Author: Bilingual Librarian

Jun 11 2008

Crítica Biliotecológica

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Crítica Biliotecológica (Library and Information Science Critique: Journal of the Information Sciences Recorded in Documents) is a budding publication from the Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo...

May 30 2008

Technology, World

Updates on the OLPC Project

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The OLPC has reinvented their signature laptop and come out with a new model that looks more like an e-books, is more energy efficient, and will cost only $75. This...

May 26 2008

Libraries, Public Libraries, USA, World

Lubuto Library Project

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Lubuto means knowledge, enlightenment and light in the Bemba language, and this is exactly what the Lubuto Library Project is proving vulnerable children throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The project is a...

May 23 2008

Archives, Databases, Digital, Libraries, Technology, World

Digitizing Works from Timbuktu

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The Mali government has begun work to create a library that will house material from Timbuktu‘s golden age. Material consists of works of law, history, poetry, and science, much of...

May 23 2008

Databases, Digital, Libraries, Open Access, Technology, USA, Web 2.0

OCLC Partners with Google Books

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A few days ago OCLC and Google Books created a partnership that will allow uses of both services to benefit, and better locate library material. OCLC member libraries who already...

May 20 2008

Databases, Digital, Technology, World

WorldWide Telescope

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Microsoft Research just came out with a tool that allows you to see the galaxy up close. After downloading the free software, WorldWide Telescope will bring you to a wide...

Apr 30 2008

Libraries, Mobile Library, World

La Maleta Viajera

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This morning I was reading Críticas and found a fascinating article by Loida García-Fedo about Wilton Hurtado Cuero, a man truly dedicated to making this world a better place. Hurtado...

Apr 27 2008

Databases, Libraries, Open Access, Web 2.0, World

A Wiki for Guatemala’s Libraries

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A couple of library enthusiasts in Guatemala have set out to create a directory of Guatemala’s librarians in wiki format. The project is still quite new and with only a...

Apr 23 2008

Europe, Language, Libraries, Public Libraries, Spain, World

World Book and Copyright Day

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World Book and Copyright Day (what a mouthful) is a yearly event to commemorate Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare, and the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, all major figures in...

Apr 19 2008

Europe, Open Access, Technology, Web 2.0, World

Commonwealth of Learning

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The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is a collaboration, started in 1989, of the 53 Commonwealth head’s of state to promote open and distance learning (ODL), as well as sharing resources...