Author: Bilingual Librarian

Feb 03 2013

Archives, Libraries, Library Science, Open Source, Photographs, Preservation, Professional Development, Tools

Free Technical Services Webinars!

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A little while ago I discovered this amazing list of free technical services webinars! They cover a wide range of topics, and best of all they are free! Some of...

Dec 22 2012

Libraries, Photographs, Public Libraries, World

Book exhibit in Moscow

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Back in early November I got an email from someone wishing to use my photograph of the Paradero Para Libros Para Parques taken in Bogotá, Colombia, almost three years ago,...

Dec 22 2012

Books, Europe, Photographs

Scotland’s secret book sculptures

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Last month I saw this beautiful collection of art created from books. Apparently no one knows exactly who is creating these pieces of art, but what a pleasant surprise to...

Sep 22 2012

Americas, Databases, Law, Law Libraries, Politics, Searching, Tools, USA

Congress.gov was launched this Wednesday, offering us a new tool to research USA federal legislation information. The site will eventually replace THOMAS.gov, which after years of service has started showing...

Aug 19 2012

Searching, Tools

My Citations by Google Scholar

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For some time my father and I have been discussing name disambiguation, and searches in Google Scholar gathering every publication by a single author. Just as we thought there was...

Aug 19 2012

Americas, Books, Colombia, Latin America, OPAC, Open Access, Searching

Disambiguating a name: Caicedo Estela, Andrés, 1951-1977

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A while back my father started asking about name disambiguationbecause he wanted to be able to run a search in, say, Google Scholar and come up with ONLY the publications...

Jul 01 2012

Americas, Archives, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, National Libraries, Public Libraries, World

Trinidad and Tobago’s National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS)

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Earlier this month I was in Trinidad and Tobago for this year’s SALALM conference, and I stopped by to visit the National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS). I arrived here on my...

May 27 2012

Academic Libraries, Databases, Libraries, Searching

FindTheBest.com

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I was recently alerted about the existence of FindTheBest. This website aims to serve as an unbiased, data-driven search engine. Basically what they do is compare resources by numbers. The site...

Mar 28 2012

Americas, Libraries, National Libraries

“Catalogers, Take This Library of Congress Survey”

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If you work in Technical Services, better yet, if you are a cataloger, you might want to participate in this survey. The LOC has put out a survey that wishes...

Mar 25 2012

Americas, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, National Libraries, World

Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Libros

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A few weeks ago I was in Buenos Aires, and what people say is true, it is a city of books, they were even selected as the World’s Book...