Tag: Videos

May 06 2010

Europe, Libraries, Professional Development, Social Networks, Technology, Tools, Videos, Web 2.0, World

This Week in Libraries

by Bilingual Librarian

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I just learned about This Week in Libraries (twil) an online TV series about libraries all over the world! (Does it get any better than this?!) Twil is hosted by...

Apr 22 2010

Libraries, Professional Development, Videos

So you want to be a librarian?

by Bilingual Librarian

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I just saw 1946 video which was part of the “Your Life Work Series” which promoted librarianship as a career. The video suggests that you must love book and people...

Apr 12 2010

Books, Technology

The latest organizational bio-optical device, the “BOOK”

by Bilingual Librarian

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This is a great tongue-in-cheek video about the latest “organizational bio-optical device, known by its commercial name as, Book.” Just imagine, this revolutionary device functions with no cables, needs no...

Dec 19 2009

bi/multilingual, Education, Language, Tools, Videos, World

Mi Vida Loca

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Mi Vida Loca is a web based tutorial created by the BBC to help you learn Spanish. The lessons consist mainly of videos that will teach you key phrases for...

Dec 07 2009

Americas, Latin America, Libraries, Literacy, Mobile Library, Public Libraries, Videos, World

Bibliomoto Peruana

by Bilingual Librarian

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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...

Nov 12 2009

Education, Libraries, Videos

“Working at a library is like the Matrix” (video)

by Bilingual Librarian

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My friend Alberto found this great video that states a simple, yet profound truth. We librarians, and really everyone, should take advantage of the wealth of information found at the...

Sep 29 2009

Archives, Databases, Environment, Images, Open Access, Photographs, Videos, World

Wildlife Finder

by Bilingual Librarian

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Yesterday the Guardian posted an article about a new database the BBC put together called Wildlife Finder. The site gathers hundreds of video footage, from over 30 BBC programs,of wild...

Jun 17 2009

Libraries

“LIBRARY” video

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Here’s a charming short about libraries and their impact on our daily lifes. Aquí está un lindo video sobre las bibliotecas y el impacto que tienen en nuestro diario vivir....

Apr 24 2009

Europe, Images, Open Access, Photographs, USA, Videos, Web 2.0, Women, World

Latinas in History

by Bilingual Librarian

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As the name implies, Latinas in History is about Latinas around the world, and throughout the ages (although with heavy emphasis on the USA); both the stories of individual women,...