Present:
Fernando Acosta-Rodriguez (Princeton University), Pamela Howard-Reguindin (Library of Congress-Rio), Ann Barnhart (University of California, Santa Barbara), Darlene Hull (University of Connecticut), Adan Benavides (University of Texas at Austin), Karen Lindvall-Larson (Univ. California, San Diego), David Block (Cornell University), Nerea A. Llamas (University of Michigan), Hortensia Calvo (Tulane University), Eudora Loh (University of California, Los Angeles), Fehl Cannon (Library of Congress), Eduardo Lozano (University of Pittsburgh), Angela Carreño (New York University), Irene Münster (Duke University), Teresa Chapa (Univ. North Carolina-Chapel Hill), Richard Phillips (University of Florida), Paula Covington (Vanderbilt University), César Rodriguez (Yale University), Georgette Dorn (Library of Congress), Lynn Shirey (Harvard University), Edmundo Flores (Library of Congress), James Simon (Center for Research Libraries), Don Gibbs (University of Texas at Austin), Emily Stambaugh (University of California, Riverside), Pamela Graham (Columbia University), Peter Stern (University of Massachusetts), Adan Griego (Stanford University) - Chair, Rafael Tarragó (University of Minnesota), Luis A. Gonzalez (Indiana University), Scott Van Jacob (Notre Dame University), Nelly S. Gonzalez (University of Illinois), Lesbia O. Varona (University of Miami), Dan Hazen (Harvard University), Mary Jo Zeter (Michigan State University),
Denise Hibay (New York Public Library)

Guests and additional attendees:
Peter Altekrueger (Ibero-Amerikanisches Institute), Peter Malanchuk (University of Florida), Catherine Marsicek (Florida International University), Ricarda Musser (Ibero-Amerikanisches Institute), Norma Palomino (Universidad Torcuato di Tella), Miguel Vallardes (Dartmouth College), Kees Jan Waterman (IDC Publishers)

LAMP Members were welcomed by [John Ingram]?
Adan Griego, Chair, opened the meeting at 7:15.

I. LAMP Business

1. Introductions
A quorum was determined to be present.

2. Minutes
The minutes from the LAMP 2004 business meeting were approved with corrections.

3. Executive Committee Elections
Adan Griego has been appointed President-Elect of SALALM and needs to step down from the LAMP executive committee. Adán Benavides volunteered to serve on the committee and was approved by the Membership.

4. Financial Report
James Simon presented the budget and recent receipts. In Fiscal Year 2004, LAMP brought in $32,895 in revenue and expended $37,428, leaving a fund balance of $92,144.76. To date (FY2005), LAMP has $32,971 in revenue and $28,013 in expenses. Existing commitments of $58,962 leaves $38,140 available for consideration of new projects.

5. CRL Update
The Center recently issued its FOCUS newsletter, highlighting its Latin American resources. See: http://www.crl.edu/PDF/pdfFocus/Winter2004-05.pdf

Recent major purchases included "Conquistadors: The Struggle for Colonial Power in Latin America" (PSM, 105 reels). Up for consideration in CRL's shared purchase program is the historical archive of Partido dos Trabalhadores (IDC, 40 reels).

The International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON) is engaging in microfilm preservation of several Latin American newspapers, which may include Diario de Costa Rica (1936-1942; 1952-1955), El Diario (La Paz, Bolivia; 1904-1917), Epoca (La Paz, Bolivia; 1845-1867), and El Universal (Caracas, Venezuela; 1911-1945).

The Center for Research Libraries is engaged in strategic planning to develop the capability to deliver all content electronically by 2009. Discussions with library directors were occurring at the CRL Annual Council meeting (April 15, 2005).

II. Completed Projects

1. 19th Century Mexican Newspapers : Benson Collection / University of Connecticut (Benavides)
Adán presented a written report on the LAMP funds to supplement filming under the University of Texas at Austin's NEH grant. Total filming includes 579 titles dated 1807-1900 compiled from eleven universities. The amount of material available from Connecticut was reduced due to condition or ineligibility under Texas' guidelines. As a result, the excess funds approved by LAMP went to provide LAMP with copies of all the film produced under the NEH grant. Additional remaining funds were used, with approval of the Executive Committee, to duplicate serial titles held at Texas that were microfilmed through earlier preservation projects. Many of these titles existed as master negatives only and were not cataloged. Approximately $3300 was spent to make copies of 24 titles on 53 reels. Texas will create CONSER-level catalog records for these titles and will deliver the reels to CRL/LAMP.

2. Fundacion de Proteccion a la Infancia Danada por los Estados de Emergencia (PIDEE)
All material (143 reels) was received, reboxed, and is in the process of being cataloged. A reel index does not yet exist.

III. Current and Continuing Projects

1. Aqui (Bolivia) (Block)
This project has not yet started. After contacting the filmer in Bolivia, David believes the project could begin as early as May 2005.

2. Argentine serials (Simon)
The Universidad de San Andrés reports the collection held by the Abelardo Castillo family is not available, as the owners hope to digitize the collection. Members agreed that LAMP should pursue microfilming from holdings in the US. James Simon and Pamela Graham will coordinate the filming.

3. CeDInCI Serials (Simon)
A written report from Roberto Pittaluga indicates that technical difficulties have impeded project completion, anticipated at the end of April. Reels completed or in process include publications from the Bureau Sudamericano de la Internacional Comunista, revistas politico-culturales orgánicas del Partido Comunista, revistas culturales anarquistas, revistas politico-culturales socialistas, and miscellaneous other revistas culturales.

4. Centro de Estudios Históricos e Información Parque de España (CEHIPE) (Simon)
CEHIPE continues to gather funds to continue filming operations. A call for proposals utilizing LAMP/Antorchas funding was issued in February 2005. The LAMP Executive Committee needs to request a title list and select materials for acquisition.

5. CIESPI (Howard-Reguindin)
The material, originally microfilmed from the Moncorvo Filho collection on Brazilian youth, was digitized by RMRL in India and sent to CIESPI in Brazil. Little progress has been made since then. Pamela will follow up when she returns to Brazil.

6. Colección Lafragua (Snyder)
Henry was unavailable, but James Simon reported that CRL and CBSR are in negotiations over keying/cataloging of the indexes to the Colección Lafragua.

7. Índice Onomástico (Loh)
Eudora reported that the index to the Senado is available on CD-ROM. With the expectation that the index from the Câmara will soon be available, she proposed LAMP drop this project. The Membership approved release of funding.

8. Memorias (Flores)
LAMP has received the Memorias from Guatemala. At the last meeting, LAMP approved filming of the Ministerio de Instruccion Publica from Honduras, and this will take place within the next year.

9. Princeton Theological Seminary journals (Acosta-Rodriguez)
Don Vorp of the Princeton Theological Seminary expressed his gratitude to LAMP for its long-standing support of this filming. All titles from the original proposal should be complete.

10. Senator Abdias Nascimento Archive (Howard-Reguindin)
Pamela presented a written report on progress. Delays in receiving funding caused the project to start only in January 2005. IPEAFRO is organizing and cleaning the documents in the Black Experimental Theater/TEN (1944-1968) Section of the Nascimento collection. This includes correspondence, original works, personal documents, newspaper clippings, theater programs and tickets, and other documents produced by Nascimento and the organizations he created. Cleaning is underway and raw film stock and supplies have been received. Microfilming will be done by the National Library Foundation (FBN), and subsequent digitization may be carried out at a later date utilizing equipment provided by the Library of Congress and other organizations.

Pamela related the positive attention Nascimento has been receiving lately and expressed the fortuitous timing of this project.

11. Universal de Cartagena (Vazquez)
Lourdes was unavailable, and Hortensia Calvo reported that she has not yet traveled to Cartagena. She will return this summer and attempt personal negotiations with the Araujo family.

12. Variedades (Loh)
Eudora reported no progress since last year. She will investigate other options to complete the filming of this material.

IV. New / Developing Proposals

[1] Special Funding for original projects (Hazen)
Dan reported that Harvard is investigating using surplus funds at the end of year to develop original projects and suggested that perhaps the Area Microfilming Projects, including LAMP, may be a good place for these funds. This would allow projects to conduct further efforts. Harvard would require a positive copy of material to be deposited at Harvard, positives for the source institution, and positives and negatives for the coordinating project.

Committee members inquired whether there would be any restrictions on how to use the funds (such as hiring people to investigate new projects). Dan responded that the emphasis should be placed on creating or acquiring actual resources. Harvard might suggest appropriate resources that complemented their collections, but would otherwise abide by the recommendations of the project. More information would be available towards the end of the fiscal year.

1. O Correio Paulistano (Mariza Romero, Arquivo do Estado de São Paulo)
Adan presented the proposal on behalf of the Arquivo do Estado de São Paulo. The proposal seeks funding for O Correio Paulistano (1950-1963). The newspaper began in 1854 and was the most important newspaper of São Paulo, expressing the positions of the São Paulo oligarchy. The newspaper is an excellent source for those researching the ideology of the elites, and the daily life and behavior of the poorest populations and slaves. The Arquivo seeks funding for film supplies to clean and microfilm the 240 volumes of bound newspapers (approximately 144,000 pages). The period under question supplements existing film for 1854-1949. Filming will be done by the Arquivo and will cost approximately $12,075. The Membership approved this proposal.

2. 19th Century Venezuelan Newspapers (Acosta-Rodriguez)
Fernando presented his proposal, which includes forty-one newspapers and serials published in Caracas, Venezuela, between 1820 and 1860. These materials were received by Princeton from Duke University. All titles are uncataloged and bound together in 6 volumes. Thirty-one of the titles are not listed in OCLC or RLIN. The project will cost under $1500 and will be coordinated by CRL. The Membership approved this proposal.

3. El Obrero Municipal (Palomino)
Norma proposed this title (and its subsequent title changes, Unión Obreros Municipales and Unión de Obreros y Empleados Municipales), which was published by the Unión Obreros Municipales (the worker's union for the public employees of Buenos Aires City Government). The union was led by activists from the Socialist Party from 1916-1943. Successive years traded control between Peronist party and the Socialistas. The paper was issued monthly (with bimonthly supplements from 1944- ). Filming will be coordinated by CEHIPE in Argentina and will cost approximately $2000.

NYPL may have some early film, and members sought additional information on this set (dates, source, quality). However, the Membership approved this proposal pending further information.

4. Zona Franca (Caracas, Venezuela) (Gonzalez, Lozano)
Nelly described this important literary journal, published 1964-1984. Many US libraries hold copies of this item, and the print is deteriorating. Cost to film will be approximately $1500. The Membership approved this proposal.

5. Juan (Buenos Aires, Argentina) (Gonzalez)
Nelly presented information on this short-lived weekly journal, held in the US only by the University of Illinois. The publication reflected the perspective of leftist Peronism (the journal is named for Juan Domingo Perón). Costs to film May-September 1967 will be $511. The Membership approved this proposal.

6. Duplication of Mexican serials on microfilm at the Benson Latin American collection (Benavides)
Adán described the proposal to duplicate additional serial reels produced at Texas in the 1980s under a grant from the Department of Education. The majority of this collection is not represented in OCLC, since either print masters and/or service copies were not made at the time of filming. Benson has recently been duplicating this material, beginning with Mexican titles. LAMP support will complete the duplication of the remaining 62 Mexican titles by creating 2nd and 3rd generation copies for Benson and a positive copy for LAMP. Texas will produce CONSER-level catalog records for all duplicated material. Adán will provide a title list. Cost for the current proposal (125 reels) is $6699. The Membership approved this proposal.

Members asked about the scope and nature of the collection. The materials were chosen for their brittle quality rather than subject matter, so the titles span a wide variety of subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences. Dates range from the late 19th century to approximately 1940. This proposal encompasses only a portion of the 601 serial titles from all of Latin America produced under the grant. Subsequent proposals may be issued in the future (Adán estimated costs for complete duplication may be as much as $80,000 for all copies plus an additional copy for LAMP).

7. Latin American Microform Index (LAMI) (Stambaugh)
Emily Stambaugh presented the research and project proposal for LAMI and the rationale behind it. At SALALM 49, a number of institutions discussed challenges of access to Latin American microform collections. Recent advances in descriptive technologies (such as Encoded Archival Description and XML), linking capabilities and harvesting techniques may provide advancements over previous indexing methodologies. As long as microfilm remains a preferred medium for libraries (and until/unless these materials are transferred to electronic format), there should be some discussion over how to better serve the scholars that use them.

LAMI is envisioned as a collaborative project that would allow producers, scholars, and librarians to contribute descriptive and administrative data about microfilm collections and microfilmed items. This data would come from a variety of sources, including MARC records, holding records, finding aids and guides. The proposal would utilize the expertise of LAMP/SALALM and other research pools to contribute to the design and use of such a project.

At this time, Emily sought an expression of interest from the group to carry the project forward and seek outside funding. She also expressed hope in assistance in the planning and fundraising efforts.

The Membership discussed the proposal and relayed the following concerns:

- What is the role of commercial publishers in the project?
- Why would this be restricted to Latin America?
- Why format-specific? Scholars are not interested in microforms, and would not likely go to a microform-specific database to search for titles.

No consensus was reached on this proposal, and members agreed to discuss further over e-mail.

Proposals Under development

8. Afro-Cuban newspapers, Biblioteca Nacional Jose Martí (Tarragó)
Rafael reviewed the history of his search for Afro-Cuban newspapers, covering 1878-1898. He has been unable to arrange for cooperation with the Biblioteca Nacional, though his recent contact with Yolanda Nunez may prove more fruitful.

9. Latin American Labor Movement newspapers (Loh)
Eudora reported that UCLA has digitized six early 19th century labor newspapers. These are being prepared for class use. She is carefully keeping track of the process and costs for future consideration. There may be an opportunity for future LAMP proposals, so this project will remain an agenda item.

10. La Protesta (Griego)
No progress was made on determining additional holdings of this title. Last year's minutes indicate Mariela Frias (UdeSA) was to check with the Biblioteca Nacional in Argentina.

11. Central American Archives (Münster)
This large set from ProQuest is very costly. Would it be appropriate to consider for a CRL purchase proposal? Members will discuss during the year.

12. Cuban 19th century pamphlets
This project was tabled last year and no progress was made.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m.

Submitted by James Simon 4/25/05.