Tag: Technology

Mar 06 2013

Americas, Digital, Images, Law, Law Libraries, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, Public Libraries, Technology, USA, Videos, Web 2.0

What exactly does the Librarian of Congress do?

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So, what exactly does the Librarian of Congress do? In short, a LOT. Just from this video put together by Washington Notebook, Dr. James H. Billington gives us a great overview of...

Oct 11 2011

Americas, Politics, Technology, Tools, Web 2.0

Google’s Political Trends Spotting

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The official elections may be over a year away, but it’s never too early to start paying attention to the process and looking at the trends. Yesterday Google announced another...

Jun 26 2011

Americas, Archives, Books, Digital, Images, Libraries, Open Access, Public Libraries, Social Networks, Technology, Web 2.0

Apps for the New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library is releasing a number of new apps to give you better access to their collection. The apps are designed to do a number of things;...

Jun 13 2011

Americas, bi/multilingual, Latin America, Libraries, Professional Development, Technology, World

Research Fellow position: Inter-American Development Bank

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The Inter-American Development Bank is offering a fellowship position to work with the Bank’s Institutional Repository. This is a great opportunity for someone who knows about cataloging and taxonomies, and who is bilingual...

Jun 09 2011

Searching, Technology, Web 2.0

A Google A Day

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A couple of months ago Google partners with the New York Times to create a daily puzzle called A Google A Day. And for the folks who don’t have a...

Mar 28 2011

Books, Libraries, Technology, Tools

Augmented Reality App for Shelf Reading

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I just saw this on a friend’s Facebook page and it looks awesome! This new app will allow librarians to quickly and correctly shelf read entire shelves. The app uses...

Jan 13 2011

Education, Libraries, Technology

“10 Most Impressive Elementary School Libraries in the U.S.”

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Last night I received an email from Julia Watson with the Online Education Database and she shared this list of the 10 Most Impressive Elementary School Libraries in the U.S....

Jan 07 2011

Technology, Tools, Web 2.0

TeachParentsTech.org

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Back in mid December Google released TeachParentsTech.org, a great tool which will help us teach our parents, and really anyone needing some tech support, a little more about computers and...

Jan 04 2011

Africa, Images, Maps, News, Politics, Technology, Tools, Web 2.0, World

Satellite Sentinel Project

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The Satellite Sentinel Project hopes to deter the resumption of war between North and South Sudan. The project provides documentation with the hope that exposing the country’s situation will prevent...

Dec 16 2010

Digital, Images, Technology, Tools

Body Browser (Google Labs)

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Here is Google’s new Body Browser. This new lab allows has been described as the “Google Earth” for the body. To use this lab you will need a web browser...