Bilingual Librarian

Aug 06 2009

Middle East, Politics, Technology, Tools, World

Haystack

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Just as I was falling asleep last night listening to the BBC, I heard about a very interesting software called Haystack. Basically Haystack is software that was developed by Austin...

Aug 03 2009

Politics, Tools, Web 2.0

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 23 2009

Book Reviews, Colombia, Latin America, Politics, Women, World

“Amando a Pablo. Odiando a Escobar”, Virginia Vallejo

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AMANDO A PABLO. ODIANDO A ESCOBAR by VALLEJO VIRGINIA My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is Virginia Vallejo’s version of her relationship with Pablo Escobar, and of Colombia’s history...

Jul 21 2009

bi/multilingual, Tools

Online Spell Checker

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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 16 2009

Academic Libraries, Books, Europe, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, World

Trinity College Library

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Today I spent the morning at Trinity College. After a quick tour of the campus I headed towards the library where I wanted to see the Book of Kells, and...

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 10 2009

Archives, Europe, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, National Libraries, World

The British Library

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This afternoon I had an appointment for a tour of The British Library. The library itself is huge, taking up the better part of a city block, and having so...

Jul 09 2009

Books, Digital, Europe, Library \ Book Tourism, Technology, World

Books on Demand by Blackwell

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This afternoon I was roaming the streets of London, with no particular destination in mind, when I ran into one of the sites on my “to see” list; Blackwell Books....