Author: Bilingual Librarian

Jan 13 2011

“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 09 2011

Books

“Can a Book Save Your Life?”

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The folks from Electric Literature set out to find out which 2010 book might literally save your life. I guess this is not the best use for book, but the video is...

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

Professional Development, Women

Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders (TED)

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I just found this through a Facebook friend, and it is well worth watching. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO has three messages for women who want to succeeded in the workforce;...

Jan 04 2011

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

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 27 2010

Libraries, Library Science, National Libraries, Professional Development, Tools, USA

Career Assistance Resources Gathered by the LOC

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A couple of months ago the Business Reference Services at the Library of Congress released four pages gathering online resources that will help in the job hunting process. Good luck!...

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...

Dec 09 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Digital, Education, Law, Libraries, Library Science, Maps, Open Access, Politics, Professional Development, Public Libraries, Technology, Tools, USA, Web 2.0

E-Gov: Make It Work @ your library (ALA webinar)

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This afternoon I attended an ALA webinar about E-Government. The session offered some good sites where we can find government information (local, state, and federal), shared some information about patron...

Dec 05 2010

Americas, Archives, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Access, World

Biblioteca Digital Mexicana

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Mexico has recently release the Biblioteca Digital Mexicana, a great digital collection giving us access to documents dating back to Mexico’s precolonial history, independence and revolutionary period. The site offers...

Nov 28 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Databases, Latin America, Law, Libraries, Open Access, Tools, World

Biblioteca Jurídica Virtual

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The Biblioteca Jurídica Virtual is a project created by UNAM which aims to make legal material available to everyone. This virtual library of legal material began by uploading digital files...