Ricardo Antoni has worked in public and academic libraries since 1997. As a Library Assistant at the Oakland Public Library, he created a computer literacy program in Spanish for library patrons who did not speak English and participated in a task force to create a Spanish version of the library’s website.
In April 2007, he completed his Master’s in Library and Information Science from the online program of the College of Information at Florida State University. While pursuing graduate...
Ricardo Antoni has worked in public and academic libraries since 1997. As a Library Assistant at the Oakland Public Library, he created a computer literacy program in Spanish for library patrons who did not speak English and participated in a task force to create a Spanish version of the library’s website.
In April 2007, he completed his Master’s in Library and Information Science from the online program of the College of Information at Florida State University. While pursuing graduate studies, he received an American Library Association Spectrum Scholarship and a Library Services and Technology Act Scholarship (LSTA) from the California State Library.
From 2010 to 2015, Ricardo worked as a Children’s and Adult Services Librarian at the San Francisco Public Library’s Mission Branch assisting library patrons of diverse backgrounds with their literacy and information needs. From 2015 until 2021, he worked as a Bilingual Librarian at the Kresge Foundation International Center at the Main San Francisco Library where he provided reference services in both English and Spanish. In that capacity, he created an online newsletter for Spanish-speaking patrons highlighting the Spanish collections and programs available at the International Center.
Beyond his extensive library experience providing reference services and teaching computer literacy, Ricardo has led panel presentations on Computer Literary Programs in Spanish at Public Libraries at both, the REFORMA National Conference III in El Paso, Texas, and at the California Library Association Conference in San Jose, California.
Ricardo published his first journal article, “Computadoras al Alcance de Todos: Successful Computer Literacy Programs in Spanish at the Library” in the Summer, 2009 issue of the American Library Association’s Ethnic & Multicultural Services Roundtable Bulletin (EMIE), published in the Multicultural Review.
