Author: Bilingual Librarian
Apr
20
2007
Academic Libraries, Americas, Libraries, OPAC, Open Source, Public Libraries, Tagging, Technology, Tools, USA, Web 2.0
WPopac
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At the same lecture that I attended earlier this week I learned about the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth, NH. This small public library has done away with their old...
Apr
18
2007
Women and Computer Science
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While the number of women enrolling in male dominated programs, such as mathematics and biology, are currently close to par, women continue to have very little visibility within the computer...
Apr
09
2007
Swimming the Amazon
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Today, Martin Strel, became the first person to swim the entire Amazon River. Strel completed his journey in 66 days, and averaged about 52 miles a day. His journey began...
Apr
04
2007
OpenCourseWare in Chinese
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As mentioned in a previous post, OpenCourseWare is a project which aims at providing high quality educational material on the web for free. Lucifer Chu, a man who became wealthy...
Apr
03
2007
Learning 2.0
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Learning 2.0 is a program initially developed by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (PLCMC), NC, which aims to encourage library staff to familiarize themselves with the variety...
Apr
01
2007
Brazilian Rainforest is Connecting to the Web
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Brazil’s Environment Minister Marina Silva has just announced a plan to make the country’s Amazon region internet accessible! The belief is that Indigenous communities can participate in the struggle to...
García Marquez and One Hundred Years of Solitude
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This week García Márquez has a lot to celebrate. 2007 marks the 40th anniversary since his famous novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude was first published; it also marks the...
Mar
27
2007
GPL – General Public License
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InformationWeek for Mach 19, 2007 had an interesting article titled “What Will Drive Open Source?” by Charles Babcock, which discussed the controversy that has been created with the proposal of...
Mar
23
2007
World Water Day
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In 1992 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution making March 22 World Water Day; This year’s theme is “Copying with Scarcity”. When thinking about water, a number of complex...