Parque Biblioteca España – Santo Domingo Savio
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...
Tag: Latin America
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...
Americas, bi/multilingual, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Literacy, Mobile Library, Public Libraries, World
BiblioRed: Red Capital de Bibliotecas Públicas
by Bilingual Librarian
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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...
Feb
19
2010
Americas, Archives, Databases, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Maps, Open Access, Public Libraries, World
Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango
by Bilingual Librarian
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While I was growing up in Colombia libraries were very scarce, the only library one ever heard mentioned was the Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango (BLAA), which I finally got to...
Feb
19
2010
Americas, Archives, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Source, World
Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia
by Bilingual Librarian
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I arrived in Bogota last night and today I’m off to visit a few libraries, my first stop is the Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. As Colombia’s national library, one of...
Feb
07
2010
Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America by Chesa Boudin
by Bilingual Librarian
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Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America by Chesa Boudin My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews I picked up this book because of the title;...
Feb
03
2010
El Colegio de México, Revistas
by Bilingual Librarian
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My friend Alberto Martinez, who works at El Colegio de México, is always collaborating on great projects, the most recent one has resulted in free access to all the journals...
Jan
19
2010
Pirated books in Peru
by Bilingual Librarian
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A couple days ago my father sent me this slide show from the BBC on the pirate book industry in Peru. The author comments that Peru has one of the...
Jan
09
2010
The Latin American Briefing Series
by Bilingual Librarian
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The Latin American Briefing Series is part of the University of Chicago’s Center for Latin American Studies; they regularly invites guest to discuss a wide range of topics and issues,...
Dec
27
2009
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...