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World Language Collection

Besides Spanish language materials, the Gail Borden Public Library offers items available in many other languages.

Click on the links below to see a list of the titles we carry in each language:

World Languages Collection

Additionally, the library carries periodicals in French and Gujarati.

Videos, DVD’s, and audiobooks on cassette and CD are also available in many languages.

The library also offers a collection of literacy and ESL materials.

For more information our language collection policies please read the Library's Position on Language Collection Development.


If you do not see the reading materials that you are looking for, Gail Borden Library card holders are welcome to submit a Material Request Form and we will borrow books for you based on your language preference.

Go Bilingual

Learn and practice English or Spanish at your own pace on the computer. You will be able to use resources from the Library or the Internet with interactive lessons, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary exercises, and learning games .

Go Bilingual Resources

Upcoming Classes

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    When: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 7:00 PM Where: Gail Borden Public Library at Meeting Room 1 Lecciones y conversación en inglés y español. No hace falta inscribirse.
       
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    When: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 7:00 PM Where: Gail Borden Public Library at Meeting Room 1 Lecciones y conversación en inglés y español. No hace falta inscribirse.
       
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    When: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 - 7:00 PM Where: Gail Borden Public Library at Meeting Room 1 Lecciones y conversación en inglés y español. No hace falta inscribirse.
       
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