Category: Images

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

by Bilingual Librarian
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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...
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Jun 20 2010
Books, Images

Beautiful Book Art

by Bilingual Librarian
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I know this will be rather blasphemous to a number of book lovers, but oh well, here are some beautiful pieces of art made out of books. Sé que esto...
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Feb 19 2010
Americas, Archives, Databases, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Maps, Open Access, Public Libraries, World

Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango

by Bilingual Librarian
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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...
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Dec 29 2009
Americas, Archives, Education, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, National Libraries, OPAC, Open Access, Oral Histories, Photographs, Politics, Preservation, Tools, USA, Web 2.0, World

Library of Congress

by Bilingual Librarian
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Today I spent the day at the Library of Congress and loved it. I was there with my mother and brother and we took one of the guided tours of...
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