Bilingual Librarian

Apr 27 2010

Education, Law, Libraries, Politics, World

… Without Borders

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It sometimes seems to me that the phrase “Without Borders” has become a franchise; I think the first one was Doctors Without Borders (Medecins sans Fronteires), but now there are...

Apr 26 2010

Books, Europe, World

A Rolling Library

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My friend Patrick just send me a link to this cool rolling library! Danish architect David Garcia knows that traveling with books is complicated because they are so heavy, so...

Apr 22 2010

Libraries, Professional Development, Videos

So you want to be a librarian?

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I just saw 1946 video which was part of the “Your Life Work Series” which promoted librarianship as a career. The video suggests that you must love book and people...

Apr 20 2010

Censorship, Law, Politics, World

Google has just announced the launched the Government Request tool. This tools offers people “information about the requests for user data or content removal [Google] receive from government agencies around...

Apr 18 2010

Americas, Books, Libraries

George Washington’s overdue books

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Every so often a new story turns up about some good Samaritan returning books that have been due for decades and decades. Well here’s a similar story involving a former...

Apr 18 2010

bi/multilingual, Tools

Google’s Word Translator

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A couple days ago Google announced that they have given us yet another tool to help with instant translations. Word Translator is an addition to the Google Toolbar which allows...

Apr 12 2010

Books, Technology

The latest organizational bio-optical device, the “BOOK”

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This is a great tongue-in-cheek video about the latest “organizational bio-optical device, known by its commercial name as, Book.” Just imagine, this revolutionary device functions with no cables, needs no...

Apr 07 2010

Book Reviews, Books, Censorship, Libraries

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

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Fahrenheit 451: A Novel by Ray Bradbury My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is one of those books I always heard about, but hadn’t actually read, so I finally...

Apr 04 2010

bi/multilingual, Databases, Digital, Europe, Libraries, Open Access, Tools, World

Hispana

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Late last month the Spanish Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde, announced the release of Hispana: colecciones digitales de archivos, bibliotecas y museos españoles. Hispana aggregates over one million digital items...

Apr 01 2010

Americas, Libraries, Public Libraries, Web 2.0

Boston’s Public Libraries are Under Threat

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Boston Public Library (BPL) branches are on the cutting board; sad but true. The first USA city to offer its residents the service of public libraries is now planning on...