1. SALALM: An Introduction Víctor Federico Torres Universidad de Puerto Rico Orchid Mazurkiewicz University of California, Los Angeles

2. Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials Seminario sobre la Adquisición de Materiales de Bibliotecas Latinoamericanos

3. SALALM History Organization Activities Projects

4. Origins 1956, Florida Problems associated with the acquisition of materials form Latin America –Identifying what’s been published –Obtaining materials at each library –Processing and preservation

5. Organizational Structure Incorporated in 1968 Executive Board Executive Secretary Secretariat

6. Membership Personal members Institutional members

7. Commitees Membership Constitution & By-laws Finance Editorial Board Nominations

8. Substantive Committees Acquisitions Access & Bibliography Library Operations & Services Interlibrary Cooperation

9. Committee Projects New serial titles list Booksellers directory Video database Latin American periodical price index Brazilian serials for exchange José Toribio Medina Award Enlace travel awards

10. Activities Annual conference Next conference: –April 16-19 2005, Gainsville, FL

11. Publications Conference papers Bibliography & Reference Series Special publications SALALM newsletter, 1976-

12. Awards Enlace –Carlos Delgado, Enlace committee chair cdelgado@library.berkeley.edu cdelgado@library.berkeley.edu Presidential Travel Fellowship –Pamela Howard-Reguindin, President pamelahr@loc.gov pamelahr@loc.gov

13. Communication Listserv –Lala-l@listserv.uga.eduLala-l@listserv.uga.edu Website –http://www.salalm.orghttp://www.salalm.org

14. Affiliated Projects Latin American Microfilm Project (LAMP) Latin Americanist Research Resources Project –Latin American Periodicals Table of Contents (LAPTOC) –Presidential messages Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)