Category: Europe

May 06 2010

Europe, Libraries, Professional Development, Social Networks, Technology, Tools, Videos, Web 2.0, World

This Week in Libraries

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I just learned about This Week in Libraries (twil) an online TV series about libraries all over the world! (Does it get any better than this?!) Twil is hosted by...

Apr 26 2010

Books, Europe, World

A Rolling Library

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My friend Patrick just send me a link to this cool rolling library! Danish architect David Garcia knows that traveling with books is complicated because they are so heavy, so...

Apr 04 2010

bi/multilingual, Databases, Digital, Europe, Libraries, Open Access, Tools, World

Late last month the Spanish Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde, announced the release of Hispana: colecciones digitales de archivos, bibliotecas y museos españoles. Hispana aggregates over one million digital items...

Feb 12 2010

Books, Databases, Europe, Images, Libraries, National Libraries, Preservation, World

Database of Bookbindings

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The British Library is always up to something interesting; I just discovered their Database of Bookbindings. This is an entire online collection dedicated to the bindings of books held by...

Nov 29 2009

Europe, Libraries

Little library in a phone booth

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Take a look at the UK’s smallest library! The resourceful folks from Westbury-sub-Mendip in Somerset converted an old phone booth that was out of use into a small lending library...

Nov 29 2009

Archives, Digital, Europe, Manuscripts, World

Stendhal goes online

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The Stendhal University of Grenoble has joined forces with the city’s public library to create the digital collection Les Manuscrits de Stendhal. The site includes Stendhal‘s personal correspondence, as well...

Nov 29 2009

Europe, Libraries, OPAC, Spain, World

Red de Bibliotecas de Museos (BIMUS)

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The Spanish Ministry of Culture has created the Red de Bibliotecas de Museos (BIMUS) in order to make the holdings of a number of museum libraries available to the general...

Nov 10 2009

Digital, Europe, Images, News, Politics, Web 2.0, World

The Berlin Wall, 20 years later

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For the 20th anniversary after the fall of the Berlin Wall, The Guardian has gathered a number of online projects reflecting its history and present. Para el 20 º aniversario...

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 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...