Category: Americas

Jul 20 2010

Americas, Archives, Colombia, Digital, Education, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, Politics, Public Libraries, Videos, World

Bicentenario Colombiano, 1810-2010

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Con ganas de celebrar el bicentenario de Colombia aquí recojo información sobre algunos eventos y colecciones que se han organizado en Colombia y virtualmente. ¡A celebrar se dijo! El proyecto...

Jul 19 2010

Americas, Archives, bi/multilingual, Digital, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Maps, National Libraries, Open Access, Politics, Public Libraries, Tools, World

La Grande Bibliothèque

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At the beginning of the month I was in Montreal and got to visit La Grande Bibliothèque! This library is one of the city’s largest public libraries, and the collection...

Jul 11 2010

Americas, Education, Europe, Libraries, Literacy, Mobile Library, Women, World

A couple of cool librarians

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While at ALA I met a couple of very cool librarians, one of which has a blog I have been following for some time now. Here’s a brief description of...

Jul 01 2010

Americas, Libraries, Public Libraries

“Are Libraries Necessary, or a Waste of Tax Money?”

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Can Fox News really be this detached from reality? Apparently so. Here’s the headline to one of their recent stories; “Are Libraries Necessary, or a Waste of Tax Money?” The...

Jun 25 2010

Americas, Education, Libraries, Professional Development

Unconference at ALA

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I’m in DC for the ALA annual conference, before I had even arrived in DC proper, I was already learning about interesting stuff going on. This morning I ran into...

Jun 13 2010

Americas, Colombia, Education, Tools, World

Colombia Aprende

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Colombia Aprende is an educational site created by the Colombian Ministry of Education which aims at offering access to educational tools to anyone who has access to the web. The...

Jun 09 2010

Americas, Databases, Digital, Latin America, Open Access, World

RevisteroVirtual.com

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RevisteroVirtual.com is a relatively new site that offers online access to a number of major Colombian magazines. The site, which launched in 2009, offers access to about 30 titles, including...

Jun 06 2010

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

Toronto Public Library

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Earlier this week I got to visit the Toronto Public Library. Before arriving there I had seen some beautiful pictures of the main branch and had read that it is...

Jun 02 2010

Americas, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism

Boston Anthenæum

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Sometimes I need a reminder that I live in a city full of wonderful library, and a couple of weeks ago my friend Jenn gave me just such a reminder....

May 11 2010

Americas, Libraries, Videos

Tillman Skates for Libraries

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Video by/Video de New York Public Library Tillman the skateboarding dog lends a paw to help New York Public Library in its fight against closures due to budgets cut. Help...