Tag: Audio

Aug 14 2011

Americas, Archives, Audio, Books, Images, Libraries, Maps, National Libraries, Photographs, Politics

The Library of Congress on C-SPAN

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Here’s a great documentary about the Library of Congress which C-SPAN has made available for free! The documentary is an hour and a half and showcases the marvels of the...

Nov 06 2010

Americas, Archives, Latin America, Manuscripts, Photographs, World

Sitios de Memoria en América Latina

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Sitios de Memoria en América Latina gathers information about human rights across Latin America, which has been produced by the 27 organizations from Latin American countries that make part of...

Oct 22 2010

Archives, Audio, Databases, Open Access, World

World Music on Radio 3

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A few months ago the BBC launched a new archive of world music. During the ten years that Radio 3 has been on the air the program has been visiting...

Oct 28 2009

Americas, Archives, Latin America, Manuscripts, Photographs, Politics, World

Archivo Chile is a site that gathers information in all formats primarily about Chile’s social/popular movements, and secondarily about Latin America. The site also emphases human rights, and leftist politics....

Oct 18 2009

Book Reviews, Books, Europe, World

Recommending classics on Radio 5

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RTVE.es is Spain’s Radio and Television Corporation, and between news reports and other stories they also include reviews of the world’s literary classics. Presenter Esther Lorenzo creates brief descriptions of...

Oct 12 2009

Archives, Libraries, Maps

Archival Sound Recordings at the British Library

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The British Library is constantly coming up with new great projects to make their collections accessible to all; In the latest, Archival Sound Recordings, they have digitized all of their...

Mar 28 2009

bi/multilingual, Libraries, USA

Rare Mexican-American Songs go Online

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The Chicano Studies Center at UCLA has uploaded over 41,000 songs to an online repository titled Musica de la Frontera. A number of these songs date back as early as...

Mar 18 2009

bi/multilingual, Language, Spain, Technology, World

El Castellano.org

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Sometimes is seems like all my friends are trying to learn or improve their Spanish, which I love, and encourage as much as I can. So here’s a tool that...

Mar 13 2009

Americas, Databases, Latin America, Social Networks, World

ColombiaYa

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ColombiaYa.com is a search engine for Colombians, by Colombians. The site will provide access to all things Colombian, starting with a crash course of the country’s government and history. You...

Mar 01 2009

Archives, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, USA, Women

Women’s History Month

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March is Women’s History Month in the USA and a number of universities, libraries, and other educational institutions are preparing events to celebrate. This month long celebration started with events...