Category: Maps

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 25 2009

Maps, Tools

Google City Tours

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Google just released yet another cool tool, Google City Tours. This time they are going to help you travel, and make sure you see all the important sights at handful of...

May 10 2009

Images, Maps, Open Access, Web 2.0, World

Worldmapper

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Think your old map doesn’t reflect this world accurately? Well Worldmapper might help. The site offers a number of maps that have been “distorted” to reflect a variety of issues. ¿Le...

Nov 19 2008

Digital, Europe, Images, Maps, Open Access, Technology, World

Google “recreates” Ancient Rome

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Google Earth has just created a new project which recreated Ancient Rome in all it’s glory. You can fly into the city, look into buildings and in general explore an entire...

Oct 19 2008

Archives, Databases, Digital, Europe, Libraries, Manuscripts, Maps, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, Spain, World

Spain’s National Library has recently set the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica to highlight some of its most valuable items, including paintings, photographs, maps, and written texts spanning several centuries. The collection can...

Jul 12 2008

Archives, Databases, Libraries, Manuscripts, Maps, Open Access, Photographs, USA

Alaska’s Digital Archives

by Bilingual Librarian

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At ALA I sat in on a great presentation titled Digitizing Indian Country. The first presentation was on Alaska’s Digital Archives. The collection brings together photographs, oral histories, maps, moving images...

Feb 14 2008

bi/multilingual, Databases, Digital, Europe, Language, Libraries, Maps, Open Access, Photographs, World

Europeana

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The European Digital Library project has been working since September 2006 on creating a portal to gather digital collection from National Libraries around Europe, including Belgium, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein,...

Feb 09 2008

Digital, Maps, Technology, World

The Digital Divide

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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has recently published Information Economy Report 2007-2008 which notes that the digital divide is still very much an issue that must...

Nov 19 2007

Libraries, Maps, USA, World

Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, 2007

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This weekend I attended the 31st. Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. I heard about this event after a visit to the John Carter Brown Library and decided to check it...

Jun 07 2007

Maps, Technology, USA

Google Street View

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Yesterday there was an article at SFGate about one of Google’s latest inventions, Google Street View. Just like it sounds, this new technology lets you travel through selected cities (San...