Category: Books

Feb 07 2010

Americas, Book Reviews, Books, Latin America, Politics, World

Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America by Chesa Boudin

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Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America by Chesa Boudin My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews I picked up this book because of the title;...

Feb 06 2010

Americas, Books, Libraries, Literacy, National Libraries, Open Access, Web 2.0

Read.gov

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Yesterday while I was riding the bus to work a new billboard caught my eye, one for Read.gov. Read.gov is part of the Library of Congress, and it aims to...

Jan 31 2010

Books, Images, Literacy, Photographs, World

IKEA Create World’s Longest Outdoor Bookcase On Bondi Beach

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Here’s a slide show of the world’s longest outdoor bookcase. The bookcases were filled with books that visitors could swap with their own book, or which they could purchase for...

Jan 19 2010

Americas, Books, Images, Latin America, Photographs, World

Pirated books in Peru

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A couple days ago my father sent me this slide show from the BBC on the pirate book industry in Peru. The author comments that Peru has one of the...

Jan 04 2010

Books, Education, Libraries

85 Reasons to be Thankful for Librarians

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Some of these are just plain silly, or reinforce stereotypes, but the majority hit the nail on the head. Originally from Zen College Life. 1. Librarians take care of libraries,...

Dec 21 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, Books, Libraries, USA

“The Festive Library 2009”

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My friend Elissa just sent me the link to this great Christmas tree. The display was put together at the William H. Hannon Library, at the Loyola Marymount campus. Enjoy!...

Nov 05 2009

Books, Libraries

Library Merchandise

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Zazzle.com has a lot of fun library related merchandise. Here is just a small sampling. Zazzle.com tiene un montón de mercancía divertida relacionadas con la biblioteca. Esta es sólo una...

Oct 30 2009

Americas, Books, Latin America, World

“Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso” by Gustavo Bolivar Moreno

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Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso by Gustavo Bolivar Moreno My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a piece of fiction that weaves together a lot of Colombia’s recent history...

Oct 20 2009

Americas, Books, Technology, USA

Computational Sketchbook by Jie Qi and Leah Buechley

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Those folks at MIT really are crafty; look at the amazing pop up book a student there created. Each page opens up to a different scene which included lights, and...

Oct 18 2009

Book Reviews, Books, Europe, World

Recommending classics on Radio 5

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RTVE.es is Spain’s Radio and Television Corporation, and between news reports and other stories they also include reviews of the world’s literary classics. Presenter Esther Lorenzo creates brief descriptions of...