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Vol. 71/No. 29      August 6, 2007

 
Pathfinder titles sought out
at national librarians conference
(Pathfinder Around the World column)
 
BY JANICE LYNN  
WASHINGTON—“Pathfinder! I grew up on Pathfinder,” exclaimed Martin Burrows, one of 27,000 people attending the national conference of the American Library Association here. Burrows was among more than 60 librarians from university and public libraries who signed up to be contacted by local Pathfinder sales volunteers after stopping at the publisher’s booth at the conference.

At the June 23-26 book exhibit, librarians from around the world picked up flyers and brochures promoting the range of Pathfinder Press titles on revolutionary working-class topics. The booth featured the two latest books from the publishing house, The First and Second Declarations of Havana: Manifestos of revolutionary struggle in the Americas adopted by the Cuban people and Our History Is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese-Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution.

Librarians from San Francisco, New York, and elsewhere were familiar with the latest titles as a result of meetings promoting Our History Is Still Being Written held in their cities over the last year, and several had already ordered them.

Of special note was the number of librarians seeking Spanish-language titles for their collections. Librarians from Buffalo, New York, wanted the books for a growing Puerto Rican population there, and librarians from Delaware wanted the titles for increasing numbers of Guatemalan immigrants in small towns in that state, to name a few.

One librarian from Lexington, Kentucky, was pleased to see the French-language books for the growing West African population in that city.

Others were interested in Pathfinder’s titles for their Black studies collections, including a librarian from Mississippi.

Two librarians from Haiti invited Pathfinder to participate in a November book fair in Port-au-Prince. They said there is a lot of interest there in Pathfinder’s titles featuring speeches of Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader from the African country of Burkina Faso.
 
 
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