Category: Web 2.0

May 16 2009

Legacy Locker

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Now that most of us have so many online accounts I was wondering what happens to these when we pass away or become incapacitaded; NPR just answered me questions. Last...

May 10 2009

Images, Maps, Open Access, Web 2.0, World

Worldmapper

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Think your old map doesn’t reflect this world accurately? Well Worldmapper might help. The site offers a number of maps that have been “distorted” to reflect a variety of issues. ¿Le...

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...

Apr 24 2009

Europe, Images, Open Access, Photographs, USA, Videos, Web 2.0, Women, World

Latinas in History

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As the name implies, Latinas in History is about Latinas around the world, and throughout the ages (although with heavy emphasis on the USA); both the stories of individual women,...

Apr 20 2009

Archives, bi/multilingual, Databases, Digital, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Access, Photographs, Videos, Web 2.0, World

World Digital Library Goes Live

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Today the World Digital Library goes live! The project has been in the works for about 4 years now, and was initially conceived by James Billington of the USA Library...

Apr 11 2009

Images, Libraries, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, USA, Videos, Web 2.0

Library of Congress on YouTube

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The Library of Congress (LOC) just set up a YouTube account where they will be sharing a number of the treasured they hold. They currently have over 70 videos uploaded,...

Apr 01 2009

Open Access, Videos, Web 2.0

YouTube Edu

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YouTube has created a section of their site titled YouTube Edu where they will be gathering videos with educational content, organized by academic institution (and there are a lot of...

Jul 03 2008

Open Access, Web 2.0

Bibliotheka

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Bibliotheka is a site that gathers digital files of books in Spanish. The collections can be searched by title, author, and subject. Files can also be browsed through larger topical...

May 23 2008

Databases, Digital, Libraries, Open Access, Technology, USA, Web 2.0

OCLC Partners with Google Books

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A few days ago OCLC and Google Books created a partnership that will allow uses of both services to benefit, and better locate library material. OCLC member libraries who already...

Apr 27 2008

Databases, Libraries, Open Access, Web 2.0, World

A Wiki for Guatemala’s Libraries

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A couple of library enthusiasts in Guatemala have set out to create a directory of Guatemala’s librarians in wiki format. The project is still quite new and with only a...