[3] With the Secretariat based at Tulane University's Latin American Library, it is an international non-profit professional organization with three official languages: English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

[12] Since 1956, SALALM has provided a unique national and international forum that focuses on library collection development and services related to Latin American resources.

Program committees take care of intellectual and technical activities related to the resources and services of libraries with Latin American collections.

The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puerto Rico (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016).

(Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Biblioteca Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 2013) 2012 LVII Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Molly Molloy.

Autobiographical Writings on Mexico: an annotated bibliography of primary sources (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005) 2005 L, Gainesville, FL Ana María Cobos.

Latin American Studies: an annotated bibliography of core works (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2002) 2004 XLIX, Ann Arbor, MI Tony A. Harvell.

Latin American Dramatists since 1945: a bio-bibliographical guide (Westport, CN: Praeger, 2003) 2003 XLVIII, Cartagena, Colombia Victor Torres.

Narradores puertorriqueños del ’70: guía biobibliográfica (San Juan, PR: Editorial Plaza Mayor, 2001) 2002 XLVII, Ithaca, NY Gayle Williams.

Latin American Women Artists, Kahlo and Look Who Else: a selective, annotated bibliography (Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1996) 1998, XLIII, San Juan, PR Peter A. Stern.

Sendero Luminoso:an annotated bibliography of the Shining Path guerrilla movement, 1980-1993 (Albuquerque, NM: SALALM, 1995) 1997, XLII, Rockville, MD Barbara Tennenbaum.

Handbook of Latin American Studies Compact Disk (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995) 1995, XL, Athens, GA Nelly Sfeir González.

Bibliographic Guide to Gabriel García Márquez, 1986-1992 (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994) 1994, XXXIX, Salt Lake City C. Jared Loewenstein.

Latin America and the Caribbean: A Critical Guide to Research Sources(New York: Greenwood Press, 1992) 1992, XXXVII, Austin Robert A. McNeil and Barbara G. Valk.

Latin American Studies: A Basic Guide to Sources (2d ed., revised and enlarged; Metuchen, New Jersey and London: Scarecrow Press, 1990) 1991, XXXVI, San Diego Carole Travis.

A Guide to Latin American and Caribbean Census Material: A Bibliography and Union List (London: British Library, 1990) 1990, XXXV, Rio de Janeiro Martha Davidson.

Borderline: A Bibliography of the United States-Mexico Borderlands (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 1988) 1988, XXXIII, Berkeley George F. Elmendorf.

Nicaraguan National Bibliography, 1800-1978 (Redlands: Latin American Bibliographic Foundation, 1987) 1987, XXXII, Miami Nelly Sfeir González and Margaret E. Fau.

Bibliographic Guide to Gabriel García Márquez, 1979-1985(Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1986) 1986, XXXI, Berlin Alma Jordan and Barbara Comissiong.

REFORMA is the National Organization to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking and is based in Anaheim, CA with 21 chapters.