Tag: Libraries

May 12 2009

On Overpaying for Journal Subsciptions

by Bilingual Librarian

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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...

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 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...

Mar 30 2009

Images, Law, Libraries, Photographs, USA

Obama at the Library

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This picture has been doing the round through email and I just had to share it. I LOVE that we have a president now who has brought back intelligence as...

Mar 28 2009

bi/multilingual, Libraries, USA

Rare Mexican-American Songs go Online

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The Chicano Studies Center at UCLA has uploaded over 41,000 songs to an online repository titled Musica de la Frontera. A number of these songs date back as early as...

Mar 07 2009

Digital, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Access, Public Libraries, Technology, USA, Women

Financial Advice at the Library?

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Financial advice at the public library? Apparently so. As unstable and scary as the financial landscape appears these days all of us seem to be looking for advice where we...

Mar 01 2009

Archives, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, USA, Women

March is Women’s History Month in the USA and a number of universities, libraries, and other educational institutions are preparing events to celebrate. This month long celebration started with events...

Feb 16 2009

Archives, Europe, Libraries, Manuscripts, Women, World

The Perdita Project

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The Perdita Project is a collaboration between the AHRB Center for Byzantine Cultural History, Nottingham Trent University, and The University of Warwick which gathers over 400 manuscripts collections from round...

Feb 12 2009

Libraries, Manuscripts, World

Happy Birthday Darwin

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If Darwin were still alive he’d be turning 200 today; and today just as during his lifetime his name still creates a buzz. All these years later there are still...