This week in 1985 #Maryknoll Sisters #ItaFord & #MauraClark, Ursuline Sister #DorothyKazel, & lay missioner #JeanDonovan were killed by Salvadoran soldiers tinyurl.com/5n7j8c2s. Check tinyurl.com/2cppzve4 from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for ++. @spantoja.bsky.social @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

#OTD in 1854 Peru's president Ramón Castilla abolished slavery in the Andean country. For more on #Afroperuvian culture see these Ebooks tinyurl.com/bdk75jxm from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social, & more tinyurl.com/4ynve864 Check it Out! @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

On this #InternationalDayForEliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen Check out these Ebooks tinyurl.com/5f9knttk from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social

Streaming films from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social even while on Thanksgiving break tinyurl.com/3h769dcf. Just make sure you authenticate tinyurl.com/yc5527mj. Check it Out! @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

Nov 20th is #MexicanRevolution day, here are some images from 2010 @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social exhibit. See also tinyurl.com/y9btvnw7 & stanford.io/2jOTjik. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

Special exhibit @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for Ayotzinapa round table tinyurl.com/nhhu79d4 sponsored by Center for Latin American Studies. Join us this Friday: Hohbach Hall 123, Green Library-East Wing 1-3:30pm. On display *Accordion book, *Special photo portfolio & ++. tinyurl.com/4c7wwe8u

Chile's presidential elections heading to 2nd round tinyurl.com/4ev94k6a. Check @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for recent 📚on Chile's socio-political issues tinyurl.com/2vuw8kju, some are online tinyurl.com/4u3r6bv7. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social #ChileanElections #EleccionesChile

Researching Argentina? Check @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social raries.bsky.social for recent 3k books from the Southern Cone country tinyurl.com/mu94af8p. Want them in English ABOUT Argentina? We have those too, 1500+ recent ebooks tinyurl.com/bddjcm6m. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

Mexico's #JoseGuadalupePosada creator of the satirical #Calaveras (images 1 & 3) or skulls we see often during #DayOfTheDead. See images from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Image 2 from #TallerDeGraficaComala. #DiaDeMuertos. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

Yesterday I had 2 classes reviewing #primarysources @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social, a great opportunity to show how history can be documented as it happens: #pandemic #ephemera collected from the streets of San Francisco.

Muitos e-books para sua pesquisa sobre o #Brasil. Faça uma visita virtual ao #StanfordLibraries. / Lots of ebooks from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for your research on #Brazil 📚https://tinyurl.com/ycybr2v9. Check it Out!

#Bolivia held #presidentialelections yesterday tinyurl.com/5n772sf4. For more on the country's socio-political conditions of the last 20 years check out 📚 tinyurl.com/2easrs6e from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Election ephemera coming soon to Green Library.

Born Sept 30 1765: rebel cleric José María Morelos, independence leader during Mexico's fight (1810-1821) vs. Spain. Often whitewashed in history, he was of #AfroMexican ancestry bit.ly/3BH45k8. See stanford.io/3s6w4Xk & more from 2010 @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social exhibit bit.ly/33FIbkG.

So many resources (#ebooks, #videostreaming, #ejournals) for you research projects on #LatinAmerica, all from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Check it out tinyurl.com/5b52vvc8. 📚 🌎@adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social #Libraries

Celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth: Check out some of the limited edition books from Biblioteca Americana (18 titles) tinyurl.com/ycj3jubw. All housed in @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social Special Collections. #LatinxHeritageMonth

#MiguelHidalgo & #JoseMariaMorelos, the 2 rebel clerics who led the fight for #MexicanIndependence from Spain. Images from 2010 @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social exhibit. More here tinyurl.com/2kt4mxmu & here tinyurl.com/4jypvut5. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social

De los archivos de @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social: algunas imágenes sobre el #11deSeptiembre a #52AñosdelGolpe contra #SalvadorAllende en Chile./ Images from the Fernando Alegria archives: #Chile #1973coup against #SalvadorAllende. See details for each photo.

Buenos Aires province holds elections Sun Sept 7 tinyurl.com/yc854yy6. As Argentina's capital & 40% of country's population, electoral results could foreshadow Oct 26 ntl legislative midterms. Check some ebooks tinyurl.com/5zue6c5e from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

Camino al despacho ester soleado y prometedor 1er martes de Sept. / All quiet on the @Stanford front at 8am on this warm September morning.

Jaime Lozano, compositor de Broadway: “Escribir canciones sobre migración es un acto político, de resistencia y de protesta.” El músico mexicano lanza un nuevo álbum llamado ‘Songs by an Immigrant Vol. 3′ y lo presenta este lunes en el Sony Hall de Nueva York. elpais.com/us/entreteni...

Shameful campaign to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, over 70 percent of whom are Hispanic or Latino, is rippling across college campuses — from an increased ICE presence to new limits on educational access.

#Bolivia held #presidentialelections this weekend. For more on the country's sociopolitical conditions of the last 20 years check out some ebooks tinyurl.com/2p9une7w from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social

I arrived in Santa Barbara around midnight July 28/1989. Room I had arranged to rent 3 weeks earlier wasn't ready. Conejo, landlord's dog, was sleeping where I should be! It was a cool evening & I ended up digging through my suitcase for something to keep me warm. But it was the beach & a real job.

#OTD in 1911 American explorer Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas, in Peru 🇵🇪. Check out some📚ebooks tinyurl.com/23jp44bu from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for more. See also BBC text tinyurl.com/wnseac8r. @spantoja.bsky.social @dawngarcia.bsky.social

From the last 10 years @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social: 4800+ ebooks in Spanish for you research tinyurl.com/ynfz7sz6. Check it Out! @dawngarcia.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

Stanford’s #GreenLibrary📚opened its doors July 14, 1919. More on the place where I’ve worked since 1996 tinyurl.com/3zfw7yk6. @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, group identifying children born in captivity to parents illegally detained & forcibly #disappeared during 1976-1983 #Argentinadictatorship, have identified 140th grandchild tinyurl.com/5et33m26. See @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social ebooks 4 more tinyurl.com/4tjmtjhw.

#CarlaHayden, ex-directora de la #LibraryOfCongress ovacionada por colegas en el congreso de #ALAAC25 en Philadelphia. 📚😍

June is #LGBTQHistoryMonth. See ebooks from Spain now tinyurl.com/4sk9bj43 available from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. See sample titles, access via tinyurl.com/2mrfrfhh & check by publisher #EditorialEgales. Check it Out!🌈📚

¿Se puede decir 'Feliz Juneteenth'? Sí,siempre que se haga con respeto y entendimiento del significado del día. Según PBS la expresión se ha convertido en una manera positiva de honrar la libertad, la cultura afroamericana y la resistencia histórica. #HappyJuneteenth. See also tinyurl.com/bde8tkwm

Librarian’ work after a #NoKings demonstration by Dolores Park in #SanFrancisco: collect political ephemera. #NokingsinAmerica, #NoKingsDay. / Hay que documentar la historia nuestra de cada día después de una manifestación antinaranja frente al parque de casa.

Yesterday I encountered this large (3-4 blocks) peaceful demonstration in the #MissionDistrict of #SanFrancisco. Reminded me that our country has a long history community resistance, check ebooks from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for more tinyurl.com/2jm2fzkk.

Spain's noted poet & dramatist #FedericoGarciaLorca was born #OTD in 1898 tinyurl.com/2p8y5yhp. Check some ebooks tinyurl.com/5c3p7tcy from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social to learn more about him. 2nd image: #RainbowHonorWalk 🌈in San Francisco🌉 tinyurl.com/hskmcykj in the #CastroDistrict.

Pleasant surprise this morning: several #handmade #CubanBooks from #EdicionesVigía just arrived. / Vaya chulada de #LibrosArtesanales cubanos que nos han llegado hoy para "la Green" de @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for a larger collection of 400+ pieces tinyurl.com/5458rpxn of #Libroshechoamano.

June is #GLBTQHistoryMonth. See ebooks from Spain's #EditorialEgales now tinyurl.com/4sk9bj43 available from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Here are few sample titles. Check it out. #LibrosLGBTQ @larrylafountain.bsky.social

Thousands of young Latin Americans with a spot at a US university for the next academic year are feeling fear and uncertainty about the consequences of Trump’s policies against foreign students. english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-...

How AI is leaving non-English speakers behind. New research explores the communities and cultures being excluded from AI tools, leading to missed opportunities and increased risks from bias and misinformation news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

Databases tinyurl.com/3sney563 w/ lots of full text for your research on #LatinAmerica: migration, human rights, indigenous groups, climate change, gender issues...all @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social Check it out!

Un placer recibir gente de Otros Saberes-Latin American Studies Association en "la Green" de #Stanford para ver libros de artista, fotos, y grabados sobre #Migración, #ViolenciaDeGénero, #DesplazamientoForzado y #PersonasDesaparecidas. @dawngarcia.bsky.social @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social ‬

Getting ready for the 70th annual conference of the Seminar on Acquisitions of Latin American Library Material (#SALALM). Check salalm.org/salalm70prov... for more details. #Libraries #LatinAmericanStudies #AreaStudiesLibrarianship

Exhibit showcasing special items related to #humanrights in #LatinAmerica: artist's books addressing Chile's disappeared during military dictatorship & the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students in Mexico. Will also include works exploring the experience of migration.

Stanford physics faculty members April 22 letter supports national statement by American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) criticizing “unprecedented government overreach.” It opposed University president Jonathan Levin decision to not sign the AAC&U’s statement.

#OTD in 1977: 14 courageous women gathered at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires confronting a dictatorship that had stolen their children. It was the start of a long struggle that continues to this day shorturl.at/EsW4D. See resources stanford.io/41RNp5R from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social

Some recent ebooks from Latin America shorturl.at/dswtf waiting for you, all from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Check it Out! @dawngarcia.bsky.social, @spantoja.bsky.social, @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @casbsstanford.bsky.social @termanlibrary.bsky.social

Today is #WorldArtDay 🎨 tinyurl.com/5e4z5869. Check some e-books tinyurl.com/zkxjppsw on #LatinAmericanArt @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social & enjoy these colorful #MissionDistrictMurals in #SanFrancisco. @spantoja.bsky.social @dawngarcia.bsky.social @termanlibrary.bsky.social @kristinaliv.bsky.social

#SegundaRepublica. April 14, 1931: Spain's #SecondRepublic was proclaimed tinyurl.com/yx7jg8bw, only to end in 1939. For more, check out @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social online resources on this short-lived democratic endeavor stanford.io/3shjlhn & subsequent tragic civil war stanford.io/3thySiA.

An AI-driven analysis of widely used textbooks found that only 1% of sentences contained any mention of Asians or Asian Americans – and most of the references were related to war and foreign affairs rather than contributions to society. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

#OTD in 1939 Spain's Civil War ended, followed by dictatorial rule lasting until 1975. For more, check out 400+ ebooks stanford.io/3wcl1Ma from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social & @hooverinstitution.bsky.social digital collections hvr.co/2PNWj42. See also bit.ly/3rHskrY. @spantoja.bsky.social

Empieza tu Spring Quarter con ebooks tinyurl.com/mphcv65b de @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Te esperamos! @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social @dawngarcia.bsky.social @casbsstanford.bsky.social

March 24, 1976, military coup in Argentina that lasted until 1983. Check these📚📚 & more from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social on the "dirty war" tinyurl.com/2y7xmx4u & the tragedy of 30,000+ missing persons tinyurl.com/4vhtsz8f. See also picture essay from The Guardian tinyurl.com/yc6khrwn.