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...
Author: Bilingual Librarian
A Google A Day
by Bilingual Librarian
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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...
Libreros SALALM Workshop
by Bilingual Librarian
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Last week I was in Philly for the annual SALALM conference. I always look forward to this conference because I know I will be attending interesting panels, hearing about great...
La Cocina Histórica
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The University of San Antonio Texas has created a bilingual blog titled La Cocina Histórica, to share recipes from their Mexican, Texan, and Southwestern cookbook collection, which includes items that date back...
Americas, Books, Colombia, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Professional Development, World
24a Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá
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Last week I was back home for the 24a Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá! I’ve attended this fair before as a kid, but this was my first attendance in...
Celebrating 100 Years at the NYPL
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Here are a few items that form part of NYPL’s exhibition Celebrating 100 Years. The exhibit includes items of our last 100 years of history. Aquí hay algunos artículos que forman parte de la...
Americas, Databases, Law, Law Libraries, Libraries, National Libraries, Open Access, Politics, Professional Development
Orientation to Legal Research and the Use of Law Library Collections
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Today I spent the morning at the Law Library of Congress attending their Orientation to Legal Research and the Use of Law Library Collections session. I first learned about this...
Writers and Kitties
by Bilingual Librarian
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My friend Melissa just shared this on facebook and it’s too good not to share again. Writers and Kitties is a delightful site that gathers photographs of authors and their feline...
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2011
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...
Facebook Questions
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It seems that everyday one of my facebook friends is requesting advice from the rest of the group. Well Facebook has just made this task a whole lot easier. Facebook...