Help A Librarian
Earlier today I got a Facebook friend request from Heather Durkin Negley and discovered a great project she set up. Help A Librarian is an online tool that helps librarians...
Category: World
Oct
09
2010
One Day On Earth, 10.10.10.
by Bilingual Librarian
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One Day On Earth wants to capture a slice of our humanity across the globe. Tomorrow, 10.10.10, we are invited to film event in our lives that move us with...
Oct
03
2010
El Quijote en Youtube
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¡El Quijote ha llegado a Youtube! La Real Academia Española recién lanza una invitación para que todos participemos en una lectora colectiva del famoso Quijote de la Mancha. La Academia...
15 Movies Based on Banned Books
by Bilingual Librarian
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The Huffington Post has a nice collection of 15 famous movies (including clips) based on banned books. The collection has put together in collaboration with the ALA and Banned Books...
The World’s First Airport Library!
by Bilingual Librarian
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Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has opened the doors to the world’s first permanent airport library! What a great idea! Airports can often be such boring places, specially when your flight is...
bi/multilingual, Education, Language, Libraries, Professional Development, Public Libraries, Tools, World
Language Learning at the Library
by Bilingual Librarian
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A couple of days ago my friend Liz called with a work related questions; Her employer wants to offer all the employees at this business the opportunity to improve their...
Sep
08
2010
Bill Clinton will now start taking questions!
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On September 20th Bill Clinton will be holding the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting, and this year he will be taking questions from the general public through Youtube! To participate...
Engineering videos now on Youtube
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The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and IITs, two of India’s premier engineering schools, are now offering close to 5,000 technical lecture videos and web-based courses targeting science and engineering...
IFLA World Report 2010
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A couple of weeks ago IFLA released its latest World Report, and for the first time made it available online in a fully searchable database, including a graphical map interface!...
A Library in a Pub
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Take a look at this nice video about a pub in Yorkshire Dales, UK, which has begun offering library services! What a clever idea. The folks behind this clever project...