Category: Libraries

Jul 10 2009

Archives, Europe, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, National Libraries, World

The British Library

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This afternoon I had an appointment for a tour of The British Library. The library itself is huge, taking up the better part of a city block, and having so...

Jul 03 2009

Europe, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Maps, World

Ibero-Amerikanische Institut

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This year’s SALALM conference was hosted by the Ibero-Amerikanische Institut (IAI), and I had the opportunity to take a tour of the library. The IAI hosts the largest collection on...

Jun 29 2009

Education, Libraries, World

SALALM, 2009

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SALALM is the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials and dates back to 1956. Back then a group of librarians got together to try and figure out...

Jun 17 2009

Libraries

“LIBRARY” video

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Here’s a charming short about libraries and their impact on our daily lifes. Aquí está un lindo video sobre las bibliotecas y el impacto que tienen en nuestro diario vivir....

Jun 15 2009

Libraries

Wired has a good short article and video about UC Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrates Zoology‘s Library. The library holds a large number of skeletons, furs, and fully taxidermy animals. Interestingly,...

Jun 02 2009

bi/multilingual, Libraries, Tools, World

Pregunte: Las Bibliotecas Responden

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The Ministry of Culture and the Autonomous Communities in Spain have joined forces to offer a new online reference system called “Pregunte: Las Bibliotecas Responden” (Ask, The Libraries will Answer)....

May 12 2009

Libraries, Open Access, USA

On Overpaying for Journal Subsciptions

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My friend Samira just showed me this blog entry from Shoestring Venture, which although quite sarcastic, absolutely hits the nail on the head. They argue that universities are overpaying for...

Apr 20 2009

Archives, bi/multilingual, Databases, Digital, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Access, Photographs, Videos, Web 2.0, World

World Digital Library Goes Live

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Today the World Digital Library goes live! The project has been in the works for about 4 years now, and was initially conceived by James Billington of the USA Library...

Apr 11 2009

Images, Libraries, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, USA, Videos, Web 2.0

Library of Congress on YouTube

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The Library of Congress (LOC) just set up a YouTube account where they will be sharing a number of the treasured they hold. They currently have over 70 videos uploaded,...

Apr 02 2009

Europe, Libraries, Public Libraries, USA, World

Hardship at the Public Library

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Today both the Guardian and the New York Times had articles about the hard times public libraries are facing because of the economic downturn. The article in the Guardian explained...