Grassroots report: From the Greek to the Spanish-speaking. (News Fronts).(Reforma supports mentoring program for Hispanic American library students)(Brief Article)

Reforma--the professional membership organization that supports library services to the Spanish-speaking--has taken the lead in developing a mentoring program that works. Begun in 2000, the outstanding model that bridges geography and utilizes technology in pairing like-minded librarians of more and less experience just announced its second group of mentors and proteges. Insights from the program's chair and one of the first-year proteges offer a road map to making this work for other groups, from local libraries to state chapters and national organizations.

It all started when two former Reforma presidents, Jacqueline Ayala and Camila Alire, put their heads together. They took the idea of setting up a program that would match Reforma members with Latino students enrolled in library schools through …