Category: Libraries

May 03 2010

Libraries, Social Networks, Technology, Tools, Web 2.0

Choose Privacy Week

by Bilingual Librarian

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The ALA (American Library Association) just established Choose Privacy Week (May 2 -8), which is part of Privacy Revolution. This new event aims at creating awareness of the digital environment...

May 03 2010

Libraries

Why do you continue to work in libraries?

by Bilingual Librarian

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Here’s an interesting poll being conducted by the Librarian in Black. It’s a simple question, “Why do you continue to work in libraries?” (Answer the poll to see the results.)...

Apr 27 2010

Education, Law, Libraries, Politics, World

… Without Borders

by Bilingual Librarian

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It sometimes seems to me that the phrase “Without Borders” has become a franchise; I think the first one was Doctors Without Borders (Medecins sans Fronteires), but now there are...

Apr 22 2010

Libraries, Professional Development, Videos

So you want to be a librarian?

by Bilingual Librarian

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I just saw 1946 video which was part of the “Your Life Work Series” which promoted librarianship as a career. The video suggests that you must love book and people...

Apr 18 2010

Americas, Books, Libraries

George Washington’s overdue books

by Bilingual Librarian

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Every so often a new story turns up about some good Samaritan returning books that have been due for decades and decades. Well here’s a similar story involving a former...

Apr 07 2010

Book Reviews, Books, Censorship, Libraries

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

by Bilingual Librarian

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Fahrenheit 451: A Novel by Ray Bradbury My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is one of those books I always heard about, but hadn’t actually read, so I finally...

Apr 04 2010

bi/multilingual, Databases, Digital, Europe, Libraries, Open Access, Tools, World

Late last month the Spanish Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde, announced the release of Hispana: colecciones digitales de archivos, bibliotecas y museos españoles. Hispana aggregates over one million digital items...

Apr 01 2010

Americas, Libraries, Public Libraries, Web 2.0

Boston’s Public Libraries are Under Threat

by Bilingual Librarian

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Boston Public Library (BPL) branches are on the cutting board; sad but true. The first USA city to offer its residents the service of public libraries is now planning on...

Mar 25 2010

Education, Law, Libraries, Open Access, Tools

Copyright for Librarians

by Bilingual Librarian

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Yesterday the Berkman Center and eIFL announced the launch of Copyright for Librarians. This handy wiki aims at offering librarians a great reference tool for all things related to copyright...

Mar 23 2010

Book Reviews, Books, Libraries, World

Top 10 Books Written by Librarians

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My father just forwarded me an email he received from AbeBooks.com which gathered the top 10 books written by librarians. Here is the content of the email and their selection...