Category: Americas

Apr 18 2010

George Washington’s overdue books

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Every so often a new story turns up about some good Samaritan returning books that have been due for decades and decades. Well here’s a similar story involving a former...

Apr 01 2010

Americas, Libraries, Public Libraries, Web 2.0

Boston’s Public Libraries are Under Threat

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Boston Public Library (BPL) branches are on the cutting board; sad but true. The first USA city to offer its residents the service of public libraries is now planning on...

Mar 21 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Latin America, Libraries, Professional Development

UCLA Library Research Grants 2010

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UCLA has three grants for people interested in using the holdings of the Latin American collection on campus. Awards of up to $1,500 will help candidates with transportation, lodging, and...

Mar 21 2010

Americas, Education, Law, Libraries, National Libraries, Professional Development

Summer Internships at the Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress (LOC) has 40 openings for summer internships! The focus of this year’s program is to increase access to the collections and increasing awareness of their digital...

Mar 18 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Law, Libraries

Yale Law Library Will Collect Bobbleheads!

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Yale Law Library has begin collecting bobbleheads representing a variety of personalities in the legal world. The collection will be part of their rare books library, which currently has an...

Mar 16 2010

Americas, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Public Libraries, World

BiblioRed; Images and Facts

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The folks from BiblioRed were so kind as to send me some additional images of the two libraries I visited, the Biblioteca Pública Parque El Tunal, and the Biblioteca Pública Virgilio Barco,...

Feb 26 2010

Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Public Libraries, World

Parque Biblioteca España – Santo Domingo Savio

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Today I spent the day at the Parque Biblioteca España – Santo Domingo Savio. I had read about this library before in the NYT, and was fascinated to see...

Feb 21 2010

Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Literacy, Public Libraries, World

Paradero Para Libros Para Parques

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Monday morning I was out walking around downtown Bogota when I happened upon this lovely little library in the park. This stand makes part of the Paradero Para Libros Para...

Feb 20 2010

Americas, bi/multilingual, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Literacy, Mobile Library, Public Libraries, World

BiblioRed: Red Capital de Bibliotecas Públicas

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Today I went to visit a couple of the libraries that make up the BiblioRed in Bogota. BiblioRed is Bogota’s public library systems, and it’s composed of a number of...

Feb 19 2010

Americas, Archives, Databases, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Maps, Open Access, Public Libraries, World

Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango

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While I was growing up in Colombia libraries were very scarce, the only library one ever heard mentioned was the Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango (BLAA), which I finally got to...