Little Free Library
This is one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen and a great idea as well! The Little Free Library is a project to promote literacy and love of reading by creating a network of these cute little libraries holding…
A couple of cool librarians
While at ALA I met a couple of very cool librarians, one of which has a blog I have been following for some time now. Here’s a brief description of these great woman and their projects. Hannah Winkler is the…
Colombia Aprende
Colombia Aprende is an educational site created by the Colombian Ministry of Education which aims at offering access to educational tools to anyone who has access to the web. The site has been up and running for 6 years, and…
Paradero Para Libros Para Parques
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 Parques (PPP), a program created about 10 years ago to…
Read.gov
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 encourage reading of all kinds of material, by every age…
IKEA Create World’s Longest Outdoor Bookcase On Bondi Beach
Here’s a slide show of the world’s longest outdoor bookcase. The bookcases were filled with books that visitors could swap with their own book, or which they could purchase for a donation to The Australian Literacy and Numeration Foundation. Aquí…
Bibliomoto Peruana
I’ve seen biblioburros, a camel mobile library, a traveling library in a suitcase, and now here’s a bibliomoto offering library services around the Huarmey province in Peru. The bibliomoto is part of the Biblioteca Comunal Obraje which aims at promoting…
La Casa del Colibrí
La Casa del Colibrí is a Cultural Center that works to improve conditions for the community of Chirimoto, in the Peruvian Amazon region. The project includes a large emphasis on libraries and literacy, their main initiative being the library-dinning room….
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