Category: Libraries

Sep 20 2007

Refusing to Return Library Books

by Bilingual Librarian

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Just a couple of days ago Boston.com ran an article about a woman in Maine who has decided that certain books are not adequate for the library and has taken...

Sep 16 2007

Libraries, USA

Standardized Library Chapel Project

by Bilingual Librarian

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Recently the Bureau of Prisons decided that material being housed in prison chapel libraries has been inciting more violence and disorder than it was fomenting good will, and has begun...

Aug 23 2007

Libraries, USA, World

Book Auction

by Bilingual Librarian

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Earlier this week I was in NYC to witness the auction of a portion of a collection I helped inventory about two years ago. The collection was pieced together by...

Jul 31 2007

Databases, Digital, Libraries, Open Access, Technology, USA, Web 2.0, World

Open Library

by Bilingual Librarian

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Open Library is a new project starting out in San Francisco, CA, but global in scope. It aims at creating a single database for all book ever published! This massive...

Jul 25 2007

Libraries, USA, Women

Personal Libraries

by Bilingual Librarian

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It seems like a lot of the rich and famous spend a good amount of time and money collecting books, manuscripts and other library material, which they treasure during their...

Jul 24 2007

Law, Libraries, USA, Women

Belle da Costa Greene

by Bilingual Librarian

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Best known for being J.P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, lived, and made her mark in the library world between 1883 and 1950. Having great knowledge and passion...

Jul 17 2007

Libraries, USA, World

“Atlas of Creation”

by Bilingual Librarian

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A few weeks ago dozens upon dozens of giant red books started arriving where I work and no one knew why or if anyone had ordered them. Turns out this...

Jul 16 2007

Digital, Libraries, Technology, USA

IRENE – Image, Reconstruct, Erase Noise, etc.

by Bilingual Librarian

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IRENE (Image, Reconstruct, Erase Noise, etc.) is a new technological development that will help in the preservation of millions of sound recordings that are currently being lost because of lack...

Jun 26 2007

Europe, Libraries, Public Libraries, World

Public Lending Rights

by Bilingual Librarian

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In April, Ireland came up with a very creative way of helping author collect royalties for their world, while simultaneously making their work available to the largest group of people....

Jun 11 2007

Libraries, Public Libraries, USA, World

USA- Canadian Border Library

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Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the USA – Canadian border between Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont. This library was built in 1904 by the American Carlos Haskell...