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 M2M, Semana, Revista Dini, Jet-Set, Dinero, Revista de Logística, El Malpensante y Mobiliari. To use the site you will have to create an account, but [...]

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 the largest urban public library system in the world. Of course I had to see it myself. The Toronto Public Library system has 99 branch [...]

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. After we learned about the couple of books George Washington had borrowed from a library, and never returned, she mentioned that the Boston Anthenæum has [...]

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 support the NYPL. Tillman el perro patinetero presta una pata para ayudar a Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York en su lucha contra los cierres debido [...]

Every so often a new story turns up about some good Samaritan returning books that have been due for decades and decades. Well here’s a similar story involving a former USA president! It seems George Washington checked out two books from the New York Society Library in 1789 and failed to return them. By now [...]

Boston Public Library (BPL) branches  are on the cutting board; sad but true. The first USA city to offer its residents the service of public libraries is now planning on cutting 15 out of the 26 branch libraries. Sadly, Amy E. Ryan, the BPL’s director, and Mayor Menino are all for this idea. Both have [...]

UCLA has three grants for people interested in using the holdings of the Latin American collection on campus. Awards of up to $1,500 will help candidates with transportation, lodging, and meals. Applications are due April 30, 2010. For details application instructions, please see here. UCLA tiene tres becas para las personas interesadas en utilizar los [...]

The Library of Congress (LOC) has 40 openings for summer internships! The focus of this year’s program is to increase access to the collections and increasing awareness of their digital preservation program by making them better know. Applicants must be U.S.A. citizens and must be enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education. Subject Areas [...]

Yale Law Library has begin collecting bobbleheads representing a variety of personalities in the legal world. The collection will be part of their rare books library, which currently has an exhibit displaying many of their holdings. Some of the collection highlights include dolls depicting William H. Rehnquist, 16th chief justice of the United States, Justice [...]

The folks from BiblioRed were so kind as to send me some additional images of the two libraries I visited, the Biblioteca Pública Parque El Tunal, and the Biblioteca Pública Virgilio Barco, and I wanted to share them. They also send me some great facts about the library systems. Thank you! During 2009 BibloRed received 4,437,945 visitors, [...]