Category: Libraries

Apr 03 2007

Libraries, Public Libraries, Technology, USA, Web 2.0

Learning 2.0

by Bilingual Librarian

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Learning 2.0 is a program initially developed by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (PLCMC), NC, which aims to encourage library staff to familiarize themselves with the variety...

Mar 20 2007

Libraries, Technology, USA

Open Source and Education

by Bilingual Librarian

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I was just reading “The Case for Open Source: Open Source has Made Significant Leaps in Recent Years. What does it have to Offer Education?” by Miguel Guhlin, in Technology...

Mar 18 2007

Libraries, Technology, USA, Web 2.0

Primo®

by Bilingual Librarian

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There is a good amount of discussion in the library world that revolve around how and if we want to make library services more like Google or Amazon.com. The belief...

Mar 16 2007

Archives, Libraries, Technology, USA, World

PLALA – Program for Latin American Libraries and Archives

by Bilingual Librarian

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This week I got to meet Dan Hazen, Associate Librarian of Harvard College for collection development, and what a treat it was! I was most interested in learning about his...

Mar 11 2007

Libraries, World

Botero and Abu Ghraib

by Bilingual Librarian

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One of the things that I miss the most about living in the Bay Area is the enormous amounts of culture that I could easily access. Case it point, Fernando...

Mar 10 2007

Libraries, Mobile Library, National Libraries, Venezuela, World

Mobile Libraries

by Bilingual Librarian

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Library work is usually perceived as being practiced only indoors, but in developing countries the promotion of education, reading and books needs to happen wherever people are. This has lead...