Collection Development Policy
Latino Studies

 

PROGRAMS AND CLIENTELE SUPPORTED:

Collections support Latino/Latina related courses and curriculums that are administered through the Institute for Latino Studies. Collections also support, to a lesser extent, research conducted by the Institute for Latino Studies.

Latino Studies is a broad field of studies that covers many areas. Generally speaking, it concentrates on Latinos and the Latino experience within the United States with additional consideration to links to the respective countries of origin. Emphasis of research support lay in the areas of spirituality, art, culture, literature, history, politics, immigration, population, and various other social areas.

The terminology used to identify Latinos varies greatly in the field. Latinos are populations still allied with Spanish culture and language, even if centuries removed from Spain. Since Notre Dame has an Institute for Latino Studies, this collection will be referred to as the Latino Studies Collection.

SUBJECT LIAISON:

Hector Escobar, Jr.
208 Hesburgh Library
(574) 631-6561
hescobar@nd.edu

CONSPECTUS: None

GENERAL COLLECTION GUIDELINES:

Languages: A majority of collections will consist of English with selected resources in Spanish. In other cases a mixture of Spanish and English are used interchangeably in combined resources.

Chronological: Emphasis on Latino related issues significantly covers the 19th and 20th century and onward. In some cases earlier material may be sought out for its historical significance.

Geographical: Covering all of the United States with additional regions around the United States / Mexico border as well as Puerto Rico. A collection emphasis will be Latinos in the Midwest.

Treatment of Subject: Collection of materials support areas for undergraduate research and limited areas of graduate and faculty support.

Types of Material: Various formats are collected. These include books, journals, audio formats, videos, and various microform that are deemed as necessary.

COORDINATION INFORMATION:

In some cases, some resource sharing may be conducted with the Latin American Librarian. The high correlation between Catholicism and the Latino community may also enlist the Catholic Studies Librarian as well as other subject liaisons where appropriate.

The Institute for Latino Studies archives and circulating collection of books are resources for students and scholars at Notre Dame. When possible, the Hesburgh Library will acquire resources to support and supplement these resources.

COLLECTING LEVELS:

Latino Studies covers a wide array of interdisciplinary topics and is intertwined with various subjects from the Library of Congress classification system. With no real established series of call number ranges, the following are collection levels that exist at the University Libraries.

Subject	Collecting Level
Mexican Americans	3
Latinos in the Midwest	3
Cuban Americans	2
Puerto Ricans	2
Latino Society	3
Latino History	3
Latino Literature	3
Latino Arts & Culture	2
Immigration	3
Latino Spirituality	3

 

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