Here’s a slide show of the world’s longest outdoor bookcase. The bookcases were filled with books that visitors could swap with their own book, or which they could purchase for a donation to The Australian Literacy and Numeration Foundation.

Aquí hay una galería de fotos del estante de libros, al aire abierto, más grande del [...]

Of course none of us has ever fallen asleep at the library! (Full gallery of pictures)
¡Por supuesto que ninguno de nosotros se ha quedado dormido en la biblioteca! (Galería completa de fotos)

A couple days ago my father sent me this slide show from the BBC on the pirate book industry in Peru. The author comments that Peru has one of the worst cases of book pirating in all of Latin America, and that books from all over the world find their way into the industry. It [...]

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 the building. This tour starts off with a short movie including a number of brief interviews with some of the librarians who highlight many of [...]

It’s been almost fifty years since the Peace Corps first started sending volunteers around the world to help in a variety of projects. To commemorate this history and anticipating many new adventures to come, the Peace Corps has created a digital library which encourages current and past volunteers to submit photographs and stories of their [...]

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 of the five boroughs, have never been mentioned in the NYT, be willing to be photographs, and be a good talker. The stories don’t aim [...]

The European Library portal can help you search the online catalogs to all the major libraries in the European Union. The project originates from the TEL-project which was set up as a cooperative framework that would facilitate access to all the major national and deposit collection from Europe’s national libraries. The European Library is [...]

Archivo Chile is a site that gathers information in all formats primarily about Chile’s social/popular movements, and secondarily about Latin America. The site also emphases human rights, and leftist politics.
The site is rather cumbersome to navigate, but full of interesting material. You can find documents on Salvador Allende, Gabriela Mistral, Violeta Parra, and Miguel Enríque [...]

Yesterday the Guardian posted an article about a new database the BBC put together called Wildlife Finder. The site gathers hundreds of video footage, from over 30 BBC programs,of wild animals the world over. Videos are organized by type of animal, habitat, adaptation features, or ecozone.
Each entry also includes the animal’s scientific classification, adaptation information [...]

National Geographic has been around for well over a century and have managed to gather a very impressive photography collection over the years. The magazine specializes on photojournalism, pairing powerful images to written articles, and over time had left us with images that have been seen the world over; after all who hasn’t seen Steven [...]