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Romance Languages Librarian

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Kathia Ibacache
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The Romance Language derived from the Vulgar Latin, which was spoken by the Roman Empire. While all Romance languages countries have their own unique cultures and phonetic landscapes, Romance languages share a distinctive closeness that allow people to identify vocabulary similarities across these languages. 

Interesting facts

Did you know that:

  • According to Xunta de Galicia, Gallego is not only spoken in Galicia but also in communities in Barcelona, Montevideo and  Buenos Aires. See lingua galega.
  • People in Catalonia enjoys wild mushroom picking in the fall. Therefore, the Catalan government makes sure people understand the difference between edible and poisonous mushrooms. See mushroom season.
  • The Chilean Chinchorro Culture is recognized to have developed the process of artificial mummification 3000 years earlier than the process used by ancient Egyptians. See Unesco Digital Library.
  • A group of Mennonites live in the Argentinean pampa, Mennonites here, do not recognize the Argentinean government or recognize Spanish as their language. See Clarin on Menonites.
  • The Chimborazo volcano, in Ecuador, is the highest point on Earth measured from Earth's center rather than sea level. See NORA.
  • Antonio Meucci, an Italian immigrant, was the fist person to develop the idea of a talking telephone. See Library of Congress mysteries on the telephone
  • There are 180 indigenous languages spoken in Brazil. See Indigenous Languages in Brazil.
  • The Bolivian constitution recognizes 37 official languages, 36 of which are indigenous languages. See The Work Factbook.

Using Your Library

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Request  Materials 

CU students, staff and faculty may request materials from any CU location, including the PASCAL off site facility. You may also request materials we don’t own that are checked out, lost or missing.

Manage your Library Account  

All you need to manage your account is your identikey username and password and an internet enabled device. You may then log-in to My Library Account. Learn more below.  To check-out materials have your BuffOne card ready.

Renew & Return Materials

When you check out materials from the University Libraries, you will be able to renew and extend your check-out time in most cases.  Refer to the information below to learn more.  

Book a Study Room

There are more than 30 group study rooms throughout the University Libraries. Some are funded with Student Computing Initiative (SCI) fees and are only available to registered CU-Boulder students.  

Reserve a Graduate Carrel

Graduate student study carrels are available in Norlin Library. The third floor suite has first-come, first-served desks and reserved shared desks.  Secured storage cabinets are also available.

Find a Study Space 

There are more than 30 study rooms as well as numerous open study areas throughout the University Libraries. 

Request a Purchase

We’re happy to explore the possibility of purchasing titles not already held by the University Libraries.

Using Library Technology

Guides

Off Campus Access

Learn how to connect to resources off campus! You must be a CU-Boulder student, faculty member or employee with an active CU IdentiKey. 

Locate Computers & Software

CU-Boulder has a robust computing and networking environment used by members of the campus community to create, discover, and share information electronically.

Print & Scan  

The University Libraries provide access to print and scan stations as part of the campus-wide printing and scanning initiative.  You may print from University Libraries' computers as well as your own personal devices. 

Wireless Network

While on campus and in the University Libraries, you have access to the CU Wireless Network. Learn more. 

Creating Durable Links

Looking to add content accessible to the CU community through course management systems or web platforms? Follow these instructions to create durable links. 

Find Sources

Library Databases

Through a library catalog, you can find all the materials owned by the library in all formats. Databases specialize in areas of knowledge. You can have a database of images (photography, paintings, architecture,) a database of videos and audiovisuals, and news articles worldwide. Many databases contain full-text scholarly articles.

Scholarly articles are published in Academic Journals. They are considered secondary sources because they provide commentary and analysis about primary sources. Primary sources relate to first-hand creations such as films, archival papers, photography, manuscripts, government papers, diaries, or things in our Special Collections & Archives. In other words, primary sources refer to original sources.

Recommended Databases

Online Exhibitions and Digital Archives

Queer Archives and Collections

Research Process

Copyright & Licencing

Creative Commons

Images and Photos made available under a creative commons license are free to use, with varying restrictions. Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They work alongside copyright and enable owners to modify copyright terms to best suit their needs.

You can search most image databases for creative commons licensed images.

 

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Images by Creative Commons - Creative Commons, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20727292

Fair Use

To “use” a copyrighted work, you must either have the copyright holder’s permission, or you must qualify for a legal exception such as “fair use.” Fair Use is the legal, unauthorized use of copyrighted material, allowable under certain circumstances. Many educational and classroom use falls under fair use, but there are many images use cases that can be fair.

Fair use (Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright code) provides parameters for the legal use of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright holder.

Four factors for determining fair use eligibility:

  • Purpose and character of use, including whether the use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes.
  • The nature of the copyrighted work. 
  • The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the work as a whole.
  • The effect of the use on the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. 

Public Domain

Symbol that indicates that a work is no longer under copyrightImages in the Public Domain are no longer under copyright protection and can be used freely. In general images published before 1923 are in the public domain in the United States. 

There are four common ways that works arrive in the public domain:

  • the copyright has expired
  • the copyright owner failed to follow copyright renewal rules
  • the copyright owner deliberately places it in the public domain, known as “dedication,” or
  • copyright law does not protect this type of work. Learn more
The following databases and websites are great places to find public domain images, but be aware not all images found in these databases are in the public domain.

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Types of Peer Review

Scholarly articles are subjected to evaluation by reviewers, who are considered experts on a subject. This process guaranties quality and authoritativeness.  

Description of types of peer reviews

 

Peer Review Process

Peer Review Process

CU-Boulder Authors

Latinx Studies

This page highlights CU Boulder's faculty who have enriched the academic literature from a librarianship and scholarly conversation approach on topics related to Latin American, Latinx, and Indigenous studies. 

Latin American and Latinx Books