Tag: Americas

Aug 19 2009

Americas, Archives, Open Access, Politics

Government Attic

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Government Attic is a site that collects hundreds of government documents that have been released under the Freedom of Information Act. The site divides its content into “FOIA Logs” and...

Jun 29 2009

Education, Libraries, World

SALALM, 2009

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SALALM is the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials and dates back to 1956. Back then a group of librarians got together to try and figure out...

May 12 2009

Libraries, Open Access, USA

On Overpaying for Journal Subsciptions

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My friend Samira just showed me this blog entry from Shoestring Venture, which although quite sarcastic, absolutely hits the nail on the head. They argue that universities are overpaying for...

May 02 2009

Open Access, Photographs, USA, Videos, Web 2.0

White House 2.0

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President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speak together sitting at a picnic table April 9, 2009, on the South Lawn of the White House. Official White...

Apr 24 2009

Europe, Images, Open Access, Photographs, USA, Videos, Web 2.0, Women, World

Latinas in History

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As the name implies, Latinas in History is about Latinas around the world, and throughout the ages (although with heavy emphasis on the USA); both the stories of individual women,...

Apr 21 2009

Americas, Archives, Professional Development, Spain, World

Library Scholarships for Residents of Certain Spanish Speaking Countries

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I just found out that the Spanish Ministry of Culture is offering scholarships for library and archive professionals from a number of Spanish speaking countries. To apply you must be...

Apr 20 2009

Archives, bi/multilingual, Databases, Digital, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Access, Photographs, Videos, Web 2.0, World

World Digital Library Goes Live

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Today the World Digital Library goes live! The project has been in the works for about 4 years now, and was initially conceived by James Billington of the USA Library...

Apr 13 2009

Images, Photographs, Technology, World

New Technologies Connect Rural Colombia

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Here’s a very interesting photo essay from Wired magazine about the impact of new technologies on a small onion growing town in Colombia. The author and photographer capture a town...

Apr 11 2009

Images, Libraries, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, USA, Videos, Web 2.0

Library of Congress on YouTube

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The Library of Congress (LOC) just set up a YouTube account where they will be sharing a number of the treasured they hold. They currently have over 70 videos uploaded,...

Apr 02 2009

Europe, Libraries, Public Libraries, USA, World

Hardship at the Public Library

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Today both the Guardian and the New York Times had articles about the hard times public libraries are facing because of the economic downturn. The article in the Guardian explained...