The Meeting

SALALM is a brokerage for information services on Latin America and the Caribbean. Through its committees and theme panels, SALALM provides a space for librarians and scholars to discuss developments in research and communication. Alongside these formal sessions, booksellers display their latest offerings and make arrangement for delivery of materials during the coming year. This year's bookseller installation will take place in the Statler Hotel's Carrier Grand Ballroom.

Fray Juan de Torquemada, Monarquía indiana (1615). Titlepage.

The Site

Ithaca lies at the southern end of the Finger Lakes region of New York State, a site that in summer features ample greenery, flowing streams, and wine growing. The Statler Hotel, located in the center of the Cornell campus, will host SALALM 47 and most of its meetings. Ithaca features live theater, good restaurants and and a lively nightlife centered on The Commons and the Collegetown neighborhood, adjacent to Cornell.

Plano de la Ciudad de Trinidad [de Cuba]. (19th century). Joaquín E. Weiss. La arquitectura colonial cubana (1996). p. 303.

The Organizers

David Block and Cecilia Sercan, shown expressing their hopes for the meeting in the accompanying graphic, stand ready to help with the details. Please note, also, that all of the materials for personal and exhibitor registration are contained in pdf format on this site and linked to the menu bar at the top of this page.

"La segunda edad de los idios, Vari Runa." Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala, El primer nueva crónica y buen gobierno. Digital edition <www.kb.dk/elib/mss/poma>