Practicing English: Volunteer opportunity wanted
Eva, an IT Librarian and program coordinator is looking for an opportunity to improve her English. She is currently based in Hungary and wants to volunteer at a library where she can...
Tag: UK
A Library in a Pub
by Bilingual Librarian
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Take a look at this nice video about a pub in Yorkshire Dales, UK, which has begun offering library services! What a clever idea. The folks behind this clever project...
Nov
29
2009
Little library in a phone booth
by Bilingual Librarian
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Take a look at the UK’s smallest library! The resourceful folks from Westbury-sub-Mendip in Somerset converted an old phone booth that was out of use into a small lending library...
Oct
12
2009
Archival Sound Recordings at the British Library
by Bilingual Librarian
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The British Library is constantly coming up with new great projects to make their collections accessible to all; In the latest, Archival Sound Recordings, they have digitized all of their...
Aug
12
2009
“Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England’s Tragic Queen”, by Joanna Denny
by Bilingual Librarian
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Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England’s Tragic Queen by Joanna Denny My rating: 3 of 5 stars In this book Denny sets out to “correct” the negative impression history...
Jul
10
2009
The British Library
by Bilingual Librarian
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This afternoon I had an appointment for a tour of The British Library. The library itself is huge, taking up the better part of a city block, and having so...
Jul
09
2009
Books on Demand by Blackwell
by Bilingual Librarian
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This afternoon I was roaming the streets of London, with no particular destination in mind, when I ran into one of the sites on my “to see” list; Blackwell Books....