moderator:  Beverly Karno, Howard Karno Books, Inc. 
             Rapporteur:  Nancy Hallock, Harvard University 

             Russ Davidson, University of New Mexico 
               Art in the Service of the Nation: Populism, National Identity, and  
                         Mexico's Taller de Gráfica Popular, 1937-1977  

             Sam Slick, University of Southern Mississippi 
               The Poster in Latin American Politics and Society, 1975-2000  

            Beverly Karno, Howard Karno Books, Inc. 
               Perverts, Jailbirds, Nude Ladies, and Mean Kids:The Art of the Comic  
                        (Book)  
 
12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m.  
            Lunch Break 

CONCURRENT SESSIONS (select one)  
1:30  - 3:15 p.m.  
             Mining LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe      Wilson Hall, Room 120 
             for Latin American Topics                                  Vanderbilt Campus 
             Workshop on Electronic Resources 

             Moderator: Harold Colson, University of California, San Diego 
             Rapporteur: Sara M. Sánchez, University of Miami 

             Harold Colson, University of California, San Diego 
             Mina Jane Grothey, University of New Mexico 
             Eudora Loh, University of California, Los Angeles 
             Orchid Mazurkiewicz, Arizona State University 
             Beth P. Bigman, CIS/LEXISr-NEXISr 

            THEME PANEL IX                                               Kirkland/Calhoun 
            Shifting Frontiers, Permeable Borders and  Migrating Records:  
            Documenting Change  

            Moderator: Myra Appel, University of California, Riverside 
            Rapporteur:  Benita Weber Vasallo, Inter-American Development Bank 

            Myra Appel, University of California, Riverside 
               Preserving the Cultural Record: COPAR and Latin American Sources  

            Adecelia X. López Roblero, Colegio de la Frontera Sur 
               La Colección Frontera Sur (FROSUR): Una Herramienta para  
                           Repensar la Realidad  

            Alfonso J. Vijil, Libros Latinos/Libros Centroamericanos 
               Five or None: William Walker in Nicaragua  

            Emily Story, Vanderbilt University 
                Unintended Outcomes: William Walker and the Emergence of  
                             Nicaraguan Nationalism  
 
3:15 - 3:45 p.m.  
             Coffee Break                                                          Belle Meade/ 
                                                                                              Cheekwood Ballrooms 

CONCURRENT SESSIONS (select one)  
3:45  - 5:45 p.m.  
             THEME PANEL X                                                 Carmichael/McTyeire 
             Indigenous Identity and Politics  

             Rapporteur: Orchid Mazurkiewicz, Arizona State University 
             Moderator: Wendy Hunter 

              Edward F. Fischer, Vanderbilt University 
                 Articulating Local Concerns in a Global Context:Recent Mayan 
                          Scholarship and Research on Identity Politics  

              Beth Conklin, Vanderbilt University 
                  Identity Politics and the Changing Face of Indian - State Relations 
                           in Latin America  

              Annabeth Headrick, Vanderbilt University 
                  Ancestral Identities at Teotihuacan  

              THEME PANEL XI                                              Kirkland/Calhoun 
              Documenting Identity  
 
               Rapporteur: Pamela Graham, Columbia University 
               Moderator:  Cecilia Puerto, San Diego State University 

               J. Félix Martínez Barrientos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de 
                           México 
                 Centros de Documentación y Bases de Datos sobre Asuntos de  
                           la Mujer y Género en América Latina  

               Saray Cordoba González, Universidad de Costa Rica 
                  El Papel de la Información en la Construcción de la Identidad  
                           Cultural  

               Clara Chu, University of California, Los Angeles 
                  Documenting the Chinese in Mexicali: A View from Within and 
                            Without  
 
               Gloria Sánchez, Publicaciones Aztecas 
                   Present Situation of Indigenous Groups in Chiapas  

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.  
                Library Tour Encore                                       Central Library 

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.  
                SALALM Authors Workshop                      Rand 

                Barbara Valk, University of California, Los Angeles 
                Colleen Trujillo, University of California, Los Angeles 
 

Thursday, 3 June 

8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  
                REGISTRATION                                               Belle Meade Foyer 

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  
                 Book Exhibits 
 
CONCURRENT SESSIONS (select one)  
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.  
                Session 1                                                            Kirkland/Calhoun 
                Issues in the Organization of Information  

                Rapporteur:  Elizabeth Steinhagen, University of New Mexico 

                Claire-Lise Benaud, University of New Mexico 
                   Considerations for Outsourcing Cataloging  

                Cecilia Sercan, Cornell University 
                    New (and Hot) Issues in Technical Services  

                Session 2                                                             Carmichael/McTyeire 
                Overcrowding in the Northeast: Off-site Storage,Weeding and 
                Collection Development  

                Moderator:  Denise Hibay, New York Public Library 
                Rapporteur: Orchid Mazurkiewicz, Arizona State University 

                César Rodríguez, Yale University 
                   Off-site Library Facilities: Selling the Idea to Library Patrons  
 
                David Block, Cornell University 
                    Remote Storage: How Did It Come to This? 

                Dan Hazen, Harvard University 
                    The Harvard Depository: Remote Storage as a Way of Life  
 
                THEME PANEL XII                                          Neely 
                The English-Speaking Caribbean: Documenting Aspects of Popular 
                Music and Cultural Traditions  

                Moderator: Richard Phillips, University of Florida 
                Rapporteur: Sharon Moynahan, University of New Mexico 

                Kathleen Helenese-Paul, University of the West Indies, Trinidad 
                  Pan, Parang and Chutney: Identity, Music and Popular Cultural  
                            Forms in Trinidad and Tobago  

                Elmelinda Lara, University of the West Indies, Trinidad 
                  The Way We Live: Fetes and Festivals of the Caribbean  

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.  
                Coffee Break                                                         Belle Meade/ 
                                                                                                Cheekwood Ballrooms 

11:00 a.m. - 12:00  
                Town Hall                                                              Belmont Ballroom 

12:00 Noon  
                Book Exhibits Close 

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  
                Lunch Break 

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.  
                Closing Session                                                    Belmont Ballroom 

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.      (immediately following closing session) 
                Executive Board Meeting                                    Chancellor's Board 
                                                                                                 Room