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Loida Garcia-Febo

Loida Garcia-Febo is the Assistant Coordinator of Special Services at Queens Library where she manages services to persons with disabilities, inmates, job seekers and seniors not only in English, but also in Spanish, the language of the largest minority in the county.  Prior to that, for over five years Loida was the Spanish Language Collections / Cultural Arts Manager for Queens Library's New Americans Program (NAP). There she developed and managed Spanish language collections for the community libraries and coordinated programs celebrating Queens resdents' diverse cultures. Queens is the most ethnically diverse county in the country with residents from 190 nations who speak 160 languages. Loida was recently selected to be part of Queens Library's new promotional campaign highlighting staff diversity and her picture is currently on buses and bus shelters around the borough in Spanish language ads. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, she earned her BA in Business Education and an MLS from the University of Puerto Rico. Loida is the current President of the Northeast Chapter of REFORMA, a member of the ALA/IRC/Americas Subcommittee, REFORMA representative to the ALA/Diversity Council, and a co-convener of the IFLA/New Professionals Discussion Group, which she co-established.  She is also a member of ACURIL, the Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries. She can be reached at: Loida.Garcia-Febo@queenslibrary.org.cleewalz@yahoo.com

 

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