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OdiloTID joins the U.S. library network

The company has won the public sector contract to create the first state-level loan network in Colorado, where its technology will be used to provide services for electronic books, audio, and video.

“Spanish language is unstoppable in the U.S.” says children's book publisher

Cuento de Luz's Ana Eulate spoke to “La Famila de Broward,” a South Florida publication, on the importance of the Spanish language in the U.S., the publisher's upcoming releases and their success in the American market.

Stanford professor points out potential flaw in reading lessons for Spanish-speaking students in U.S.

What works for teaching students to read in English may be unnecessary for beginning readers in Spanish, shows the study "How important is teaching phonemic awareness to children learning to read in Spanish?" by Stanford Professor Claude Goldenberg and colleagues, to be published in American Educational Research Journal.

Literary blogs pick the best novels of 2013

The literary club Creatio published the picks for best novels 2013 in two categories: Best Spanish novel, won by Dolores Redondo's “El Guardián Invisible” and Best Foreign novel, won by Kate Morton's “El Cumpleaños Secreto.” The winners received votes from literary blogs.

Parent to lobby for program: Dual-language school is sought

Spanish teacher and world language coordinator Rebecca Schwerdtfeger approached her local school board during the public comment portion of its monthly meeting to propose the idea of starting a dual-language school in Columbia, Missouri.

HACU appointments new chief advocacy officer

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) announces the appointment of Luis Maldonado to its new position of Chief Advocacy Officer (CAO), effective February 28, 2014. He brings nearly 20 years of combined experience in government relations and advocacy efforts both in the non-profit and corporate sector.

'Inquebrantable: Mi Historia, A Mi Manera / Unbreakable: My Story, My Way' published by Atria Books is #1 best selling title in Spanish in the US for week 6

Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS) present the free, weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US Market for week 6 of 2014 (week ending 2/9/2014).

El País pays tribute to Julio Cortázar on the 30th anniversary of his death

The Argentinean writer died February 12, 1984 in Paris. The Spanish newspaper publishes a series of articles and photo galleries about the author of “Rayuela.”

Spanish book club in Los Angeles offers more than just reading

The Commerce Library’s Spanish Book Club started about 15 years ago, as part of the library system’s “Ambassadors of the Library” outreach effort to attract more Spanish speakers to the city’s libraries. All the books the group reads are in Spanish, as are the monthly discussions about what they’ve read.

Nowtilus and Tombooktu present their fall releases

The two publishers have released their catalogs of September 2014 releases.

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