Salvador Guerena

Professional Biography

An archivist, librarian, and writer, Güereña specializes in ethnic and multicultural archives. He is a native of Santa Barbara, California. His B.A. degree is from Westmont College. He received the MLS from the University of Arizona, where his emphasis was in library services to Latinos, and in library administration. Currently he is Director of the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, in the Davidson Library of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Previously, he headed the Colección Tloque Nahuaque (Chicano research library) in that institution, where he also served as assistant head of the Reference Department, overseeing the ethnic studies units and the Curriculum Laboratory, and was on the department's management team. He also has been an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Chicano Studies, teaching, since 1984, a course on documentary research methods. While with the Santa Barbara Public Library System (1980-1983) he directed the system's multicultural outreach program and managed one its branch libraries.

He has been active in REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish Speaking. He has also been active in the American Library Association (ALA), and more recently, the Society of California Archivists, advancing the cause of library services to cultural minorities and to the under-served. He has been on the governing Council of the ALA and chaired various ALA committees including the Reference and Adult Services Division's Committee on Library Services to the Spanish-speaking, the American Libraries Advisory Committee, and he has served on several ALA Presidential Program planning committees. He was president of REFORMA (1984-85), has served on its executive board, and has either chaired or served on many of its committees. In 1992 REFORMA honored Güereña with its "Librarian of the Year" award.

His publications include several books and numerous articles in the field of library science, bibliography, and in archives. His latest edited books include Latino Librarianship: A Handbook for Professionals (McFarland, 1990), Latino Periodicals: A Selection Guide (McFarland, 1998), and Library Services to Latinos: an Anthology (McFarland, 2000). He has been a conference speaker and organizer on topics such as ethnic archives and manuscripts, library services to Latinos, library cultural diversity, community analysis, and digitizing for diversity.

He makes his home in Santa Barbara, California, with his wife Linda, his two sons, Davíd and Alejandro, his two cats and his dog. In addition to his academic writings he has written commentaries, and is collaborating with his wife on writing a bilingual children's book.

Email: guerena@library.ucsb.edu

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