Library buys Spanish materials
By tfsa Millegart
i •• ..-a .1 Associate ! cttor
I he Eugene Public Library
Inis pure based more Spanish
language books, newspapers,
niaga/ines. audio and video
cassettes thanks to a $20,000
grant from the 1' S Department
of Education
Although the library had a
Spanish language collection in
the past, the collection was lint
tied largely to classic literature
and lacked "the popular fiction
and nonfiction that most peo
pie would want to read." said
Sandra Derrick, senior librarian
and project director of the
grant
Library officials -decided to
apply for the grant to expand
the Spanish languagecollet turn
after requests tor materials
steadily increased
We wanted to promote i u I
tural diversity in the area. Car
ra k said Hisparnt s are one ol
the fastest growing minorities
in the community' "
,\i i ording to the l 'lOO I eii
sus. I,OS I Hispanics live in Lu
gene, making up 2 percent of
the city's total population
However Vic ki Valde/ I lie
Chicano Allans Center estimat
(■it that I he number ol Hispan
ics living m the .tr« .i is closer to
10.000 She viol the census
count, is inaccurate bei ause
ion mis takers did not have an
adequate amount of time to
make tin1 count -ind missed
many ret tint immigrant'.
(‘ i r r h k said t ho I i lira r v
worked i IiimiIv with lot al Late
no assoi latioii'. to dt;< Idi* what
Spanish language materials' to
order
()n< e tile word gets out, I
think the Spanish materials
will he heavily, heavily used
\ aide/ said its hard II you're
living' in a plai e and you i an t
understand the language Then
Vim see something in your own
'language'"and It's like seeing a
Ini-ltd
The library tna'u'gu rated its
new Spanish language t ollt i
! t. >n S' p, i fd.i y yy It ll all i ipe I:
ll- is.- that included jit• i Iitiii
alii es of songs and stories in
the language
( lose to 100 people i rammed
hi to an upstairs room ol tin- Ii
lir.itv jo vv.ili h i hililrei! 'ton
I ugene s Spanish iinnn rsioii
Buen.i Vista I'.lemehlary Si I
per form a play \ k a r.igu a n
singer Ana Bonduranl also led
the group in .1 rousing < hum*,
of ! oh/ Nay irhii)
Harhara Stevens Newcomb
lull! Ivvo in both S|MHtvh
.mil ! nglish one about .1 In
:ii' tu >v vv h. vvanle,) In th uiiI
'hi >■ hrr i.M.'vi. .in It .kl.il.'. I'
:... I 11'..' .l.iv it snowed H»rt 1
Has
( ..Mil Hit kux wrapped up lh<
slum with slides of .1 trip he
look In Nu ar.tgua
During intermission, auili
cm c members leasttid on 11.1
1 Ill's Hill WITH - 111 V Ill'll to lake I
(ret* rose
\ tilhle ill the room vs as dei
urateil with flags from South
\n.crii an t nun tries am) a globe
uni atlas tfi.ir. '.prominently
pi.i;v ctl tiepu lions t.l the . onli
n.-i.t ( p. .slers u| Vlexi
. 11 ami l hi If at lorni'i I the wail-.
While many members ol-.lhe
-I .. 4., e III e w e re p area I s ,; t
I; lend - ■ it. the < it:'. Iren win > pc:
Niri'iet! severalWere bussed
. , 1.p. iie s W htle.ik>a .11 s
!: a ' vv here a large H ispatiii
: ..tlilv exists
lie it.hr .It V ‘Will host lliret
:liei Spanish language pro
;! ci ;'n th. ' next v ear i at h
will eOim lit* vs till the am V a I ut
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