Bilingual Librarian

Mar 22 2007

Remittances

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A couple of days ago, the UK’s Guardian published a story about record breaking remittances going to Latin America. The high numbers involved shouldn’t really come as a surprise to...

Mar 20 2007

Libraries, Technology, USA

Open Source and Education

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I was just reading “The Case for Open Source: Open Source has Made Significant Leaps in Recent Years. What does it have to Offer Education?” by Miguel Guhlin, in Technology...

Mar 18 2007

Libraries, Technology, USA, Web 2.0

Primo®

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There is a good amount of discussion in the library world that revolve around how and if we want to make library services more like Google or Amazon.com. The belief...

Mar 17 2007

Language, USA

English Only

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I just read an article about proposed legislation making English the official language in Oklahoma, and how American Indians are opposing this move. American Indians point out that their languages...

Mar 16 2007

Women, World

Complicated Flowers

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Valentines Day and Mother’s Day are the biggest days of the year for flower sales around the globe, but do you know how those flowers come to you? It’s not...

Mar 16 2007

Archives, Libraries, Technology, USA, World

PLALA – Program for Latin American Libraries and Archives

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This week I got to meet Dan Hazen, Associate Librarian of Harvard College for collection development, and what a treat it was! I was most interested in learning about his...

Mar 12 2007

Law, Open Access, Technology, USA

OpenCourseWare

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I’m still not over my fascination with open source, so here is more on the subject… I just learned about the OpenCourseWare which “is a free and open digital publication...

Mar 11 2007

USA

Disappearing Bees

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I’ve wanted a bee colony for years, maybe even decades, but for years I haven’t lived in a place where I could have one. I’m just fascinated by the work...

Mar 11 2007

World

“Hábleme de cosas serias”

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I could only find this article in Spanish, so sorry for those of you who won’t be able to read it. It’s an interview with Colombian president Álvaro Uribe Velez....

Mar 11 2007

Libraries, World

Botero and Abu Ghraib

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One of the things that I miss the most about living in the Bay Area is the enormous amounts of culture that I could easily access. Case it point, Fernando...

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