Category: Tools

Feb 13 2010

bi/multilingual, Databases, Libraries, Professional Development, Social Networks, Tools, World

Travesía

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Travesía is a website put together by Spain’s Ministry of Culture’s General Subcommittee on the Coordination of Libraries. Basically the sites aims at promoting collaboration among Spanish librarians, and offers...

Jan 31 2010

bi/multilingual, Language, Tools

Medical Spanish Podcasts

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My friend Lena always says she wished she had taken advantage of my fluency in Spanish to learn the language while we were roommates, since as a doctor in the...

Jan 25 2010

Academic Libraries, Libraries, Tools

Anthropology and Sociology Section Subject and Bibliographic Access Committee of the Association of college and research Libraries

by Bilingual Librarian

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While at ALA I attended the meeting for the Anthropology and Sociology Section (ANSS) Subject and Bibliographic Access Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The meeting was...

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

by Bilingual Librarian

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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...

Dec 19 2009

bi/multilingual, Education, Language, Tools, Videos, World

Mi Vida Loca

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Mi Vida Loca is a web based tutorial created by the BBC to help you learn Spanish. The lessons consist mainly of videos that will teach you key phrases for...

Dec 13 2009

Education, Libraries, Open Access, Open Source, Professional Development, Technology, Tools

Attended “Opening up Library Systems through Web Services and SOA”

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On Thursday I attended the webinar titled “Opening up Library Systems through Web Services and SOA” which was co-hosted by WebJunction and ALA Tech Source, and moderated by Marshall Breeding....

Dec 07 2009

Education, Libraries, Open Access, Open Source, Professional Development, Technology, Tools, Web 2.0

Opening up Library Systems through Web Services and SOA

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This Thursday Marshall Breeding will be moderating a webinar discussing whether a integrated library system be open without being open source. He will explore the ways that an Application Programming...

Dec 03 2009

Americas, Libraries, Public Libraries, Tools

Tool lending libraries

by Bilingual Librarian

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I just came across a blog entry at Superpatron about how the community organization Hands on New Orleans has decided to create a tool lending library. Hands on New Orleans...

Nov 23 2009

bi/multilingual, Libraries, Tools, World

Sister Libraries for Children’s and Young Adult’s Reading

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IFLA has just launched “Sister Libraries for Children’s and Young Adult’s Reading,” a new project to bring together libraries and librarians focused on children and young adults in order to...

Nov 20 2009

Americas, Latin America, Social Networks, Tools, Web 2.0, World

RedEsColombia

by Bilingual Librarian

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RedEsColombia is an online platform that offers a space where Colombians around the world, and everyone one else interested in the country can interact, and share ideas. Ultimately the network...