Author: Bilingual Librarian

Mar 25 2010

Education, Law, Libraries, Open Access, Tools

Copyright for Librarians

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Yesterday the Berkman Center and eIFL announced the launch of Copyright for Librarians. This handy wiki aims at offering librarians a great reference tool for all things related to copyright...

Mar 23 2010

Book Reviews, Books, Libraries, World

Top 10 Books Written by Librarians

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My father just forwarded me an email he received from AbeBooks.com which gathered the top 10 books written by librarians. Here is the content of the email and their selection...

Mar 21 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Latin America, Libraries, Professional Development

UCLA Library Research Grants 2010

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UCLA has three grants for people interested in using the holdings of the Latin American collection on campus. Awards of up to $1,500 will help candidates with transportation, lodging, and...

Mar 21 2010

Americas, Education, Law, Libraries, National Libraries, Professional Development

Summer Internships at the Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress (LOC) has 40 openings for summer internships! The focus of this year’s program is to increase access to the collections and increasing awareness of their digital...

Mar 18 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Law, Libraries

Yale Law Library Will Collect Bobbleheads!

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Yale Law Library has begin collecting bobbleheads representing a variety of personalities in the legal world. The collection will be part of their rare books library, which currently has an...

Mar 16 2010

Americas, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Public Libraries, World

BiblioRed; Images and Facts

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The folks from BiblioRed were so kind as to send me some additional images of the two libraries I visited, the Biblioteca Pública Parque El Tunal, and the Biblioteca Pública Virgilio Barco,...

Feb 26 2010

Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Public Libraries, World

Parque Biblioteca España – Santo Domingo Savio

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Today I spent the day at the Parque Biblioteca España – Santo Domingo Savio. I had read about this library before in the NYT, and was fascinated to see...

Feb 21 2010

Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Literacy, Public Libraries, World

Paradero Para Libros Para Parques

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Monday morning I was out walking around downtown Bogota when I happened upon this lovely little library in the park. This stand makes part of the Paradero Para Libros Para...

Feb 20 2010

Americas, bi/multilingual, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Literacy, Mobile Library, Public Libraries, World

BiblioRed: Red Capital de Bibliotecas Públicas

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Today I went to visit a couple of the libraries that make up the BiblioRed in Bogota. BiblioRed is Bogota’s public library systems, and it’s composed of a number of...