Tag: Education

Mar 21 2010

Americas, Education, Law, Libraries, National Libraries, Professional Development

Summer Internships at the Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress (LOC) has 40 openings for summer internships! The focus of this year’s program is to increase access to the collections and increasing awareness of their digital...

Feb 26 2010

Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Public Libraries, World

Parque Biblioteca España – Santo Domingo Savio

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Today I spent the day at the Parque Biblioteca España – Santo Domingo Savio. I had read about this library before in the NYT, and was fascinated to see...

Feb 21 2010

Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Literacy, Public Libraries, World

Paradero Para Libros Para Parques

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Monday morning I was out walking around downtown Bogota when I happened upon this lovely little library in the park. This stand makes part of the Paradero Para Libros Para...

Feb 20 2010

Americas, bi/multilingual, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Literacy, Mobile Library, Public Libraries, World

BiblioRed: Red Capital de Bibliotecas Públicas

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Today I went to visit a couple of the libraries that make up the BiblioRed in Bogota. BiblioRed is Bogota’s public library systems, and it’s composed of a number of...

Jan 15 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Education, Libraries, Professional Development

Knowledge River Scholars Program Call for Applications

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AZKnowledge River (KR) is now accepting applications for KR Cohort 9. This is a program for individuals who are connected to the Native American or Latino community and who wish...

Jan 04 2010

Books, Education, Libraries

85 Reasons to be Thankful for Librarians

by Bilingual Librarian

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Some of these are just plain silly, or reinforce stereotypes, but the majority hit the nail on the head. Originally from Zen College Life. 1. Librarians take care of libraries,...

Dec 29 2009

Americas, Archives, Education, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, National Libraries, OPAC, Open Access, Oral Histories, Photographs, Politics, Preservation, Tools, USA, Web 2.0, World

Library of Congress

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Today I spent the day at the Library of Congress and loved it. I was there with my mother and brother and we took one of the guided tours of...

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 19 2009

bi/multilingual, Education, Language, Tools, Videos, World

Mi Vida Loca

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Mi Vida Loca is a web based tutorial created by the BBC to help you learn Spanish. The lessons consist mainly of videos that will teach you key phrases for...

Dec 17 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, bi/multilingual, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Professional Development, World

Plaza de Personal Academico de la Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas de el Colegio de Mexíco

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Colegio de Mexico, in Mexico City is looking for a new librarian. Job duties will includes descriptive cataloging, Dewey Decimal System classification, collection development, and reference. The successful candidate must...