Parque Biblioteca España – Santo Domingo Savio
Today I spent the day at the Parque Biblioteca España – Santo Domingo Savio. I had read about this library before in the NYT, and was fascinated to see...
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Americas, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Literacy, Public Libraries, World
Paradero Para Libros Para Parques
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Monday morning I was out walking around downtown Bogota when I happened upon this lovely little library in the park. This stand makes part of the Paradero Para Libros Para...
Americas, bi/multilingual, Education, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Literacy, Mobile Library, Public Libraries, World
BiblioRed: Red Capital de Bibliotecas Públicas
by Bilingual Librarian
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Today I went to visit a couple of the libraries that make up the BiblioRed in Bogota. BiblioRed is Bogota’s public library systems, and it’s composed of a number of...
Feb
19
2010
Americas, Archives, Databases, Images, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Maps, Open Access, Public Libraries, World
Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango
by Bilingual Librarian
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While I was growing up in Colombia libraries were very scarce, the only library one ever heard mentioned was the Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango (BLAA), which I finally got to...
Feb
19
2010
Americas, Archives, Latin America, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Source, World
Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia
by Bilingual Librarian
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I arrived in Bogota last night and today I’m off to visit a few libraries, my first stop is the Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. As Colombia’s national library, one of...
Feb
15
2010
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This Books Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, by Marilyn Johnson
by Bilingual Librarian
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This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn Johnson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I picked up a galley of this book while...
Feb
13
2010
Travesía
by Bilingual Librarian
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Travesía is a website put together by Spain’s Ministry of Culture’s General Subcommittee on the Coordination of Libraries. Basically the sites aims at promoting collaboration among Spanish librarians, and offers...
Feb
12
2010
Database of Bookbindings
by Bilingual Librarian
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The British Library is always up to something interesting; I just discovered their Database of Bookbindings. This is an entire online collection dedicated to the bindings of books held by...
Feb
06
2010
Read.gov
by Bilingual Librarian
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Yesterday while I was riding the bus to work a new billboard caught my eye, one for Read.gov. Read.gov is part of the Library of Congress, and it aims to...
Jan
28
2010
Libraries can be exhausting ;)
by Bilingual Librarian
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Of course none of us has ever fallen asleep at the library! (Full gallery of pictures) ¡Por supuesto que ninguno de nosotros se ha quedado dormido en la biblioteca! (Galería...