El Castellano.org
Sometimes is seems like all my friends are trying to learn or improve their Spanish, which I love, and encourage as much as I can. So here’s a tool that...
Tag: Latin America
Mar
13
2009
ColombiaYa
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ColombiaYa.com is a search engine for Colombians, by Colombians. The site will provide access to all things Colombian, starting with a crash course of the country’s government and history. You...
Feb
07
2009
Prado Artwork Available Through Google Earth
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I really enjoyed my visit to the Prado Museum back in 2001 and was delighted to find out that the museum and Google have formed a partnership to make 14...
Jan
09
2009
Rubén Blades’ collection to go to Harvard’s Music Library
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I grew up listening to Rubén Blades, -by far one of my favorite musicians-, and I just found out that he has agreed to donate his personal papers to the...
Jan
05
2009
Radio Bilingüe
by Bilingual Librarian
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I recently ran across this online radio station that offers news in a completely bilingual format. The appropriately named station, Radio Bilingüe, is based in California, with offices in San...
Dec
13
2008
Copyright and the Public Domain
by Bilingual Librarian
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A couple days ago I heard an interview with James Boyle on NPR that reminded me of a lot of information related issues that I have previously discussed with other...
Jul
25
2008
360 Cities
by Bilingual Librarian
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360 Cities is a great site that allows you to see all 360 degrees of over 50 cities around the world. Well you don’t actually get to see every corner...
Jun
11
2008
Crítica Biliotecológica
by Bilingual Librarian
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Crítica Biliotecológica (Library and Information Science Critique: Journal of the Information Sciences Recorded in Documents) is a budding publication from the Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo...
May
30
2008
Updates on the OLPC Project
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The OLPC has reinvented their signature laptop and come out with a new model that looks more like an e-books, is more energy efficient, and will cost only $75. This...
Apr
30
2008
La Maleta Viajera
by Bilingual Librarian
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This morning I was reading Críticas and found a fascinating article by Loida García-Fedo about Wilton Hurtado Cuero, a man truly dedicated to making this world a better place. Hurtado...