Bilingual Librarian

Oct 09 2010

One Day On Earth, 10.10.10.

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One Day On Earth wants to capture a slice of our humanity across the globe. Tomorrow, 10.10.10, we are invited to film event in our lives that move us with...

Oct 03 2010

Books, Europe, Videos, Web 2.0, World

El Quijote en Youtube

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¡El Quijote ha llegado a Youtube! La Real Academia Española recién lanza una invitación para que todos participemos en una lectora colectiva del famoso Quijote de la Mancha. La Academia...

Sep 30 2010

Books, Censorship, Libraries, Politics, World

15 Movies Based on Banned Books

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The Huffington Post has a nice collection of 15 famous movies (including clips) based on banned books. The collection has put together in collaboration with the ALA and Banned Books...

Sep 26 2010

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

Finding Dulcinea

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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 25 2010

Images, Libraries

“Library Desk Made from Recycled Books”

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Here are a few photographs from My Modern Met of a reference desk made out of old books. It’s beautiful! Aquí hay algunas fotos de Mi Modern Met de un...

Sep 20 2010

Libraries, Videos

Libraries Will Survive!

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Here’s a great video of what it seems like librarian work is these days. With so many budget cuts and patrons needing to use the library, it seems like librarians...

Sep 19 2010

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

OnlineCourses.net

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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 15 2010

bi/multilingual, Europe, Libraries, Public Libraries, World

The World’s First Airport Library!

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Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has opened the doors to the world’s first permanent airport library! What a great idea! Airports can often be such boring places, specially when your flight is...

Sep 12 2010

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

Language Learning at the Library

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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...

Sep 08 2010

Americas, Politics, Videos, World

Bill Clinton will now start taking questions!

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On September 20th Bill Clinton will be holding the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting, and this year he will be taking questions from the general public through Youtube! To participate...