Tag: Libraries

Oct 06 2009

“Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front”, edited by K. R. Roberto

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Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front by K. R. Roberto My rating: 4 of 5 stars The collection of essays in Radical Cataloging cover a wide range of issue in...

Sep 29 2009

Academic Libraries, Libraries, OPAC, Open Source

On Library Catalogs

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I was just reading an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education on library catalogs. The article starts off by mentioning a student who was having a hard time finding...

Sep 25 2009

Americas, Latin America, Libraries, National Libraries, USA, World

Yesterday was the official launch of “StoryCorps Historias“, the Latino version of StoryCorps, the project that gathers personal stories in audio format. Since 2003 the independent and nonprofit project has...

Sep 15 2009

Latin America, Libraries, Mobile Library

Biblioburro (video)

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The Colombian Biblioburro has gotten a lot of press over the last few years. I’ve read articles in the NYT, around the blogosphere, and writen one myself (here), but here’s...

Sep 08 2009

Africa, Books, Education, Europe, Libraries, Mobile Library, Spain, World

Bubisher

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Bubisher is a really heart-warming project that started with a group of students at the Colegio San Marciso who wanted to help promote literacy among refugees in the Sahara. The...

Sep 04 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, Databases, Education, Law, Libraries, Open Access, USA

DASH – Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard

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DASH (Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard) has just been released in Beta. The repository is the product of a university initiative to fully participate in the Open Access movement...

Aug 31 2009

Americas, Colombia, Digital, Latin America, Libraries, OPAC, Public Libraries, World

Red de Bibliotecas – Medellín, Área Metropolitana

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The Red de Bibliotecas will provide you with all the information you may need about the network of libraries in the Medellín area. The main page regularly posts related stories,...

Aug 28 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Source, Tagging, Technology, Tools, USA, Web 2.0

Labeling Library Archives at Dartmouth College

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With some financial help from the National Endowment for the Humanities, digital-humanities professor Mary Flanagan is developing a game that will help add tags to some of Dartmouth College’s archival...

Aug 27 2009

Americas, Books, Censorship, Libraries, Maps

Book Bans and Challenges, 2007-2009

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My friend Lars just found this great map that plots all the challenges against books that took place in the USA between 2007 and 2009. Information to create this map...

Aug 25 2009

Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Public Libraries, USA, World

Fundación Empresas Públicas de Medellín

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The Fundación Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) is a non-profit organization that works to promote a variety of projects that aim at raising awareness about the need to preserve the...