Tag: Americas

Sep 16 2007

Libraries, USA

Standardized Library Chapel Project

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Recently the Bureau of Prisons decided that material being housed in prison chapel libraries has been inciting more violence and disorder than it was fomenting good will, and has begun...

Americas, Censorship, Libraries

Aug 29 2007

Archives, Digital, Open Access, Photographs, Technology, USA, World

Apollo Moon Photographs

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In the 1970’s the various Apollo missions took a number of highly detailed photographs of the moon which have been seen only by a handful of scientist. For three decades...

Americas, Archives, Digital, Environment, Google, Open Access, Photographs, Preservation, Technology

Aug 23 2007

Libraries, USA, World

Book Auction

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Earlier this week I was in NYC to witness the auction of a portion of a collection I helped inventory about two years ago. The collection was pieced together by...

Academic Libraries, Americas, Books, Colombia, Cultural Events, Latin America, Libraries

Aug 23 2007

Europe, Technology, USA, Web 2.0, World

Virtual Graveyards

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While it’s not entirely new to create online memorials for loved ones who have passed away, I’m just starting to realize that there are a number of websites out there...

Americas, Europe, Technology, Web 2.0

Aug 14 2007

Language, USA

¿Habla Español?

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I just found a really interesting article recounting the experiences of two BBC correspondents who spent two weeks traveling the length of the USA speaking only Spanish. The aim of...

Americas, Immigration, Language

Aug 12 2007

Venezuela, World

Bufeos

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A few days ago the Christian Science Monitor had an interesting article about conservation efforts for bufeos, (also known boto, pink dolphins, or fresh water dolphins). Scientist Fernando Trujillo from...

Americas, Asia, Bolivia, Colombia, Environment, Latin America, Peru, Preservation

Jul 31 2007

Databases, Digital, Libraries, Open Access, Technology, USA, Web 2.0, World

Open Library

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Open Library is a new project starting out in San Francisco, CA, but global in scope. It aims at creating a single database for all book ever published! This massive...

Americas, Cataloging, Databases, Digital, Libraries, Open Access, Open Source, Preservation, Tagging, Technology, USA, Web 2.0, World

Jul 25 2007

Technology, USA, Web 2.0

Youtube and the 2008 White House election

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Just a couple of days ago the 2008 USA presidential race took a bit of an different route. Candidates are trying to adjust and make the most of new technologies...

Americas, Technology, USA, Web 2.0

Jul 25 2007

Libraries, USA, Women

Personal Libraries

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It seems like a lot of the rich and famous spend a good amount of time and money collecting books, manuscripts and other library material, which they treasure during their...

Academic Libraries, Americas, Libraries

Jul 24 2007

Law, Libraries, USA, Women

Belle da Costa Greene

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Best known for being J.P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, lived, and made her mark in the library world between 1883 and 1950. Having great knowledge and passion...

Americas, Books, Law, Libraries