Tag: Public Libraries

Apr 01 2010

Americas, Libraries, Public Libraries, Web 2.0

Boston’s Public Libraries are Under Threat

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Boston Public Library (BPL) branches are on the cutting board; sad but true. The first USA city to offer its residents the service of public libraries is now planning on...

Mar 16 2010

Americas, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Public Libraries, World

BiblioRed; Images and Facts

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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,...

Feb 26 2010

Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Public Libraries, World

Parque Biblioteca España – Santo Domingo Savio

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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...

Feb 21 2010

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...

Feb 20 2010

Americas, bi/multilingual, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Literacy, Mobile Library, Public Libraries, World

BiblioRed: Red Capital de Bibliotecas Públicas

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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

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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 15 2010

Americas, Archives, Book Reviews, Books, Libraries, Manuscripts, Public Libraries, Social Networks, Technology, Tools, Web 2.0

This Books Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, by Marilyn Johnson

by Bilingual Librarian

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This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn Johnson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I picked up a galley of this book while...

Jan 11 2010

Americas, Libraries, Public Libraries

Cold Libraries

by Bilingual Librarian

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I grew up with 80F/26C degree weather all year around, and while I tolerate the cold winters while I’m outside waiting for the bus, I absolutely hate being cold while...

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...

Dec 03 2009

Americas, Libraries, Public Libraries, Tools

Tool lending libraries

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I just came across a blog entry at Superpatron about how the community organization Hands on New Orleans has decided to create a tool lending library. Hands on New Orleans...