Tag: Latin America

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...

Dec 07 2009

Americas, Latin America, Libraries, Literacy, Mobile Library, Public Libraries, Videos, World

Bibliomoto Peruana

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I’ve seen biblioburros, a camel mobile library, a traveling library in a suitcase, and now here’s a bibliomoto offering library services around the Huarmey province in Peru. The bibliomoto is...

Nov 22 2009

Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Literacy, World

La Casa del Colibrí

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La Casa del Colibrí is a Cultural Center that works to improve conditions for the community of Chirimoto, in the Peruvian Amazon region. The project includes a large emphasis on...

Nov 20 2009

Americas, Latin America, Social Networks, Tools, Web 2.0, World

RedEsColombia

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RedEsColombia is an online platform that offers a space where Colombians around the world, and everyone one else interested in the country can interact, and share ideas. Ultimately the network...

Nov 06 2009

Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Professional Development, Tools, Web 2.0, World

La Cuña; a forum for Latin American and Iberian librarians

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Yesterday I got an email announcing the beginning of La Cuña, an online forum dedicated to librarianship for and about Latin American and the Iberian Peninsula. The forum wants to...

Nov 03 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Professional Development, World

Library Visiting Scholarships

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I just received an email announcing that the Consortium for Latin American Studies at the University of Illinois – University of Chicago is offering fellowship for faculty of non-USA colleges...

Oct 30 2009

Americas, Books, Latin America, World

“Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso” by Gustavo Bolivar Moreno

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Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso by Gustavo Bolivar Moreno My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a piece of fiction that weaves together a lot of Colombia’s recent history...

Oct 28 2009

Americas, Archives, Latin America, Manuscripts, Photographs, Politics, World

Archivo Chile

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Archivo Chile is a site that gathers information in all formats primarily about Chile’s social/popular movements, and secondarily about Latin America. The site also emphases human rights, and leftist politics....

Oct 25 2009

Americas, Archives, Latin America, Libraries, Manuscripts, World

The J. León Helguera Collection of Colombiana

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Recently the Vanderbilt library has digitized and made available a portion of their material on Colombia, specializing in 19th century culture and history, titled The J. León Helguera Collection of...

Sep 27 2009

Americas, Latin America, Politics, Web 2.0, World

La Silla Vacía

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La Silla Vacía is an online forum for all things related to contemporary Colombian politics. The site offers qualified commentary on the country’s political activity, and it is updated multiple...