Category: National Libraries

Mar 05 2011

Europe, Libraries, National Libraries, Professional Development, World

Research Fellowships Programme at the National Library of Portugal 2011

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The National Library of Portugal is currently offering a few research fellowships in collaboration with the Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento. The fellowships are expected to support short term research...

Dec 27 2010

Libraries, Library Science, National Libraries, Professional Development, Tools, USA

Career Assistance Resources Gathered by the LOC

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A couple of months ago the Business Reference Services at the Library of Congress released four pages gathering online resources that will help in the job hunting process. Good luck!...

Jul 20 2010

Americas, Archives, Colombia, Digital, Education, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, Politics, Public Libraries, Videos, World

Bicentenario Colombiano, 1810-2010

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Con ganas de celebrar el bicentenario de Colombia aquí recojo información sobre algunos eventos y colecciones que se han organizado en Colombia y virtualmente. ¡A celebrar se dijo! El proyecto...

Jul 19 2010

Americas, Archives, bi/multilingual, Digital, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Maps, National Libraries, Open Access, Politics, Public Libraries, Tools, World

La Grande Bibliothèque

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At the beginning of the month I was in Montreal and got to visit La Grande Bibliothèque! This library is one of the city’s largest public libraries, and the collection...

Mar 21 2010

Americas, Education, Law, Libraries, National Libraries, Professional Development

Summer Internships at the Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress (LOC) has 40 openings for summer internships! The focus of this year’s program is to increase access to the collections and increasing awareness of their digital...

Feb 19 2010

Americas, Archives, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Source, World

Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia

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I arrived in Bogota last night and today I’m off to visit a few libraries, my first stop is the Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. As Colombia’s national library, one of...

Feb 12 2010

Books, Databases, Europe, Images, Libraries, National Libraries, Preservation, World

Database of Bookbindings

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The British Library is always up to something interesting; I just discovered their Database of Bookbindings. This is an entire online collection dedicated to the bindings of books held by...

Feb 06 2010

Americas, Books, Libraries, Literacy, National Libraries, Open Access, Web 2.0

Read.gov

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Yesterday while I was riding the bus to work a new billboard caught my eye, one for Read.gov. Read.gov is part of the Library of Congress, and it aims to...

Jan 16 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Libraries, National Libraries, OPAC, Social Networks

Study of the North American MARC marketplace

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This morning, bright and early, I attended an ALA Midwinter Conference session hosted by OCLC titled “Redesigning Technical Services Workflows.” The session was composed of three presenters, two of which...

Dec 29 2009

Americas, Archives, Education, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, National Libraries, OPAC, Open Access, Oral Histories, Photographs, Politics, Preservation, Tools, USA, Web 2.0, World

Library of Congress

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Today I spent the day at the Library of Congress and loved it. I was there with my mother and brother and we took one of the guided tours of...