2023 Fall DLC: Tips, Tricks, and Search Techniques: Finding, Using, and Preserving Government Information in Other Languages

This program will concentrate on search techniques for finding and using Government documents and information published in languages other than English. The presentation draws on the 15 years of wisdom and experience gained by the presenter in serving a population in Puerto Rico that is exclusively Spanish-speaking. The presentation will emphasize agencies that produce information in other languages and offer in-depth search techniques for finding the information. Ideas for preserving the information at local levels will be presented since information in other languages is frequently not retained for long periods of time by Government agencies. A guide to the available information and to the agencies which publish in other languages will be included in the presentation. Subject emphasis will include immigration, health, education, disasters, daily living, and other subjects of interest to speakers of other languages.

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