Sarah Aponte
Head Librarian
CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library

Sarah Aponte is the Head Librarian of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library at The City College of New York and the author of Dominican Migration to the United States 1970-1997: An Annotated Bibliography (New York: CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, 1999). Aponte is responsible for developing the infrastructure of the Dominican Studies Institute Library. She organizes library exhibits displaying the Dominican-American and Dominican cultural traditions; participates in conferences relating to Dominicans in the United States and the Dominican Republic; and conducts workshops and presentations on Dominican-related issues at different public and private schools throughout the city. Her recent publications include contributions in Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States and the Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, Society.

Aponte holds an M.L.S. in Library and Information Sciences from Queens College; an M.S. Ed. in Higher Education Administration from Baruch College; a B.A. in International Studies from The City College of New York; and an A.A. in Liberal Arts from Hostos Community College. She is a member of the Seminar on the Acquisitions of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) and the Library Association of the City University of New York (LACUNY).

PUBLICATIONS

Book

Dominican Migration to the United States 1970-1997: An Annotated Bibliography. Dominican Research Monographs. New York: CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, 1999.

Articles

“Washington Heights.” Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. Editors: Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. González. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

“Dominican American Art.” Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. Editors: Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. González. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. (With Silvio Torres-Saillant.)

“Frank Moya Pons” (a prominent Dominican historian). Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, Society. Editor: Ilan Stavans. CT: Grolier Publishing, 2005.

“The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library: Resources on the Diaspora.” CircumSpice No. 65 (Fall 2002): 4.

“The Evolution of an Ethnic Community: Dominican-Americans in Upper Manhattan,” CircumSpice No. 63 (Fall 2001): 1, 7. (with Sydney Van Nort).