Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, 2007
This weekend I attended the 31st. Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. I heard about this event after a visit to the John Carter Brown Library and decided to check it...
Category: World
Its been 22 years since the tragedy of el nevado del Ruiz…
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On November 13, 1985 Colombia suffered one of the biggest natural disasters in its history. The volcano at el nevado del Ruiz erupted and took with it the entire town...
Nov
07
2007
Chile Returns Plundered Books
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In a gesture of good faith, the Chilean government has returned close to 4,000 books that were plundered from the Peruvian National library back in 1881 during the War of...
Oct
29
2007
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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Argentina made history yesterday by electing their first woman president! Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, wife of the current president Nestor Kirchner, and former senator for Buenos Aires won a solid...
Oct
26
2007
“Información: Puente Hacia el Bien Social”
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I recently ran across a blog by a Puertorican library student titled “Información: Puente hacia el bien social“. Yesenia Hernández is a student at the University of Puerto Rico, Río...
Oct
18
2007
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World Digital Library
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A World Digital Library is coming together after an agreement signed yesterday between Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communications and Information, and James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress...
Oct
10
2007
International postal rates to hurt book donations
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The US Postal Service used to mail books internationally for $1 a pound, making it possible for small groups, such as a classroom of students, to donate and ship books...
Oct
09
2007
Russian schools to adopt Linux
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The Russian government aims to convert all school computers to Linux by 2009. The change is an effort to cut cost from licensing fees. Apparently, since Russian became a member...
Oct
08
2007
40th anniversary of Che’s capture
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Today is the 40th anniversary of “Che‘s” (June 14 1928-Oct 9, 1967) capture and execution (Oct 9th) in the Bolivian mountains. After studying medicine in Argentina, and later traveling throughout...
Oct
04
2007
It’s been 50 years since Sputnik
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Today is the 50th anniversary since Sputnik soars the skies, making it the first man-made object to orbit the earth. Created in the tense atmosphere surrounding the cold war, the...