Tag: Libraries

Nov 07 2007

Chile Returns Plundered Books

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In a gesture of good faith, the Chilean government has returned close to 4,000 books that were plundered from the Peruvian National library back in 1881 during the War of...

Oct 26 2007

Libraries, Technology, USA, Women, World

“Información: Puente Hacia el Bien Social”

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I recently ran across a blog by a Puertorican library student titled “Información: Puente hacia el bien social“. Yesenia Hernández is a student at the University of Puerto Rico, Río...

Oct 18 2007

Digital, Europe, Language, Libraries, National Libraries, Open Access, Technology, USA, Web 2.0, World

A World Digital Library is coming together after an agreement signed yesterday between Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communications and Information, and James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress...

Oct 10 2007

Libraries, USA, World

International postal rates to hurt book donations

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The US Postal Service used to mail books internationally for $1 a pound, making it possible for small groups, such as a classroom of students, to donate and ship books...

Sep 20 2007

Libraries, Public Libraries, USA

Refusing to Return Library Books

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Just a couple of days ago Boston.com ran an article about a woman in Maine who has decided that certain books are not adequate for the library and has taken...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...