The Uni: Portable Reading Room for Public Space
Look at this great idea to help bring libraries to public spaces! The Uni is a light structure that can hold a small library collection and a number of benches...
Tag: Education
Jan
13
2011
“10 Most Impressive Elementary School Libraries in the U.S.”
by Bilingual Librarian
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Last night I received an email from Julia Watson with the Online Education Database and she shared this list of the 10 Most Impressive Elementary School Libraries in the U.S....
Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Digital, Education, Law, Libraries, Library Science, Maps, Open Access, Politics, Professional Development, Public Libraries, Technology, Tools, USA, Web 2.0
E-Gov: Make It Work @ your library (ALA webinar)
by Bilingual Librarian
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This afternoon I attended an ALA webinar about E-Government. The session offered some good sites where we can find government information (local, state, and federal), shared some information about patron...
Americas, Colombia, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Politics, Public Libraries, World
Juárez wants to model itself after Medellín
by Bilingual Librarian
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Here are parts one, two, and three of a news report highlighting the impressive change the city of Medellín, Colombia has had in the last decade or so, and how...
Studying and Working “Abroad”
by Bilingual Librarian
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A few months ago a library student in Colombian asked me about exchange programs in the field, so I’m sharing some of the resources I found while helping him out....
Cycling for libraries
by Bilingual Librarian
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If you are ready for a great vacation/networking opportunity here’s your chance – Cycling for libraries! Kai, a library teacher in Tampere, Finland is organizing a cycling trip between Copenhagen...
Finding Dulcinea
by Bilingual Librarian
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Taking after Don Quijote, Finding Dulcinea is a site that evaluates millions of website and offers you only the best, and most trustworthy ones. The site offers over 300 web...
OnlineCourses.net
by Bilingual Librarian
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A few days ago I received an email from someone at SR Education Group showing me a site they have put together on free online courses. I’d never heard of...
bi/multilingual, Education, Language, Libraries, Professional Development, Public Libraries, Tools, World
Language Learning at the Library
by Bilingual Librarian
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A couple of days ago my friend Liz called with a work related questions; Her employer wants to offer all the employees at this business the opportunity to improve their...
Engineering videos now on Youtube
by Bilingual Librarian
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The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and IITs, two of India’s premier engineering schools, are now offering close to 5,000 technical lecture videos and web-based courses targeting science and engineering...