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Submissions for this column should be made to Deborah Abston, head of current periodicals/micro- forms at Arizona State University, Hayden Library, Box871006, Tempe, AZ85287-1006;phone: (602)965-6928/6392; fax: (602) 965-9169; Bitnet: iddxa@asuacad; Internet: iddxa@Sasuvm. inre.asu.edu

Conference on library services to Latinos

“Alma, Vida, y Corazon: Em- powering the Latino Com- munity through Our Librar- ies” will be held Saturday,

February 25, 1995, at the University of California, Ber- keley.

Bibliotecas Para La Gente (BPLG), in celebrating its 20th anniversary as an asso- ciation of individuals in- volved in improving and promoting library services to

Latinos in Northern California, will sponsor its first conference. The conference will provide an opportunity to share and learn of informa- tion and services to the Latino community.

This one-day conference, cosponsored by the Department of Chicano Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, will offer individuals who provide library services to Latinos an opportunity to showcase their successes, examine problems, and propose new solutions. There will be a main plenary session featuring speakers yet to be annouced. From the proposals submitted, BPLG will assemble a number of panels, lectures, and workshops to take place throughout the day. The deadline for proposals is November 30, 1994.

For more information, a proposal, or registration form, contact: Kathy Blackmer Reyes at Chicano Studies Library #2570, 3404 Dwindle Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; e-mail: lcastill@unlink2.berkeley.edu; phone: (510) 642-3859; fax: (510) 642-6459- BPLG is a chapter of REFORMA.

New electronic journal on Africana studies

Announcing a new electronic journal, EJAS-L: Electronic Journal of Africana Studies (ISSN 1076-9870). EJAS-L is a bi- ennial, peer-reviewed elec- tronic journal with an edito- rial board of African American scholars. It com- municates scholarly thought in African American studies.

The first regular, biennial issue will debut in March 1995. When warranted by the volume and flow of scholarship, special and/or supplementary issues on emergent themes will be dis- tributed.

EJAS-L, which is now accepting articles, has five sections, one of which is refereed: 1) Research and Applications (articles submitted for this section will be blind reviewed by at least two qualified referees); 2) Essays and Opinions; 3) News, Letters, and Other Discussions; 4) Reviews of Print and Electronic Resources; and 5) Preprints and Abstracts Distribution. Articles may be submitted for inclusion in any of the five categories.

EJAS-L will be distributed through a listserv fileserver, an ftp site, and a gopher server. Subscribers will be made aware of the available issue by distribution of a quaterly table of contents to AFAS-L, AFRO AM, and other e-conferences that request the service.

For information on form and style of submissions, please contact the editorial board by e-mail: ejased@kentvm (Bitnet) or ejased@ kentvm.kent.edu (Internet).

New listserv on Chicana issues

MUJER-L is a free and open forum for discussion and exchange of information for those who share an interest in Chicana and/or Latina issues, and to build an international network among those who share these interests. To subscribe, send a message to listproc@lmrinet. gse.ucsb.edu. To post a message, send e-mail to mujer-l@lmrinet.gse.ucsb.edu.