Drawing on a subset of data from a larger survey study of immigrant and migrant Spanish-speaking readers in the United States and Canada, this article explores their pre-immigration reading histories; the role of reading in their lives and personal identities; specific day-to-day characteristics of their reading behaviors, including the frequency and places of reading; and the sources of information that readers use to select their new reads. This study places reading practices in the context of readers’ migration experiences and pressures of adjustment and resettlement. Supported by the review of reading practices in selected countries of origin and by the analysis of the Spanish-speaking communities in the diaspora, this article contributes to the body of knowledge about immigrant and migrant readers. By so doing, it begins to address the gap in knowledge about Spanish-speaking readerships. This gap exists despite the extensive previously published research on Hispanic and Latinx library users, which has focused on their information-seeking behaviors, use of public libraries, language learning programming, and collection development in the Spanish language, without touching on reading practices. It is hoped that this study will contribute to more culturally sensitive reader services in libraries and a better understanding of Spanish-speaking community members by librarians in all types of libraries.

本文基于对美国和加拿大的西班牙语为母语的移民和移民的一项较大规模调查研究得出的数据子集，探讨了他们在移民之前的阅读历史；阅读在他们的生活和个人身份中的作用；他们阅读行为的具体日常特征，包括阅读的频率和地点；以及读者用来选择新读物的信息来源。本研究将阅读实践放在读者的迁徙经历以及调整和安置压力的背景下。借助对某些原籍国阅读习惯的审查以及对海外散居西班牙语社区的分析的支持，本文有助于增强有关移民和移民读者的知识体系。这样，它开始解决有关说西班牙语读者的知识方面的空白。尽管先前已发表过有关拉美裔和拉丁裔图书馆用户的广泛研究，但仍存在这种差距，该研究专注于他们的信息寻求行为，公共图书馆的使用，语言学习程序以及西班牙语的馆藏开发，而没有涉及阅读习惯。希望这项研究将有助于图书馆中更多具有文化敏感性的读者服务，并有助于所有类型的图书馆中的图书馆员对讲西班牙语的社区成员有更好的了解。语言学习编程，以及西班牙语的馆藏开发，而无需涉及阅读实践。希望这项研究将有助于图书馆中更多具有文化敏感性的读者服务，并有助于所有类型的图书馆中的图书馆员对讲西班牙语的社区成员有更好的了解。语言学习编程，以及西班牙语的馆藏开发，而无需涉及阅读实践。希望这项研究将有助于图书馆中更多具有文化敏感性的读者服务，并有助于所有类型的图书馆中的图书馆员对讲西班牙语的社区成员有更好的了解。