“Circle Library” Chair
Here’s another take on the circular library, this time in the form of a chair. Designer Thomas Mills. Looks very comfortable. (Here’s the other one.) He aquí otra versión de...
Category: Photographs
Sitios de Memoria en América Latina
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Sitios de Memoria en América Latina gathers information about human rights across Latin America, which has been produced by the 27 organizations from Latin American countries that make part of...
Yale Silk Road Database
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The Yale Silk Road Database gathers over 6,000 images takes across the Silk Road region by faculty members during site visits between 2006 and 2009. The visits were led by...
Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, Politics, World
Chilean Protest Murals
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On that same SALALM panel titled “Documenting in Times of Adversity, Survival and Hope” my friend Lynn Shirey presented on a newly acquired collection of slides by photographer Andrés Romero...
Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Images, Latin America, Open Access, Oral Histories, Photographs, Politics
The Cuban Rafter Phenomenon: A Unique Sea Exodus
by Bilingual Librarian
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Last weekend I was attending the annual SALALM conference and heard about a lot of great projects relating to libraries and Latin American. The Cuban Rafter Phenomenon: A Unique Sea...
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...
Jan
31
2010
IKEA Create World’s Longest Outdoor Bookcase On Bondi Beach
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Here’s a slide show of the world’s longest outdoor bookcase. The bookcases were filled with books that visitors could swap with their own book, or which they could purchase for...
Jan
28
2010
Libraries can be exhausting ;)
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Of course none of us has ever fallen asleep at the library! (Full gallery of pictures) ¡Por supuesto que ninguno de nosotros se ha quedado dormido en la biblioteca! (Galería...
Jan
19
2010
Pirated books in Peru
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A couple days ago my father sent me this slide show from the BBC on the pirate book industry in Peru. The author comments that Peru has one of the...
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...