Author: Bilingual Librarian

Nov 21 2007

Digital, Libraries, Technology, USA, Web 2.0

Amazon.com’s Kindle

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Amazon.com just launched a new electronic reader called Kindle. This new device is said to hold as many as 200 books and weights only 10.3 onces. Its screen seems to...

Nov 19 2007

Libraries, Maps, USA, World

Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, 2007

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This weekend I attended the 31st. Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. I heard about this event after a visit to the John Carter Brown Library and decided to check it...

Nov 16 2007

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

WorldCat Local

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Not too long ago OCLC rolled out a new OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) of sorts. This new tool known as WorldCat Local offers a three tiered display of cataloged...

Nov 14 2007

World

Its been 22 years since the tragedy of el nevado del Ruiz…

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On November 13, 1985 Colombia suffered one of the biggest natural disasters in its history. The volcano at el nevado del Ruiz erupted and took with it the entire town...

Nov 07 2007

Libraries, National Libraries, World

Chile Returns Plundered Books

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In a gesture of good faith, the Chilean government has returned close to 4,000 books that were plundered from the Peruvian National library back in 1881 during the War of...

Oct 29 2007

Women, World

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

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Argentina made history yesterday by electing their first woman president! Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, wife of the current president Nestor Kirchner, and former senator for Buenos Aires won a solid...

Oct 26 2007

Libraries, Technology, USA, Women, World

“Información: Puente Hacia el Bien Social”

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I recently ran across a blog by a Puertorican library student titled “Información: Puente hacia el bien social“. Yesenia Hernández is a student at the University of Puerto Rico, Río...

Oct 18 2007

Digital, Europe, Language, Libraries, National Libraries, Open Access, Technology, USA, Web 2.0, World

World Digital Library

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A World Digital Library is coming together after an agreement signed yesterday between Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communications and Information, and James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress...

Oct 10 2007

Libraries, USA, World

International postal rates to hurt book donations

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The US Postal Service used to mail books internationally for $1 a pound, making it possible for small groups, such as a classroom of students, to donate and ship books...

Oct 09 2007

Europe, Technology, World

Russian schools to adopt Linux

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The Russian government aims to convert all school computers to Linux by 2009. The change is an effort to cut cost from licensing fees. Apparently, since Russian became a member...