Category: Oral Histories

Aug 01 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Images, Latin America, Open Access, Oral Histories, Photographs, Politics

The Cuban Rafter Phenomenon: A Unique Sea Exodus

by Bilingual Librarian

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Last weekend I was attending the annual SALALM conference and heard about a lot of great projects relating to libraries and Latin American. The Cuban Rafter Phenomenon: A Unique Sea...

Dec 29 2009

Americas, Archives, Education, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, National Libraries, OPAC, Open Access, Oral Histories, Photographs, Politics, Preservation, Tools, USA, Web 2.0, World

Library of Congress

by Bilingual Librarian

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Today I spent the day at the Library of Congress and loved it. I was there with my mother and brother and we took one of the guided tours of...

Dec 05 2009

Americas, Images, Oral Histories, Photographs

One in 8 Million

by Bilingual Librarian

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One in 8 Million is a project by the New York Times to profile characters of the city. The guidelines for the interviews are simple; you must live in one...