Bilingual Librarian

Dec 13 2008

Databases, Digital, Law, Open Access, Technology, USA, Women

Copyright and the Public Domain

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A couple days ago I heard an interview with James Boyle on NPR that reminded me of a lot of information related issues that I have previously discussed with other...

Dec 01 2008

Databases, Digital, Images, Open Access, Photographs, USA, World

LIFE Photo Archive

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A couple weeks ago Google come out with one more impressive online collection. This time it’s the LIFE Photo Archive. Most of us have probably seen the powerful images that...

Nov 25 2008

USA, Women, World

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 2008

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In honor of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, I’m highlighting a couple stories about the subject from around the world. Earlier this year UN Secretary...

Nov 19 2008

Digital, Europe, Images, Maps, Open Access, Technology, World

Google “recreates” Ancient Rome

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Google Earth has just created a new project which recreated Ancient Rome in all it’s glory. You can fly into the city, look into buildings and in general explore an entire...

Nov 05 2008

bi/multilingual, Language, Libraries, Open Access, Public Libraries, USA, World

WorldLinQ

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WorldLinQ is a site created at Queens Public Library which gathers a wide range of useful websites in a variety of different languages. The site offered link to public websites...

Oct 26 2008

bi/multilingual

Howjsay

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Howjsay is a site that offers you audio files of correct pronunciation for English words. You can look up any word and get an MP3 file that you can play...

Oct 19 2008

Archives, Databases, Digital, Europe, Libraries, Manuscripts, Maps, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, Spain, World

Spain’s National Library has recently set the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica to highlight some of its most valuable items, including paintings, photographs, maps, and written texts spanning several centuries. The collection can...

Sep 14 2008

Europe, Open Access, Spain, World

La Vuelta al Mundo en 80 Libros

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Radio Televisión Española has created a great radio series tracing the history of literature. Each session is about an hour long and covers a specific topic, such as knights in...

Sep 14 2008

Archives, Databases, Digital, Open Access, World

Google is Digitizing Old Newspapers

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Google as set out with the ambitious goal of digitizing as many news papers (large and small, national and international), as they can get their hands on. These digital files...

Aug 27 2008

Images, Manuscripts, Open Access, World

Digitizing the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Israel’s Antiquities Authority has begun digitizing the Dead Sea Scrolls to make them available to everyone on the web. The project is an effort to preserve the remains of this...