Bilingual Librarian

Apr 14 2007

Librarian Act of 2007

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To celebrate National Library Week, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) plans to introduce legislation that will amended the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide Perkins student loan forgiveness in order...

Apr 13 2007

Europe, Manuscripts, World

Charles Darwin

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I just got back from the Charles Darwin (1809-1882) exhibit, and even though I already knew the basics of his life (My dad is a big admirer of his), I...

Apr 09 2007

World

Swimming the Amazon

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Today, Martin Strel, became the first person to swim the entire Amazon River. Strel completed his journey in 66 days, and averaged about 52 miles a day. His journey began...

Apr 09 2007

Technology, USA, Women

Harassment on the Web

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Today, both the New York Times and the Guardian have articles about online sexual harassment. The Guardian’s article describes several cases in which women bloggers have been harassed for such...

Apr 08 2007

Language, Libraries, Public Libraries, USA, World

Framingham Library

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This week I got to visit the Framingham Public Library to see their Newcomer & Neighbors Center. The city has seen a large growth in their immigrant populations, and currently...

Apr 04 2007

Open Access, Technology, USA, World

OpenCourseWare in Chinese

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As mentioned in a previous post, OpenCourseWare is a project which aims at providing high quality educational material on the web for free. Lucifer Chu, a man who became wealthy...

Apr 03 2007

Libraries, Public Libraries, USA

“What They Didn’t Teach Us in Library School”

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I just finished reading an article by Chip Ward, former assistant director to the Salt Lake City Public Library which tries to make sense of the public library’s role in...

Apr 03 2007

Libraries, Public Libraries, Technology, USA, Web 2.0

Learning 2.0 is a program initially developed by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (PLCMC), NC, which aims to encourage library staff to familiarize themselves with the variety...

Apr 01 2007

Technology, World

Brazilian Rainforest is Connecting to the Web

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Brazil’s Environment Minister Marina Silva has just announced a plan to make the country’s Amazon region internet accessible! The belief is that Indigenous communities can participate in the struggle to...

Mar 31 2007

Africa, Americas, Asia, Education, Latin America, Open Source, Technology, Tools, Uruguay, USA, World

OLPC – One Laptop per Child

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One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit organization trying to address the lack of resources many Third World Countries struggle with and how these affect education and hinder technological...