Category: bi/multilingual

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

by Bilingual Librarian

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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 13 2010

bi/multilingual, Databases, Libraries, Professional Development, Social Networks, Tools, World

Travesía

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Travesía is a website put together by Spain’s Ministry of Culture’s General Subcommittee on the Coordination of Libraries. Basically the sites aims at promoting collaboration among Spanish librarians, and offers...

Jan 31 2010

bi/multilingual, Language, Tools

Medical Spanish Podcasts

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My friend Lena always says she wished she had taken advantage of my fluency in Spanish to learn the language while we were roommates, since as a doctor in the...

Dec 19 2009

bi/multilingual, Education, Language, Tools, Videos, World

Mi Vida Loca

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Mi Vida Loca is a web based tutorial created by the BBC to help you learn Spanish. The lessons consist mainly of videos that will teach you key phrases for...

Dec 17 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, bi/multilingual, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Professional Development, World

Plaza de Personal Academico de la Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas de el Colegio de Mexíco

by Bilingual Librarian

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Colegio de Mexico, in Mexico City is looking for a new librarian. Job duties will includes descriptive cataloging, Dewey Decimal System classification, collection development, and reference. The successful candidate must...

Dec 09 2009

bi/multilingual, Language, Libraries, National Libraries, Professional Development, World

Call for simultaneous interpreters – English/Arabic

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I just received an email with a call for simultaneous interpreters – English/Arabic to translate at IFLA‘s annual conference, which will take place in Gothenburg, Sweden, August 10 – 15,...

Nov 23 2009

bi/multilingual, Libraries, Tools, World

Sister Libraries for Children’s and Young Adult’s Reading

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IFLA has just launched “Sister Libraries for Children’s and Young Adult’s Reading,” a new project to bring together libraries and librarians focused on children and young adults in order to...

Nov 02 2009

Archives, bi/multilingual, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, OPAC, Open Access, Photographs, World

The European Library

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The European Library portal can help you search the online catalogs to all the major libraries in the European Union. The project originates from the TEL-project which was set up...

Oct 04 2009

bi/multilingual, Language, Maps

MLA maps languages in the USA

by Bilingual Librarian

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The MLA created a database that maps out languages in the USA with information originating from the 2000 census. The site allows you to “build” maps according to language and which reflect...

Jul 21 2009

bi/multilingual, Tools

Online Spell Checker

by Bilingual Librarian

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Here are a few free online services that can spell check your documents. I tried a couple of these and I like Jspell spell checker, and Orangoo the best. Using...