Category: Libraries

Sep 15 2009

Latin America, Libraries, Mobile Library

Biblioburro (video)

by Bilingual Librarian

2 Comments

The Colombian Biblioburro has gotten a lot of press over the last few years. I’ve read articles in the NYT, around the blogosphere, and writen one myself (here), but here’s...

Sep 08 2009

Africa, Books, Education, Europe, Libraries, Mobile Library, Spain, World

Bubisher

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

Bubisher is a really heart-warming project that started with a group of students at the Colegio San Marciso who wanted to help promote literacy among refugees in the Sahara. The...

Sep 04 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, Databases, Education, Law, Libraries, Open Access, USA

DASH – Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

DASH (Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard) has just been released in Beta. The repository is the product of a university initiative to fully participate in the Open Access movement...

Aug 31 2009

Americas, Colombia, Digital, Latin America, Libraries, OPAC, Public Libraries, World

Red de Bibliotecas – Medellín, Área Metropolitana

by Bilingual Librarian

1 Comment

The Red de Bibliotecas will provide you with all the information you may need about the network of libraries in the Medellín area. The main page regularly posts related stories,...

Aug 28 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Source, Tagging, Technology, Tools, USA, Web 2.0

Labeling Library Archives at Dartmouth College

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

With some financial help from the National Endowment for the Humanities, digital-humanities professor Mary Flanagan is developing a game that will help add tags to some of Dartmouth College’s archival...

Aug 27 2009

Americas, Books, Censorship, Libraries, Maps

Book Bans and Challenges, 2007-2009

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

My friend Lars just found this great map that plots all the challenges against books that took place in the USA between 2007 and 2009. Information to create this map...

Aug 25 2009

Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Public Libraries, USA, World

Fundación Empresas Públicas de Medellín

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

The Fundación Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) is a non-profit organization that works to promote a variety of projects that aim at raising awareness about the need to preserve the...

Jul 29 2009

Europe, Latin America, Libraries, Tools, World

REDIAL & CEISAL

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

While I was in Berlin I learned about the two large Latin American research groups in Europe, REDIAL and CEISAL. REDIAL (Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina)...

Jul 16 2009

Academic Libraries, Books, Europe, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, World

Trinity College Library

by Bilingual Librarian

1 Comment

Today I spent the morning at Trinity College. After a quick tour of the campus I headed towards the library where I wanted to see the Book of Kells, and...

Jul 15 2009

Archives, Europe, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, Maps, National Libraries, Photographs, Poetry, World

National Library of Ireland

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

Today I got a “behind the scenes” tour of the National Library of Ireland! On my visit I found out that the library is quite a welcoming place to people...