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Nov 02 2009

Archives, bi/multilingual, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, OPAC, Open Access, Photographs, World

The European Library

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The European Library portal can help you search the online catalogs to all the major libraries in the European Union. The project originates from the TEL-project which was set up...

Oct 30 2009

Americas, Books, Latin America, World

“Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso” by Gustavo Bolivar Moreno

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Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso by Gustavo Bolivar Moreno My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a piece of fiction that weaves together a lot of Colombia’s recent history...

Oct 28 2009

Americas, Archives, Latin America, Manuscripts, Photographs, Politics, World

Archivo Chile is a site that gathers information in all formats primarily about Chile’s social/popular movements, and secondarily about Latin America. The site also emphases human rights, and leftist politics....

Oct 26 2009

News, Politics, World

openDemocracy

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openDemocracy is a one stop site for news with a Human Rights and pro-Democracy slant. The site is owned by the openDemocracy Foundation for the Advancement of Global Education which...

Oct 25 2009

Americas, Archives, Latin America, Libraries, Manuscripts, World

The J. León Helguera Collection of Colombiana

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Recently the Vanderbilt library has digitized and made available a portion of their material on Colombia, specializing in 19th century culture and history, titled The J. León Helguera Collection of...

Oct 22 2009

Libraries

“Why you should fall to your knees and worship a librarian” by Erica Firment

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My friend Lynn found this and it brought a huge smile to my face! This great description of librarians comes from Erica Firment’s blog Librarian Avengers. Ok, sure. We’ve all...

Oct 20 2009

Americas, Books, Technology, USA

Computational Sketchbook by Jie Qi and Leah Buechley

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Those folks at MIT really are crafty; look at the amazing pop up book a student there created. Each page opens up to a different scene which included lights, and...

Oct 18 2009

Education, Professional Development

LIS Online Career Fair

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The Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services will be hosting a Library and Information Science online career fair January 12th, 2010. The day long event will include a number...

Oct 18 2009

Book Reviews, Books, Europe, World

Recommending classics on Radio 5

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RTVE.es is Spain’s Radio and Television Corporation, and between news reports and other stories they also include reviews of the world’s literary classics. Presenter Esther Lorenzo creates brief descriptions of...

Oct 15 2009

Americas, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Mobile Library, Public Libraries

Chinatown Storefront Library

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Boston’s Chinatown used to have a public library, but this library has had its ups and downs. It opened in 1896, closed in 1936, reopened in 1951, and closed again...