Author: Bilingual Librarian

Jun 09 2010

Americas, Databases, Digital, Latin America, Open Access, World

RevisteroVirtual.com

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RevisteroVirtual.com is a relatively new site that offers online access to a number of major Colombian magazines. The site, which launched in 2009, offers access to about 30 titles, including...

Jun 09 2010

Books, Latin America, Libraries, World

Arma de Instrucción Masiva

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This Argentinean artist, Raul Lemesoff, has transformed an old car into a mobile library. His rolling library named Arma de Instrucción Masiva ( Weapon of Mass Instruction) aims are spreading...

Jun 06 2010

Americas, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Public Libraries, World

Toronto Public Library

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Earlier this week I got to visit the Toronto Public Library. Before arriving there I had seen some beautiful pictures of the main branch and had read that it is...

Jun 02 2010

Americas, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism

Boston Anthenæum

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Sometimes I need a reminder that I live in a city full of wonderful library, and a couple of weeks ago my friend Jenn gave me just such a reminder....

Jun 02 2010

Academic Libraries, Libraries, OPAC

Librarians Do Gaga

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My friend Lynn always finds the best things! Enjoy! ¡Mi amiga Lynn siempre encuentra las mejores cosas! ¡Disfrute! Source/Fuente

May 11 2010

Americas, Libraries, Videos

Tillman Skates for Libraries

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Video by/Video de New York Public Library Tillman the skateboarding dog lends a paw to help New York Public Library in its fight against closures due to budgets cut. Help...

May 06 2010

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

This Week in Libraries

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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...

May 03 2010

Libraries, Social Networks, Technology, Tools, Web 2.0

Choose Privacy Week

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The ALA (American Library Association) just established Choose Privacy Week (May 2 -8), which is part of Privacy Revolution. This new event aims at creating awareness of the digital environment...

May 03 2010

Libraries

Why do you continue to work in libraries?

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Here’s an interesting poll being conducted by the Librarian in Black. It’s a simple question, “Why do you continue to work in libraries?” (Answer the poll to see the results.)...

Apr 29 2010

bi/multilingual, Language, Technology, Tools, World

Virtual Keyboards for Google Searching

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Google just announced a new tool that will help us search the web in languages other than English. If you use Google search in any of the non-English languages that...