Mun2.0 “vibración positiva y conocimiento”
Mun2.0 “Vibración Positiva y Conocimiento” is a brand new radio program dedicated to the world of information and its management. The program is created and hosted by a group of...
Tag: Latin America
Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, Politics, World
Chilean Protest Murals
by Bilingual Librarian
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On that same SALALM panel titled “Documenting in Times of Adversity, Survival and Hope” my friend Lynn Shirey presented on a newly acquired collection of slides by photographer Andrés Romero...
Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Images, Latin America, Open Access, Oral Histories, Photographs, Politics
The Cuban Rafter Phenomenon: A Unique Sea Exodus
by Bilingual Librarian
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Last weekend I was attending the annual SALALM conference and heard about a lot of great projects relating to libraries and Latin American. The Cuban Rafter Phenomenon: A Unique Sea...
Americas, Archives, Colombia, Digital, Education, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, Politics, Public Libraries, Videos, World
Bicentenario Colombiano, 1810-2010
by Bilingual Librarian
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Con ganas de celebrar el bicentenario de Colombia aquí recojo información sobre algunos eventos y colecciones que se han organizado en Colombia y virtualmente. ¡A celebrar se dijo! El proyecto...
Colombia Aprende
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Colombia Aprende is an educational site created by the Colombian Ministry of Education which aims at offering access to educational tools to anyone who has access to the web. The...
Jun
09
2010
RevisteroVirtual.com
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RevisteroVirtual.com is a relatively new site that offers online access to a number of major Colombian magazines. The site, which launched in 2009, offers access to about 30 titles, including...
Jun
09
2010
Arma de Instrucción Masiva
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This Argentinean artist, Raul Lemesoff, has transformed an old car into a mobile library. His rolling library named Arma de Instrucción Masiva ( Weapon of Mass Instruction) aims are spreading...
… Without Borders
by Bilingual Librarian
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It sometimes seems to me that the phrase “Without Borders” has become a franchise; I think the first one was Doctors Without Borders (Medecins sans Fronteires), but now there are...
Mar
21
2010
UCLA Library Research Grants 2010
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UCLA has three grants for people interested in using the holdings of the Latin American collection on campus. Awards of up to $1,500 will help candidates with transportation, lodging, and...
Mar
16
2010
BiblioRed; Images and Facts
by Bilingual Librarian
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The folks from BiblioRed were so kind as to send me some additional images of the two libraries I visited, the Biblioteca Pública Parque El Tunal, and the Biblioteca Pública Virgilio Barco,...