Tag: Digital

Dec 27 2009

Americas, Digital, Education, Latin America, Technology, World

El Navegante de la Amazonía

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Between mid November and mid December the boat “El Navegante de la Amazonía” navigated along the Amazon and Putumayo rivers in Colombia offering training in the use of computers and...

Dec 20 2009

Archives, Digital, Images, Photographs, Social Networks, Web 2.0, World

Peace Corps Digital Library

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It’s been almost fifty years since the Peace Corps first started sending volunteers around the world to help in a variety of projects. To commemorate this history and anticipating many...

Nov 29 2009

Archives, Digital, Europe, Manuscripts, World

The Stendhal University of Grenoble has joined forces with the city’s public library to create the digital collection Les Manuscrits de Stendhal. The site includes Stendhal‘s personal correspondence, as well...

Nov 27 2009

Images, Middle East, World

Digitizing treasures from the National Museum of Iraq

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I recently read an article in the Guardian where Google announced they plan to digitize 14,000 items from the National Museum of Iraq. Google explains that this project aims at...

Nov 10 2009

Digital, Europe, Images, News, Politics, Web 2.0, World

The Berlin Wall, 20 years later

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For the 20th anniversary after the fall of the Berlin Wall, The Guardian has gathered a number of online projects reflecting its history and present. Para el 20 º aniversario...

Oct 08 2009

Databases, Images, World

Vincent van Gogh; The Letters

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This beautiful database set up by the Van Gogh Museum, gathers all of Vicent van Gogh’s letters, including facsimiles of the originals, transcriptions, translations, and the art work connected to...

Aug 31 2009

Americas, Colombia, Digital, Latin America, Libraries, OPAC, Public Libraries, World

Red de Bibliotecas – Medellín, Área Metropolitana

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The Red de Bibliotecas will provide you with all the information you may need about the network of libraries in the Medellín area. The main page regularly posts related stories,...

Jul 09 2009

Books, Digital, Europe, Library \ Book Tourism, Technology, World

Books on Demand by Blackwell

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This afternoon I was roaming the streets of London, with no particular destination in mind, when I ran into one of the sites on my “to see” list; Blackwell Books....

Jun 08 2009

Law, Politics, Technology, World

Pirates capture seat in EU parliament

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The Swedish Pirate Party captured a seat in the EU parliament today after running a campaign solely based on reforming copyright laws! The party believes that Europe no longer has...

Apr 20 2009

Archives, bi/multilingual, Databases, Digital, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Access, Photographs, Videos, Web 2.0, World

World Digital Library Goes Live

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Today the World Digital Library goes live! The project has been in the works for about 4 years now, and was initially conceived by James Billington of the USA Library...