Tag: Libraries

Jul 29 2009

Europe, Latin America, Libraries, Tools, World

REDIAL & CEISAL

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While I was in Berlin I learned about the two large Latin American research groups in Europe, REDIAL and CEISAL. REDIAL (Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina)...

Jul 27 2009

Latin America, Tools, World

Biblioteca Digital Colombiana

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The Biblioteca Digital Colombiana (Colombia’s Digital Library) is up and running (in beta). This service will allow you to search the OPACs of various educational institutions with one query. Work...

Jul 16 2009

Academic Libraries, Books, Europe, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, World

Trinity College Library

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Today I spent the morning at Trinity College. After a quick tour of the campus I headed towards the library where I wanted to see the Book of Kells, and...

Jul 15 2009

Archives, Europe, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, Maps, National Libraries, Photographs, Poetry, World

National Library of Ireland

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Today I got a “behind the scenes” tour of the National Library of Ireland! On my visit I found out that the library is quite a welcoming place to people...

Jul 10 2009

Archives, Europe, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, National Libraries, World

The British Library

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This afternoon I had an appointment for a tour of The British Library. The library itself is huge, taking up the better part of a city block, and having so...

Jul 03 2009

Europe, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Maps, World

Ibero-Amerikanische Institut

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This year’s SALALM conference was hosted by the Ibero-Amerikanische Institut (IAI), and I had the opportunity to take a tour of the library. The IAI hosts the largest collection on...

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...

Jun 17 2009

Libraries

“LIBRARY” video

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Here’s a charming short about libraries and their impact on our daily lifes. Aquí está un lindo video sobre las bibliotecas y el impacto que tienen en nuestro diario vivir....

Jun 15 2009

Libraries

Wired has a good short article and video about UC Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrates Zoology‘s Library. The library holds a large number of skeletons, furs, and fully taxidermy animals. Interestingly,...

Jun 02 2009

bi/multilingual, Libraries, Tools, World

Pregunte: Las Bibliotecas Responden

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The Ministry of Culture and the Autonomous Communities in Spain have joined forces to offer a new online reference system called “Pregunte: Las Bibliotecas Responden” (Ask, The Libraries will Answer)....