Category: Tools

Dec 27 2010

Libraries, Library Science, National Libraries, Professional Development, Tools, USA

Career Assistance Resources Gathered by the LOC

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A couple of months ago the Business Reference Services at the Library of Congress released four pages gathering online resources that will help in the job hunting process. Good luck!...

Dec 16 2010

Digital, Images, Technology, Tools

Body Browser (Google Labs)

by Bilingual Librarian

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Here is Google’s new Body Browser. This new lab allows has been described as the “Google Earth” for the body. To use this lab you will need a web browser...

Dec 09 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Digital, Education, Law, Libraries, Library Science, Maps, Open Access, Politics, Professional Development, Public Libraries, Technology, Tools, USA, Web 2.0

E-Gov: Make It Work @ your library (ALA webinar)

by Bilingual Librarian

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This afternoon I attended an ALA webinar about E-Government. The session offered some good sites where we can find government information (local, state, and federal), shared some information about patron...

Nov 28 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Databases, Latin America, Law, Libraries, Open Access, Tools, World

Biblioteca Jurídica Virtual

by Bilingual Librarian

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The Biblioteca Jurídica Virtual is a project created by UNAM which aims to make legal material available to everyone. This virtual library of legal material began by uploading digital files...

Oct 11 2010

Libraries, Open Access, Professional Development, Social Networks, Tools, Web 2.0, World

Help A Librarian

by Bilingual Librarian

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Earlier today I got a Facebook friend request from Heather Durkin Negley and discovered a great project she set up. Help A Librarian is an online tool that helps librarians...

Sep 26 2010

bi/multilingual, Education, News, Technology, Tools, Web 2.0

Finding Dulcinea

by Bilingual Librarian

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Taking after Don Quijote, Finding Dulcinea is a site that evaluates millions of website and offers you only the best, and most trustworthy ones. The site offers over 300 web...

Sep 19 2010

Education, Open Access, Professional Development, Tools, Web 2.0

OnlineCourses.net

by Bilingual Librarian

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A few days ago I received an email from someone at SR Education Group showing me a site they have put together on free online courses. I’d never heard of...

Sep 12 2010

bi/multilingual, Education, Language, Libraries, Professional Development, Public Libraries, Tools, World

Language Learning at the Library

by Bilingual Librarian

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A couple of days ago my friend Liz called with a work related questions; Her employer wants to offer all the employees at this business the opportunity to improve their...

Aug 28 2010

Databases, Digital, Libraries, Maps, Open Access, Technology, Tools, World

IFLA World Report 2010

by Bilingual Librarian

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A couple of weeks ago IFLA released its latest World Report, and for the first time made it available online in a fully searchable database, including a graphical map interface!...

Aug 15 2010

Digital, Education, Open Source, Professional Development, Technology, Tools, Web 2.0

OpenScholar

by Bilingual Librarian

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OpenScholar is a new framework developed at Harvard that will allow scholars to build and maintain high quality websites. The idea is to allow academics to easily create useful, and...