HMB bilingual outreach librarian receives national honors

Armando Ramírez, Half Moon Bay’s bilingual outreach librarian, has been named Trejo Librarian of the Year by REFORMA, an affiliate of the American Library Association, according to the Examiner.

REFORMA promotes library services for Latinos. Circulation of Spanish-language materials has risen 42 percent in the three years Ramírez has been on the job.

From bringing big-name children’s authors, such as Gary Soto of Berkeley, to speak and read on the Peninsula, to teaching computer and Internet classes and promoting bilingual reading for children on the weekends and in the evenings, Ramírez has been key in reaching out to the coast’s growing population of Spanish speakers, Kennedy said.