Category: Tools

Aug 03 2009

Dispute Finder

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Over the weekend I heard this interesting story on NPR’s “On The Media” about a new tool that will help you get a more balance view of complex stories. Dispute...

Jul 29 2009

Europe, Latin America, Libraries, Tools, World

REDIAL & CEISAL

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While I was in Berlin I learned about the two large Latin American research groups in Europe, REDIAL and CEISAL. REDIAL (Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina)...

Jul 27 2009

Latin America, Tools, World

Biblioteca Digital Colombiana

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The Biblioteca Digital Colombiana (Colombia’s Digital Library) is up and running (in beta). This service will allow you to search the OPACs of various educational institutions with one query. Work...

Jul 21 2009

bi/multilingual, Tools

Online Spell Checker

by Bilingual Librarian

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Here are a few free online services that can spell check your documents. I tried a couple of these and I like Jspell spell checker, and Orangoo the best. Using...

Jul 01 2009

Education, Tools

Internet Censorship Map

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The BBC is trying to create an interactive map that reflects internet censorship around the globe. They are currently asking for reader’s input to help fill the gaps.If you’d like...

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...

Jun 23 2009

bi/multilingual, Tools, Web 2.0

BabelWithMe.com

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BabelWithMe.com is a new method to communicate with people who don’t speak (or write) our same language. It seems very easy to use; just visit the site, choose a login...

Jun 18 2009

bi/multilingual, Education, Tools

UNESCO’s Open Training Platform gathers thousands of existing, free training courses on a wide range of subjects. Currently it offers 3,426 training resources, covering 293 categories (including agriculture, education, languages,...

Jun 09 2009

bi/multilingual, Tools

Google Translator Toolkit

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Today Google announced that they have improved their online translating tool Google Translate, and have come up with Google Translator Toolkit, which should give translations that “human touch” preventing you...

Jun 02 2009

bi/multilingual, Libraries, Tools, World

Pregunte: Las Bibliotecas Responden

by Bilingual Librarian

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The Ministry of Culture and the Autonomous Communities in Spain have joined forces to offer a new online reference system called “Pregunte: Las Bibliotecas Responden” (Ask, The Libraries will Answer)....