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Jun 30 2007

World Heritage Sites

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Earlier this week UNESCO had a couple of additions to their World Heritage Site list. World Heritage Sites can include natural locations, buildings, monuments, and entire cities, and are believed...

Jun 26 2007

Europe, Libraries, Public Libraries, World

Public Lending Rights

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In April, Ireland came up with a very creative way of helping author collect royalties for their world, while simultaneously making their work available to the largest group of people....

Jun 25 2007

World

Cape Verde, just one example…

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Today Cape Verdians outside the island outnumber those who live on the island, and this dynamic which has been forming for years, even decades has transformed a nation and continues...

Jun 22 2007

Europe, World

Kiva.org

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Kiva means “unity” in Swahili, but it is also a fascinating new way to help empower people in the developing world. After working in East Africa, two Stanford business students...

Jun 21 2007

Europe, Women, World

Women Peacekeepers

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This morning the BBC has an article about the first all-female UN peacekeeping troop. The group is comprised of 105 Indian women, who have been based in Liberia for the...

Jun 14 2007

Europe, World

Seed Bank Projects

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In an effort to classify, and preserve the world’s wild plant diversity, the Millennium Seed Bank Project (MSBP), based in Britain, is serving as the globe’s depository. Motivated by global...

Jun 11 2007

Libraries, Public Libraries, USA, World

USA- Canadian Border Library

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Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the USA – Canadian border between Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont. This library was built in 1904 by the American Carlos Haskell...

Jun 07 2007

Maps, Technology, USA

Google Street View

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Yesterday there was an article at SFGate about one of Google’s latest inventions, Google Street View. Just like it sounds, this new technology lets you travel through selected cities (San...

Jun 06 2007

Europe, World

World Environment Day 2007

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Yesterday was World Environment Day, and one more day to try to get our attention around the collective damage we are doing to the planet. World Environment Day was created...

Jun 04 2007

USA, World

Tutankhamen Exhibit

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This weekend I was in Philly to see the Tutankhamen exhibit at the Franklin Institute Science Museum. My mom saw this exhibit when it toured the USA back in the...