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Dec 21 2007

OLPC out in the World

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After 5 years of planing and development the “$100 Laptop” is finally making its way out into the real world! One of the first countries where the XO, as it...

Dec 10 2007

Europe, Libraries, USA, Women, World

December 10

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December 10 seems to be a date that gathers many great events. Today is International Human Rights Day. This year the UN is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Declaration...

Dec 01 2007

World

World AIDS Day

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World AIDS Day began in 1988 at the World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programs for AIDS prevention, today governments, NGOs, international charities and local organization have adopted the...

Nov 30 2007

Libraries, Public Libraries, USA

Akito Yoshikane recently wrote the article titled “Public Libraries for Profit” commenting on a developing trend to privatize public libraries around the country. Yoshikane explain that a number of counties...

Nov 25 2007

Women, World

International Day to Stop Violence Against Women

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In 1960 the Mirabal sisters were brutally murdered after a long struggle against Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. The sisters grew up comfortably on the island, but once Trujillo...

Nov 21 2007

Digital, Libraries, Technology, USA, Web 2.0

Amazon.com’s Kindle

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Amazon.com just launched a new electronic reader called Kindle. This new device is said to hold as many as 200 books and weights only 10.3 onces. Its screen seems to...

Nov 19 2007

Libraries, Maps, USA, World

Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, 2007

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This weekend I attended the 31st. Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. I heard about this event after a visit to the John Carter Brown Library and decided to check it...

Nov 16 2007

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

WorldCat Local

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Not too long ago OCLC rolled out a new OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) of sorts. This new tool known as WorldCat Local offers a three tiered display of cataloged...

Nov 14 2007

World

Its been 22 years since the tragedy of el nevado del Ruiz…

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On November 13, 1985 Colombia suffered one of the biggest natural disasters in its history. The volcano at el nevado del Ruiz erupted and took with it the entire town...

Nov 07 2007

Libraries, National Libraries, World

Chile Returns Plundered Books

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In a gesture of good faith, the Chilean government has returned close to 4,000 books that were plundered from the Peruvian National library back in 1881 during the War of...