Justia Latin America
I’m regularly looking for reliable legal document from Latin America and the Caribbean, and Justia Latin America is a great place to start. The documents they have depend on the...
Category: Americas
Book Tourism in Canada
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A couple weeks ago I was traveling through Eastern Canada and got to see a couple libraries, and a beautiful bookstore. My first visit was the Runnymede location of Chapters,...
word play a little free library in new york
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What a lovely little library! This project began when the architectural league of new york was partnered with pen world voices festival and community partner two bridges neighborhood council to...
Looking for Bloggers for the Hispanic American Historical Review
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Looking for bloggers, details below. / Buscas bloggers, detalles abajo. Descripción: Hispanic American Historical Review (HAHR), la ejemplar revista académica de historia Latinoamericana, busca bloggers que ayuden a desarrollar nuestra comunidad...
Americas, Digital, Images, Law, Law Libraries, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, Public Libraries, Technology, USA, Videos, Web 2.0
What exactly does the Librarian of Congress do?
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So, what exactly does the Librarian of Congress do? In short, a LOT. Just from this video put together by Washington Notebook, Dr. James H. Billington gives us a great overview of...
Congress.gov
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Congress.gov was launched this Wednesday, offering us a new tool to research USA federal legislation information. The site will eventually replace THOMAS.gov, which after years of service has started showing...
Disambiguating a name: Caicedo Estela, Andrés, 1951-1977
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A while back my father started asking about name disambiguationbecause he wanted to be able to run a search in, say, Google Scholar and come up with ONLY the publications...
Americas, Archives, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, National Libraries, Public Libraries, World
Trinidad and Tobago’s National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS)
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Earlier this month I was in Trinidad and Tobago for this year’s SALALM conference, and I stopped by to visit the National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS). I arrived here on my...
“Catalogers, Take This Library of Congress Survey”
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If you work in Technical Services, better yet, if you are a cataloger, you might want to participate in this survey. The LOC has put out a survey that wishes...
Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Libros
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A few weeks ago I was in Buenos Aires, and what people say is true, it is a city of books, they were even selected as the World’s Book...