Bilingual Librarian

Jul 03 2009

Europe, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Maps, World

Ibero-Amerikanische Institut

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This year’s SALALM conference was hosted by the Ibero-Amerikanische Institut (IAI), and I had the opportunity to take a tour of the library. The IAI hosts the largest collection on...

Jul 03 2009

Books, Library \ Book Tourism, Photographs, World

Book Burning, Berlin

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Originally posted on the SALALM blog. Originalmente publicando en el blog de SALALM. This morning I started exploring Berlin, and one of the sites I wanted to make sure I...

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 29 2009

Education, Libraries, World

SALALM, 2009

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SALALM is the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials and dates back to 1956. Back then a group of librarians got together to try and figure out...

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 17 2009

Libraries

“LIBRARY” video

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Here’s a charming short about libraries and their impact on our daily lifes. Aquí está un lindo video sobre las bibliotecas y el impacto que tienen en nuestro diario vivir....

Jun 15 2009

Libraries

Library of Dead Animals

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Wired has a good short article and video about UC Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrates Zoology‘s Library. The library holds a large number of skeletons, furs, and fully taxidermy animals. Interestingly,...

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...