Latin American Studies Scholarly Resources Survey

The Latin Americanist Research Resources Project (LARRP) is an initiative of the Global Resources Program of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Its principal goal is to expand access to Latin American research resources by promoting a distributed model of library cooperation, enhanced electronic access, and effective document delivery.

The LARRP has created a number of useful projects since its inception in 1994.  You can see them at the LARRP home page.  We are in the process of evaluating current projects and identifying new ones to pursue.  As a Latin American Studies Scholar your input will help us to select projects that will make valued resources, particularly in digital products, available to you.

Please take a minute to complete the following  survey.  We will report the findings at LASA in October.

What materials or research tools are unavailable to you now but would help your research or teaching if they were available?

Please enter those resources that you would like us to consider.

Below are ideas for digital projects proposed by LAS scholars.  Please review and click on yes for those that you support.
  1. The LARRP has created a digital archive of presidential messages for Argentina and Mexico.  Brazilian presidential messages are also available.  Should we consider adding more presidential messages to this archive?
    Yes
    No

    If yes, please list countries that we should add. Please prioritize them.
  2. Create an archive of statistical data currently posted by national census bureaus.
    Yes
    No

    If yes, please list bureaus that we should consider as candidates for archiving.
  3. Create a database of important historical data that can be manipulated via spreadsheets, etc.
    Yes
    No

    If yes, please list historical data that we should consider.
  4. Create a database of Latin American local, state, and national election data.
    Yes
    No

    If yes, please list the countries you would want us to first consider.
  5. Create a  database of Latin American survey data compiled in Latin America.
    Yes
    No

    If yes, please list any Latin American institutions that have a collection of survey data.
  6. Create a digital archive of visual materials available online.  Click on the materials types that apply.
    Historical Maps
    Political Maps
    Photographs

    Please list other types of visual materials that you would like to see digitized.
  7. Provide access to academic journals published in Spain and Portugal with Latin American content.
    Yes
    No

    If yes, please list journals you would like us to consider.
  8. The LARRP oversees the LAPTOC table of contents database.  Are there Latin American journals not found in the database that you would like to see included?  If so, please list them below.
  9. If you answered yes to more than one of the above projects, please list the most important one to you below.


    10. Below are survey questions regarding the demographics of our users.  Please complete this portion to help us better understand who our users are.

    Are you affiliated with a LARRP member library?  (See members at the bottom of this survey.)
    Yes
    No
    Not sure
    Please select the category that best describes you?
    Undergraduate Student
    Graduate student
    Professor
    Independent researcher
    Other
    What is your main discipline or field of study?
    Anthropology
    Education
    Economics
    History
    Literature
    Media/Communications
    Political Science
    Sociology
    Other
    Please enter any additional comments here. (Optional)
    Name
    Email address
    If you entered any additional comments, may they be made public?
    Yes, you may use my name.
    Yes, but attribute the quote anonymously.
    No

This page was last updated on Tuesday, April 20, 2004, by Scott Van Jacob. This survey is a part of Latin Americanist Research Resources Project.

North American Members; The libraries of: the University of Arizona, Boston College, Brigham Young University, University of California/Berkeley, University of California/Los Angeles, University of California/San Diego, University of California/Santa Barbara, Center for Research Libraries, Columbia University, University of Connecticut, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, University of Florida, Florida International University, University of Georgia, Harvard University [Harvard College Library], University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Indiana University, Inter-American Development Bank, University of Kansas, Library of Congress, University of Massachusetts, University of Miami, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, National Agricultural Library, University of New Mexico, New York Public Library, New York University, University of North Carolina, University of Notre Dame, Ohio University, Ohio State University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Princeton University, Rice University, Rutgers University, University of South Florida, University of Southern California, Stanford University, Syracuse University, University of Texas, University of Toronto, Tulane University, Vanderbilt University,  University of Wisconsin, Yale University.

Latin American Members: Biblioteca Inca, Cochabamba, Bolivia; Biblioteca Max von Buch, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Biblioteca CIRMA, Antigua, Guatemala; Main Library, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; Sistema de Bibliotecas, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras; Biblioteca Central, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul ; Serviço de Biblioteca e Documentação, Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, Universidade de São Paulo.

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