Category: Photographs

Dec 20 2009

Archives, Digital, Images, Photographs, Social Networks, Web 2.0, World

Peace Corps Digital Library

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It’s been almost fifty years since the Peace Corps first started sending volunteers around the world to help in a variety of projects. To commemorate this history and anticipating many...

Dec 05 2009

Americas, Images, Oral Histories, Photographs

One in 8 Million

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One in 8 Million is a project by the New York Times to profile characters of the city. The guidelines for the interviews are simple; you must live in one...

Nov 02 2009

Archives, bi/multilingual, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, OPAC, Open Access, Photographs, World

The European Library

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The European Library portal can help you search the online catalogs to all the major libraries in the European Union. The project originates from the TEL-project which was set up...

Oct 28 2009

Americas, Archives, Latin America, Manuscripts, Photographs, Politics, World

Archivo Chile is a site that gathers information in all formats primarily about Chile’s social/popular movements, and secondarily about Latin America. The site also emphases human rights, and leftist politics....

Sep 29 2009

Archives, Databases, Environment, Images, Open Access, Photographs, Videos, World

Wildlife Finder

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Yesterday the Guardian posted an article about a new database the BBC put together called Wildlife Finder. The site gathers hundreds of video footage, from over 30 BBC programs,of wild...

Sep 19 2009

Archives, Databases, Images, Photographs, World

National Geographic Images

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National Geographic has been around for well over a century and have managed to gather a very impressive photography collection over the years. The magazine specializes on photojournalism, pairing powerful...

Jul 15 2009

Archives, Europe, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, Maps, National Libraries, Photographs, Poetry, World

National Library of Ireland

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Today I got a “behind the scenes” tour of the National Library of Ireland! On my visit I found out that the library is quite a welcoming place to people...

Jul 03 2009

Books, Library \ Book Tourism, Photographs, World

Book Burning, Berlin

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Originally posted on the SALALM blog. Originalmente publicando en el blog de SALALM. This morning I started exploring Berlin, and one of the sites I wanted to make sure I...

Jun 06 2009

Archives, Europe, Images, Photographs, Web 2.0, World

Archives Normandie 1939-1945

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There is a great collection on Flickr of photographs from the battle at Normandie. The collection includes close to 3,000 images documenting the event; information and tags for this collection...

May 02 2009

Open Access, Photographs, USA, Videos, Web 2.0

White House 2.0

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President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speak together sitting at a picnic table April 9, 2009, on the South Lawn of the White House. Official White...