word play a little free library in new york
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...
Category: Mobile Library
The Uni: Portable Reading Room for Public Space
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Look at this great idea to help bring libraries to public spaces! The Uni is a light structure that can hold a small library collection and a number of benches...
Jul
11
2010
A couple of cool librarians
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While at ALA I met a couple of very cool librarians, one of which has a blog I have been following for some time now. Here’s a brief description of...
Americas, bi/multilingual, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Literacy, Mobile Library, Public Libraries, World
BiblioRed: Red Capital de Bibliotecas Públicas
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Today I went to visit a couple of the libraries that make up the BiblioRed in Bogota. BiblioRed is Bogota’s public library systems, and it’s composed of a number of...
Dec
07
2009
Bibliomoto Peruana
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I’ve seen biblioburros, a camel mobile library, a traveling library in a suitcase, and now here’s a bibliomoto offering library services around the Huarmey province in Peru. The bibliomoto is...
Oct
15
2009
Chinatown Storefront Library
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Boston’s Chinatown used to have a public library, but this library has had its ups and downs. It opened in 1896, closed in 1936, reopened in 1951, and closed again...
Sep
15
2009
Biblioburro (video)
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The Colombian Biblioburro has gotten a lot of press over the last few years. I’ve read articles in the NYT, around the blogosphere, and writen one myself (here), but here’s...
Sep
08
2009
Bubisher
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Bubisher is a really heart-warming project that started with a group of students at the Colegio San Marciso who wanted to help promote literacy among refugees in the Sahara. The...
Apr
30
2008
La Maleta Viajera
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This morning I was reading Críticas and found a fascinating article by Loida García-Fedo about Wilton Hurtado Cuero, a man truly dedicated to making this world a better place. Hurtado...
Mobile Libraries
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Library work is usually perceived as being practiced only indoors, but in developing countries the promotion of education, reading and books needs to happen wherever people are. This has lead...