Tag: Politics

Aug 01 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Images, Latin America, Open Access, Oral Histories, Photographs, Politics

The Cuban Rafter Phenomenon: A Unique Sea Exodus

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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...

Jul 20 2010

Americas, Archives, Colombia, Digital, Education, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, Politics, Public Libraries, Videos, World

Bicentenario Colombiano, 1810-2010

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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...

Jul 19 2010

Americas, Archives, bi/multilingual, Digital, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Maps, National Libraries, Open Access, Politics, Public Libraries, Tools, World

La Grande Bibliothèque

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At the beginning of the month I was in Montreal and got to visit La Grande Bibliothèque! This library is one of the city’s largest public libraries, and the collection...

Apr 27 2010

Education, Law, Libraries, Politics, World

… Without Borders

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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...

Apr 20 2010

Censorship, Law, Politics, World

Google has just announced the launched the Government Request tool. This tools offers people “information about the requests for user data or content removal [Google] receive from government agencies around...

Feb 07 2010

Americas, Book Reviews, Books, Latin America, Politics, World

Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America by Chesa Boudin

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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;...

Jan 09 2010

Americas, Archives, Latin America, Open Access, Politics, World

The Latin American Briefing Series

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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,...

Nov 10 2009

Digital, Europe, Images, News, Politics, Web 2.0, World

The Berlin Wall, 20 years later

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For the 20th anniversary after the fall of the Berlin Wall, The Guardian has gathered a number of online projects reflecting its history and present. Para el 20 º aniversario...

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 26 2009

News, Politics, World

openDemocracy

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openDemocracy is a one stop site for news with a Human Rights and pro-Democracy slant. The site is owned by the openDemocracy Foundation for the Advancement of Global Education which...