Category: Academic Libraries

Dec 17 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, bi/multilingual, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Professional Development, World

Plaza de Personal Academico de la Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas de el Colegio de Mexíco

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

Colegio de Mexico, in Mexico City is looking for a new librarian. Job duties will includes descriptive cataloging, Dewey Decimal System classification, collection development, and reference. The successful candidate must...

Nov 17 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, Education, Libraries, Professional Development, World

Visiting librarian at Bermuda College

by Bilingual Librarian

2 Comments

If you are ready for some warm weather and beautiful beaches, consider spending a couple weeks at Bermuda College. They are currently accepting proposals for their Visiting Librarian program. It...

Nov 03 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Professional Development, World

Library Visiting Scholarships

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

I just received an email announcing that the Consortium for Latin American Studies at the University of Illinois – University of Chicago is offering fellowship for faculty of non-USA colleges...

Oct 03 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, Libraries, Professional Development, USA

Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians from Traditionally Underrepresented Groups

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

The Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians from Traditionally Underrepresented Groups bring together professional librarians in the early years of their career to develop skills that will help continue their...

Sep 29 2009

Academic Libraries, Libraries, OPAC, Open Source

On Library Catalogs

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

I was just reading an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education on library catalogs. The article starts off by mentioning a student who was having a hard time finding...

Sep 04 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, Databases, Education, Law, Libraries, Open Access, USA

DASH – Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

DASH (Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard) has just been released in Beta. The repository is the product of a university initiative to fully participate in the Open Access movement...

Aug 28 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Source, Tagging, Technology, Tools, USA, Web 2.0

Labeling Library Archives at Dartmouth College

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

With some financial help from the National Endowment for the Humanities, digital-humanities professor Mary Flanagan is developing a game that will help add tags to some of Dartmouth College’s archival...

Jul 16 2009

Academic Libraries, Books, Europe, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, World

Trinity College Library

by Bilingual Librarian

1 Comment

Today I spent the morning at Trinity College. After a quick tour of the campus I headed towards the library where I wanted to see the Book of Kells, and...

Apr 20 2007

Academic Libraries, Americas, Libraries, OPAC, Open Source, Public Libraries, Tagging, Technology, Tools, USA, Web 2.0

WPopac

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

At the same lecture that I attended earlier this week I learned about the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth, NH. This small public library has done away with their old...